Professor Brian Kennedy, Chief Scientist of the “Maximising Healthy and Successful Longevity” grand challenge, which was launched by the National Research Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Health of Singapore in May 2026 under Singapore’s S$37 billion five-year Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan, and Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Physiology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (“NUS”), who will chair the Scientific Board. He received his PhD in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.