The World Intellectual Property Organization has appointed Daren Tang from Singapore as its next director general. Tang will be the first Asian to hold the top job at the United Nations specialized agency.
Tang, who will start a six-year term with WIPO in October, is currently chief executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Tang, an international law specialist, joined IPOS in 2012 as a deputy to then-chief executive Tan Yih San, and succeeded Tan in 2015. Before IPOS, he served as senior state counsel with Singapore’s Attorney General’s Chambers, representing the country in international law disputes.
