Terence Tan

Singapore | +65 9109 5015 | [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/drterence/

Brief Summary

A seasoned medical & tech leader with a record of entrepreneurship, eco-system building, program management and abilities in business & product development Medtech teams. Adept at bridging the gap between people, technology, regulations and clinical processes including membership in compliance, medical advisory boards and academic tutoring positions. Experienced in various stages (founding, early, growth and late stage) of start-ups and most businesses including to-customer, to-business, to-government and NGO.

Special capacity for navigating complex business environments and building strategic alliances in multiple territories. Networked into life sciences, digital health and health-tech tech industries as well as traditional healthcare industries looking to innovate and digitise. Highly familiar with disparate business goals, and developmental and corporate stylistics.

Ecosystem leader with regular media and global conference appearances, invitations to address conglomerates, high-level consulting to government agencies.

Skills

Clinical & Life Sciences General Practice, Family, Occupational, Functional & Nutritional Medicine | Immunology | Digital Health | Clinical Governance| Clinical Operations, Standards & Safety | Legal & Regulatory Healthcare Framework | Clinical UX | Clinical AI

Management & Business Start-up entrepreneurship | Business & Commercial Development | Ecosystem Building | Public speaking & Thought leadership | Integrating disparate information & working across multiple teams & regions  | Change Management | Project Management | Business Development

Development Waterfall, Agile & OKR Development Methodologies | Scrum Master | Holacracy Methodology | Program Development

Professional Experience

Healthcare/ Life Sciences Lead, Venture Capital and Startups, Asia Pacific and Japan HCLS VC BD, APJ Amazon Web Services / 2022 - Present

• Responsible for leading AWS and Amazon's efforts in APJ to support Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups and for relationships with the investors and innovation organisations that back them. Including development of strategy to tactical execution. From seed to exit, we help startups build for scale, surmount technical and regulatory challenges, fast-track to market and win more business.
• In less than a year influenced 8-figure revenue through scaled programmatic approaches including events, thought leadership as well as ad hoc engagements with ecosystem players and companies. Representing a 20+% uplift in revenue through role influence.
• Developed a series of scaled, regional events under the Coffee Club banner to provide Heathcare and Life Science startups

Medical Director, APAC & Singapore Ubie Pte Ltd, Singapore / 2020 - 2022

• Responsible for medical and clinical aspects of products and services during development and implementation, as well as during their life cycles.
• Ensured the products and services continued to be medically and clinically relevant and were of consistent standards with respect to clinical quality and clinical risk management.
• Innovated the product offerings in the pre-clinical space with pre-sales motions, safer and better search functions (including inventing the reverse checking concepts and logic), contextualised outputs and shift to revenue generation integrations.
• Scrum master, Holocracy Chair, Medical Product Owner

Caretaker CEO, Chief Medical Advisor, Co-Founder Test at Home, Singapore / 2020

• Led the company through funding and proof of concept & value phases. Handed over to permanent CEO as planned and took on the role of Chief Medical Advisor where I contribute to research planning and study design (medical & safety overview) as well as providing clinical and medical overview in product and business development.

Associate Consultant Ministry of Health, Singapore / 2019 – 2022

• Assessment and advisory role on legal and appeals cases for the Professional Training and Assessment Standards Division.

Medical Director, Clinical Affairs Tsao Foundation, Singapore / 2020 - 2021

• Responsible for clinical governance and leadership, clinical standards and safety, transformational care and advocacy for eldercare issues.
• Leadership and supervisory role for all lead clinicians and doctors. Developed and established clinical quality, patient safety and risk management and governance. Deputised for the Chief Clinical Affairs (CCA) for all CCA team functions.

Clinical AI Researcher Babylon Health, UK / 2018 - 2020

• Responsible for Artificial Intelligence products, adapting, testing and validating Babylon Health's UK features for the Regional market and at the core model level in Singapore and UK.

