Singapore: The Monetary Authority of Singapore has appointed its first chief cyber security officer, as part of a wider series of appointments to its senior management.

Tan Yeow Seng will serve in the role, in which he will be responsible for strengthening the cyber defences of both the MAS and the wider financial system.

The MAS also promoted two assistant managing directors – Ho Hern Shin and Loo Siew Yee – to replace one who is moving to an advisory role and another who is leaving to