The Board

The Board

The Board

Singapore Children’s Society is managed by the Board. As the highest policy and decision-making body, the Board has the ultimate responsibility of ensuring that the Society is governed, and managed responsibly and prudently.

There are also five standing committees working hand in hand with the full-time staff in the areas of Community Engagement and Partnerships, Information and Corporate Relations, Research and Advocacy, Social Work Service and Children In Care.

All committee members are volunteers of Children’s Society and come from diverse backgrounds such as education, healthcare and business.

Chairman

Mr Koh Choon Hui DUBC
Deputy Chairman

Prof Ho Lai Yun BBM(L), JP
Honorary Secretary

Assoc Prof Cuthbert Teo Eng Swee PPA(G), PBM

Honorary Treasurer

Mr David Toh Seng Hong PBM

Member

Mr Chan Hiang Tiak
Member

Mr Kurt Wee Chorng Kien JP
Member

Dr Lena Lee Siow Ling
Member

Assoc Prof Lim Lee Ching
Member

Mdm Rashidah Bte Abdul Rasip PPA(P)
Member

Mr Ronald Liew Wing Kong
Member

Ms Tan Khiaw Ngoh PBM, JP

Member

Capt Suresh Menon
Nominated Member

Assoc Prof Isabella Wong Yuen Fun
Nominated Member

Ms Koh Hui-Jian
Nominated Member

Mr Koh Yeong-Kheng
Nominated Member

Dr Quah Saw Han
Co-opted Member

Ms Fiona Leung Ka Yan

Chairman

Mr Koh Choon Hui DUBC

Mr Koh Choon Hui is the Chairman of Singapore Children’s Society, a position he held since 1978. He started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 1975 as Chairman of the Appeals Standing Committee, now known as the Community Engagement and Partnerships Standing Committee. He is also currently the Chairman of the Crisis Management Committee, the Human Resource and Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee. Mr Koh served as the Singapore Government’s Representative (Children’s Rights) to the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children from 2010 to 2022. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Visiting Justices and Board of Inspection, and the Inmates’ Families Support Fund. Mr Koh was Chairman of Singapore Pools from June 2013 to June 2021. He is currently the Chairman of iShine Cloud Limited and several private organisations.

Deputy Chairman

Prof Ho Lai Yun BBM(L), JP

Prof Ho Lai Yun is the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Children’s Society and he was previously a Vice Chairman from 2002 to April 2021. He started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 1988 as a member of the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Standing Committee. He is the Chairman of the Awards Committee, and was the Chairman of the Research and Advocacy Standing Committee from 1999 to 2012 and again, from 2015 to April 2023. He was also the Chairman of the Children In Care Standing Committee from 2012 to 2015. Prof Ho is a Justice of the Peace. He is the Emeritus Consultant, Paediatrician and Neonatologist at the Singapore General Hospital and the Director of the Child Development Programme, Ministry of Health. He is also a Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.

Honorary Secretary

Assoc Prof Cuthbert Teo Eng Swee PPA(G), PBM

A/Prof Cuthbert Teo Eng Swee is the Honorary Secretary of Singapore Children’s Society, since 2015. He started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 1999 as a member of the Research Committee. He was the Chairperson of the Research and Advocacy Standing Committee from 2012 to 2015 and also serves as a Board Member of the National Council of Social Service. A/Prof Teo is a Senior Consultant and Gazetted Forensic Pathologist at the Forensic Medicine Division, Health Sciences Authority. His academic appointments include Associate Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences of the National University of Singapore (NUS); and Senior Lecturer at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. A/Prof Teo is a member of the Faculty of Medical Experts of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore (AMS), and of the Singapore Medical Council’s Panel of Medical Assessors. He is a current member, and past Chairman, of the Executive Committee of the AMS Chapter of Pathologists. He is an advisor to the Editorial Board at the Singapore Medical Association News, and an Associate Editor of the Singapore Medical Journal.

Honorary Treasurer

Mr David Toh Seng Hong PBM

Mr David Toh Seng Hong is the Honorary Treasurer of Singapore Children’s Society and he held the position of the Honorary Assistant Treasurer from 2019 to April 2021. He is currently a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the Governance Risk Compliance & Internal Audit Leader. Mr Toh is serving as the Board member of the Yellow Ribbon Singapore (formerly known as Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE)) which is a statutory Board under the Ministry of Home Affairs, with the mission of rebuilding lives of ex-offenders by helping them enhance their employability potential. Mr Toh is a Management Committee Member of Securities Investors Association (Singapore) and a member of the Education & Professional Development Committee at Institute of Internal Auditors Singapore (IIAS). He is also currently a member of the Tampines Central Citizens’ Consultative Committee.

Member

Mr Chan Hiang Tiak

Mr Chan Hiang Tiak is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, a position he held since July 2020. He started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2020 as the Chairman of the Technology Advisory Committee and a member of the Community Engagement and Partnerships Standing Committee. He is Senior Advisor of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and also runs his own businesses in property, skincare and consulting. His professional background has been in IT governance and he has two Masters in business and IT. He would be assisting in strengthening the Society’s IT and fundraising capabilities.

