Derrick Goh

Derrick Goh Soon Hee (born 1968) is a Singaporean politician and banker who has been elected a Member of Parliament into the 14th Parliament of Singapore of Nee Soon GRC for Nee Soon Link following the 2020 Singaporean general election. He is the chairman of Nee Soon Town Council.

The Honourable

Derrick Goh

MP
吴顺喜
Member of the Singapore Parliament
for Nee Soon GRC
(Nee Soon Link)
Assumed office
10 July 2020
ConstituencyNee Soon GRC
Preceded byNew seat
Personal details
Political partyPeople's Action Party (PAP)

Early life and education

Goh was born into a family of three siblings.[1] He graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Accountancy (with Honours) in 1992. Goh obtained a Master of Business Administration (with Honours) in Finance at The Wharton School in 2006 under a scholarship from American Express (Amex).[1]

Career

Goh spent more than ten years at American Express, and was based in London and New York.[2] Goh joined DBS Bank in 2008, and was its Chief Operating Officer for Institutional Banking Group before becoming the head of its subsidiary, POSB Bank, on 1 October 2012.[3] On 9 March 2016, Goh became the managing director and regional head of DBS Treasures Private Client and DBS Treasures.[4] He became the managing director and the head of audit at DBS Bank at the start of 2018.[5][6]

Since 2013, Goh has been volunteering as a district councillor with the South West Community Development Council.[2]

Politics

Goh was fielded in 2020 Singaporean general election to contest in Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (GRC), on People's Action Party's ticket against Progress Singapore Party.[7] His running mates were K. Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Faishal Ibrahim, and Carrie Tan.[7] On 11 July 2020, Goh and team were declared to be elected to represent Nee Soon GRC in the 14th Parliament of Singapore, garnering 61.9% of the valid votes.[8]

On 1 September 2020, Goh gave his maiden parliamentary speech where he used examples of residents' feedback on Self-Employed Person Income Relief Scheme (SIRS), as part of COVID-19 Solidarity budget in Singapore, to highlight the importance of good implementation with good policies [9]

Personal life

Goh is married with three children.[2]

References
  1. "PAP introduces former helicopter pilot, lawyer & DBS Bank director as candidates". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. fhossain (2020-06-25). "Singapore GE2020: Profiles of PAP's new candidates". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  3. "DBS appoints Derrick Goh as POSB Head". Singapore Business Review. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  4. "DBS names new wealth and consumer banking chief for Hong Kong". Citywire Asia. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  5. "DBS Annual Report 2017". DBS Annual Report 2017 - Group Management Committee. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  6. "Group Management Committee" (PDF).
  7. "GE2020: PAP team led by Shanmugam faces contest with PSP newcomers in Nee Soon GRC". CNA. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  8. hermesauto (2020-07-11). "GE2020 official results: Shanmugam's PAP team retains Nee Soon GRC with 61.9 per cent of the vote". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  9. "MP Derrick Goh: Rejected SIRS applicants found scheme 'unfair' & were 'disappointed' with NTUC's response". mothership.sg. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
Parliament of Singapore
New constituency Member of Parliament for
Nee Soon GRC
(Nee Soon Link)
2020 – present		 Incumbent
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