Management Team

Peter Hong Kah Peng, is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care Sdn Bhd (RSDH). He came on board as the acting Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) in September 2021 and later was appointed as the Group CEO on 1^st January 2022.

Peter Hong is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and has close to 28 years’ experience in the healthcare industry in southeast Asia having worked with several large multinational companies in the pharmaceutical, medical sectors, hospitals and FMCG industries. Peter brings a wealth of experience in management, acquisitions, finance and operations across the healthcare industry, particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia. Prior to joining RSDH, he was the Managing Director of Sime Darby’s Healthcare Division since 2019 and, together with the joint venture partner, Ramsay Health Care, Peter has been pivotal in overseeing the RSDH Group’s progress during the pandemic, driving the company’s growth and operational excellence.

Peter was also the Group Operations Director of Siloam International Hospital Group (part of Lippo Group), the largest private hospital group in Indonesia. In this role, he supported the organic growth of existing hospitals and oversaw the expansion of new hospitals. In his capacity as the Finance and Operations Head at Fresenius Medical Care in Malaysia, Peter was actively involved in strategic planning, evaluation of targeted acquisition, negotiation, finalisation and subsequent merger of new business units. Peter holds a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) from Monash University, Australia and is a member of both CPA Australia and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Dato’ Dr Jacob Thomas, a medical doctor, has vast experience in hospital management, having served in various capacities at Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care (RSDH). He was the Executive Director of their Flagship Hospital, Subang Jaya Medical Centre for 9 years from 1998 till 2006. Dato’ Dr Jacob is currently the group medical advisor at Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care which comprises of seven hospitals in Malaysia and Indonesia and a Day Surgery Centre in Hong Kong. RSDH is a leading tertiary care medical group in the region, reputed for its quality medical care and service excellence.

Recently Dato Dr Jacob was appointed as the Champion (Head) of the Private Healthcare Productivity Nexus under the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), which seeks to improve productivity of the private healthcare sector in Malaysia. This also includes the much-awaited enhanced Public Private Partnership (PPP). He serves as a Councilor of the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH), which is an accredited member of ISQua. Dato Dr Jacob has been a member of Joint Commission International (JCI) board since 2014. Since January 2021, he has been appointed as the Chair of this prestigious board, which is based on Chicago, USA. He has served as the Chairman of The Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM) board from 2008 till 2018. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care since its formation in 2013 till August 2021.

Dato Dr Jacob works closely with Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) and various Government agencies and NGOs to promote Malaysian Healthcare both locally and internationally.

He is a much sort after speaker at many conferences and seminars both locally and internationally. Dato Dr Jacob also sits on the Editorial Board of many Healthcare Magazines and assists as an advisor and judge for regional Healthcare Conferences and Awards.

Dato Dr Jacob Thomas was the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award for Healthcare by Global Health & Travel. This prestigious award is a testament for his contribution to the development of healthcare regionally

Wong Ching Yee is the Chief Operating Officer, Corporate of Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care Sdn Bhd (RSDH) since August 2021.

As COO, Corporate, Ching Yee manages a strategic corporate portfolio comprising Digital & IT, Digital Innovation, Marketing & Communications and Business Development in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Ching Yee has more than 20 years’ experience in Change Management, Strategic Management, Governance and Transformation. Prior to joining RSDH, Ching Yee was most recently Chief of Staff to the Group CEO at AmBank, a leading bank in Malaysia. Ching Yee had also led the Change Management portfolio for the core banking transformation programme and set up the Change Management unit in Retail Banking’s Strategy & Transformation department as Senior VP of Change Management.

Ching Yee was previously a change management consultant with Accenture for more than 13 years. Her consulting experience spans local and multinational companies across Financial Services, Oil & Gas and Utilities industries in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. Her experience lies primarily in projects including Core Banking, Shared Services, CRM, Sales Force Transformation, Call Centre greenfield set-up and operations environments.

Ching Yee holds a Bachelor of Business, Economics and Finance degree from RMIT University, Melbourne.

Anirudh has 14 years of experience across management consulting, investment banking and corporate development, with a focus on the healthcare sector. Currently, Anirudh is the Group Head for Strategy and M&A at Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care (RSDH). In this role, he is responsible for leading all investment activities, joint ventures and business partnerships to accelerate the expansion of the business operations in Asia.

Before joining RSDH, Anirudh worked with Credit Suisse in Singapore. He was a Director in the Southeast Asia Corporate Finance team and involved in the origination and execution of M&A, financing and capital market transactions. He was also responsible for leading healthcare client coverage in the Southeast Asia region. Previously, he was with Credit Suisse in New York as a Vice President in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group. Prior to Credit Suisse, Anirudh was a management consultant with PRTM / PricewaterhouseCoopers in their U.S. Life Sciences Industry Group.

Anirudh received a Master of Business Administration degree with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and earned a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Mandy Phang is a true-blue marketer, having begun her career in the digital marketing and advertising field. She has vast experience in rolling out award-winning, digitally-led and integrated marketing campaigns for various industries including automotive, banking, telecommunication, computing, FMCG and more. Taking the leap from her strong advertising background, Mandy further expanded her marketing career by entering the corporate world where she spent close to 13 years in a leading role with brand building management and involvement in major CRM projects for Toyota and Lexus. Mandy further pursue her career as the Marketing Director in Sunsuria Berhad, a public-listed property development company. She spearheads the drive and growth of the company’s corporate branding and leads all product and marketing strategies that have helped position Sunsuria as one of the fastest growing boutique-sized property developer in Malaysia

Mandy joined Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care in October 2019 as Group Head of Branding and Communication overseeing and leading the group wide strategy, development and leadership in brand advertising, media relations, contact centre and digital marketing initiatives for Asia region including Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong. She holds a Bachelor of Degree in Marketing and Management with more than 20 years of experience in the marketing related field.

