Mr. Chong Weng Hoe
Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director
Mr. Chong Weng Hoe was appointed as our Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director on 28 September 2016. Since 2016, he has been the Executive Vice President of TÜV SÜD Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. where he supervised a global network of wireless laboratories. He has held numerous positions within TÜV SÜD PSB Pte. Ltd. since April 1991 where he joined as an engineer and was subsequently promoted to vice president, senior vice president, chief executive officer and a director of the board. Mr. Chong is an independent director of the following companies: (i) ISEC Healthcare Ltd, (ii) Hong Fok Corporation Ltd, (iii) Baker Technology Limited and (iv) Bund Center Investment Ltd. His previous directorships included (i) Regal International Group Ltd (from 4 March 2008 to 11 May 2019), (ii) Keong Hong Holdings Ltd (from 22 November 2011 to 29 February 2024); and (iii) Singapore Paincare Holdings Limited (from 17 June 2020 to 27 October 2022).
Mr. Chong graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) in June 1989 and obtained a Masters of Business Administration (Accountancy) from the Nanyang Technological University in March 1997. Mr. Chong was also awarded the Standard Council Merit Award by SPRING Singapore (currently known as Enterprise Singapore) in 2004 for his contribution to the national standardisation programme in his industry.
Dr. Heah Sieu Min
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Heah Sieu Min was appointed as our Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer on 1 September 2015. Dr. Heah is responsible for the overall management, strategic planning and business development of our Group.
Dr. Heah started his career as a houseman in Ireland, before returning to Singapore where he served as a Medical Officer in Tan Tock Seng Hospital from 1992 to 1994. After moving to Singapore General Hospital in 1994, he held various positions including Registrar of the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Associate Consultant of the Department of Colorectal Surgery and Consultant of the Department of Colorectal Surgery until 2004. He then spent approximately 3 years as a Consultant for colorectal surgery at Pacific Colorectal Centre, before starting his own private practice in 2007, the Heah Colorectal Endoscopy & Piles Centre. He has since opened various other clinics including Heah Endoscopy & Piles Centre (Bukit Batok).
Dr. Heah graduated from the National University of Ireland with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1990. He is an accredited specialist in general surgery with the Singapore Ministry of Health, a registered specialist in general surgery with the Singapore Medical Council, and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as well as the Academy of Medicine Singapore. Dr. Heah has also been the recipient of several awards over the years including the Singapore General Hospital Service Quality Award, which he received consecutively for 3 years from 2000 to 2002, and SME Prestige award in 2013. In reservist, Dr. Heah attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was Commanding Officer of the first Combat Support Hospital (1CSH) from 2008 to 2013. In 2012, he was awarded The Commendation Medal (National Day awards). In 2017, he became a Spirit of Enterprise honouree.
Dr. Chia Kok Hoong
Executive Director and Medical Director
Dr. Chia has spent most of his career in the public healthcare sector, first serving as a Registrar at Alexandra Hospital before being appointed as a Consultant at Singapore General Hospital. Dr. Chia then moved to Tan Tock Seng Hospital where he was appointed as a Senior Consultant before being appointed as Deputy Head of the General Surgery Department. Dr. Chia spent over 20 years in the public healthcare sector before establishing his private practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre in July 2009.
Dr. Chia graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1986. He is an accredited specialist in general surgery and an accredited renal transplant surgeon with the Singapore Ministry of Health, as well as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medicine Singapore. Dr. Chia has also participated in numerous educational activities, having served as an Associate Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, in addition to being regularly invited to give lectures at seminars and panel discussions. Further, Dr. Chia was also a member of several professional committees such as Ministry of Health Specialist Training Committee for General Surgery and was an elected member of the Singapore Medical Council from October 2016 to October 2019.
Dr. Chia has been the recipient of numerous awards over the years, including the Singapore General Hospital Service Quality Award (Service with a Heart) in 2002, the Courage Fund Tan Tock Seng for SARS cases Award in 2003, the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Excellent Service Award (Gold) in 2005 and 2006, and the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Service Champion Award in 2006. He was also awarded the Minister's Award for Public Spiritedness in 2010.
Mr. Lim Chye Lai, Gjan
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Lim Chye Lai, Gjan was appointed as our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 28 September 2016. Mr. Lim has worked in the medical equipment industry for over 20 years. He started his career at Schmidt BioMedTech Pte. Ltd. in 2000 as a Sale Engineer before moving on to Olympus Medical Ltd. in 2001, where he served as their Regional Product Executive until 2005. In 2005, he joined Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Medtronic, which is involved in the supply of minimally invasive therapies, and was the Business Unit Director of Singapore and Malaysia until August 2019. Mr. Lim now runs a local company, Healthcare Essentials Pte. Ltd., specializing in the retail sales of pharmaceutical and medical goods and the provision of management consultancy services. Mr. Lim has also been serving as the Chairman of Business Sub-Committee in the Medical Technology Industry Group since 2012, a group formed by various companies operating in the medical technology industry.
Mr. Lim graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a Diploma in Electronics in 1998.
Mr. Ooi Seng Soon
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ooi Seng Soon was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 28 September 2016. With more than 24 years of experience in banking and finance, Mr. Ooi had worked in various positions in ABN AMRO Bank from 1974 to 1996, before joining Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd, where he headed the Enterprise Banking division of the Bank of Singapore from 1997 to 1998 before his retirement.
Mr. Ooi had previously served as independent director of NH Ceramics Limited (now known as Blackgold Natural Resources Limited), a company listed on the Catalist Board of the SGX-ST, and was an independent director of BRC Asia Limited from 2009 to 2018, which is listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST. He was actively involved in board matters, having acted as Chairman of various board committees such as the audit committee and remuneration committee.
Mr. Ooi graduated from the University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts in 1971.