Member

Mr Kurt Wee Chorng Kien JP

Mr Kurt Wee Chorng Kien is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, a position he held since 2008. He started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2008. He is currently the Chairperson of the Community Engagement and Partnerships Standing Committee and the Chairperson of the Investment Committee. Mr Wee is a Justice of the Peace. He is an investor in various fields of biotechnology and is the Chief Executive Officer of Celligenics Pte Ltd. He is also the President of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation.

Member

Dr Lena Lee Siow Ling

Dr Lena Lee Siow Ling is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society since 2018, and she held the position of Honorary Assistant Secretary of Singapore Children’s Society from July 2020 to April 2021. She started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2007 as a member of the Information and Corporate Relations (INFOCORE) Standing Committee. She was later appointed as Deputy Chairman in 2018 and subsequently the Chairman of INFOCORE Standing Committee from May 2023. She is also a member of the Children In Care Standing Committee since 2018. Dr Lee is Senior Administrator of Lee Kong Chian School of Business at the Singapore Management University.

Member

Assoc Prof Lim Lee Ching

Assoc Prof Lim Lee Ching is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, a position he held since 2013. He is the Chairperson of the Research and Advocacy Standing Committee as of April 2023. Assoc Prof Lim started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2010 as a member of the Information and Corporate Relations Standing Committee and was the Chairperson from 2016 to 2023. Assoc Prof Lim is the Dean of the S R Nathan School of Human Development at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Member

Mdm Rashidah Bte Abdul Rasip PPA(P)

Mdm Rashidah Bte Abdul Rasip is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, a position she held since 2011. She started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2007 as a member of the Social Work Service Standing Committee. Mdm Rashidah was the Principal of Huamin Primary School (1997 to 2004), West View Primary School (2008 to 2015) and Hougang Primary School (2014 to 2020). She was also posted as a Senior Quality Assessor with the School Appraisal Branch, Ministry of Education in 2005 and thereafter seconded to MENDAKI as its CEO from 2006 to 2007.

Member

Mr Ronald Liew Wing Kong

Mr Ronald Liew Wing Kong is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, a position he held since 2018. He is also a member of the Community Engagement and Partnerships Standing Committee since 2018. He was appointed the ambassador for the Society’s 1000 Enterprises for Children-in-Need (1000E) in 2013 and was appointed the ambassador for the 1000 Philanthropists (1000P) in 2014. He was also the Chairman of the Council of Ambassadors for two of the Society’s fundraising programmes, the 1000E and the 1000P programmes in 2016. Mr Liew is currently the Group Chief Executive Officer of QCD Technology Pte Ltd.

Member

Ms Tan Khiaw Ngoh PBM, JP

Ms Tan Khiaw Ngoh is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, as well as the Chairperson of the Social Work Service Standing Committee. She is also the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee. She started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 1999 as its Honorary Treasurer, and has held the position of Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Assistant Treasurer on a rotational basis from 1999 to 2006. She was also the Honorary Secretary from 2014 to 2015. Ms Tan is a Justice of the Peace.

Member

Capt Suresh Menon

Capt Suresh Menon is a member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, a position he held since 2016. He started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 1997 and is the Chairperson of the Children In Care Standing Committee. He was the Vice Chairman of the Children In Care Standing Committee from 2016 to April 2021. He was also a nominated member of the Board in 2015. Capt Menon was a Management Pilot with Singapore Airlines having flown for 43 years. He retired in March 2019 and continues his role as a full time Instructor pilot with SIA. He is also an Affiliate Member of the Airline Pilots Association Singapore (ALPA-S).

Nominated Member

Assoc Prof Isabella Wong Yuen Fun

Assoc Prof Isabella Wong Yuen-Fun is a nominated member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society and was a member of the Board from 2018 to April 2021. She started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2009 as a member of the Social Work Service Standing Committee and served as a member of the Research and Advocacy Standing Committee from May 2018 till present. She is also a member of the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) Committee on Fostering since April 2022. She is a faculty member of the Psychology and Child & Human Development Academic Group at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

Nominated Member

Ms Koh Hui-Jian

Ms Koh Hui-Jian is a nominated member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society and was a nominated member of the Board from 2018 to April 2021. She started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2017 as a member of the Children In Care Standing Committee. She is currently CEO at Manulife Investment Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd.

Nominated Member

Mr Koh Yeong-Kheng

Mr Koh Yeong-Kheng is a nominated member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society, a position he held since 2020. He started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2013 as a member of the Appeals Standing Committee, now known as the Community Engagement and Partnerships Standing Committee. He also started serving as a member of the Investment Committee since 2020. He is currently Director (Finance) of Straits Construction Group Pte Ltd and the Assistant Honorary Secretary of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises.

Nominated Member

Dr Quah Saw Han

Dr Quah Saw Han is a nominated member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society. She was a co-opted member of the Board from May 2020 to April 2023 and nominated member of the Board from May 2019 to April 2020. She started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2015 as a member in the Research Committee. She has also joined the Research and Advocacy Standing Committee as a member in 2019. She is currently Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist of T.A.P: The Affinity People Pte Ltd.

Co-opted Member

Ms Fiona Leung Ka Yan

Ms Fiona Leung Ka Yan is a co-opted member of the Board at Singapore Children’s Society. She started volunteering with Singapore Children’s Society in 2021 as a member of the Investment Committee. She also started serving in the Community Engagement and Partnerships Standing Committee in 2022. She is currently the managing partner of Olive Vista Capital Pte Ltd.