Mr Joe Sim is the Group Chief Operating Office of IHH Healthcare Berhad.

Mr Sim has served Parkway Pantai Limited since June 2017 as the Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Operations Division, Parkway Pantai. He provides strategic direction and leadership for Parkway Pantai’s integrated healthcare businesses in Malaysia, which includes a network of 15 Gleneagles and Pantai hospitals and ancillary services such as Pantai Integrated Rehab and Pantai Premier Pathology.

Mr Sim has more than 20 years’ experience in the healthcare industry and was the winner of the Leading CEO Award by Singapore Human Resources Institute in 2014. Prior to joining Parkway Pantai, he was Group Deputy Chief Executive of National University Healthcare System in Singapore, where he had also served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of National University Hospital. He also held the roles of Chief Corporate Development Officer, acting Chief Information Officer and acting Chief Executive Office for new ventures with the National Healthcare Group in Singapore.

Mr Sim began his career with the Singapore Administrative Service, building up a robust portfolio at the Ministry of Finance, Community Development Council and Ministry of Defence. In 2000, he founded a company that developed business-to-business trading hubs before joining the private sector where he was responsible for developing thought leadership, concepts and innovations on next-generation revenue agency for Accenture. Between 2008 and 2015, Mr Sim was also an adjunct lecturer at Nanyang Business School, during which he was recognised with a Teacher of the Year Award.

Mr Sim graduated with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Arts in Electronic and Information Science from Cambridge University and holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University.