Yit Ming Liaw

Co-Founder and CEO, Smarter Health Pte Ltd

Singapore

I am the co-founder and CEO of Smarter Health Pte Ltd, a healthcare platform that connects patients to specialist care in Southeast Asia. Through Smarter Health, patients can get an accurate diagnosis online, have visibility on treatment options and costs, and get connected to the right specialist all at the comfort of their own homes. We currently operate in Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Singapore.

Before founding Smarter Health, I was the Head of Strategic Planning & M&A for IHH Healthcare Bhd, one of the world’s largest hospital group. I helped grow IHH's portfolio of hospitals from 30 in 2012 to more than 50 to date. Prior to joining IHH, I was the VP of Investments at Khazanah Nasional Bhd (sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia). In my career, I was involved in a number of award winning transactions, which includes the SGD$3.6 billion take private of Parkway Holdings Ltd, USD$1.26 billion take private of Acibadem Hospitals, and the IPO of IHH Healthcare Bhd in 2012, which was the world’s 3rd largest IPO for the year.