Chi Ling Chan

Chi Ling is Founder and CEO for Equitech, a software enterprise that builds Speedback (speedback.com) and other AI-first digital health infrastructure in Southeast Asia. Prior to this, she served as Consultant (Innovation and Research) to World Health Organisation in the Western Pacific Region, and had a decade of experience in the Singapore public service, where she held senior appointments in Govtech Singapore, Smart Nation Digital Government Group, and Prime Minister’s Office. Her work to modernise healthcare technology in the health ministry enabled Singapore’s pandemic response through the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout, activation of 22,000 healthcare workers, and more systematic management of test and vaccination records. Regionally, Chi Ling has served as healthcare technology advisor for public and private health institutions across Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, and the Pacific Islands.

Chi Ling graduated from Stanford University with a Masters of Science in Symbolic Systems (Human Computer Interaction) and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Honors). For her work in the public and people sectors, she was recognized as recipient of the 100 Women in Technology award by the Singapore Computer Society.