Adjunct Associate Professor

NAIR Prem Kumar

Physician and healthcare manager with more than three decades of experience in clinical services, healthcare operations and management, local and international healthcare marketing, business development, talent management, corporate services and development, and healthcare academia

Affiliation

  • NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Adjunct)

Teaching Areas

  • Healthcare Management
  • Healthcare Operations and Performance

Academic/Professional Qualifications

  • MBA (Distinction), Manchester Business School
  • MBBS, National University of Singapore

Awards/Honours

  • 2020 Service to Education Award (Silver), Ministry of Education
  • 2020 Justice of the Peace
  • 2015 Service to Education Award, Ministry of Education
  • 2010 National Day Award – Public Service Medal

Career History

  • Chief Executive Officer (Singapore), Parkway Pantai Pte Ltd, 2020–present
  • Raffles Medical Group, 1992–2017
    • General Practitioner
    • General Manager, DrWorld (e-health start-up)
    • General Manager, Raffles Medical Clinics
    • General Manager, Corporate Services & Development
    • General Manager, International Marketing & Business Development
    • General Manager, Raffles Hospital
    • Chief Talent Officer
    • Chief Corporate Officer
    • Managing Director, Singapore Healthcare
  • House/Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, 1986–1992

Professional/Consulting Activities

  • Immediate Past Chairman, Anti-Inhalant Abuse Centre Review Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Vice-Chairman, Board of Visitors (Community Rehabilitation Centre), Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Chairman, School Advisory Committee, Cedar Girls Secondary School, Ministry of Education
  • Executive Committee, Singapore After-Care Association
  • Advisory Panel Member, Inter-Action Committee, Human Capital Singapore
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