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• So many of today’s global challenges – food and climate security, global health, poverty reduction – share a common thread, the need for agricultural…

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• This year‘s Nobel Prize winners in science and technology are a powerful reminder of the role that intellectual property (IP) plays in human progress…

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• 🗳️ Thank you for the incredible support so far! Every vote helps our Universal Look & Feel bring WIPO one step closer to making history at the…

  🗳️ Thank you for the incredible support so far! Every vote helps our Universal Look & Feel bring WIPO one step closer to making history at the…

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• Director General

  World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO

  Oct 2020 - Present5 years 1 month

• Secretary-General

  International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

  Oct 2020 - Present5 years 1 month

  Geneva, Switzerland

• Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

  8 years

  • Chief Executive

    Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

    Nov 2015 -Jul 20204 years 9 months

  • Deputy Chief Executive

    Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

    Aug 2012 -Oct 20153 years 3 months

    Singapore

• Senior State Counsel

  Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore

  Jun 1997 -Aug 201215 years 3 months

  Singapore

  Advised on international law issues, negotiated int'l agreements and represented Singapore in int'l law disputes

• Harvard Business School

  AMPBusiness Administration and Management, General

  2013 -2013

• Georgetown University Law Center

  LL.MInternational Law, International Economic Law

  2005 -2006

• National University of Singapore

  LL.BLaw

  1993 -1997

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