Ms Goh Wan Yee

Affiliation

Senior Vice President and Head, Healthcare Economic Development Board

Profile

Wan Yee is the Senior Vice President and Head for Healthcare in the Singapore Economic Development Board.

She oversees the Health & Wellness industry development strategies and engagement of international companies to facilitate investments in Singapore.

Prior to this, Wan Yee led EDB’s Human Capital team and was responsible for working closely with companies, industry associations, unions and Singapore’s manpower agencies to attract and develop talent for our wide range of industries.

She also spent some time in EDB Human Resources and has a depth of knowledge across various HR functions. Wan Yee started her EDB career in the then nascent Biomedical Sciences cluster and was part of the team that spearheaded the growth of this industry.

This included a stint in Bio*One Capital, a venture capital arm of EDB that invests in biotechnology and medical technology start-ups.

She is trained as a Chemical Engineer and worked as a Process Engineer in ExxonMobil before joining EDB.