Temus accelerates Singapore growth with strategic partnerships and executive appointments

Established by Temasek, Temus provides digital transformation solutions for the private and public sectors and aspires to be a strategic partner in realizing the Singapore Government’s Smart Nation vision.

Since its establishment in 2021, Temus continues to grow its strategic partnerships in Singapore as the digital transformation solutions provider looks to play a strong role in the country’s Smart Nation vision. This includes three new strategic collaborations with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Peak3, and Resaro to accelerate AI transformation across the public and private sectors.

The Temasek owned firm also announced new executive announcements with Sutowo Wong as Managing Director, AI & Data; Vincent Tay as Managing Director and Head of Public Sector; Dr. Samuel Chong as Managing Director, Insurance; and Carl Ward as Advisor, Technology & Innovation.

Wong brings extensive experience from his previous role as Director of the Health Analytics Division at Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH). With more than 20 years in consulting and public service, Wong combines strategic vision, technical expertise, and implementation excellence to help organizations harness data and AI responsibly.

Tay’s three decades of experience in IT consulting and digital transformation across government and healthcare will be valuable to his new role. Formerly a Partner at EY leading its Government and Public Sector practice, he has spearheaded regulatory reforms, citizen-facing platforms, and strategic studies that strengthened Singapore’s digital governance.

Meanwhile, Dr Chong has more than 20 years of leadership experience spanning insurance, fintech, healthtech, and digital transformation across Asia Pacific region. Previously Vice President at eBaoTech International, he drove business strategy, market expansion, and digital insurance adoption across the region. Dr Chong has also held senior roles at Fullerton Health, Dell EMC, Cisco, Capgemini, and Accenture.

As the former Director for Public Sector across Asia Pacific and Japan at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ward also brings extensive global expertise and regional leadership to his new role at Temus.

Partnership with Resaro

According to Ng Lai Yee, Chief Executive Officer, Temus, the firm is proud be partners on Singapore’s Smart Nation 2.0 journey as they bring together public scale, private innovation, strategic partners, and talent to deliver human-centric AI and digital transformation for lasting societal and economic impact.

“Temus is entering its next phase of growth with our clients to harness the full potential of Singapore’s AI era - and this is only the beginning,” Ng said.

Taking a deeper look at the strategic partnerships announced, Temus’ partnership with Resaro will focus on building and deploying trustworthy AI at scale. Both signatories are also part of Singapore’s AI Verify Foundation.

The partnership will see Temus deliver its strategic advisory capabilities in designing AI governance frameworks and orchestrating AI for business outcomes, while Resaro will serve as an independent, third-party AI assurance provider in evaluating AI solutions. Resaro’s platform automates and scales the evaluation of AI solutions against AI quality indicators that bridge business, governance and technical considerations, embedding assurance into the development lifecycle.

Commenting on the partnership, Wong said, “This isn't about auditing AI after the fact; it's about building trust into the very fabric of the AI development lifecycle. Our partnership with Resaro operationalizes governance, providing a clear, automated path for our clients to move from pilot projects to production-ready systems with confidence. We are providing the essential toolkit for Singapore's next wave of AI-powered transformation.”

For April Chin, Co-CEO, Resaro, as a premier member of the AI Verify Foundation and an independent AI assurance provider, Resaro’s role is to ensure that AI solutions meet the highest standards of performance, safety, and security.

“This partnership with Temus bridges technical testing and evaluation with governance requirements and business adoption of AI,” Chin added.

Partnership with Peak3

In the partnership with Peak3, Temus announced a commitment to work together in positioning the insurance sector as a potential growth frontier for AI acceleration. Peak3’s cloud-native platform currently supports over 2 billion policies and serves 50+ insurance partners globally, including leading names such as AIA, Prudential, Zurich and Income Insurance. Its core capabilities span policy administration, claims processing, and distribution enablement, providing a resilient backbone for insurers across multiple markets. With AI layered onto this foundation, the potential multiplier effect is significant.

Dr Chong said, “Temus’ partnership with Peak3, aims to empower more Singapore-based insurers to move beyond experimentation into enterprise-grade AI. By building on Peak3’s proven platform, we can apply AI to sharpen efficiency, unlock new business models, and deliver more tailored customer experiences. Insurance is a sector ripe for this next stage of growth.”

Bill Song, Chief Executive Officer, Peak3, added, “With billions of policies managed on our platform and partnerships with leading insurers worldwide, Peak3 is uniquely positioned to lead the next wave of AI-powered insurance transformation. Through our partnership with Temus, we will combine proven capabilities and advanced AI to enable more insurers to realize the full potential of embedding secure, context-aware protection into everyday life at scale, while unlocking new value across the insurance ecosystem."

Deepened collaboration with IMDA TeSA and AI Verify Foundation

Apart from the partnerships, Temus also announced that it remains committed to expanding its relationship with IMDA to grow Singapore’s AI workforce, and the AI Verify Foundation (AIVF) in building trustworthy AI.

With Temus already having a deep partnership with IMDA, this commitment reinforces its pivotal role in shaping Singapore's AI landscape and digital transformation. The collaboration complements Temus' existing partnership under the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) initiative, further cementing its contribution to Singapore's digital future.

“We are pleased to expand our collaboration with local industry leaders like Temus through TeSA and AIVF. These partnerships are critical in developing tech talent and accelerating the deployment of trusted AI solutions that businesses and consumers can use with confidence.” Kiren Kumar, Deputy Chief Executive, IMDA, said.

For Wu, Singapore's Smart Nation 2.0 ambitions will only be realized when AI fluency becomes second nature across the workforce.

"We're developing T-shaped professionals who combine deep AI expertise with cross-functional skills. This breadth and depth is crucial as AI transformation requires talent who understands both the technology and business context. That's how we’ll truly partner clients to deliver on vision to value,” Wu said.