Hoon Tong has over 20 years of track record in growing the R&D innovation ecosystem in Singapore's food, energy and infocomm sectors. He is currently the Senior Director of the Science and Technology (S&T) Division at the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). He is the Chief Technology Officer driving the Singapore Food Story R&D Programme and S&T efforts to deepen R&D capabilities within the food ecosystem. He is also the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Data Officer (CDO) of SFA, where he drives digitalisation initiatives within SFA. Before this, Hoon Tong was with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Energy Market Authority, and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). Hoon Tong has a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, and Bachelors of Engineering (First-Class) from National University of Singapore.