About The Manager
Mr Ashish Bhatia was appointed to the Board of RHT TM as a Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director on 21 May 2019.
Mr Bhatia joined Fortis Healthcare Limited (“Fortis”) (listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India Limited) in 2002. Over the last 17 years, he has held various key positions at Fortis and brings with him many years of experience in hospital administration and hospital operations. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer (North and East Region) at Fortis. He handles the overall operations of Fortis hospitals in Punjab, Himachal, Rajasthan and Bengal.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer (North and East Region), he was the Chief Operating Officer at Fortis. He was responsible for the overall operations of Fortis Hospitals in India and Mauritius.
Mr Bhatia holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economic Honours) from St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Richa Singh Debgupta, a seasoned healthcare professional has more than 25 years of industry experience spanning operations, marketing, strategy, commissioning of hospitals and post-merger & acquisition integration in healthcare Industry.
She has been associated with Fortis Healthcare Ltd. for last 13 years in senior leadership position. Currently she holds the position of Chief of Strategy & Operations with the group. Before joining Fortis, Richa has worked with some of the best healthcare brands in Indian Healthcare Industry, where in she was working on designing and commissioning various healthcare delivery formats starting from primary healthcare chains to single speciality and quaternary care hospitals.
Richa started her career as a Rehabilitation professional before moving on to complete a stint in hospital management and then transiting successfully into hospital and healthcare management in year 2000. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation field and master’s in hospital and healthcare management from Indian Institute of Healthcare Management, a WHO collaborating Institute.
Richa has been very passionate about sustainability and in 2013 was awarded by the President of India for running the most energy-efficient hospital in India. She was also recognized as Best Women Healthcare Leader by ABP News in 2015. She has been conferred as “Women of Impact” 2023 by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries) ladies wing.
Dr Ronnie Tan Keh Poo was appointed to the Board of RHT TM as an Independent Director on 25 February 2019. He is also the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.
Dr Tan is a qualified medical doctor and holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Melbourne as well as a Master of Health Administration from Lorna Linda University. He worked as a medical practitioner in various government and private healthcare facilities in Australia and Singapore. Dr Tan held senior positions in various healthcare institutions such as Parkway Holdings Limited where he was the CEO of Gleneagles Hospital. He was also the CEO of Siloam Gleneagles group of hospitals in Indonesia. Prior to Dr Tan’s retirement in May 2017, he held the positon of CEO and Executive Director of Bowsprit Capital Corporation (as manager of First Real Estate Investment Trust).
Dr Wong Chiang Yin was appointed to the Board of RHT TM as an Independent Director on 25 February 2019.
Dr Wong is a public health specialist. He was previously the Executive Director and Group CEO of Cordlife Group Limited (listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited (“SGX”)) and TMC Life Sciences Berhad (listed on the Bursa Malaysia). He is an elected Council Member of the Singapore Medical Association and Academy Medicine Singapore. Dr Wong was previously an Independent Director of Beng Kuang Marine Limited (listed on the SGX). He has held senior positions in the public sector, including Chief Operating Officer of Singapore General Hospital and Changi General Hospital. Dr Wong holds a Masters of Medicine (Public Health) from the National University of Singapore and Masters of Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Leicester.
Cliff Chai is a CFA Charterholder and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CIMA) and has more than 20 years of industry experience spanning the construction, healthcare, finance and technology sectors.
Before joining the board, he spent more than 3.5 years at a Health Tech company as its CFO, where in addition to managing the day-to-day finance functions, he was also instrumental in leading multiple rounds of successful fund-raising efforts.
Prior to that, he spent a total of more than 12 years in corporate finance advisory and consultancy, including with the investment banking division of OCBC Bank and then with a boutique corporate advisory outfit, during which he successfully completed many M&A and fundraising transactions, both for private and listed companies.
Cliff started his career as a civil engineer on a scholarship bond before moving on to complete a stint in hospital management and then transiting successfully into the finance sector in 2006. He holds an Honours degree in civil engineering from the National University of Singapore.