Organisation Structure

The ACICE is led by a Singaporean Executive Director, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the ACICE.

The ACICE has an Advisory Board comprising the ADSOM Working Group (WG) Leaders or delegated representatives from all ASEAN Member States’ defence establishments. The Chairman of the Advisory Board will be held by the incumbent ADMM Chair.

The Advisory Board will consolidate AMS’ views and advice on the ACICE; and ACICE on the research areas, activities and products; as well as recommend collaborations with other ADMM initiatives. The members of the Advisory Board are:

Country

Name

Appointment

Brunei

COL (U) Zainolhizad bin Hj Mohd Zain

Head, Cyber Defence Unit, Joint Force Headquarters, Royal Brunei Armed Forces

Cambodia

COL Khan Mao

Chief of Cybersecurity Office, Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of National Defence

Indonesia

BG Laode Muhamad Aries

Head of Cyber Defence Unit, Directorate General of Defence Strategy, Ministry of Defence

Laos

COL Feuangxay Milakong

Deputy Director General, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of National Defence

Malaysia

RADM Fadhil Bin Abdul Rahman

Director-General, Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Division, Malaysian Armed Forces

Myanmar

COL Aung Ko

Deputy Head of Department, Ministry of Defence

Philippines (Chair)

Odessa Rossilyz Magisa

Assistant Secretary, Office for DND Information Security, Department of National Defense

Singapore

BG Amos Yeo

Group Chief Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Defence

Thailand

AVM Wattapol Makedee

Director, Cyber Centre, Defence Information and Space Technology Department, Ministry of Defence

Timor Leste

Borja Loedaci Cauthe Patrocinio Antonino

Chief of the Cabinet of Technical Support for ICT / C5ISR / Cybersecurity, Ministry of Defense

Vietnam

MG Nguyen Tung Hung

Deputy Commander, Cyber Security Command, Ministry of Defence

The ACICE comprises three centres – the Cybersecurity Centre, the Information Centre and the Research Centre. The Cybersecurity and Information Centres will host defence experts from the cybersecurity and information domains respectively, and will produce regular reports, as well as facilitate information sharing in that domain. The Research Centre will collaborate with think-tanks and academic institutes to conduct longer-term research on the impact of developments in digital and information technologies on defence.

The progress of ACICE will be reported annually to the ADMM through the ADSOM and ADSOM WG.

ACICE is also supported by prominent cyber and information experts around the world. They are:

  • Mr Melvyn Ong , Permanent Secretary (Defence Development), Ministry of Defence; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore

  • Mr Christopher Painter, President, Global Forum on Cyber Expertise Foundation

  • Ms Danielle Yeow, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Lead Cyber Law and Governance, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore

  • Ms Farlina Said, Director, Cyber and Technology Policy, Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

  • Dr James Pamment, Director, Psychological Defence Research Institute, Lund University

  • Ms Lorna Ward, Senior Adviser, Venn International Ltd

  • Ms Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT Corporation

  • Mr Nicholas Fang, Director of Security and Global Affairs, Singapore Institute of International Affairs; Founder/Managing Director, Black Dot

  • Dr Qi Haotian, Deputy Director, Center for International Security and Peace Studies, Peking University

  • Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Senior Fellow, Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University