Team (2024-2025)
Dixon Soh, President
Dixon is the Head of Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets Practice, CHP Law LLC and has practised law as a private practitioner, in-house legal counsel and as a lawyer/IP Strategist in the public sector.
Over the years, Dixon has advised numerous entities including MNCs and SMEs across many different industries, such as IT, e-commerce, FinTech and media and am familiar with the challenges (particularly IP issues) experienced by businesses throughout South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Dixon is a proud graduate of the University of Tasmania and holds qualifications to practise law in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
IAM300 2020 & 2021 (Recommended Individual)
Dr. Eugene Ho, Vice-President
Dr Ho is the IP & Research Director at MengNiu Dairy, China and was formally at IPOS’ S&E unit as a Patent Examiner who specialised in the examination of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical patents. After IPOS, he joined an international Venture Capital firm, Reapra Pte Ltd, as the Market Analytics and IP Management Lead, where he scouted for potential startups and promising industries for early-stage venture capital investments using a combination of Market analytics and Patent analytics. Part of his work at the VC firm includes helping startups and their founders with industry research and IP strategy post-investments.
As the IP and Research Director at MengNiu Dairy, China, Dr Ho leads the IP, research and investment strategies of MengNiu, particularly in its expansion into the Healthcare and Biomedical space with IP intelligence. In addition, Dr Ho is also an adjunct lecturer at NUS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, where he teaches graduate students on basic concepts and current trends of IP and Venture Capital.
Lim Jia Sheng, Secretary
Jia Sheng is a Brand Protection Specialist at Crocs.
He previously managed a health and wellness company's IP globally, ensuring that the company's IP strategy is in line with its latest developments, innovation and product lines. Before that, he was an IP Strategist, who helped organisations leverage on and align their IP & IA to their business and strategic developments. He started off as a researcher, experimenting and investigating various fields in the health sciences and nutrition.
He is listed in "IAM Strategy 300" 2023 edition.
Andrea Chiu, Assistant Secretary
Andrea is a Deputy Director at the Technology Transfer and Innovation division of NUS Enterprise, National University of Singapore (NUS).
Andrea is a seasoned tech transfer professional specialising in navigating the complexities of IP management, technology commercialisation, and IP strategy development across both public and private sectors.
Recognised by the IAM Strategy 300 (2023 Edition) as one of the leading IP Strategists in the world, Andrea’s credentials also include being an International Mergers & Acquisitions (IM&A) Expert, Certified Licensing Professional, and Registered Management Consultant.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreachiu/
Ye Thu Aung, Treasurer
Ye Thu is a Patent Strategist at Grab. He oversees and drives the entire spectrum of development and implementation of Grab’s patent strategy. Leveraging his past experiences as a patent analyst and an IP consultant, Ye Thu formulates patent protection and commercialization strategies for Grab and works together with many internal stakeholders to build the culture of innovation within Grab. Ye Thu communicates complex IP matters to the C-suite in a simple and business-friendly terms.
Ye Thu is also recognized as one of the leading IP Strategists in the world and featured in the list of "IAM Strategy 300" for two consecutive years (2021-2022 and 2022-2023).
Dr. Seah Kwang Hwee, Assistant Treasurer
Kwang Hwee is a Deputy Director at the Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX), where he is in charge of academic partnerships.
Kwang Hwee joined the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore as the pioneering batch of Patent Examiners 2012.
After the stint with the Patent Search & Examination Unit, he went on to assume other roles within IPOS, including as the Deputy Director business development, marketing IPOS’ products and services to the US market, and IP management consultancy for local startups and SMEs as part of IP ValueLab.
Prior to joining HTX, Kwang Hwee was an Acting Deputy Director at A*STAR Enterprise, where he was responsible for patent landscape / analytics reports for internal stakeholders.
Winston Chan, Exco Member
Winston is the Group Managing Partner of FT Consulting Pte Ltd.
Winston is passionate about helping organisations maximise the value of intangibles. Listed in IAM Strategy 300 since 2018, he was the first in Singapore’s IP sector to receive the SkillsFuture Fellowships award in 2019. He currently serves as a board member of IPOS International.
Michelle Tan, Exco Member
Michelle is a Partner in Deloitte, Strategy, Risk and Transactions. She has extensive experience in business and intellectual property strategies across various technology-driven sectors, including renewables, eco/smart cities, environmental engineering and healthcare. She led numerous engagements helping clients to identify key technology trends and players as well as investment areas in the region’s competitive technology landscape.
Michelle is recognised as one of the world’s leading 300 IP Strategists in consecutive years from 2019 to 2024 by the Intellectual Asset Management Publication. She is a Registered Management Consultant, a SINGAPORE-Recognised certification programme.
Marcus Lim, Exco Member
Marcus is a lawyer called to the Singapore Bar dealing with Intellectual Property and technology. Work experiences in South East Asia, India, New Zealand, and Australia markets, and include, stategising and executing IP protection and IP enforcement, providing advisory on contract risk management, IP policy reform and commercialization of IP, and establishing data protection and IP policies. He has worked in both private and government sectors.
Norman Ng, Exco Advisor
Norman is Google APAC’s Head of Trust & Safety Global Engagements, leading a long term engagement strategy on online and content safety with policymakers, online safety experts, industry leaders and civil society experts. These encompass areas including AI safety, AI responsibility, kids & family safety, content moderation, misinfo/disinfo, elections integrity and fraud/scams.
Formerly in Meta, Norman led an international team of partner managers and was responsible for building strategic partnerships and alliances with governments, political and non-profit partners. This includes enabling digital transformation through product and policy launches across Meta Platform's family of solutions, and protecting Meta's business through turnkey escalations / issues management.
Prior to that, Norman was a venture builder helping nascent pre Series-A deep technology startups in AI, future-mobility and healthcare secure go-to-market access and grow their advisory / mentoring boards. Norman was also a member of IPOS, serving as a member of the communications and engagement team and thereafter as the pioneer batch of IP Management Consultants.
Norman is also a passionate advocate for building a safer internet and digital ecosystem for communities and currently serves as a board member in the Singapore Chapter for the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), and previously served two terms as the President and Vice President of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Society and one term as a steering committee member for Singapore's Mentoring Alliance for Action.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngnorman