NUHS - Key Persons
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- Group Chief Nurse, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief Value Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
Dr Lim Yean Teng graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Singapore. After completing his training in internal medicine, he underwent cardiology training at the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and the Cardiac Department at the National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore. He then spent 18 months at the Division of Cardiovascular Disease in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA. He received further training in Interventional and Nuclear Cardiology and subsequently went for further training in Peripheral Intervention Fellowship at the Prairie Heart Institute in Springfield, Illinois in the United States. Dr Lim's special interests include percutaneous coronary intervention, clinical and nuclear cardiology.
Dr Lim is recognised as a key opinion leader in the cardiology field in Singapore and the region. Before going into private practice, he served in public hospitals for 24 years. Apart from his role as a Senior Consultant Cardiologist, he was a university academic for 17 years, and served as Chairman, Medical Board and Head of the Cardiac Department at NUH. He was also a member of the Senior Management and Co-Director of the Heart Institute of the National Healthcare Group. He was Chairman of the National Committee for Cardiac Care and Specialists' Training Committee (Cardiology).
He currently serves as Chairman, Medical Fee Benchmarks Committee and is a member of the Specialists Accreditation Board under the Ministry of Health and Medicine Advisory Board under the Health Sciences Authority.
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- Group Director
- Chief Wellbeing Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief, Psychological Medicine, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Chief Executive Officer, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
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- Group Chief Medical Informatics Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Board
- Secretary
Mr Chan Yeng Kit was appointed Permanent Secretary (Health) in December 2019. Prior to this, he was Permanent Secretary (Defence) from 2013 to 2019, Permanent Secretary (Defence Development) from 2012 to 2013, and Permanent Secretary (Information, Communications & the Arts) from 2008 to 2012.
Mr Chan's career has spanned a range of appointments in Government, the labour movement, and the private sector. These include management positions in the Public Service Division, National Trades Union Congress, Singapore-Suzhou Township Development Pte Ltd, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Education. He was Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore from 2005 to 2007.
Mr Chan graduated with First Class Honours in Mathematics from the University of Tasmania, earned his Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, and completed the Advanced Management Programme at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces National Serviceman of the Year Award in 1999, conferred the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2000, and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2010.
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- Group Chief Data Protection & Governance Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Deputy Chief Executive, National University
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- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Deputy Chief Executive, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief Infrastructure Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Board
- Chairman of Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte Ltd
- Chairman, NUHS Board
Mr Hsieh Fu Hua was appointed to the Board of the National University Health System (NUHS) in April 2017 and he assumed the role of Chairman on 1 January 2019. He was also Chairman of the JurongHealth Board before JurongHealth Campus became a part of NUHS.
Active in the community, Mr Hsieh serves on the boards of a number of non-profit organisations. He chairs the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Singapore Business Federation Foundation Limited. He is also a member of the National Research Foundation's Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council. Previously, he was President of the National Council of Social Service and Chairman of Stewardship Asia Centre as well as the National Gallery Singapore.
In business, Mr Hsieh is the Chairman of Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte Ltd, Eastspring Investments Group Pte Ltd and GXS Bank Pte Ltd (a Grab-Singtel joint venture for digital banking). He is also a board director of GIC and adviser to the PrimePartners Group, which he co-founded.
Mr Hsieh started his career in merchant banking and capital markets in 1974 when he joined Morgan Grenfell Asia Holdings upon graduation, eventually rising to head the organisation. He subsequently served as Group Managing Director of BNP Prime Peregrine Group Hong Kong, CEO of Singapore Exchange, President of Temasek Holdings and Chairman of Tiger Airways Holdings and United Overseas Bank respectively.
Mr Hsieh is an alumnus of the NUS Business School.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the NUHS Board
- Principal Consultant
Mr Ishak Ismail is currently Principal Consultant for i-Grow Partners Pte Ltd and also Senior Advisor to Glamco Aviation Pte Ltd. His previous experiences from 2011 to 2022 were with BAE Systems Hägglunds as Regional Director (Asia), with CWT Limited as CEO Defence Services and with ST Electronics (e-Services) Pte Ltd as Senior Vice-President/General Manager.
In 2011, Mr Ismail retired from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in the rank of Brigadier-General after serving more than 29 years. He held various senior appointments and contributed significantly in training transformation for the SAF and in developing leaders.
Mr Ismail currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors for the National University Health System (NUHS) from April 2020. He also leads various national councils - Chairman of Families for Life Council from February 2020 and Chairman of the National Maritime Safety at Sea Council from June 2020.
Mr Ismail also volunteers as a Member of Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence (ACCORD) since 2012 and within ACCORD his focal area is in strengthening and recognising family support for NS.
Mr Ismail holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelors of Arts (Economics and Sociology) from the National University of Singapore. He also attained a Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Organisational Development from the Civil Service College in conjunction with MIT.
In 2008, he received the Public Administration Medal Silver (Military) for his significant contributions to the armed forces.
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- Chief Operating Officer, Group Hospitality Services, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Director
- Group Director, Allied Health, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Finance
- Member of the NUHS Board
Mr Ramaswami is a finance, technology and operations professional with over 35 years of international experience, including 12 at the Singapore Exchange (SGX), 21 at Citibank and three at Nestle. In February 2023, he was appointed as the Group Chief Executive Officer of GXS Bank - the Digital Bank formed through a partnership between Singtel and Grab.
Prior to his role with GXS Bank, Mr Ramaswami was President of the Singapore Exchange with broad responsibilities helming Technology, Operations, Product Management & Marketing, and International Coverage. Before moving to SGX, Mr Ramaswami was with Citigroup where he held progressively senior positions across Operations, Technology and Transaction Banking in various locations including Mumbai, Singapore, Hong Kong, London and New York with the last role as Chief Information Officer with the International Consumer Business of Citigroup's Global Consumer Bank based out of New York.
Mr Ramaswami holds a Master's Degree in Mathematics (Honours) from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (Masters in Business Administration) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Mr Ramaswami was awarded the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat), by the President of Singapore, for his services to the nation as part of the National Day Honours in 2017.
Mr Ramaswami also serves on the board of Jurong Town Corporation (JTC), Jurong Port Pte Ltd, and Temus - a Temasek Technology Company. He has previously served on the boards of Singapore's Govtech, Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) and several of SGX's subsidiaries including the Energy Market Company.
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- Chief Operating Officer, Group Biomedical Engineering, Group Facilities Management
Chief Operating Officer, Group Biomedical Engineering, Group Facilities Management & Group Operations, Risk, Security & Emergency Planning, National University Health System (NUHS)
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- Group Chief Digital Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Board
- Chairman of ST Logistics
Mr Richard Lim is Chairman of ST Logistics and its group of companies including ST Healthcare and ST Airport Services. He also serves as a board member of the Land Transport Authority, National University Health System, and the Integrated Health Information Systems.
Mr Lim is a Fellow of the Institution of Enginee rs Singapore and an Honourary Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations. Mr Lim also chairs the Singapore National Maritime Safety at Sea Council and the Governing Board of the St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory. He is a member of the Ministry of Health Holdings Healthcare Infrastructure and Planning Committee and the Ministry of Finance Development Projects Advisory Panel. Mr Lim is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering & Management at the National University of Singapore.
Mr Lim retired from the Singapore Ministry of Defence after serving more than 30 years in various appointments including Director Joint Operations and Planning, Chief of Navy, Deputy Secretary (Technology) and CIO, and Chief Executive of the Defence Science and Technology Agency. His work has included roles in every phase of the systems development life cycle of complex defence systems where he has developed a deep practice-oriented professional interest in the conceptualization, development and management of large scale systems. He continues his professional interest in engineering systems in a consulting role as a partner and Chairman of Keystone Technologies LLP.
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- Group Chief Information Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group General Counsel, National University Health System ( NUHS ) )
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- Director
- Member of the NUHS Board
- Deputy Chairman, NUHS Board
Mr Tan Chong Meng was appointed a Director in April 2011. He is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer of PSA International. He also heads the Senior Management Council (SMC) of the PSA Group, an executive team responsible for making key decisions Group-wide.
