Asian Business Series – Riding the Tiger: Navigating Pivots and Embracing the Uncertainty of Uncharted Paths

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Friday
8
November 2024

Time:

3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Venue:

Innovation 4.0
Seminar Room Level 1, I4-01-03
3 Research Link Singapore 117602 (Map)

Dress Code:

Business Attire

Being an entrepreneur or business leader can often feel like riding a tiger — an exciting journey with moments of uncertainty and the challenge of navigating the unknown. In this conversation, Dr. Melvin Heng will share his experiences transitioning from a medical career to entrepreneurship and heading healthcare corporations across various geographies in South East Asia.

Through key pivotal moments, he will explore how to embrace change, manage risk, and find balance when faced with uncertainty. This session will offer practical insights for leaders at any stage of their journey, emphasising the value of adaptability and thoughtful decision-making in navigating uncharted paths.

A/Prof Joel Goh, Director of JY Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre, Dean’s Chair and Associate Professor, Analytics and Operations, will moderate this event.

Hosted by JY Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre X NUS Business School Strategic Relations

The JY Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre (CARC) was set up in 2012 under the Global Asia Institute (NUS GAI) to pursue comparative research into key development issues facing Asia, in particular its three giants – India, China, and Indonesia. The Centre focuses specifically on cross-national comparative studies within Asia and is named in honour of Professor J.Y. Pillay, renowned Singaporean policy maker and corporate leader.

Please RSVP by 7 November 2024, Thursday, 1200hrs.

Speakers

Dr Melvin Heng

Dr Melvin Heng is Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Medical Group since 1 December 2022. He leads and manages the Group and works actively with the Board and Management to set the overall strategic direction focused on driving business operations and growth of the Group.

Dr Heng is a physician and healthcare executive with more than 10 years of experience in hospital management, primary and specialist clinics, teleradiology, MedTech and aeromedical evacuations.

Dr Heng is a medical advisor and investor in several MedTech companies such as Mesh Bio and Global Health Byte (now known as UNO Technologies).

From 2016 to 2018, Dr Heng served as an advisor to the Ministry of Health in the Primary Care IT sub-committee for National Electronic Health Records and GP Connect.

Before joining Thomson Medical, Dr Heng was with Gleneagles Hospital where he held various leadership positions including Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

From 2009 to 2015, Dr Heng was a medical doctor with the National Health Service (United Kingdom) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

After leaving the public service, Dr Heng co-founded an aeromedical evacuation company (Global Medical Concierge) and was also an equity partner at OneCare Medical, a chain of primary care clinics that was eventually acquired by HMI Medical with EQT Private Equity.

Dr Heng was awarded the Public Service Medal (COVID-19) by the Singapore Government in 2023.

Dr Heng graduated from the St George’s Hospital Medical School in London with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and has a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine (GDOM) from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Joel Goh (Moderator)

Joel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Analytics and Operations. His research interests are in the domains of Healthcare Analytics and Supply Chain Management. In the first domain, he is interested in understanding how mathematical models can be applied to real-world problems in healthcare in order to inform, improve, and enhance medical decision-making and health policy. In the second domain, he is interested in understanding how new business models, enabled by digital technology, can be harnessed to unlock hidden efficiencies in supply chains. He also has methodological interests in the optimization theory. He is the co-creator of Robust Optimization Made Easy (ROME), a software package for modeling robust optimization problems.

He received his PhD in business administration from Stanford GSB. Prior to joining NUS, he was on the faculty at Harvard Business School as an assistant professor of business administration.