Contributors

Dr. Walter Lim

Dr. Walter has twenty years of experience in the Singapore and Asia-pacific healthcare markets.

In his role as the Singapore Managing Director at Fullerton Health, Dr. Walter leads health tech initiatives in Singapore including telemedicine and healthcare analytics. He also oversees Clinical Services in Singapore including primary care, allied health, pharmacy, and ambulance services.

He has led multiple COVID-19 response projects with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Manpower, and driven the integration of wellness, health screening, and primary care services to form Fullerton Health Singapore's Primary & Preventive Care Division.

He was previously Managing Director at Integrated Health Plans (IHP) overseeing corporate health business lines for its group insurance and employer benefits client base in Singapore and Malaysia.

In his earlier career, he served as an investment professional in a corporate venture capital fund linked to Singapore's Economic Development Board and was part of the team during the establishment of Singapore’s National Electronic Health Record. He also practiced as a physician at Singapore General Hospital and various SingHealth group institutions.

Emma Sterling

Emma is a Senior Consultant at ACG, Hong Kong, where she works closely with a range of healthcare providers, insurance, and pharma clients. Emma leverages her background in health policy and strategy to help organisations to achieve their objectives in healthcare excellence; often through major change projects and thought leadership. She is particularly interested enabling and spreading health-tech innovation within healthcare systems to improve quality and access equity. Prior to joining ACG, Emma worked under the NHS Graduate Management Scheme; the UK’s fast-track leadership scheme aimed at cultivating tomorrow’s healthcare Directors and CEO’s.

Emma developed her skills for consulting within a placement in KPMG’s Universal Health Coverage Team. She supported the Global Centre of Excellence to assess different paths to UHC and the current limitations and positives of these approaches. Emma undertook an MSc in Health Policy from Imperial College London, and a BSc in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.

Esther Saguil

Dr. Saguil currently serves as the President of the Philippine Surgical Infection Society and Chair of the Committee on Surgical Infections at the Philippine College of Surgeons. She is also the Chair of the Department of Outpatient Services at the Philippine General Hospital.

She had previously held the role of President of the Philippine Society of Paediatric Surgeons and is currently a board member on the Association of Women Surgeons and Philippine Society for the Surgery of Trauma, among others.

Dr. Saguil frequently speaks at national and hospital-level conferences on matters related to SSIs, most recently participating in discussions that took place at the first-ever Care+ Asia Pacific Masters SSI Prevention Symposium. This event, organised by Ethicon, brought together a consortium of international experts to strategise how Asia-Pacific can advance the adoption and implementation of global guidelines, as well as institute surveillance methods to reduce the risk of SSIs. 

Guillaume Sachet

Guillaume Sachet is a Partner with KPMG in Singapore where he leads the Customer and Strategy team (50 people) within the Advisory practice. He is also the Healthcare and Life Sciences lead for Singapore.
 
Guillaume has more than 25 years of experience in the Tech, Healthcare and Life Sciences sector. Prior to joining KPMG, he was the Head of Strategy at Mediacorp where he drove digital transformation, innovation and investments between 2012 and 2017. He was subsequently appointed Head of Social to manage social media and digital marketing activities. Prior to Mediacorp, Guillaume was a Partner and Managing Director with the strategy practice of Accenture, responsible for Telecom, Media and Tech strategy clients across Southeast Asia.
 
Over the years, he has developed deep digital and customer experience expertise across the APAC region. He has spent more than 20 years in Asia, working in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Brunei, Vietnam, Philippines, Korea and China. Recognized as a thought leader in the tech industry, Guillaume is a regular speaker and writer. He wrote more than 15 articles and white papers on tech and innovation for various organizations and publications.
 
Guillaume graduated with a Master’s degree in management from ESCP Europe and a Master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences-Po (Paris).

Hoo Ling Lee

Ling Lee has 18 years of experience in the healthcare industry, specialising in strategy development, hospital acquisition, operational leadership, lean management and financial management.

Prior to joining Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Ling Lee was the Chief Executive Officer at Pantai Hospital Ampang and the Head of Strategy and Special Projects for IHH Healthcare Malaysia for 10 years, overseeing the organisation’s overall strategy and business development and instrumental in many greenfield and brownfield projects in the country.

Ling Lee was with Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore before returning home to Malaysia. She loves sharing her healthcare experiences and she is a Visiting Lecturer at International Medical University (IMU). She takes on topic relating to healthcare strategy and healthcare operations.

Ling Lee has a Degree of Economics from National University of Malaysia (UKM) and is currently pursuing her Masters of Law from Taylor’s Law School.

Howie Sim

Senior Partner of Healthcare & Transport, NCS 

Howie leads the Client Service Unit for Healthcare & Transport in NCS. He is focused on helping healthcare and transport organisations digitally transform their services to become more people-centric and to support the future demands in smart cities

James Raussen

Management consultant in Southeast Asia with more than 20  years experience in the healthcare industry, public policy, and business to business  development. He currently lives in Vietnam and can be reached on LinkedIn.
 

Jan Sysmans

Mobile App Security Evangelist - Appdome

John Young

Principal in Heidrick & Struggles’ Singapore office and a member of the global Technology & Services Practice

Joshua Siow

Joshua is a Director in the Life Sciences division of Simon-Kucher & Partners, with a focus on healthcare in Asia. 

At Simon-Kucher & Partners, Joshua is a specialist in the pharmaceutical industry, and provides expert advice on a variety of topline topics including:

• Market sizing, segmentation, and prioritization
• Value-based pricing and price optimization
• Market access and reimbursement strategies
• Value communication and marketing strategies
• Global pricing policy guidance and development
• International Price Referencing and launch sequence optimization