Welcome & Introduce

Jek Min Tan

Mr Tan Jek Min is the Senior Director for industry collaboration and lifelong learning at Nanyang
Polytechnic. Working closely with NYP’s schools and CET institutes, he oversees and drives NYP’s efforts
in these 2 areas looking at strategies and plans to collaborate with enterprises, industry partners, unions
and government agencies.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr Tan was the Director of the Academy of Lifelong Learning & Skills,
Asian Culinary Institute (ACI) and the Singapore Institute of Retail Studies (SIRS), Nanyang Polytechnic’s
Continuing Education & Training institutes. He had also previously worked in PSB Academy, as well as the
former Productivity & Standards Board Singapore. During his period of service with the Productivity &
Standards Board, he was the Administrator of the Skills Development Fund and also the Director of the
Enterprise Development Fund. In PSB Academy, he held several stints including VP for Continuing
Education and Training as well as VP for Business Excellence and subsequently General Manager PSB
Indonesia.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Honours) and an MBA from the UK. He has also served as
a consultant to Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) for developing countries in Asia in human resource
management, including several speaker roles for APO sessions regionally. He was also a Singapore Quality
Class assessor and has also attained the Swiss SFIVET International Master Coach certification as well as
the Assessor for Workplace Learning Framework certification issued by IHK Academy of Munich and
Upper Bavaria and Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. He was awarded the
Singapore National Day Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2018.