Mr Lennon Tan

Mr Lennon Tan is the Group Chairman of ADERA Group. Lennon started his career as an engineer in the Petrochemical industry before spending 10 years with the American Multinational 3M. In 2001, he decided to pursue his dream of being an entrepreneur. After taking over a small smart card manufacturing business in China, he tapped on emerging technologies and innovation to transform the manufacturing outfit into the top 10 global smart card producers in the world, and thereafter transforming the company’s capabilities to lead in fields of transformational financial services automation, , biometric authentication, AI and data analytics, supporting major sectors ranging from banks, insurance, government, healthcare, telecommunications and transport in Asia. The group was awarded ASEAN Business Award Overall Winner for Priority Integration Sector (ICT) in 2018.

He was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year (Financial Technology Enablement) from global professional services firm Ernst & Young in 2017. A year prior, Lennon was awarded the Inaugural Teochew Entrepreneur Award.

He is currently serving as the President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation as well as several other associations and social enterprises.

Lennon has a Merit Bachelor Degree (Chemistry) from National University of Singapore where he graduated with Merit. He also attainted Master of Business Administration from University of Western Michigan.

Affiliations:

• • President of Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) 
• • Council Member Singapore Business Federation (SMF)
• • Council Member Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC)
• • Vice President of Singapore Teochew Poit It Huay Kuan
• • Chairman of Social Affairs Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Association (SFCCA)
• • Council Member of MINDEF ACCORD Employer and Business Council
• • Council Member for Singapore-Sichuan Trade and Investment Committee 
• • Industry Advisor for China-Singapore (Chongqing) Initiative (CCI) for ICT