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Prof. Yaacob IBRAHIM joined the Group in 2019 and is presently a Professor of Engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and an Advisor to the President of SIT.

Prior to his current position, Prof. Yaacob served in the Singapore Cabinet as a Minister in the Ministries of Communications and Information (2011 – 2018), Environment and Water Resources (2004 – 2011) and Community Development and Sports (2002 – 2004). Throughout his 16 years as a Minister, Prof. Yaacob was also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs. He started his political career as a Member of Parliament (MP) in Jalan Besar GRC in January 1997, and held several political appointments before becoming a Minister in 2002.

Prof. Yaacob graduated from the University of Singapore with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1980. He worked as a structural engineer with a multinational engineering consulting firm from 1980 to 1984. He pursued his Ph.D at Stanford University from 1984 and graduated in 1989. He spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University. He joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a faculty member in 1990 where he became a tenured member. He took a leave of absence from NUS from July 1998 till his resignation in August 2018.

He is currently on the Board of Trustees of the Building Construction and Timber Industries Employees’ Union. He is also an Advisor to the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s Kampong Glam Digitalisation Project.