Speaker: Jae Annie Tay

As a Director with SGInnovate’s People team, Jae leads the organisation’s efforts to drive ecosystem-wide talent development. She oversees both the running of SGInnovate’s flagship talent programmes, as well as its careers & business partnering function, which connects high-calibre talent to promising Deep Tech startups. Additionally, she also shapes the talent team’s global outreach strategy to develop SGInnovate’s global network of partners and position Singapore as a thriving hub of opportunities for Deep Tech talent.  

Prior to SGInnovate, Jae spent over two decades as an HR leader in Singapore’s public service, most notably at the Energy Market Authority (EMA) where she led the statutory board’s human resources and organisational development function. There, she led key projects such as the review of EMA’s compensation frameworks, established a corporate-level steering committee for talent management and succession planning, formulated recruitment strategies, and advocated for Public Sector transformation initiatives in areas such as fostering a strong organisational culture and driving strategic workforce planning. In acknowledgement of her work at EMA, Jae was recognised as a Leading HR Leader at the Singapore HR Awards in 2014.

Jae graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and has attained Organisational Development and Human Resources leadership certifications from the Civil Service College.