Profile

Kwan Yew Huat, graduated from the National University of Singapore, with a B.Sc. (Pharmacy) degree in 1982. After a brief stint with Guardian Pharmacy, he joined Astra Pharmaceuticals as a pharmacist. He then joined Waleta Singapore Pte Ltd as a manager, rising to the position of Managing Director in 1988.

Waleta was subsequently acquired by Inchcape Berhad. Yew Huat remained as the Managing Director of the company, where in due course, he took on the roles of General Manager for Inchcape Dental Division and General Manager for Asiadent (M) Sdn Bhd. He left Inchcape Berhad in 1995 to setup Pharmaforte Singapore Pte Ltd.

Dr. Lee Ai Ling, graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1983. She has 15 years of clinical experience running her own practice. She co-founded Pharmaforte Singapore Pte Ltd in 1995.

Lee Chee Boon is a certified public accountant with the Institute of Public Accountants of Singapore. She graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy degree in 1990. This was followed by a Masters in Business Administration from Adelaide University, Australia in early 2000. Her work experience started with the then Post Office Savings Bank, initially as a officer and subsequently as an Assistant Manager in the Finance Department. Later she left to join Barclays Bank PLC where she held a managerial position in the Finance Department.

Chia Siew Leng Tricia, graduated from Latrobe University, Bendigo, Australia with a major in Marketing. She holds a Diploma in Chemical Process Technology & a Specialist Diploma in Nutrition & Health Promotion as well.

She started her pharmaceutical career in 1994 as a professional medical representative with Eli Lilly. In her 17 years there, she has held several portfolios including product management and field operations management. In 2001, Tricia joined PMR Associates as a Product Manager before moving to Nestle Singapore in 2003 as a Field Operations Manager managing a team of Nutritional Executives. Prior to joining Pharmaforte Singapore in 2010, Tricia was working with Schering Plough handling Women's Health.

Chua Kim Hwee, Evan, has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since 1995, following a six years service with the Ministry of Defence. With Merck Singapore in 1995, he responsibilities covered Singapore and Brunei, where he serviced doctors and specialists on hypertension, diabetes, orthopaedic and female health products. He then moved to Novem Healthcare in 2007 with responsibility for Medical devices, covering products for urology, wound care, stoma care, continence care and surgical implant.

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Koh Jyh Chang, Thomas, obtained his Diploma in Electronics & Communications Engineering from Singapore Polytechnic in 1992, Diploma in Sales & Marketing from Marketing Institute of Singapore in 1997 and Bachelor of Business Administration in 1998. He started his career as a Technical Officer with the Port of Singapore Authority in 1992. He then began his sales career with Astra Pharmaceuticals in 1994 and was promoted to sales management in 1997 in Astra and later in AstraZeneca in 1999. He subsequently worked for Humedical and Mathys/SYNTHES in 2004 and for Abbott in 2005 before joining Pharmaforte Singapore in 2009. He has worked in therapeutic areas like cardiocascular, gastrointestinal, oncology, gynaecology, dyslipidaemia, orthopaedics (spine disc replacement & instrumentation) and anti-obesity.

Wong Jing Ning, Jean, graduated with a Bachelor in Science (Economics) in 1993 and obtained her Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from the Singapore Institute of Management in 1997. Prior to joining the Pharmaceutical industry, Jean worked in Singapore General Hospital¡¯s Orthopaedic Department in 1994 and with the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore in 1997 as Projects Manager. She then began her sales career in Panmedic Sdn Bhd in 2000 covering Klang Valley and Ipoh. She came back to Singapore and worked with Novartis Singapore¡®sPharmaceutical Division in 2003. In Novartis, she received several Outstanding Performer awards and New Comer award. She subsequently joined SciGen Ltd in 2004, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on endocrinology and immunology. After a brief stint in DKSH Singapore, she joined Pharmaforte Singapore in 2009. She has over 8 years of sales experience.  

Moo Mei Hoe, Alice, started her career in 1999 as a Sales Executive at Energizer Singapore Pte Ltd, handling the FMCG product line in convenience stores at all petrol stations in Singapore. After one year, she was put in-charge of a new group of portfolios, covering NTUC Supermarket, Shop N Save, Guardian, Watson, Electrical stores (Harvey Norman and Best Denki) and DIY stores. Under these new portfolios, she worked closely with a team of merchandisers. In 2003, she moved to Saga Foodstuff Singapore where she handled major accounts such as Cold Storage, Giant Hypermarket and other wholesalers. She joined the OTC team at Pharmaforte Singapore Pte Ltd in 2005. 

Tan Hock Sun graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a Diploma in Information Technology (Networking) in 1999. He started work as an IT Consultant in an IT company,  to implement ACCPAC and Peachtree Accounting Software for clients. He has also experience in maintaining Networks and troubleshooting both hardware and software in a corporate setting.

Wong Soon Tat, graduated from the National University of Singapore with a B.Sc.(Pharm)(Hons) degree in 2003. He completed his pre-registration training with Unity NTUC Healthcare in 2004 and subsequently took up the position of store manager/community pharmacist. After 3 years with Unity, he joined Mindef as a Pharmacist/Contract Management Officer and was responsible for procurement of drugs and medical supplies for the SAF.

Teng Jia Yi, graduated from the National University of Singapore with a B.Sc.(Pharm)(Hons) degree in 2008. She completed her pre-registration training with NTUC Healthcare and continued her career as a retail pharmacist cum store-in-charge in NTUC Healthcare. Apart from providing healthcare advice to the community, she also took charge of the overall store operation and improving store performance. She also had prior drug regulatory experience during her internship years.