Dr Goh Moh Heng [Speaker]

Dr Goh Moh Heng is the President of BCM Institute and has been a thought leader in the business continuity industry for about 35 years (Since 1987). He started developing IT disaster recovery plans in 1987 as the Head of IT.

Dr Goh began the first major BCM program for the Ministry of Defence in 1989. Since then, he led the BCM consulting in PwC and held global business continuity and crisis management responsibilities with international financial institutions.

Below is a short introduction to his career, credentials and academic qualifications.

Dr Goh Moh Heng

Current BCM & Resilience Track Records

President Business Continuity Management (BCM) Institute 2005 - Present
Managing Director GMH Pte Ltd 1999 - Present

Past BCM Career

Executive Director Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) Asia 2001 - 2007
Global Head for BCM and Crisis Management (Senior Vice President) Government of Singapore Investment Corporation 1998 - 1999
Global Head for Business Continuity Management (Group Manager) Standard Chartered Bank Plc 1994 - 1998
Manager for BCM Consulting and Auditing PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) 1992 - 1993
Past Academic Career
Adjunct Associate Professor Central Queensland University, Australia 2004 - 2007
Visiting Fellow Southern Cross University, Australia 2004 - 2008

Notable BCM Contributions

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Small and Medium Enterprise Working Group (SMEWG) advisory committee member for the Guidebook on SME Business Continuity Planning
Assisted several global financial institutions in their Industry-Wide Exercise (IWE) for financial industry participation that covered terrorist and cyber attacks
Implemented total BCM for agencies such as banks, insurance companies, stock exchanges, shipyards, mega-retailers, power generation, government-linked companies, and biomedical and research institutes.
Facilitated live exercises for financial institutions on full denial of access due to terrorist attacks, insurance companies on ransomware and cyber-attacks and statutory boards with full closure due to pandemic outbreaks
Designed and facilitated tabletop exercises for terrorist attacks, cybersecurity attacks, pandemic and infectious disease outbreaks, product contamination, product recall
Developed the Singapore Standard (SS507:2004) for Business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) service providers
Developed the Technical Reference (TR19:2004) for Business Continuity Management for Manufacturing, Innovation and Services in Singapore. This standard was upgraded to SS540, and in 2012, it became ISO22301:2012.
Developed and designed National Emergency Planning (Details to be discussed independently due to ISA confidentiality requirement)