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Derrick Goh Soon Hee (Chinese: 吴顺喜; pinyin: Wú Shùnxǐ; born 1968)[1] is a Singaporean politician and banker. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Nee Soon Link division of Nee Soon GRC since 2020.
Derrick Goh | |
|---|---|
| 吴顺喜 | |
Goh in 2021 | |
| Member of Parliament for Nee Soon GRC (Nee Soon Link) | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Majority | 33,149 (23.80%) |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968[1] Singapore |
| Political party | People's Action Party (PAP) |
Goh was born into a family of three siblings.[2] 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).[2]
Goh spent more than ten years at American Express, and was based in London and New York.[3] 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.[4] On 9 March 2016, Goh became the managing director and regional head of DBS Treasures Private Client and DBS Treasures.[5] He became the managing director and the head of audit at DBS Bank at the start of 2018.[6][7]
Since 2013, Goh has been volunteering as a district councillor with the South West Community Development Council.[3]
Goh was fielded in the 2020 general election to contest in Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (GRC), on the People's Action Party's ticket against the Progress Singapore Party.[8] His running mates were K. Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Faishal Ibrahim, and Carrie Tan.[8] 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.[9]
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 [10] Goh was appointed as Chairman of Nee Soon Town Council (NSTC) since 2020.
Goh is married with three children.[3]
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