Co-founder & Board of Directors

Dr. Goh Wei-Leong

Co-Founder & Advisor

GP, Manhattan Medical Centre
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Dr. Goh Wei-Leong

Co-Founder & Advisor

GP, Manhattan Medical Centre

Wei-Leong’s life mission is to be a Catalyst Bringing Life. He has a keen passion for social justice and investing in the younger generation by engaging with them.

A coffee lover, Wei-Leong is always exploring new cafes with legit coffee to get connected. His passion to serve the vulnerable led him towards co-founding HealthServe (an NGO serving foreign workers) and was awarded Singaporean of the Year 2017 for his pivotal work amongst the low-wage migrant communities.

Wei-Leong currently serves as a family physician at his clinic in a low-income neighbourhood and sits on the boards of National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) in Singapore and other international NGOs.

Chan Chia Lin

Chairman

Director, Lam Soon Cannery Pte Ltd
Board Member from 1 Aug 2014, appointed Chairman from 1 Aug 2020. Nominating and HR Committee (Chairman)
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Chan Chia Lin

Chairman

Director, Lam Soon Cannery Pte Ltd
Board Member from 1 Aug 2014, appointed Chairman from 1 Aug 2020. Nominating and HR Committee (Chairman)

Chia Lin is director of investment holding company Lam Soon Cannery Private Limited. Chia Lin is also a Board director of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Limited. She was previously the Chief Investment Officer of Fullerton Fund Management Company and Managing Director and Head of Currency and Strategy at Temasek Holdings. Prior to joining the Temasek Group, Chia Lin had also worked at ABN AMRO Bank and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Chia Lin is active in the social service sector. She is Chairman of migrant worker charity HealthServe and a board member of mental health charity Resilience Collective and the NUS Mind Science Centre. She also serves on the boards of several charitable foundations.  She was Vice President of the National Council of Social Service.

Chia Lin has a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Chia Lin is married, with a son. She loves eating and cooking, appreciates Chinese tea and indulges in collecting old Indonesian textiles.

Dr. Jeremy Lim Fung Yen

Vice Chairman

CEO, AMILI (Asian Microbiome Library); Director Global Health Programme, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Board Member from 17 Aug 2017, appointed Vice Chairman from 1 Aug 2020. Medical Services Committee (Chairman); Nominating and HR Committee (Member); Mental Health Advisory Panel (Member)
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Dr. Jeremy Lim Fung Yen

Vice Chairman

CEO, AMILI (Asian Microbiome Library); Director Global Health Programme, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Board Member from 17 Aug 2017, appointed Vice Chairman from 1 Aug 2020. Medical Services Committee (Chairman); Nominating and HR Committee (Member); Mental Health Advisory Panel (Member)

Assoc Prof Jeremy Lim is director for global health in the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, and leads the initiatives in health systems strengthening, financing and universal health coverage. He brings diverse and unique perspectives having spent substantial time in public and private healthcare across Asia as well as in policy advisory with Singapore’s Ministry of Health, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the World Health Organisation. Jeremy is also co-founder and CEO of AMILI, the region’s first precision gut microbiome start-up.

Outside academia, Jeremy serves on the boards of various for-profit and not-for-profit organisations in different aspects of healthcare including end-of-life care and digital health interventions. He trained in surgery and public health, attaining post-graduate qualifications in both the UK and US.

Jeremy is married to a fellow doctor, and they have 3 children. He enjoys long walks, good food and discovering new cities.

Dr. Chan Lai Gwen

Director

Senior Consultant, Psychiatrist, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Mental Health Advisory Panel (Member)
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Dr. Chan Lai Gwen

Director

Senior Consultant, Psychiatrist, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Mental Health Advisory Panel (Member)

Adjunct Assistant Professor Chan Lai Gwen completed her medical training in the National University of Singapore and University of Toronto and is a certified Psychiatrist in the public sector, with special clinical and research interests in patients with concurrent neurological and psychiatric conditions, such as in Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury and HIV.

She is also actively involved in voluntary work, being a Board member of HealthServe and the St-John’s-St Margaret’s Nursing Home, as well as conducting and facilitating Marriage Preparation Courses for St John’s-St Margaret’s Church. She also co-leads a church cell group together with her husband. As a passionate advocate for mental health, she also gives various public talks in church and secular settings on mental health issues. She won the Healthcare Humanitarian Award for her work in 2013.

Choy Peng Wah

Director, Fundraising and Engagement Committee Chairman

Retired Finance professional
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Fundraising and Engagement Committee (Chairman); Audit Committee (Member)
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Choy Peng Wah

Director, Fundraising and Engagement Committee Chairman

Retired Finance professional
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Fundraising and Engagement Committee (Chairman); Audit Committee (Member)

Peng Wah’s 38-year career in Finance spans across Singapore, New York and Hong Kong with Citibank, Deutsche Asset Management, Prudential Asset Management, Fullerton Fund Management and Harvest Global Investments. With a Master’s in Business Administration from McGill University, Peng has 38 years of sales and client facing in the Finance industry. He was Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Global Investments.