Founder & Director Physicians Practice, Singapore / 2017 – 2020 TS Medical, Singapore / 2018 - 2019 Enable Healthcare, Singapore / 2015 – 2020

• Responsible for the strategic and operational management of 2 clinics and over 20 physicians including medical standards and service delivery. Exit through third-party buyout.
• Grew the business single-handedly to 7 figure revenue.
• Responsible for strategic, IT, operational and financial management & clinic sessions. Key achievements: Physicians Practice: successful acquisition of a second primary care clinic and company (TS Medical Pte Ltd) from loss to profit making.
• TS Medical: successful turnaround in the clinic finances from loss-making to break even in 3 months. Exit through third-party investor buy-out for all businesses.

Assistant Medical Director Parkway Shenton, Singapore / 2012 – 2014

• Responsible for the day-to-day running of clinics, compliance, regulatory framework, recruitment, workforce assignments and tenders.
• Oversight of clinical service delivery, physician performance, quality and resources for over 20 clinics.
• Worked with inter-business departments in business development, corporate sales, human resource allocation, talent acquisition, corporate and governmental client engagement, business analytics, planning and operationalisation. Member Medical Advisory Board.

Career note: Other positions; House officer 2006-7 (West Middlesex Hospital NSH Trust, UK). Medical Officer 2007-2012 (MOHH, SG).

Additional information is available upon request.

Education

MSc, Personalised Nutrition, CNELM, UK / 2016 – 2018

Graduate Diploma, Family Medicine The National University of Singapore, Post Graduate Medicine / 2012 – 2014

Graduate Diploma, Occupational Medicine The National University of Singapore, Post Graduate Medicine / 2012 – 2014

MBBS & BSc (Immunology) Imperial College, UK / 1999 - 2005

Training & Certifications

Associate Speaker Certification, Amazon Web Services

Designated Workplace Doctor, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore

Registered Family Physician, College of Family Physicians / Singapore Medical Council

Full Registration, Singapore Medical Council & General Medical Council, UK

AI in Healthcare Specialisation, Stanford University /  Coursera

Clinical User Experience, The Clinical UX Academy

Digital Health Specialisation, Imperial College / Coursera

Project Management Professional Certificate, Google / Coursera

Quality Improvement in Healthcare Organisations, Rutgers University / Coursera

Scrum Master Certification, Coursera

Academic, Advisory & Non-Clinical Experience

Speaker 26th Asia-Pacific League of associations for Rheumatology

• Delivered key note on AI and Models of thinking for Clinicians

Advisor Digital Health Festival / 2022

• Advised on the agenda and strategic direction of Australia’s largest Health event

Accelerator Judge Medtech innovator / 2024

• Part of the founding team providing pro-bono teleconsultations to Ukrainian refugees

Clinical Lead Likarnya project by Bionabu / 2022

• Part of the founding team providing pro-bono teleconsultations to Ukrainian refugees
• Responsible for medical governance of medical volunteers
• Responsible for onboarding and quality assurance of volunteers
• Ongoing medical assessment and triage of patients

Clinical Skills Facilitator, Tutor & Examiner Imperial College/Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore / 2018 – Present

• Responsible for academic tutoring of medical students
• Responsible for the assessment of students during summative & formative clinical assessments.

Antler Advisor Antler, Singapore / 2020 – 2023

• Coaching founders that build companies with Antler (antler.co) - the global early-stage venture capital firm enabling and investing in the world's most exceptional people building the defining companies of tomorrow.

Associate Lecturer Management Development Institute of Singapore / 2016 – Present

• Academic teaching in lectures and workshops as well as setting and grading assessments for the School of Life Sciences.

Editorial Board Member College of Family Physicians, Singapore / 2018 – Present

• Planning, editorial and contribution of articles for the College Mirror.

Medical Advisor Blue Oak Health, Singapore / 2018 – 2020

• Advised on wellness and preventative health program design and operations. Provided expert opinion on issues raised during screening/ coaching sessions.

Language & Technology

Languages: English (Native), Mandarin (Conversational), French (Conversational)

Technology: Github, Microsoft Office applications, Slack, Trello, Jira, Figma, Adobe creative suite