Gregory Tan
Gregory’s experience in public relations spans over three decades and includes being consultant with two of the world's biggest PR consultancies - Burson Marsteller and Ogilvy and Mather Public Relations. He specializes in Strategic Communications and Crisis Management.
He is the past President of the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS), as well as the former Chairman for the Federation of ASEAN PR Organisations (FAPRO). While president of IPRS, he introduced a complete training scheme for PR practitioners. He was on several advisory bodies like the NTU (Communications Studies), Singapore Hospice Council, and St. Joseph Home. He lectures for Newcastle University, Curtin University and Charles Stuart University of Australia, NUS ( Eng & Comms), the University of Windsor in media training and broadcasting. He is an adjunct lecturer for NTU Wee Kim Wee School of Communications ( for the past 14 years).
In 1986 as the Head of Public Relations for Sembawang Shipyard-the region's largest shipyard, he helped lead the revamp of the image of the group and create an identity for them. He was also AVP of Public Relations of the United Overseas Bank (UOB) in 1985
Some of the companies he worked with in the group included, the Fraser and Neave Group of companies, Asia Pacific Breweries (Tiger Beer), Centrepoint Properties, Asia Dairies, CarnaudMetalBox, Tat Lee Bank, and International Theme Parks. He was the Editor of Labels and Labelling Asia and Tyre Asia, two regional magazines.
He has worked with government organizations like MOE, PUB, and MINDEF on courses in PR and Crisis Communications. He has worked with companies like Levis, Siemens Nixdorf, Boston Scientific, GSK, DuPont, British American Tobacco amongst others have for both training and Strategic Communication Consultancy.
A leading expert in local and international PR- Strategic Communications, Gregory has also traveled extensively both in the region as well as in Europe and the States to give talks and help official bodies build-up their communication skills. A firm believer in the power of positive communications, he has helped many companies overcome their internal and external communication issues and problems.
He holds a BA (Hons) in Communications Studies from U of Windsor and an MA in Communication Management from Uni S. Australia.
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