Ms Kathryn Ng started her career as Qantas Airways’ first International Management Trainee, gaining experience in Strategy, Planning, Sales & Marketing in Australia, Thailand and Singapore, then as Marketing & Business Development Manager Asia for Qantas and British Airways.
She spent 5 years at NIKE as Marketing Director, Southeast Asia, catapulting Nike to the number 1 youth brand by 2000.
After delivering triplets, she joined SingHealth as a Business Consultant, identifying opportunities for synergy, scale, and impact.
As Deputy Group Chief Communications Officer, SingHealth, she has launched various firsts – SingHealth’s interactive health information portal
– HealthXChange.sg and the now ubiquitous Health Buddy app with almost 3 million downloads.
Health Buddy has been at the forefront to launch self-service online appointments, payments, mobile registration, and medicine order service in Singapore, which has been adopted across the nation to other public healthcare apps.
Always looking to improve efficiency and care, Kathryn introduced the Wellness TV network at Outpatient Clinic waiting areas, and correspondingly the SingHealth YouTube channel, which has garnered 34 million views and 173,000 subscribers globally.
Kathryn says she is blessed with a wonderful team and colleagues across the cluster, who partner collaboratively and creatively to improve patient information, empowerment, and care.