Our Team
NTU I&E Leadership
Prof Louis Phee
Vice President (Innovation & Entrepreneurship)
Professor Louis Phee is the Vice President (Innovation & Entrepreneurship) and the Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor in Mechanical Engineering at NTU. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore. He was Dean of the College of Engineering, NTU, from 2018 till 2024. Prior to his deanship, he has served 3 years as Chair of the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
He graduated from NTU with the B.Eng (Hons) and M.Eng degrees in 1996 and 1999 respectively. He obtained his PhD from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy in 2002 on a European Union scholarship. His research interests include Medical Robotics and Mechatronics in Medicine. He was a recipient of the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) investigator award.
Prof Phee is the co-founder of two NTU startups and is an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurial faculty and students. He was awarded the Young Scientist Award (2006), the Outstanding Young Persons of Singapore Award (2011), the President’s Technology Award (2012), the Nanyang Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award (2013), and the Nanyang Alumni Achievement Award (2017).
Mr David Shem Tov
Associate Vice President (Technology Transfer),
Head (NTUitive)
Mr David Shem Tov brings over two decades of global experience in technology transfer, innovation, and research management. Prior to joining NTU, he held senior leadership roles at leading technological institutions, where he built strong partnerships with industry and funding agencies to advance technology transfer and open innovation.
David has extensive experience in launching start-ups, global innovation consortia, and accelerator programmes, and is a co-founder of EIT Food, the world’s largest agro-food innovation community.
At NTU I&E, David leads the University’s technology transfer strategy, working closely with faculty, students, alumni, industry partners, and the investment community to advance NTU’s most promising innovations and entrepreneurial activities.
Our Venture Building team supports founders in translating research and ideas into investable, scalable ventures through hands-on mentorship and venture creation expertise.
 | Dr Manish Sinha, Director (Head) |
 | Mr Ashwin Chari, Director (Healthcare) |
 | Mr Edward Ng, Director (Healthcare, Engineering) |
 | Ms Kat Neo, Deputy Director (ICT and Startup Support) |
 | Mr Chris Powell, Deputy Director (Engineering) |
 | Dr Ranting Wu, Deputy Director (Engineering) |
Our Technology Development team advances research from the lab to the market by reaching out to potential licensees, supporting industry collaboration, and enabling spin-off creation.
 | Dr Michelle Zhang, Head |
Engineering
 | Dr Richard Hung, Deputy Director (Engineering Lead) |
 | Mr Loh Wye Boon, Deputy Director |
 | Dr Soo Choi Pheng, Deputy Director |
 | Ms Linda Howe, Senior Assistant Director |
Healthcare
 | Dr Huangfu Taoqi, Assistant Director |
 | Ms Rekha Thiagarajan, Assistant Director |
ICT
 | Dr Chava Saradhi, Deputy Director (ICT Lead) |
 | Dr Yao Jianxin, Assistant Director |
The IP Management team supports faculty on intellectual property matters, including invention disclosure, grant applications, industry collaborations, and commercial potential.
 | Ms Christina Gee, Director IP Management |
Our Ecosystem Development team designs and delivers accelerator programmes that connect founders with mentors, investors, industry partners, and prepares them for global opportunities.
 | Mr Anuj Jain, Deputy Director National GRIP & Activate Global Singapore Fellowship programmes |
NTUpreneur nurtures passion, innovation, and ethical entrepreneurship through education that empowers individuals to create meaningful economic and social impact.
 | Ms Faith Teh, Deputy Director (NTUpreneur) |
 | Dr Xia Zhiqiang, Deputy Director (Academic Learning) |
A premier launchpad empowering entrepreneurs to leverage NTU’s cutting-edge research and Singapore’s innovation ecosystem to co-create global startups in high-growth overseas markets. For enquiries, please email [email protected].
 | Ms Julia Wang, Senior Assistant Director |
Our Lead Technologist supports inventors in developing, testing, and validating minimum viable products, guiding ideas from prototype to real-world application. Contact us if you are looking to build an MVP for field trials, or if you have an idea but are not sure where to start.
 | Mr Lim Shengen, Lead Technologist |