Senior Advisor – SEA
Karen Tay Koh has extensive experience in private and public sector organizations in Healthcare and Education, with multiple assignments across the globe.
Karen was Deputy CEO of SingHealth from 2001-8, then Singapore’s largest public delivery network, and concurrently Deputy CEO of Singapore General Hospital from 2003. She has served on several Boards, including: Falck, Denmark, the largest privately-owned global ambulance and emergency services provider; Northeastern University Corporation, Boston USA; and EDB Investments, Singapore.
The first 19 years of Karen’s career were in Singapore’s Ministry of Finance and agencies, primarily in fiscal policy, corporate regulation and international finance.
Karen has a BA (Hons) Economics, University of Cambridge and a Masters in Public Administration /International Tax Program (Certificate) from Harvard University. She was a Singapore President’s Scholar and Overseas Merit Scholar, and was awarded a Me al of Commendation by the National Trade Union Congress in 2008.