08 May 2020
Mr Daren Tang, Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has been officially appointed as the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). WIPO is a specialised United Nations (UN) agency based in Geneva, Switzerland, with 193 member states and an annual revenue in excess of S$600 million. Mr Tang will take over the helm of WIPO on 1 October 2020 for a term of six years. This marks the first time a Singaporean will lead a UN agency, and WIPO’s first Director General from Asia.
Mr Tang’s acceptance speech can be accessed below:
(https://youtu.be/HQsU9Wrmnro)
Joint media release from Singapore’s Ministry of Law and IPOS – please click here. (154.66KB)