Mr Tan joined PSA on 1 October 2011, bringing with him many accomplishments as an Asian and Global Leader with great experience in managing the complexity, diversity and breadth of a global business. As Group CEO, he is responsible for the overall performance of the PSA Group.
Mr Tan leads in both strategy and execution in PSA Group towards achieving higher levels and greater success for the future. Together with his management team, he will lead and focus on gaining PSA share of the value through making the best of current assets and activities and growing PSA port positions and business partnerships worldwide.
Mr Tan has also been the Board Chairman of JTC Corporation since 2019, and he also served as Co-Chairman of the Emerging Stronger Taskforce at the early stages of the COVID pandemic in 2020 - 2021.
Prior to PSA, Mr Tan served as the Executive Vice President, Global Commercial, Shel l Downstream, a part of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, where he led six global businesses many of which are world leaders engaging in marketing and sales of fuels, lubricants and specialty products to commercial customers vis-à-vis Aviation, Marine, Industrial, Land Transport, Construction and Liquefied Petroleum Gas. With more than 20 years of experience in Shell, Mr Tan has worked in USA, Europe, China and Singapore holding various senior leadership positions, his responsibilities spanned from management, sales, marketing, trading, refinery operations, customer service to merger and acquisitions.
Besides keeping a sharp focus on business growth and profitability, Mr Tan is equally balanced in people development, having spent many years leading the Asian Talent Council for Shell to effectively grow and promote gifted Asian talents within Shell. For his many portfolios and significant contributions, he is ranked as one of the top executive leaders within Shell globally. Mr Tan had also worked with the Ministry of National Development, Singapore in various positions for five years.
Mr Vincent Chin is the Global Leader of Boston Consulting Group's Public Sector Practice.
He began his early career at two global companies at the forefront of the airlines and technology industries respectively, before joining BCG in 1999. In BCG, Vincent has been helping clients in both the public and private sector to sharpen and sustain their competitive edge. His core area of focus is in strategy breakthroughs, business model innovation and large scale transformation.
Mr Chin holds a Master of Business Administration from the Edinburgh Business School and Bachelor of Science (Computer & Information System) from the National University of Singapore.
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- Group Chief Information Security Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Co - Chair
- Member of the NUHS Board
Mrs Mildred Tan is Co-Chair for the Council for Board Diversity and Board Chairman of Singapore Totalisator Board (Tote Board).
She was previously Managing Director of Ernst & Young Advisory Pte Ltd from 2002 to mid-2018. She is known for her extensive work in leading large complex organisational transformation both in the private and public sector.
Mrs Tan was appointed as Alternate Member of the Presidential Council of Advisors in 2020 and she is also on the Board of Trustees of the Singapore University of Social Services.
Mrs Tan was conferred Justice of Peace in 2008, awarded the PBM (Public Service Medal) in 2007 and BBM (Public Service Star) in 2014 for her outstanding community service by the Singapore Government. She was a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2009 to 2011.
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- Member of the NUHS Board
- Vice Chairman
Mrs Tracey Woon was appointed Vice Chairman, Asia Pacific, Wealth Management, UBS AG in July 2016.
Prior to joining UBS, Mrs Woon was Vice Chairman of Citibank ASEAN Corporate and Investment Banking, encompassing Investment Banking for South East Asia, as well as Corporate Banking, Financial Institutions practice, Global Transaction Services and Global Subsidiaries Group for Singapore.
Mrs Woon has more than 35 years of investment banking experience having worked on a whole spectrum of corporate finance transactions from equity fund raising (IPOs, equity placements and rights issues) to debt offerings to advisory work, including takeovers of public companies in Singapore and ASEAN.
Mrs Woon holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the National University of Singapore. She was also conferred 2016 IBF Distinguished Fellow Award.
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- Group Chief Communications Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Deputy Secretary
- Member of the NUHS Board
Ms Cham Hui Fong is the Deputy Secretary-General of National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). She is also Group Director, Workforce of NTUC where she oversees partnerships and synergies amongst five workforce segments in NTUC. In her role, she is also in charge of harmonising 4P (Protection, Placement, Progression & Privileges) efforts across all segments.
