Dr Yap Kwong Weng is the CEO of Vietnam SuperPort™, a joint venture of YCH Group and Vietnamese Conglomerate T&T Group. Dr Yap also leads the Strategy, Sustainability, and Communications Division at YCH Group. He was previously the Head of Transformation at Sembcorp Industries, a leading renewables player and an established industrial and urban solutions provider in Asia. He led the development of Sembcorp’s urban business, focusing on its industrial park strategy and sustainable development.

Prior to joining Sembcorp, Dr Yap held business consulting roles in KPMG and Ernst & Young as an Executive Director and set up the KPMG-A*STAR joint lab, a first in professional services. He also held management positions in Southeast Asia, co-founded a tech/crypto travel start-up in Vietnam and led the development of a strategic seaport in Myanmar when the country first opened up. Earlier in his career, Dr Yap served as a commando officer for over a decade where he also graduated from the grueling US Navy SEAL training course in San Diego.

Dr Yap was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and awarded the Rotary Peace Fellowship (Chulalongkorn University) in 2012. He currently serves as a council member of the Singapore Red Cross, and he was a board member of the Singapore Nanjing Eco High-tech Island. He received his PhD from the University of Glasgow, including master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge, University of Manchester and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.