Meet our new Advisor: His Excellency Ambassador Michael Tay (Singapore)
AdHive, the world’s first AI-controlled Influencer Marketing platform, announces the newest addition to its advisory team: His Excellency Ambassador Michael Tay. As an AdHive team member, he will be responsible for Government relations and governmental funds, HNWI and VC investment and also publicity in Asia-Pacific Region.
From career diplomat to entrepreneur, Ambassador Tay displays energy and creativity to stay relevant in changing times and to initiate “big ideas” that lead to transformative changes. In 2006, as the Singapore Ambassador to Russia, he initiated the Russia-Singapore Business Forum, which became the only global business platform to which Russians and CIS businessmen congregated in significant numbers. He led it for 8 years, growing the forum to over 1000 businessmen from more than 40 countries and transforming the nature of relations between Russia/CIS and Singapore.
Ambassador Michael Tay has held various leadership positions, including as Executive Director of the regional organization APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation); Director-General of ASEAN-Singapore.
For his significant contribution to the cultural ties between Russia and Singapore, he was awarded the Pushkin Medal in 2011 by the Russian President. In 2005, he had commissioned a major Russian composer to compose a symphony called “SINGAPORE”. He continues to harness the transformational power of the arts. He is a Founder of SingJazz, an annual international jazz festival in Singapore and has established the Foundation for The Arts and Social Enterprise, which acts like a venture capitalist in the arts space.
