Karen Tay Koh served on Northeastern's Corporation from 2011-18 and joined CEM's Advisory Board in Sep 2018. She is an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank (Singapore) Limited, Manulife US Real Estate Management (the investment manager of SGX-listed Manulife US REIT), SGX-listed Banyan Tree Holdings, K3 Venture Partners, BC Platforms AG, Cognita Schools Group, and The Red Pencil Singapore. She has been in private equity since 2015 and is currently Senior Advisor to TVM Capital Healthcare Partners. Her advisory projects have spanned hospitals in Asia, healthcare startups, a medical school, and an international school in Singapore. Karen was Executive Director/ CEO of IP Investment Management Singapore, an alternative real estate fund manager from 2016-18. Prior to that, Karen was Deputy CEO of Singhealth from 2001-08, and concurrently Deputy CEO of Singapore General Hospital from 2003-08.
The first 19 years of her career were at the Singapore Ministry of Finance, which included postings to the Inland Revenue and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Karen's past directorships included Falck (Denmark), Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation, Singapore EDB Investments, and Republic Polytechnic. She has a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MPA/International Tax Program from Harvard University.
Karen was a Singapore President's Scholar and an Overseas Merit Scholar and was awarded a Medal of Commendation by the National Trade Union Congress in 2008.
