First Vice President for Strategic Activities in Asia-Pacific
Dr. Markus Wächter, long-time managing director of the TUM Asia Campus in Singapore, has been given expanded responsibilities. He has been appointed Vice President TUM Asia by the Executive Board of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Based in Singapore, he will be responsible for the strategic development of the TUM network in the Asia-Pacific region.
Wächter has around 20 years of experience managing the TUM Campus in Singapore, which was founded in 2002 as the first German academic branch abroad. He is himself a graduate of TUM, where he completed his studies in mathematics with a minor in physics and then earned his doctorate in aerospace engineering in 2004.
He is also a member of the board of directors of TUMCREATE, TUM’s research location in Singapore, and co-chair of the Digital and Innovation Committee of the German-Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGC).
Contact to this article:
Ulrich Meyer, Corporate Communications Center, TUM
