Leadership Team

Starting her 20‐year healthcare career first as a Physiotherapist at the National University Hospital, Shiu Ling moved on to corporate roles such as Strategic Planning and Business Development, Operations Management, Performance Management and developed the SGH Campus Education Office.

Shiu Ling joined Assisi Hospice as Chief Executive Officer in November 2015.

Dr Neo graduated from National University of Singapore with MBBS, completed her basic speciality training in Internal Medicine and was awarded advanced traineeship in Oncology. During her training term, she moved to Malmo Sweden and completed a Masters of Public Health at Lund University. She continued with advanced traineeship in Palliative Medicine on return and attended HMDP training at Massachusetts General Hospital, US.

She is a Senior Consultant/ Head at the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care in National Cancer Centre Singapore, and Head SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive and Palliative Care Centre. Her research interests include supportive care in cancer, end-of-life care and service delivery, where she has garnered several grants and awards. She served as Clinical Director Assisi Hospice and immediate past Chair of Singapore Hospice Council (SHC), the umbrella body for hospice and palliative care services in Singapore. She is currently overseeing development of national initiatives in Supportive and Palliative Care, as well as supporting grief and bereavement care development in Singapore as Chair, Clinical Services Steering Committee, SHC. She is also involved in regional teaching with the Asia Pacific Hospice Network under the Lien Collaborative programme.

Cheng Fong has been in nursing for 41 years; having worked in both restructured hospitals and Intermediate Long Term Care sector.  Her job experiences include both management and clinical roles.  Previously, she has worked as a chemotherapy nurse clinician and also taken on the role of Operating Theatre Nurse Manager.

Jennifer joined Assisi Hospice in September 2013.  She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.  She has 30 years of accounting experience and had worked in the audit, banking, F&B, security service and aviation industries.

Dr Gwendoline Soh is a Senior Consultant with the Division of Supportive & Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore and the SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care Centre. She underwent her postgraduate internal medicine physician training and completed her postgraduate advanced specialist training in Palliative Medicine in Australia. She has a keen interest the provision of person-centered care and in the Palliative Medicine education and training.

Dr Venga is a Consultant at the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore. He graduated from St George’s, University of London and returned to work in Singapore. He completed his internal medicine residency and MRCP (UK) in 2014 and palliative medicine advanced specialist training in 2018. He has a keen interest in the education and training within Palliative Medicine.

Jacinta graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from NUS and subsequently obtained her Graduate Diploma in Social Work. She also holds a MSc in Palliative Care from King’s College. Currently she is a Master Medical Social Worker and has been working in medical and healthcare settings since 1999. In addition, Jacinta has been lecturing on the subject of counselling at Temasek Polytechnic since 2002.

Prior to Assisi, Jacinta was the Clinical and Education Lead at National Cancer Centre for the past 9 years.

Juliet has over 18 years of advertising experience in international media agencies and won several regional and global awards for innovative media and integrated campaigns. She next worked with brand owners and was general manager for marketing in SMRT Commercial before joining Assisi Hospice, her first non-profit organisation.

Katherine brings with her more than 25 years of people experience accumulated in the private sector, both locally and overseas. Prior to joining Assisi Hospice, Katherine has always been part of the senior HR team providing strategic hr leadership and business partnering role covering talent, organisation, culture and capability needs. She combines a unique background in HR and customer service management through people.  

Prior to Assisi Hospice, Ann used to work at John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte Ltd as Associate Director, Information Technology & Relationship Manager, whereby she led a team of IT professionals in delivering and maintaining Wiley’s online products, applications and data centre. She is a goal-oriented and forward thinking technology professional with years of experience in strategic planning and execution, project management, IT services, process reengineering, business analysis, solutions delivery, solutions research and implementation and vendor management. Her 22 years of IT working experience spans across various industries like publishing, real estate and property management, e-commerce and IT consultancy services.

Andy has been in the healthcare sector for more than 10 years. During this period, he has worked in a restructured hospital, private hospital and the most recent - palliative healthcare centre. His work involves in a diversified scope ranging from Operations, JCI, Quality (ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001) as well as Fire and Workplace safety.

Karen joined Assisi Hospice as Mission Director in 2014. A lay associate of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM) congregation, she also oversees the Clinical Pastoral Care department. Previously, she held appointments as Brand Director and Head of Strategic Marketing for financial institutions and not-for-profit organisations. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

Sheena graduated with Bachelor of Science with Honours in Occupational Therapy at Singapore Institute of Technology. She has been working as an occupational therapist since 2013 in a restructured hospital before joining Assisi Hospice. As an occupational therapist, she values the need to understand patients' occupational patterns and occupations that are important to patients. Currently, she has taken the lead to envision how palliative day care model should look like in Singapore and believes that patients can still live meaningfully with a serious illness.