Concurrently, Ms Cham is the Executive Secretary of SIA Engineering Company's Engineers & Executives Union, Singapore Airport Terminal Services' Workers Union and Supply Chain Employees Union as well as ST Engineering's Staff Union. She is also an advisor to the Singapore Airlines' and Scoot's Staff Unions.
Within the Labour Movement (LM), Ms Cham is Co-Chairman of the LM Union Cluster, Member of the Industrial Relations Council, Training Council and Membership Council. She is also Member of the Board of Governors of the Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies.
Representing workers and the labour movement, Ms Cham sits in several tripartite committees that examines issues in wages as well as workplace and employment practices. These include issues on the employment of mature workers, labour-related legislations and the future economy of Singapore. She is Co-Chair of the Tripartite Alliance for Fair & Progressive Employment Practices, as well as Director of the Tripartite Alliance Limited. She represents the Labour Movement as a member in the Future Economy Council Trade and Connectivity Sub-Committee.
Ms Cham serves as the Authority Member of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore since September 2011. She also sits as a board member in the Institute for Human Resource Professional.
In 2007, Ms Cham became the Labour Movement's seventh and first female representative to serve as a Nominated Member of the Parliament of Singapore. During her term that lasted till 2009, she fought for the interests of workers and Singaporeans by speaking up on a wide range of issues. In 2010, she was awarded the Public Service Medal.
Ms Cham graduated from the National University of Singapore with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
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- Group Chief Patient Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Chief Operating Officer, Group Service Transformation & Medical Records Office, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Board
- Chief People Officer and Managing Director of GIC Private Limited
Ms Deanna Ong is Chief People Officer and Managing Director of GIC Private Limited ("GIC"), responsible for Human Resource and Organisation, and Corporate Governance for the GIC group. GIC is a global investment management company established to manage the foreign reserves of the Government of Singapore, and invest across public and private market assets.
As Chief People Officer, Ms Ong oversees people strategy to attract, develop and retain talent for enterprise performance, seeded with the right values and culture for GIC. As part of the senior leadership team, her areas of focus include talent acquisition, leadership development, reward and engagement for business effectiveness and organisational culture. As Company Secretary, she oversees the Corporate Governance and Communications Unit responsible for governance and client relations.
From 2009 to 2014, she was Director of Finance during which she headed the Finance Group responsible for financial management across GIC's portfolio, covering financing arrangements, tax planning, investment holding structures, accounting and management of group revenue and expenditure. Prior to joining GIC in 1994, she was a tax accountant with Arthur Andersen. Ms Ong is currently a board member of Swiss Re Ltd, Wealth Management Institute (International) Pte Ltd, and the Institute for Human Resource Professionals.
Ms Ong holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University. She has completed the Stanford Executive Program from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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- Group Director
- Group Director, Corporate Planning & Development Office, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Postgraduate Medical Education ( Coursework )
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- Professional Conversion Programme ( PCP ) for Registered Nurses & NUH Nursing Scholarship / Bursary Application
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- Group Director
- Executive Director, Regional Health System Office, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Director, Group Care Plan Operations, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Director, Group Operations & Group Contact Centre, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief Procurement Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief Human Resource Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Graduate Research Studies
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- Group Chief Financial Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Chief Executive Officer, National University Hospital ( NUH )
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- Group Director
- Director, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore ( NCIS )
- Group Director, Research, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore ( NUS )
- Deputy Chief Executive ( Education & Research ), National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief, Medicine, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief Physician Leadership & Organisation Development Officer, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Head
- Director, National University Heart Centre, Singapore ( NUHCS )
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- Deputy Chief Executive
- Chief Executive Officer, Alexandra Hospital ( AH )
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- Chairman, Medical Board, Alexandra Hospital ( AH )
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- Group Chief, Surgery, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief, Paediatrics, National University Health System ( NUHS )
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- Group Chief Technology Officer
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- Director, National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore ( NUCOHS )
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- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Chairman, Medical Board, National University Hospital ( NUH )
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- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore ( NUS )
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- Chief Executive
- Member of the NUHS Senior Leadership Team
- Member of the NUHS Board