Diving deep for tech

Russell Tham, who is helping to drive Temasek’s bets in the ‘deep tech’ space, explains the complexities involved and the opportunities arising

Russell Tham of Temasek International was in Europe when Russia invaded Ukraine. He was on yet another of his regular trips, hunting for potential deals and partners to help drive Singapore’s agenda in the so-called “deep tech” space.

As joint head, enterprise development group (Singapore) and head, strategic development, Tham has a big say in deciding where Singapore’s state investment agency should invest.

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