Before his role as Head, International/Government Relations APAC Shell, Ignatius was
Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of Singapore based in Beijing, as well as China Group
Director of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore [now Enterprise Singapore]/Ministry of
Trade & Industry. Prior to this, he held several senior roles in IE including Chief Information
Officer, Director of China Strategic Relations, Regional Director for Eastern China, and Market
Consulting Director. Before joining the government, he started his career as a Research Fellow
at the Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore.

In Shell, Ignatius deals with a range of issues including non-technical risk (NTR)
assessment/mitigation for major projects, geopolitical analysis on issues that are material to the company, reputation/License-to-Operate (LTO) crisis management, and scenario planning and development.

Outside of Shell, Ignatius serves as a member in the FutureChina Committee and Audit
Committee of Business China, a non-profit organization established in promoting cultural and
economic linkages with China. He also holds Senior Fellow (Adjunct) appointment at the
Centre for Governance and Sustainability, NUS Business School.

He holds a Master of Arts (Economics) from University of Toronto and attended advanced
management programs at Harvard University, University of Oxford (scenario planning),
INSEAD, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Shanghai Fudan University.