Joint Head, Enterprise Development Group
Head, Life Sciences, Temasek International

Dr Fidah Alsagoff is currently Joint Head of Enterprise Development Group and Head of Life Sciences at Temasek International, where he has been since 2008.

He was previously a Partner at Innosight Ventures Pte Ltd, and before that, Chief Executive Officer of MOH Holdings. His career also includes nearly a decade in social entrepreneurship where he started up several programmes and enterprises catering to hitherto unmet healthcare needs of patients, with the latest enterprise being the establishment of the Singapore Cord Blood Bank.

Dr Alsagoff graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and later with a Master of Medicine in Public Health. He attended INSEAD on a Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship for post-graduate studies and subsequently graduated with an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) with distinction. As valedictorian of his EMBA class, he was awarded the Claude Janssen Prize.

Dr Alsagoff currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Singapore University of Technology and Design and the Duke-NUS Medical School.

Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health
Republic of Singapore

Mr Masagos Zulkifli is Singapore's Minister for Social and Family Development. Mr Masagos entered politics in 2006, after being elected as Member of Parliament for Tampines Group Representation Constituency, and was appointed Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Education. Prior to that, Mr Masagos was working in Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and last held the position of Chief Executive Officer, SingTel Global Offices. From 2008 to 2014, Mr Masagos held other positions in the Singapore Government, within the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs. He was appointed Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs in May 2018. From October 2015 to July 2020, Mr Masagos was Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. He took on his current appointment on 27 July 2020.

Director, Postnatal Depression Intervention Programme
Head, Department of Psychological Medicine
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor Helen Chen has been at the forefront of maternal mental health, having set up the Women’s Mental Wellness Service at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 15 years ago. As Director of the Postnatal Depression Intervention Programme, she has championed the needs of mothers suffering from maternal mental illness, and in the recent five years, has focused on building expertise in the area of perinatal infant mental health, in recognition of the importance of addressing child psychosocial needs. As part of the Growing Up in Singapore Toward health Outcomes (GUSTO) study investigation team, she has also been involved in key papers that have provided robust evidence into the link between maternal mental health and child health and development outcomes. Understanding the importance of building knowledge and sustaining healthcare resourcing, she is also actively involved in teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates, and is currently serving in various national committees and workgroups. Lastly, as a mother of two, she fully understands the critical role mothers play in nurturing their children.

Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology
Director, KK Human Milk Bank
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor Chua Mei Chien is Head and Senior Consultant of the Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and Director of the KK Human Milk Bank. Her special area of interest is early nutrition including breastfeeding and the impact of nutrition on long-term health. She has collaborated extensively with multidisciplinary teams, both locally and regionally, to develop evidence-based nutritional protocols. Academically, she holds teaching positions with all three medical schools and is an avid researcher involved in a number of research collaborations including the “Growing up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes” and “Singapore PREconception Study of long-Term maternal and child Outcomes” cohort studies.

A breastfeeding advocate passionate about educating and supporting women in their endeavour to breastfeed, Assoc Prof Chua was instrumental in steering KKH to achieve baby-friendly accreditation in June 2014 and March 2017. As President of the Association for Breastfeeding Advocacy, she has led in national efforts, together with the Health Promotion Board, which resulted in the successful accreditation of all public healthcare institutions and five other private hospitals as baby-friendly hospitals. In this regard, she is an active member of the Sale of Infant Foods Ethics Committee Singapore (SIFECS) and was involved in the revision of the 5th edition of the SIFECS code published in 2019.

Assoc Prof Chua established the first and only donor human milk bank in Singapore in August 2017 in partnership with Temasek Foundation. The Temasek Foundation Community Milk Bank programme provides a ready supply of pasteurised donor human milk for sick and premature babies to offer them a better chance of intact survival. Her expertise in this field is much sought-after both regionally and internationally.

Head of Department
Department of Child Development
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Board Member, NTUC First Campus

Associate Professor Lourdes Mary Daniel is currently the Head of Department in the Department of Child Development, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). She is a paediatrician who is trained in neonatology and child development. She received her neonatal postgraduate training in Singapore and Australia and her child development training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute affiliated with Johns Hopkins Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital and the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the United States. She has worked with high-risk children in KKH from the antenatal period, through delivery, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, childhood and into primary school for the last 35 years.