Peng Wah is married with 2 children.

Eugene Seow

Director

Vice President, National Council of Social Services; Board Advisor to the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, Koinonia Inclusion Network, Radion International and Relief Singapore
Board Member from 31 December 2021. Nominating and HR Committee (Member); Audit Committee (Member)
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Eugene Seow

Director

Vice President, National Council of Social Services; Board Advisor to the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, Koinonia Inclusion Network, Radion International and Relief Singapore
Board Member from 31 December 2021. Nominating and HR Committee (Member); Audit Committee (Member)

Eugene is the Founding Lead of E3TWENTY, an Organisational Leadership Coaching Collaborative. He believes that one of the greatest impact we can make on the future is to invest generously in Next Generation Leadership. These values were shaped and grounded through his many years of engagement in the social service sector both locally and internationally.

Eugene was a practicing architect for ten years, before heeding his life’s call to be an “architect of lives”. In 1992 he helped set up TOUCH Community Services and served as its first Executive Director from 1992 – 2016. Following which he took up appointment as CEO TOUCH International from 2016-2020.

He contributes his time and resources to a wide range of Non-Profit Boards including The National Council of Social Services, The Majurity Trust and TOUCH Community Services. He also serves as Board Advisor to The National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Koinonia Inclusion Network, Radion International and Relief Singapore.

In recognition of his efforts in the community, he was conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM) National Day Awards 2005 and the Public Service Star (BBM) National Day Awards 2020.

Eugene and his wife Julie have 3 adult children, 2 daughters-in-law and 4 grandchildren.

 

Gail Lien

Director, Services Committee Chairman

Governor, Lien Foundation
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Services Committee (Chairman); Finance Committee (Member)
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Gail Lien

Director, Services Committee Chairman

Governor, Lien Foundation
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Services Committee (Chairman); Finance Committee (Member)

Gail Lien has been active in the philanthropic and social sector for about 20 years. She is a governor of the Lien Foundation and a board member of Healthserve and Rainbow Centre.  She previously served on the fund-raising committees of Dover Park Hospice and Vision Fund, the micro finance arm of World Vision Singapore. She is also an active volunteer with Rainbow Centre. 

Gail began her career as an investment analyst in Hong Kong, motherhood led her to give up full time work in favour of raising a family. Gail is a graduate from the London School of Economics and has post graduate qualifications in Education, Theology and Natural Medicine. More recently, she completed an executive programme on Women’s Leadership Development with the Oxford Said Business School. Gail is married, with three daughters. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, playing tennis and a good word game. 

Serene Chee

Director, Finance Committee Chairman

Chairman, LCEC Christ Methodist Church
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Finance Committee (Chairman)
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Serene Chee

Director, Finance Committee Chairman

Chairman, LCEC Christ Methodist Church
Board Member from 21 September 2020. Finance Committee (Chairman)

Serene has spent more than 20 years of her professional career in the Finance Industry – JP Morgan, ABN Amro, Coutts, and more recently, as a Director at Credit Suisse and Senior Director with J. Safra Sarasin. The last 15 years were spent in the Wealth Management division of the banking institutions.

She worships at Christ Methodist Church and is actively involved in church work. A former Treasurer, Finance Chairperson and Associate Lay Leader, she is currently the Chairperson of the Local Church Executive Board (LCEC) and sits on various working committees.

She is adventurous and an avid traveler. A former school athlete, she still swims, cycles, runs and takes part in various races. This she says, is to counter her penchant for cooking and good food.

Serene is married. The couple go on various mission trips together.

Susan Kong Yim Pui

Director, Audit Committee Chairman

Director, QED Law Corporation
Board Member from 17 August 2017. Audit Committee (Chairman)
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Susan Kong Yim Pui

Director, Audit Committee Chairman

Director, QED Law Corporation
Board Member from 17 August 2017. Audit Committee (Chairman)

Susan is a practicing lawyer with more than 30 years and is recognized as a leading practitioner in the areas of Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets by Chambers Global, IFLR 1000, AsiaLaw and Euromoney Legal Group Guide. She is currently the Managing Partner of Q.E.D. Law Corporation, a boutique law practice, which she co-founded in 2015.

On the corporate experience front, Susan has served as independent director in many public and private companies across sectors and in different jurisdictions, including banking, education and real estate and professional services. She is currently an independent director of SBS Transit Ltd.

On the non-profit front, Susan has volunteered with HealthServe periodically since 2014 and joined the Board in 2017. She also Chairman of the Board of STPI, an art institution under MCCY.