Derek Goh Bak Heng

Dr. Derek Goh Bak Heng founded Serial System as a sole proprietorship in 1988, incorporated Serial System Ltd in 1992 and was the founding Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer when the Company was listed in 1997.

Dr. Goh relinquished his directorship as Executive Chairman of the Company on 5 October 2021. Dr. Goh will however continue to be the Group Chief Executive Officer. As Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Goh will be responsible for setting and charting the Group’s strategic directions and overseeing the Group’s operations.

In 1996, Dr. Goh won the “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”, organized by the Rotary Club of Singapore and the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, supported by the Trade Development Board. In 1997, Dr. Goh was elected the National President of JCI Singapore and was conferred the Singapore Youth Award (Individual) for entrepreneurship, the nation’s highest honor for youths. In 1999, Dr. Goh was conferred the ASEAN Best Young Entrepreneur Award 1999 by the ASEAN Secretariat, and the World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME) Special Honor Award by the World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises on 29 March 2000. In 2004, Dr. Goh was conferred the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) by the President of the Republic of Singapore and in 2010, the Public Service Star Medal (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) on the National Day Honors 2010. In 2010, Dr. Goh won the “Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year” organized by Enterprise Asia and APF Group Pte Ltd and in 2011, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Singapore Award for the Electronic Components Distribution Category. Dr. Goh was appointed Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business and Design for Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus in Malaysia since 1 September 2013. In 2014, Dr. Goh was elected the President of JCI Senators of South East Asian Nations. In 2015, Dr. Goh was conferred the International-Singapore ASEAN Leading Brand International Entrepreneur of the Year at the ASEAN Outstanding Business Award 2015 and was named the “UN Asia Pacific Most Prominent Entrepreneur” co-organized by the Trade and Industry Association Singapore and the United Nations Association of Singapore. He was also awarded one of the “Top Outstanding Leaders in Asia 2015” in the Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards 2015. In 2021, Dr. Goh was conferred the Public Service Star (Bar) Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (Lintang) on the National Day Honors 2021.