H.E. Satvinder Singh, Deputy Secretary-General, ASEAN Economic Community, outlines pivotal steps to drive the region's energy evolution amid rising energy demands and energy security challenges.
- With ASEAN's rising energy demand and the growing importance of renewable energy, how is ASEAN promoting the deployment of renewable to accelerate clean energy transitions?
The ASEAN Power Grid is an important initiative for advancing regional power integration. How are ASEAN members working together to strengthen regional interconnectivity?
- What is ASEAN's perspective of "Energy Transition towards a Net Zero World"?
About H.E. Satvinder Singh, Deputy Secretary-General, ASEAN Economic Community
H.E. Satvinder Singh is the Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Economic Community for 2021-2024. He will support the Secretary-General of ASEAN by providing leadership in the implementation of the AEC Blueprint 2025 and will lead the AEC Department of the ASEAN Secretariat. He will also provide strategic advice to advance ASEAN's economic integration agenda.
Before assuming this role, he was the Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Trade Connectivity & Business Services at Enterprise Singapore. He was instrumental in strengthening Singapore's role as Asia's trading hub, supporting the growth of 15,000 professionals, managers, executives and technicians jobs.
With over 27 years of experience, he has held a variety of local, regional and global management positions across the region. At Enterprise Singapore, Mr Singh oversaw four divisions and drove digitalisation efforts in Singapore amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Singh holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the National University of Singapore and attended Harvard's Business School Advanced Management Programme in 2017.