Kenneth, who graduated from University of Texas in Information Systems and earned his professional certification in SAP, brings with him, over 25 years of experience in various IT roles, across diverse industries, of which, more than 10 years were spent in leading and driving IT Digital Adoption and Transformation. Prior to joining us, Kenneth was the IT Director for Sunway Medical Centre and has successfully spearheaded many digital transformation projects, amongst others, HospitalManagement Information System, Digital Process Optimization solutions and Customer Experience-related applications. He was also responsible for the establishment of a robust IT environment there, with the setup of Disaster Recovery facility and IT infrastructure redundancies, and the continuous strengthening of IT Security platform. Kenneth is passionate about employing Digital Transformation to meet an Organization’s strategic goals and objectives. Please join me to welcome Kenneth to the RSDH family and wish him all the best in this role.

Richard is the Group Head of Digital Innovation at Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care, responsible for exploring and implementing emerging technology and digital innovation to drive better patient experience as well as operational and clinical excellence. Richard has spent his 15 years career in the digital space, specialising in product and project management for digital and analytics initiatives.

Before joining RSDH, Richard was the Assistant General Manager of Business Analytics in the Star Media Group. He led a team of business analysts, data engineers and data scientists researching customer interest and propensity to drive content readership and subscription business.

Before that, Richard spent 3 years as Senior Digital Product Manager at AIA Malaysia. He led a team of product managers looking after the digital app and web ecosystems across AIA Agency and Bancassurance businesses. Richard was previously a digital consultant with Accenture for 10 years. His consulting experience was mainly with the Oil & Gas industry, focusing on projects delivering custom web and app solutions, knowledge management and change management initiatives.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Computer Science Degree from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2014.

Yap Sim Bee,had been in the Healthcare industry for over 40 years. Beginning her career as a nurse, Sim Bee had since progressed to various senior management positions.

Joined Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care in 2016 as the CEO of Ara Damansara Medical Centre, she had been instrumental in leading the Centre to acquiring the certification for the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH) and subsequently the Joint Commission International accreditation the following year. With her passion for the improvement of learning and development for staff in the organization she was seconded to lead the Ramsay Sime Darby College in 2019. In November2021 she was asked to head the Nursing, Quality and Risk Management division of the Group for further improvement.

Constance oversees the legal aspects of our business. She provides legal support to the leadership and operations in regards to monitoring compliance, specifying internal governance policies, providing advice on contractual obligations, statutory, data protection, agreements, Mergers & Acquisitions, and litigation.

Constance has more than 23 years of experience in the legal field. She started her career in 1998 as a Legal Assistant at Messrs Taye & Co. and prior to joining RSDH, she was the General Manager, Legal for Mah Sing Group Berhad.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from University of London. Constance was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1996.

Benedict Sulaiman, an Indonesian citizen with more than 20 years of experience in multi-industry group and companies. He earned his Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Bina Nusantara and Master in Management from the same University. A certified Microsoft System Engineer and also held Certifications in Financial Planning and Risk Management. He has a strong IT and business background, especially in IT Project Management, IT Infrastructure, SDLC and has successfully led major IT initiatives in several companies conducting standardization and centralization of IT. Prior of joining us he was a Senior VP of IT at Hana Bank Indonesia, managing IT Project Management and IT Governance, Risk and Security delivering several key IT initiatives.

Before that he also held several key positions at Lippo Group in a span of 17 years, a major multi-industry group, with last major position as GM ICT Head Operation and Pipeline at Siloam Hospitals Group, delivering IT standardization and new hospital development all across Indonesia. Other key positions were as Corporate Secretary and IT at PT Star Pacific Tbk and Manager at PT Bank Lippo Tbk. He joined Ramsay Sime Darby Healthcare in July 2021 as VP IT with a huge task to lead and conduct IT transformation in our hospitals in Indonesia, in this role he will oversee the overall IT initiatives and directives in Indonesia.

Christian Santoso joined Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care Indonesia (RSDH ID) in May 2020 as VP Marketing & Operations In this role Christian overseeing and lead the Marketing and Operation department in all hospital’s unit in Indonesia.

Christian has a nursing educational background from The Netherlands and more than 12 years’ experience in hospital business in Indonesia, especially in marketing and business development. Before joining RSDH ID, Christian was with Columbia Asia Indonesia (Group) as Country Manager Marketing, OMNI Hospitals (Group) as Commercial Development & Market Research Manager, Pacific Healthcare Services as Project & Operations and Medikaloka Healthcare as Operations & Marketing.

During his carrier in Healthcare Industry Christian have experience in initiate & develop Marketing and Operations department foundation: Product Development, Market Research, Community-Corporate-Insurance Relation, Patient Experience Program, Centralized Call Centre and Digital Marketing for Hospitals Group.

Evelyn joined Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care Indonesia in January 2021, as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for leading and coordinating finance matters in Indonesia business unit. She brings with her more than 20 years of experience in FMCG and retail industries, having spent time working with Philip Morris Indonesia and Coca Cola Amatil Indonesia among others. Most recently she was Vice President of Finance in PT Electronic City Indonesia Tbk.

She holds a Bachelor Degree in Accounting, and enjoys travelling in her spare time.