SIN Siang-Meng, Ivan

As a certified emergency operation commander, planner, specialist and investigator, Ivan comes with more than 28 years of experience in the areas of organizational resilience and occupational safety & health management, with focus in fire safety, emergency preparedness, incident investigation, business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, incident management and enterprise resilience with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and projects with industry corporations.

Actively involved with professional organizations such as the Society of Loss Prevention for Process Industries (SLP), Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), Association of Company Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTS), Fire Safety Managers’ Association (FSMAS) and Enterprise Singapore’s Standards Technical Committee and Workgroups, his areas of interest include Chemical Process Safety & EHSS Management, Organizational Resilience Planning & Incident Management, Enterprise Risk & Resource Management, Corporate Crisis & Emergency Management, and Business Continuity & Recovery Management.

Ivan is currently an Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Program Chair for the Master of Science in Safety, Health and Environmental Technology.

Education

• PhD (Incident Management), Southern Cross Australia, 2019
• MBA (Business Resilience), Murdoch Australia, 2012
• MSc (Safety, Health & Environmental Technology), National University Singapore, 2003
• BSc (Chemistry & Biochemistry), National University Singapore, 1992

Companies

• Associate Professor & Program Chair for MSc (Safety, Health & Env Technology) National University of Singapore (2019)
• Regional Head (EHSS & Business Resilience) Emergency Response & Crisis Management Consultancy (2016 — 2019)
• Adjunct Associate Professor National University of Singapore (2015 — 2019)
• Program Manager (Facility, Mechatronic & Mechanical Engineering) Institute of Technical Education (2013 — 2016)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2005 — 2015)
• Head & Principal Trainer, Specialist Fire Training Centre Singapore Civil Defence Force (2010 — 2013)
• Head & Principal Trainer, Fire Safety & Investigation Training Centre Singapore Civil Defence Force (2007 — 2010)
• Assistant Director (Crisis & Contingency Planning), IMF-World Bank SG-Event Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) (2006 — 2007)
• Commander, Jurong Island Fire Station Singapore Civil Defence Force (2000 — 2006)

Awards and Honours

• Fellow, Institution of Fire Engineers (UK), 2015
• Associate Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK), 2020

Teaching Interests

• Chemical Process Safety & EHSS Management
• Organizational Resilience Planning & Incident Management
• Enterprise Risk & Resource Management
• Corporate Crisis & Emergency Management
• Business Continuity & Recovery Management

Selected Publications

SIN Siang-Meng Ivan, YUAN Xiaomo, and FOO Swee Cheng. “Transform and Transcend the Safety Case Regime: The NUS MSc Safety, Health and Environmental Technology Connection”, Keynote Address at Safety Case Symposium 2019, 26 – 27 March 2019 Singapore

SIN Siang-Meng Ivan, LEE Xi Wei Isaac, WU Xiao, YUAN Xiaomo & FOO Swee Cheng. “Analyzing the Impact of Singapore’s Workplace Safety and Health Policy: Are We Progressing or Just Kidding Ourselves?”, XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2017, 3 – 6 September 2017 Singapore

Sin, I. S., Musa, N. A., & Ng, K. Y. (2017). Building business resilience through Incident Management Body of Knowledge (IMBOK): The amalgamated framework for total resilient capability. Global Business & Finance Review, 22, (1), 38-50

Swee-Cheng FOO, Ivan Siang-Meng SIN, Hui-Fang ANG and Rachel Qian-Yun CHE. “Extrapolating human toxicity data with target organ dose (TOD-Wb) model: A meso-scale allometric analytical approach”. Journal of Biophysics and Structural Biology. Vol. 7(1), pp. 1-9, September 2017

Sin, I.S., Ng, K.Y., & Wallace, M. (2016). Incident Management Body of Knowledge (IMBOK): The bedrock of organizational resilience. Paper presented at the World Conference on Business and Management, Conference Proceedings 2016, Danang, Vietnam

Sin, I.S., Musa, N. A., & Ng, K.Y. (2016). Adaptive incident management methodology for enterprise resilience: A dashboard approach to managing issues and consequences during crisis. Paper presented at the World Conference on Business and Management, Conference Proceedings 2016, Danang, Vietnam