With effect from 2 August 2021, Mr Han Kok Juan takes over as Director-General (DG), Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).

Mr Han Kok Juan, 47, studied at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He subsequently obtained a Master in Public Administration from the Peking University, China.

Prior to this appointment, Mr Han was the Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Transport (MOT), an appointment he has held since 16 September 2019 where he has helped advance MOT’s agenda in aviation, maritime, international relations, transport security, cybersecurity, technology and transport accident investigations. He has played a key role coordinating the transport family’s response to COVID-19 since January 2020.

He was also Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Law from 1 November 2015 to 15 September 2019. As part of his portfolio, Mr Han led the organisation of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Signing Ceremony and Conference, with 46 states signing the first United Nations treaty named after Singapore on 7 August 2019. Mr Han also led a team to support the Parliamentary Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods and help put in place the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act.



He succeeds from Mr Shum Jin-Chyi Kevin, who served as DG, CAAS since 2 August 2015.