Mr Brian Tan

Vice President (Applied Global Services),
Regional President (South East Asia), Applied Materials

Brian Tan is regional president of Southeast Asia at Applied Materials, Inc. In this role, he oversees the company’s operations and strategy in the region while helping to build strategic partnerships across the private and public sectors. Concurrently, Brian is also corporate vice president and heads the Applied Global Services business in Asia where his strong product focus and customer relationships have driven service growth and built field service capabilities-infrastructure.

Brian was previously chief strategy officer for worldwide operations, as well as head of operations & policy deployment for global continuous improvement. He was appointed deputy regional president for Southeast Asia in 2012 where he played an integral role in advancing key public-private partnership initiatives. Brian began his career at Applied Materials in 2000 as a customer engineer and progressed through multiple technical, operational and sales leadership roles.

Brian was elected to the board of Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) since 2018 and is appointed as vice chairman in 2020. He serves on the Future of Microelectronics Advisory Board since 2021 under Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025. Brian also serves on the Advisory Board of National University of Singapore, College of Design and Engineering (CDE) and School of Continuing (SoC) and Lifelong Education (SCALE).

Brian received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the National University of Singapore.