AI Influence Map

Minister for Digital Development and Information

The lead force behind Singapore's AI policy; runs the National AI Strategy, the Agentic AI governance framework, and the bilingual AI talent programme.

Prime Minister of Singapore

Chairs the National AI Council himself; under his lead, Budget 2026 elevated AI to a national priority.

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Architect of the Smart Nation initiative; leads Singapore's international AI cooperation, including the Singapore–Korea AI Connectivity Summit.

President of Singapore

A regular voice at international forums on AI governance and its social impact; pushes the global AI safety conversation forward.

Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information

Former CEO of IMDA; oversees the operational rollout of digital economy, AI governance and data centre policy.

President of NTU, Founding Executive Chairman of AI Singapore

Founder of AI Singapore; leads flagship programmes including SEA-LION and AIAP, and is the founding figure of Singapore's AI research scene.

Director of AI Innovation, AI Singapore

Drives the 100E, AIAP and LearnAI programmes — 200,000+ Singaporeans have received AI education through these initiatives; co-chairs GPAI's Innovation and Commercialisation working group.

Senior Director, AI Products, AI Singapore (SEA-LION lead)

The operational lead behind SEA-LION, taking the Southeast Asian multilingual LLM from v1 through v3 (70B), and the engine behind SEA-LION powering government AI services.

Deputy Executive Chairman (Talent), AI Singapore; Director, NUS AI Institute

Former Dean of NUS School of Computing (2016–2022); now Director of NUS AI Institute and oversees AISG's talent pipeline. Research focus: multimodal computing and trustworthy AI.

Deputy Executive Chairman (Applied & Translational) and Chief Scientist, AI Singapore; VP (AI & Digital Economy), NTU

AISG's Chief Scientist for foundational research; founding Dean of NTU's College of Computing and Data Science. Cambridge/Imperial-trained; spent 28 years at Oxford prior to joining NTU.

Deputy Executive Chairman (Research), AI Singapore; President, SUTD

Took on the AISG Deputy Executive Chairman (Research) role from August 2025 while serving as President of SUTD. Former NUS Senior Vice-Provost; global authority on data-driven methods in geotechnical engineering.

Senior Director, AI Governance, AI Singapore; AI Governance and Policy Lead, NUS AI Institute

Former Dean of NUS Law (2012–2022) — under whom NUS Law rose to QS world #10 and Asia #1. A central scholarly voice on Singapore AI governance with a long publishing record on AI and public law.

Director, AI Research, AI Singapore; Associate VP (AI), NUS

Heads AISG's foundational research, focused on data-centric AI, Bayesian optimization, federated learning, and LLMs. PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon.

Director, AI Technology, AI Singapore; Director of Translational Research, NUS Institute of Data Science

Heads AISG's technology direction; founding head of the Data Analytics Department at A*STAR's I2R prior to NUS. CMU CS PhD; research focus on urban AI and large-scale societal modelling.

CEO, A*STAR

Took over as A*STAR CEO from Frederick Chew in November 2024. Previously CEO of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore (Aug 2022 – Oct 2024), where he steered the allocation of national R&D resources.

Deputy CEO (Research), A*STAR

Returned to Singapore in 2020 from his role as Vice President (Research) at the University of Hong Kong to become A*STAR's Deputy CEO (Research). Chemist by training; oversees A*STAR-wide research strategy and quality.

Assistant CEO, Science & Engineering Research Council, A*STAR

ACE for A*STAR's Science & Engineering Research Council, overseeing 2,500+ scientists and engineers. Sets direction for AI-relevant institutes including I2R and IHPC.

Director, Centre for Frontier AI Research (CFAR), A*STAR

Director of A*STAR's CFAR, the national centre for frontier AI research. Research spans large models, trustworthy AI, and transfer learning; IEEE Fellow.

Chief AI Scientist, A*STAR CFAR; President's Chair Professor, NTU

Chief AI Scientist and Advisor at A*STAR CFAR; concurrently President's Chair Professor at NTU's College of Computing and Data Science. Former Director of NTU's DSAIR; a leading Singapore researcher in evolutionary computation and meta-learning.

President, NUS

Fifth President of NUS (2018–present); a mathematician who previously served as Provost. Under his tenure NUS embedded AI into the university-wide strategy and launched the NUS AI Institute.

Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost, NUS

Provost of NUS since 2023; IEEE Fellow in semiconductor device technologies and former Vice President at IMEC. Founding Dean of NUS College of Design and Engineering; oversees NUS-wide academic strategy.

President, SMU

Fifth President of SMU (since 2019) and the first Singapore-born woman to lead a Singapore university. Drives SMU's digital transformation strategy and embeds AI and sustainability into the curriculum.

CEO, IMDA; Commissioner, PDPC

Took over as IMDA CEO from November 2025; concurrently Commissioner of the PDPC. 30+ years of public service; former CEO of National Library Board and founding CEO of SkillsFuture Singapore.

Deputy Chief Executive (Connectivity Development & Regulation), IMDA

Deputy Chief Executive overseeing telecoms, postal, connectivity infrastructure and regulation at IMDA; concurrently Deputy Executive Director of the POFMA Office.

Deputy Chief Executive (Development), IMDA

Deputy Chief Executive (Development) at IMDA, overseeing digital economy and media industry development including industry policy for AI, 5G, and data centres.

Assistant Chief Executive (Data Innovation & Protection), IMDA; Deputy Commissioner, PDPC

The official in charge of Singapore's data protection and data innovation portfolio; Acting Commissioner of PDPC since 2025, handling EU–Singapore data protection dialogues.

Assistant Chief Executive (BizTech), IMDA

ACE in charge of BizTech at IMDA; drives AI enterprise adoption, AI Verify framework incubation, and enterprise digital accelerators.

Executive Director, AI Verify Foundation

Executive Director of AI Verify Foundation; formerly Group CDO at Standard Chartered and an exec at TruEra. 25 years across finance and AI; member of GPAI and the Bank of England's AI Public Private Partnership.

Managing Director, MAS (until 2026-05)

Managing Director of MAS since 1 January 2024 (term ends 31 May 2026). 18 years at MAS prior; former IMF Executive Director for Southeast Asia. Sets MAS's external posture on AI and FinTech.

Deputy Managing Director, MAS

Deputy Managing Director at MAS overseeing financial supervision and markets development, covering FinTech, AI applications in finance, and sectoral policy.

CEO, Synapxe

CEO of Synapxe (formerly IHiS), Singapore's national HealthTech agency. Former Deputy CEO of National University Health System (NUHS); 33 years across 5 hospitals in healthcare leadership.

Ministry of Digital Development and Information

MDDI

The lead ministry for Singapore's AI policy — sets direction, coordinates across government, and publishes speeches, policy documents and official responses.

Infocomm Media Development Authority

IMDA

The agency that builds AI governance frameworks and pushes industry adoption; publisher of AI Verify and the Model AI Governance Framework.

AI Singapore (AISG)

AI Singapore

The national platform for AI research and talent development; operates flagship programmes including SEA-LION, AIAP, 100E and LADP.

Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO)

Smart Nation Singapore

The umbrella framework for Singapore's digital transformation — AI, digital infrastructure, digital inclusion.

AI Verify Foundation

AI Verify Foundation

Open-source AI governance testing toolkit; works to set international standards for trustworthy AI.

Personal Data Protection Commission

PDPC

Regulator for data protection and AI ethics governance; publisher of the Model AI Governance Framework.