Board Members
Our Board Members oversee the strategic direction and governance of the RMHC Singapore team as well as funding for the charity’s programmes and services.
Executive Committee
President – Keoy Soo Earn
Advisory Council, CFA Society Singapore
Soo Earn was Global Consulting Deloitte Private Leader, and Deloitte Southeast Asia Private and Private Equity Leader prior to his retirement from Deloitte partnership in March 2025. Throughout his professional career, Soo Earn handled numerous valuation and modelling engagements for M&A, regulatory & taxation, and financial reporting purposes. Given his technical expertise, he has acted as an independent expert on valuation and accounting matters for dispute cases. He also has extensive experience in advising investors and lenders in domestic and cross border M&A transactions as well as supporting vendors in divesting their business and entrepreneurs in accessing growth capital.
Active in the industry, Soo Earn currently serves as a Institute of Valuers and Appraisers of Singapore (IVAS) representative to the ESG & IA Valuation Working Group comprising of four international valuation professional organisations. He was a founding member and council member of IVAS from 2013 to 2018. At CFA Society Singapore (CFAS), Soo Earn serves as a member of the Advisory Council and Audit Committee. He was a CFAS Board Member from 2006 to 2014 and a member of the Advocacy Committee from 2014 to 2016. Soo Earn was a member of the Financial Reporting Committee of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) from 2011 to 2018 and chaired the Valuation sub-committee from 2011 to 2017. He has also served as a Board member and Audit Committee Chairman of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore from 2011 to 2017. Currently, he is a member of the Panel for the Copyright Tribunals, Singapore Ministry of Law.
Active in the community, Soo Earn is an advisor to the Singapore Chapter of AIESEC, the largest youth-run organization in the world that provides young people with leadership development and cross-cultural experience. He also serves as a Board or Council Member of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Singapore (RMHC), the NTUC First Campus (NFC), the Singapore Agro-Food Enterprises Federation (SAFEF), the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and Singapore Business Advisors & Consultants Council Ltd (SBACC). At the Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (KLSCCCI), he is a member of the International Trade Committee; and served on the Fintech & Capital Market Committee (2016 to 2024) and the Commerce Committee (2022 to 2024). He is currently the Chairman of the Singapore University of Social Sciences Master of IP and Innovation Management Programme Advisory Committee.
He was recognized multiple times (2013-2014, 2017 to 2024) as one of the world’s top 300 IP (Intellectual Property) Strategists by Intellectual Asset Management and was selected by Who’s Who Legal (from 2015 to 2018) as one of the leading Due Diligence Accountants.
Soo Earn is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (CVA), an Accredited Member for Business Valuation with American Society of Appraisers (ASA), a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore, a Fellow of CPA Australia, a Singapore Insolvency Practitioner, a Senior Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and a Practicing Management Consultant (Fellow) with SBACC.
He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree and a Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Laws, both from the National University of Singapore. He also holds dual Certificates on Family Business & Family Wealth Advising from the Family Firm Institute.
Vice President – Andrea Noel Friedman
Andrea’s passion for taking care of others led to her career in the hospitality industry. She relocated from the United States to Singapore in 2007. The mother of four started volunteering with Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Singapore in 2012 as part of the gala committee and joined the board in September 2014. She looks to increase awareness and public support of the charity and to help as many families as possible.
She currently chairs the Fundraising and Publicity Committee and was recently appointed as Vice President on September 2023.
Treasurer – Lim Tze Chern
Executive Director, Nomura Singapore Limited
Tze Chern brings with him over 15 years of experience in financial services. He is a qualified accountant, and has worked in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. He started his banking career in Citigroup, and has since worked for Credit Suisse, HSBC and finally, Nomura.
Tze Chern has been an active volunteer in the community since junior college days, and worked with many charitable organisations in both Singapore and London. Tze Chern joined RMHC Singapore in 2016.
Secretary – Karam Malhotra
Partner & Global VP, Smart Media 4U Technology Pte Ltd
Karam Malhotra is the Partner & Global VP at SHAREit — one of the world’s top 10 most downloaded apps — where he oversee the global revenue managing over 10 international offices.