Senior Adviser
Maternal and Newborn Health
United Nations Children’s Fund

Dr Tedbabe Hailegebriel is Senior Adviser for Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the MNH team lead at UNICEF headquarters in New York. She is a paediatrician with extensive experience in clinical newborn and child health, public health programme design, implementation, monitoring, research as well as the advocacy and translation of research findings towards policy change.

She has led multiple MNH initiatives, and has also coordinated and managed a series of adolescent, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition programmes. Dr Hailegebriel has rich experience not only in Asia and Africa, but also at global level in various advisory and quality assurance roles. She is a passionate and strong advocate for MNH towards improving maternal, adolescent and newborn health and nutrition outcomes along the continuum of care.

Dr Hailegebriel has also authored and co-authored a series of newborn, child health and nutrition articles in peer reviewed journals.

Clinical Psychologist
Psychosocial Trauma Support Service
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Dr Ho Yiling is a Principal Psychologist with the Psychosocial Trauma Support Service at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, leading the development of a trauma service for women. She is a registered clinical psychologist specialising in providing trauma-based interventions for women who have had histories of abuse and/or medical trauma. She has had experience supporting children, adolescents, and families with issues relating to family violence, childhood abuse, and mental health concerns. Dr Ho has also been involved in the implementation of trauma-based treatment programmes in residential care facilities in Singapore. She has keen interests in maternal and adolescent mental health, neurobiology of trauma, and effects of intergenerational trauma, and strongly believes in advocacy work and public education. Dr Ho also teaches as an associate lecturer at a local university, and holds a Doctor of Psychology from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Deputy Chairman
Temasek Foundation

Mr Richard Magnus is the Deputy Chairman of Temasek Foundation and concurrently Chairman of Temasek Foundation Cares, which are part of the philanthropic arm of Temasek Holdings.

Mr Magnus is a former Chief Judge of the State Courts and has served as head of various branches in the Singapore Legal Service. The World Bank reported that he was the architect of judicial reforms in the Singapore Judiciary. He is the General Editor of five legal books in the Practitioners Series.

Mr Magnus was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the State for his excellent public service. He is also a recipient of other voluntary service and commendation awards. His experience includes being an adjunct professor; chair of various regulatory bodies; a member and board director in various private and public corporate bodies; and represents Singapore in certain international organisations.

Senior Research Fellow
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne

Dr Tim Moore is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. He heads a small team with responsibility for monitoring, reviewing and synthesising research literature on a wide range of topics relating to child development, family functioning and service systems. He has been the principal writer on numerous CCCH reviews, reports and policy briefs, many of which have had a significant impact on policy and practice, nationally and internationally. Prior to joining CCCH in 2000, Dr Moore worked as an educational and developmental psychologist in a variety of settings, including early childhood intervention services for young children with developmental disabilities and their families. He has taken a leading role nationally in the development of policy and training in the early childhood intervention field.

Chief Executive Officer
Temasek Foundation

Mr Ng Boon Heong is the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Foundation. He is responsible for the overall Temasek Foundation group, and leads Temasek’s six foundations (International, Cares, Connects, Nurtures, Innovates, Ecosperity) towards achieving the vision of One Temasek Foundation. Mr Ng holds a concurrent role as Managing Director, Institutional Relations with the Sustainability & Stewardship Group (SSG) of Temasek International. Prior to assuming his current appointment on 1 April 2020, Mr Ng was Head, Community Stewardship in SSG. He oversaw numerous community development, sustainability and climate change initiatives; working closely with Temasek Trust and Stewardship Asia Centre to deliver its mandates and strategic thrusts of connecting people, uplifting communities, protecting planet, advancing capabilities and rebuilding lives in Singapore and beyond.

Before joining Temasek, Mr Ng served in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and was intimately involved in technology development and management, focusing on advanced sensors, autonomous vehicles and sense-making. He has also worked with different stakeholders to deliver integrated and multi-source information fusion and analysis products, scenario development and contingency planning; including providing support to various SAF Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations. He was also the top Army graduate of the SAF Command and Staff College, graduated from the Indonesian Military's Joint Command and Staff College and was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military).

Mr Ng graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours) from the Nanyang Technological University Singapore, holds a Masters in Business Administration from Singapore Management University and Masters in Systems Integration (Information Systems) from the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States.

