Senior Advisor, SingHealth Board; Singapore

Professor Ivy Ng is Senior Advisor, SingHealth Board.  Prior to her appointment as Senior Advisor, she was the Group Chief Executive Officer of SingHealth (2012-2024).  She was also previously Chief Executive Officer of KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital (KKH) and Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer of SingHealth.  

SingHealth is Singapore’s largest healthcare group and comprises Singapore General Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Changi General Hospital, Sengkang General Hospital, 5 National Specialty Centres (Cancer, Eye, Neurosciences, Dental and Heart), SingHealth Community Hospitals and 9 primary health polyclinics. SingHealth has also been charged to develop Eastern General Hospital.

She was conferred the National Day Award Public Administration Medal (Gold) (Bar) 2024, President’s Science & Technology Medal 2021, National University of Singapore (NUS) University Outstanding Service Award 2020, NTUC May Day Medal of Commendation (Gold) Award 2020, Her World Woman of the Year 2012, Public Administration Medal (Gold) 2011, International Management Action Award 2010 and Singapore Human Resource Institute Leading CEO Award 2008.  She is Chair of the KKH Fund Committee and member of the Boards of SingHealth Fund, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Management University, Temasek Trust, National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore and Precise Health Research Singapore (PRECISE) Board Oversight Committee (BOC).

She holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) from the National University of Singapore. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, Edinburgh), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH, London) and Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS). She is Clinical Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and Adjunct Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore.