Dr Yaacob was appointed to the Board as an Independent,

Non-Executive Director on 1 September 2020. As former Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yaacob brings his extensive and varied experience in the area of Environment and Water Resources, and Communications and Information.

Dr Yaacob is currently a professor of engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology (“SIT”) where he is also the Advisor to the President of SIT. He also advises several start-ups and sits on several boards of private companies and unions.

Dr Yaacob served as a Minister in the Ministries of Communications and Information (2011 – 2018), Environment and Water Resources (2004 – 2011) and Community Development and Sports (2002 – 2004). Throughout his 16 years as a Minister, he was also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs. He started his political career as a Member of Parliament in Jalan Besar GRC on 2 January 1997. He held several political appointments before becoming a minister in 2002. Dr Yaacob stepped down from the cabinet on 30 April 2018 and from parliament in 2020 after 23 years of service.

Dr Yaacob obtained his PhD at Stanford University and spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and a Master of Science from the National University of Singapore.