Innovation Advisors Programme

The Innovation Advisors Programme developed by Enterprise Singapore (ESG) supports small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their innovation efforts and accelerate their growth.

Enterprises that aspire to adopt innovation to improve their existing businesses or build new ones can engage and seek guidance from a pool of Innovation Advisors – experienced industry professionals with strong technology expertise and business acumen.

A subsidiary of ESG, IPI is supporting the roll-out of the Innovation Advisors Programme to help participating Singapore SMEs accelerate their innovation and product development journey.

BENEFITS TO SMEs

• Be guided by the Innovation Advisor with a proven track record of new product innovation and management expertise in growing businesses
• Tap on the Innovation Advisor’s knowledge on market opportunities, consumer trends and connections to new technologies and partners, and enable the development of new products and services through innovation
• Overcome innovation challenges of new product development like regulatory requirements, product development cycle, new manufacturing processes etc.

• Food Innovation
  Enterprising food companies can gain insights into market trends and access opportunities to innovate and commercialise new food products.
  
  
• Medtech
  Local medtech companies can get a boost in their commercialisation journey, bringing medical innovations from lab to market.
  
  
• Future Mobility
  Enterprises operating in the mobility space can learn how to capture growth areas in Connectivity, Autonomous vehicles and Electrification.

Alok Mishra	Prof Ignatius Rasiah	Dr Ong Mei Horng
CEO	Professor	Adjunct Professor
Value Addition	Institute of Engineering Leadership	Food Science and Technology Programme
Former Vice President, Strategic Capabilities	Former Vice President for Breakthrough Research	Former Chief Scientific Officer
Johnson & Johnson Medical Asia Pacific	Medtronic	F&N Ltd

Dr Rebecca Lian	Derek Sharples
Business Advisor	Independent Non-Executive Director
Enterprise Singapore	Avation Plc
Former R&D Centre Head	Former Chief Executive Officer
Nestle China	Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia