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Bryan Tan Suan Tiu

Managing Consultant, Benhke SGS

NYAA Council ‘s Deputy Chairman
NYAA Gold Award Holder (1995 Cohort)

Bryan Tan Suan Tiu is a highly respected lawyer, The Straits Times, and the Wall Street Journal, often
technology pioneer, and community leader whose sharing thought leadership on data, fintech, and
career spans law, innovation, and youth development. cybersecurity.
With more than 25 years of experience in technology,
media, telecommunications (TMT), fintech, and Bryan’s leadership extends to community and youth
emerging companies law, he exemplifies the GAHA service. He has served as Council Member and
spirit of ‘Service Beyond Gold.’ currently Deputy Chairman of the NYAA Council,
where he mentored youth leaders and supported
Currently Managing Consultant at Benhke SGS, community service projects. He also served as
Bryan advises leading multinational corporations, Director of YMCA of Singapore (2010–2019 and from
governments, and start-ups on complex legal issues 2025), shaping youth programmes, humanitarian
in e-commerce, fintech, venture capital, intellectual missions, and community outreach. Additionally, as
property, data privacy, and telecommunications. President of the Internet Society (Singapore Chapter)
Over the years, he has acted in landmark cases and and a member of the Media Literacy Council, he has
transactions, including Singapore’s first mass online championed digital responsibility and online safety
defamation case, its first online car auction, its for communities. As the chairman of the Advertising
first fused service-based telecoms licence, and the Standards Authority of Singapore, he leads the efforts
country’s first cable landing facilities license. to ensure that advertising in Singapore is honest and
truthful.
Recognised globally, Bryan has been named Legal
500’s Hall of Fame for TMT, ranked in Chambers His contributions to professional associations are
& Partners, and honoured by Best Lawyers in equally notable, having co-chaired the Technology,
Information Technology. He is also consistently Media, and Telecommunications Committee of the
recognised as a Tier 1 lawyer for Start-ups and Inter-Pacific Bar Association, as well as being a fellow
Emerging Companies. His expertise has shaped of the Singapore Computer Society, and serving
policies and regulatory frameworks across ASEAN, in working groups on blockchain governance and
including advising 10 ASEAN countries on the first- cyber risk management.
ever legal framework agreement for a National Single
Window system under UNNEXT. Through his pioneering legal practice, global
thought leadership, and deep commitment to youth
Beyond legal practice, Bryan has contributed and community service, Bryan Tan Suan Tiu has
extensively to academia and policy. He has authored made an enduring impact both in Singapore and
chapters in Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore and internationally.
Malaysia (E-commerce, IT, Data Protection), written
for international law journals, and served on editorial
boards including Digital Evidence Law Journal. He has
been quoted widely in global media such as Reuters,

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