Derrick Goh Soon Hee ( zh, s=吴顺喜, p=Wú Shùnxǐ; born 4 July 1968) is a Singaporean banker and former politician. A member of the governing

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(PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Nee Soon Link division of

Nee Soon GRC The Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the north region of Singapore. The GRC was established in 2011. The GRC includes most of Yishun town, the private residential areas alon ...

from 2020 to 2025.

Early life and education

Goh was born into a family of three siblings. He graduated from

Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1981, it is also the second oldest autonomous university in the country. The university is organised across numerous colleges and schools, includi ...

with a Bachelor of Accountancy (with Honours) in 1992. Goh obtained a Master of Business Administration (with Honours) in Finance at

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in 2006 under a scholarship from

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(Amex).

Career

Goh spent more than ten years at

, and was based in

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and

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. Goh joined

DBS Bank DBS Bank Limited is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the Marina Bay Financial Centre in the Marina Bay district of Singapore. The bank was previously known as The Development Bank of Si ...

in 2008, and was its Chief Operating Officer for Institutional Banking Group before becoming the head of its subsidiary,

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, on 1 October 2012. On 9 March 2016, Goh became the managing director and regional head of DBS Treasures Private Client and DBS Treasures. He became the managing director and the head of audit at DBS Bank at the start of 2018. In 2025,

appointed Goh as group

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(COO), a newly created role in the bank. As group COO, Goh is in charge of the bank’s operations and transformation divisions, and join its executive committee. Since 2013, Goh has been volunteering as a district councillor with the

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Political career

Goh was fielded in the 2020 general election to contest in

Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency The Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the North Region, Singapore, north region of Singapore. The GRC was established in 2011. The GRC includes most of Yishun town, the priva ...

(GRC), on the

's ticket against the

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. His running mates were K. Shanmugam, Louis Ng,

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, and

Carrie Tan Carrie Tan Huimin ( zh, s=陈浍敏, p=Chén Huìmǐn; born 11 April 1982) is a Singaporean businesswoman and retired politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the ...

. On 11 July 2020, Goh and team were declared to be elected to represent Nee Soon GRC in the

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, garnering 61.9% of the valid votes. 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

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Solidarity budget in Singapore, to highlight the importance of good implementation with good policies Goh was appointed as Chairman of Nee Soon Town Council (NSTC) since 2020. Prior to the 2025 general election, it was announced Goh will not contest the GRC due to his new role in DBS Bank will require to travel often and he will be unable to commit time to the electorate.

Personal life

Goh is married with three children.

References

External links

Derrick Goh
on

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