Ban Tat (BT) has more than 30 years’ of experience in the marine and offshore industry in Singapore and overseas. BT is the Managing Director of AME2 Pte Ltd, his own consultancy company which provides services for strategic marketing and business development for offshore companies and shipyards. He is also founder and CEO of Aquaculture Centre of Excellence Pte Ltd and Nature Resources Aquaculture Pte Ltd since 2017. He is the inventor of the recently patented Eco-Ark®️ and Lift-Doc®️in several countries namely Australia, USA, Indonesia, China and SEA countries.

BT holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Monash University, Australia, receiving the KPMG Peat Marwick Prize for Strategic Management. He also obtained a First Class Marine Engineering Certificate of Competency from DTI in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom in 1985 after graduating with a Diploma in Marine Engineering (Merit) from the Singapore Polytechnic on an Esso scholarship.

BT was the President of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Singapore (2001-2002) and served as National Serviceman Chief Engineering Officer with the Republic of Singapore Navy (1993- 2018).