Senior Assistant Director
Home Visitation Programme
KidSTART Singapore Ltd

Ms Ng Wei Chern has been heading the KidSTART Home Visitation Programme since 2017. She holds a Master of Social Work from the Washington University in St. Louis. She has over 15 years of experience in child welfare and protection as a frontline worker, as well as in policy and professional development in Singapore’s Ministry of Social and Family Development. She believes strongly in early support for children’s development and addressing caregivers’ mental health concerns to mitigate the impact on children’s development and well-being.

Chief Executive Officer
KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Prof Alex Sia is the Chief Executive Officer of KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), whose mission is to deliver excellent, holistic and compassionate healthcare for women and children. He is concurrently Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School and Clinical Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. After completing his undergraduate study at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Medicine, he achieved specialist accreditation in intensive care medicine and anaesthesiology before earning his Master of Business Administration from Singapore Management University under the Ministry of Health Holdings Hospital Administration Scholarship Scheme. As the immediate past Chairman of KKH’s Medical Board, he is a strong advocate of better and safer care for all.

He firmly believes in the importance of joy at work and constant practice improvements to enhance the delivery of value-driven care. His pursuit of advancing the safety and reliability of patient care has led to the development of closed-loop, automated and computer integrated administration of medications. In this regard, he has been granted three patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is also involved in the research of the pharmacogenomics of pain, particularly in relation to the safe use of opioids. ‘Every life counts, every child matters’ is the principle that has guided his professional journey in the last three decades.

Director, Center for Prevention and Early Trauma Treatment
National Service Office for Nurse-Family Partnership and Child First

Dr Salam Soliman is the Director of the Center of Prevention and Early Trauma Treatment at National Service Office for Nurse-Family Partnership and Child First. In that role, she oversees a Category II National Child Traumatic Stress Network Center, which includes replication of the Child First model, providing evidence-based trainings and consultation services in communities across the United States and helping create systems that work to support families and young children. Prior to that, she had been the Connecticut State Clinical Director and National Clinical Advisor for Child First. She came to this position after having trained and worked internationally in hospitals, courthouses, public schools, universities, and outpatient clinics. Her work has primarily focused on children, with a particular interest in disrupted attachments and the long-term effects of trauma on children. Dr Soliman is a licensed clinical psychologist and is also endorsed as an infant mental health expert. Dr Soliman served as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at Pace University and later as the Director for Counseling Services for New York University in Abu Dhabi.

Dr Soliman is involved in many national initiatives including the development of a Reflective Supervision Curriculum. In collaboration with Louisiana State University Health Center and School of Medicine, Dr Soliman is also the Coordinator for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Disaster and Terrorism Northeast Coalition for Connecticut. She also serves as a board member for the American Psychological Association, Division 39, Section II and as a consultant to the Anchor programme at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Patient Advocate and Theatre Actress

Ms Karen Tan is a theatre actress, who believes that true mental wellness can only come about when we remember, and accept, that we are all imperfect, and that there is still life and beauty in that imperfection.

Head, MindCare
AMKFSC Community Services

Ms Jennie Wan is the Head of MindCare, AMKFSC Community Services, a registered social worker in Singapore, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom (UK) and a Certified Addiction Counsellor, Level II. She has been working in the field of social work for more than 16 years, possessing a good track record of successfully working with individuals, families or groups on issues of substance abuse, domestic violence, mental illness, marital difficulties, addiction issues and disabilities. Ms Wan holds strong professional and research interests in addiction behaviours. She earned her Master of Social Science in Social Work and Master of Science in Addiction Studies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Kings College London, UK, respectively.

Chief Executive
Temasek Foundation Cares

Ms Woon Saet Nyoon joined Temasek Cares (now known as Temasek Foundation) in 2009 as its founding General Manager when the entity was newly established. She is currently the Chief Executive of Temasek Foundation Cares.

Temasek Foundation supports a diverse range of programmes that uplift lives and communities in Singapore and beyond. These programmes strive towards achieving positive outcomes for individuals and communities now and for generations to come.

Prior to joining Temasek Foundation, Ms Woon served eight years at the fundraising arm of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), with her last post helming the Community Chest. NCSS is the umbrella body for its member social service agencies in Singapore. The Community Chest helps to raise sufficient funds required by the supported social service organisations to deliver its core programmes for the community.

Before entering the social service sector, Ms Woon spent 16 years in research planning of urban, suburban and retail, valuation and marketing of real estate in Singapore and Asia.