As a certified emergency operation commander, planner, specialist and investigator, Ivan comes with more than 28 years of experience in the areas of organizational resilience and occupational safety & health management, with focus in fire safety, emergency preparedness, incident investigation, business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, incident management and enterprise resilience with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and projects with industry corporations.

Actively involved with professional organizations such as the Society of Loss Prevention for Process Industries (SLP), Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), Association of Company Emergency Response Teams (A-CERTS), Fire Safety Managers’ Association (FSMAS) and Enterprise Singapore’s Standards Technical Committee and Workgroups, his areas of interest include Chemical Process Safety & EHSS Management, Organizational Resilience Planning & Incident Management, Enterprise Risk & Resource Management, Corporate Crisis & Emergency Management, and Business Continuity & Recovery Management.

Ivan is currently an Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Program Chair for the Master of Science in Safety, Health and Environmental Technology.