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Cordlife Group Limited
Annual Report 2016
Board of Directors
DR HO CHOON HOU
Chairman and
Non-Executive Director
Dr Ho Choon Hou was rst appointed as
a Director of the Company in June 2011
and was last re-elected on October 18,
2013. Dr Ho is currently a Principal at
Southern Capital Group Limited where
he is responsible for the origination and
execution of investments.
Dr Ho is an Independent Director of both
Advanced Holdings Limited and Mclean
Berhad, and the Non-Independent Non-
Executive Director and Chairman of
Dr Wong Chiang Yin was appointed as
Executive Director and Group Chief
Executive Of cer of the Company on
July 1, 2016. As Executive Director
and Group Chief Executive Of cer, Dr
Wong is responsible for identifying and
implementing company-wide business
growth strategies and organisational
structures, and directly oversees all
aspects of the Group’s growth and
operating functions.
Dr Wong is a medical doctor as well as
a public health specialist who has more
than 20 years of healthcare management
experience. Dr Wong was most recently
the Executive Director and Group CEO
of TMC Life Sciences Bhd., a healthcare
company listed on the mainboard of Bursa
(i.e. the Malaysia Stock Exchange). He was
concurrently the President of Thomson
International, the international arm of
Thomson Medical Centre - Singapore’s
largest private sector obstetrics and
gynaecology hospital.
Between 2008 and 2009, Dr Wong was
the Executive Director and CEO of the
Hospitals Division in Pantai Holdings
Berhad. Prior to joining the private sector
in 2008, he was the Chief Operating Of cer
Ms Tan Poh Lan was appointed as the
Executive Director and Group Chief
Operating Of cer of the Company on
April 12, 2016.
Ms Tan has 30 years of extensive
experience in the private and public
healthcare sectors. She was most
recently Chief Executive Of cer of
Fortis Healthcare Singapore where she
successfully aligned and integrated the
businesses of Fortis Colorectal Hospital
& Radlink, an outpatient imaging centre
with a cyclotron and 3 general practitioner
clinics, and established a Public-Private
Stemlife Berhad, a subsidiary of Cordlife
Group Limited.
Dr Ho graduated with a Bachelor of
Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
(Honours) from the University of Shef eld,
as well as a Master of Medicine (Surgery)
from the National University of Singapore
and a Master of Business Administration
(Honours) from the University of Chicago
(Graduate School of Business).
DR WONG CHIANG YIN
Executive Director and
GroupChief ExecutiveOf cer
of Changi General Hospital and Singapore
General Hospital, as well as the Director
of Business Development, SingHealth.
Dr Wong has held, and still holds,
leadership positions in various medical
professional bodies. He has been a
council member of the Singapore Medical
Association for over 20 years, and served
as its President from 2006 to 2009. He
has also been a council member of the
Academy of Medicine Singapore since
2009.
Dr Wong is currently an Independent
Director of Beng Kuang Marine Limited,
a company listed on the Singapore
Exchange and the Chairman of its Audit
Committee. He is the Chairman of the
Citizens’ Consultative Committee of the
Holland-Bukit TimahGroupRepresentation
Constituency, Cashew Division.
Dr Wong graduated with a Bachelor of
Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree,
as well as a Master of Medicine (Public
Health) from the National University
of Singapore. In addition, he received
his Master of Business Administration
(Finance) from the University of Leicester.
He is also a Fellow of the Academy of
Medicine, Singapore.
MS TAN POH LAN
Executive Director and
Group Chief Operating
Of cer
Partnership model with some government
hospitals. Ms Tan was also formerly, the
Chief Executive Of cer of Gleneagles
Hospital in Singapore from April 2008 to
September 2011. Prior to this, she assumed
the position of the Chief Executive Of cer
for Vinmec International Hospital in Hanoi,
Vietnam and Parkway East Hospital
(formerly East Shore Hospital).
Ms Tan holds a Master of Business
Administration from National University of
Singapore and graduated with Honours in
Occupational Therapy from University of
Queensland, Australia.
