Yong Sin Khoo worked as an engineer for 12 years and a further 5 years in managing a portfolio of business assets. He has extensive experience as a logistics systems engineer in the military and retail engineering with the oil major, Shell. In addition, he has significant experience in the area of mergers & acquisitions. In 1984, he was awarded a scholarship by the Singapore government to pursue electrical engineering at the University of Queensland, Australia. In the area of information technology, he was responsible for managing Shell Singapore’s y2k project for the marketing function. Another IT pioneering effort was the use of artificial intelligence to develop diagnostic tools for maintenance support for the Army’s radar systems. His current business interests are focused in the areas of biomedical and environmental technologies.