Karam has a rich 14+ years background in media and technology at McKinsey & Company, London where he was a Junior Partner until 2015 and then left to start his own media tech firm Fastfilmz in India which was later acquired by SHAREit in 2018. Karam is an MBA graduate from Kellogg School of Management and completed his bachelor’s degree in Physics and Economics. Karam plays a few advisory roles where he is a formal member of the Kellogg’s Admission Leadership Counsel and also an active mentor to Google Play apps. In 2017, Karam and his company Fastfilmz were awarded by Google as the winner of their accelerator program – Google Launchpad in Asia.
Karam is an avid musician and spends a lot of his free time playing the piano and guitar or spending time with his wife and their young son.
Board Members
Belinda Young
Director, Centrecourt Group
Belinda Young is an accountant by training and profession. She currently heads a family office and runs an accountancy practice in Singapore serving clients from more than 18 countries and in more than 18 different industries. Her past work experience includes working in EY, a large property developer and several SMEs.
Belinda is an accountant by training and is currently the Immediate Past Chairman of ACCA Singapore Network Panel. Singapore is one of the key markets for ACCA and supports its 241,000 fully qualified members and 544,000 future members. She is also involved in other ACCA committees relating to taxation, careers and business law.
For local charities, Belinda has been involved for more than 20 years mainly in the finance role. She has been a Treasurer in various NSAs and helped start up some charities too.
Belinda is a member of ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants); ISCA (Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants) ; SIATP (Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals) ; SID (Singapore Institute of Directors) and Qualified Individual/Company Secretary with ACRA.
Associate Professor Stacey Tay
Senior Consultant Paediatric Neurology, National University Health Services
A/Prof Stacey Tay is currently Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Neurology at the KTP-National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, as well as Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. She runs specialist and multidisciplinary clinics for neuromuscular and neurogenetic disorders and does research for childhood neurological disorders. She joined the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Singapore Board in February 2014, and chairs the Programs and Services Committee.
Diana Ser
Diana Ser is a veteran presenter and former broadcast journalist with more than two decades’ experience in the Singapore media industry. Her experience spans both journalism and entertainment, in both English and Mandarin. Diana joined as a Board Member of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Singapore in 2016, and is part of the Fundraising and Publicity Committee.
Amita Dutt
Consultant, RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP
Amita Dutt is a practicing lawyer at RHTLaw Taylor Wessing, a law firm in Singapore, where she is a founding partner and now, a Consultant. Her practice areas are Banking, Finance and Real Estate, as well as Private Wealth Management for High Networth Individuals. She has been practicing for more than 30 years. Her degrees are a Bachelor of Law where she obtained from the National University of Singapore and an MBA from Curtin University, Australia.
Brian Poh
Principal Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Mental Health
Brian Poh holds a joint Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the National University of Singapore and the University of Melbourne. He currently serves as the Deputy Head of Psychology Department as well as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Developmental Psychiatry at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH). Brian’s career has been marked by a dedication to the mental well-being of children and adolescents. He was a founding member of a community-based mental health team, established to cater to the psychological needs of the younger population in the eastern zone of Singapore. Presently, he leads a team of Child Psychologists at the Mood and Anxiety Clinic, overseeing operations at both the Child Guidance Clinic Sunrise Wing and Health Promotion Board.
Brian’s commitment to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) started through his involvement with the IMH-RMHC Operations Committee, which he joined in December 2021. He has been serving as the chairperson of the IMH-RMHC Operations Committee since October 2022.
Beyond his professional life, Brian enjoys an active lifestyle, often participating in sports like running and swimming. He also cherishes his family time, spending quality moments with his wife and 2 kids.
Linda Ming
Director, Brand Communications, Hanbaobao Pte Ltd (Licensee of McDonald’s Singapore)
Linda has been with McDonald’s for two decades. She leads the company’s communications and brand-building initiatives, fuelled by her passion for brand storytelling. She has also served as a board member of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Singapore since 2005.
Sharol Teo
Regional Human Resources Leader – APAC and MEIA regions
Sharol is a seasoned Human Resources leader with over 28 years of professional experience across APAC and MEIA regions. She has held regional leadership roles in global organizations across the financial services, real estate, and operations-driven environments, overseeing talent strategy, organizational development, and transformation programs in complex, cross-cultural environments. Her areas of expertise include leadership development, employee engagement, strategic workforce planning and change management. Sharol is passionate about building inclusive workplaces and driving sustainable people practices. She brings to RMHC a strong commitment to community service and is dedicated to contributing her HR experience and leadership to RMHC Singapore in support of its mission to improve the health and well-being of children and their families.
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