Board of Directors
Dr Ng Chin Siau is the Group's founder and Group Chief Executive Officer. He was appointed as a Non-Independent Executive Director of Q & M on 7 January 2008. Dr Ng is responsible for the corporate direction of the Group. He leads the Group in all aspects of its business strategies, policy planning and business development in Singapore, Malaysia and the PRC.
In June 1992, he graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Dr Ng also obtained a Certificate of Implantology from the University of Frankfurt in December 2003. He was also an elected member of the Singapore Dental Council from May 2006 to April 2009. From May 1992 to October 1994, he was a Dental Officer with the Ministry of Health. Subsequently in November 1994, he left to join a private dental clinic at Bukit Batok as an Associate Dental Surgeon until October 1996. In November 1996, he founded the Group and has charted its growth since then.
Dr Ng is a Council Member of the Singapore-Liaoning Economic and Trade Council, and SingaporeShangdong Economic and Trade Council. Dr Ng is also a Patron of the Ang Mo Kio-Hougang's Citizen's Consultative Committee and the Chairman of River Valley High School's School Advisory Committee appointed by Ministry of Education, Singapore.
Dr Ng received the Best Entrepreneur Award in the discipline of Dentistry from the National University of Singapore's Business Incubation of Global Organisations in September 2007. In September 2009, he was named the "Top Entrepreneur" and winner of "The Entrepreneur of the Year Award ("EYA") for Enterprise" in the 2009 Rotary Club - ASME EYA. In December 2010, Dr Ng was conferred the "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2010 Award (Healthcare Services)". In 2015, Dr Ng was named the "Best CEO of the Year for Companies with S$300 million to S$1 billion Market Capitalisation" at the Singapore Corporate Awards. In 2022, Dr Ng received the Public Service Medal (Covid-19) under National Award (Covid-19) 2022.
Mr Ted Tan was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Q & M on 1st May 2022. He is an Enterprise Fellow at Enterprise Singapore, an economic agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Mr Tan is concurrently the Operating Partner of Heliconia Capital Management, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings that provides growth capital for SMEs. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University.
Ted Tan has spent more than thirty years as Chief Executive Officer and senior management in both the public and private sector with experience in strategic planning, business development, investments, mergers and acquisitions, governance, risk management and internationalisation. He sits on the boards of companies including public listed entities as the independent director or non-executive director.
Mr Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. He has completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School and the International Directors Programme at INSEAD, and attended senior executive programmes at Wharton School in the University of Pennsylvania as well as Tsinghua and Fudan University in China. In 2012, Mr Tan was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) by the Singapore government.
Mr Chik Wai Chiew was appointed as a Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director of Q & M on 14 August 2017. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Director of Heritas Capital Management Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based private equity and venture capital investment firm that makes investments in healthcare, education, agrifood and sustainability sectors across Asia Pacific. He has over 25 years of experience in global investment management and strategic business development, having been active in leading various companies on transformational growth strategies, fund raising and mergers & acquisitions. Mr Chik was awarded the GlaxoEDB scholarship and holds a BA in Economics from Cambridge University, UK and an MA from Yale University, USA. He has also completed EMBA (conducted in Mandarin) from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, the PRC.
Executive Officers
Mdm Foo Siew Jiuan is the Group's General Manager and her current responsibilities include overseeing the daily operational matters, such as human resource, procurement, and corporate communications. From May 1993 to January 1997, she was a retail pharmacist and outlet manager at Guardian Pharmacy Singapore. From May 1998 to June 1999, she continued to work part-time as a pharmacist at St. Luke's Hospital in Singapore. She joined the Group in November 1996 on a part-time basis before working fulltime with the Group from July 1999. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) from the National University of Singapore in June 1992.
Mdm Ng Sook Hwa was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer on 7 May 2022. She is responsible for the Group's financial management, tax and investment matters, as well as assisting the Group CEO on merger and acquisition activities. Mdm Ng comes with a wealth of experience accumulated over many years in the areas of finance, audit and business management.
Prior to joining the Group in March 2002, Mdm Ng was a second-year graduate assistant in KPMG, Singapore from October 2000 to February 2002. Mdm Ng graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce, Finance and Marketing (with distinction) from Curtin University of Technology, Australia in August 1998. She also obtained her Masters of Accounting from Curtin University of Technology, Australia in April 2000 and is a member of CPA Australia.