2011-06-09 09:00 
SINGAPORE, June 9, 2011
/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- PwC announced that Dr. Ronald Ling has joined
the firm as a Managing Director, Healthcare and as the East
Asia/Southeast Asia Healthcare Leader, based in Singapore. Dr.
Ling, who initially trained and worked as a medical practitioner in
the United Kingdom, has nearly two decades of experience working
with healthcare organisations and other companies in Asia and the
U.K. He has helped to develop and finance some of Asia's leading
hospital, healthcare and pharmaceutical companies.
"Dr. Ronald Ling is widely
recognised as an outstanding leader in healthcare management,
having been personally involved with building some of Asia's
foremost companies," said Dr. David Levy, Global Healthcare Leader,
PwC. "He brings to PwC unparalleled expertise and experience in the
development, financing and management of healthcare organisations,
a perspective gained from having worked on three continents and a
strong background as an academically-focused medical practitioner.
He will be a tremendous asset to our clients throughout Asia and to
PwC as we expand our leadership in the territory."
Dr. Ling recently concluded 10 years
with Symphony Asia (formerly Schroder Capital Partners), a private
equity firm which has makes long-term investments in several
sectors, notably healthcare. As a Principal then Partner, Dr. Ling
held leadership roles with responsibilities across the lifespan of
deals, including origination, evaluation, closing, post-investment
monitoring and exit. He also served on the boards of several listed
investee companies, including Singapore-based Parkway Holdings,
which he helped transform into SE Asia's premier private hospital
group.
Previously, Dr. Ling served as
General Manager, Strategic Planning and New Business Development,
for Parkway Group Healthcare, evaluating healthcare investments and
expansion opportunities throughout East Asia and coordinating
performance enhancement initiatives across the group. Formerly, he
spent 5 years based in London with McKinsey & Company, where he
developed major strategic and change management programs for
leading multinational companies in the pharmaceutical and other
industries across Europe and the US.
Early in his career, Dr. Ling served
with the National Health Service in the U.K., where he was a doctor
in two 500-bed hospitals with responsibility for first on-call
assessment of acute medical and surgical admissions and ensuing
medical and post-operative care.
Across East and Southeast Asia, a
convergence of economic trends, government policies, and greater
awareness among the general population of healthcare issues has
created an environment that is poised for dramatic growth and
change. The opportunities for Asia's healthcare organisations to
forge new partnerships and collaborations, both inside and outside
of traditional boundaries, are vast as countries search for the
best way to finance, organise and deliver healthcare with the right
balance of quality, cost and access.
Dr. Ling holds an M.B.A. degree from
INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau, France; a Bachelor of
Medicine and Surgery (M.B.B.S.) degree from St. Thomas's Hospital
Medical School, University of London, where he held London
University/Mary Ida Henderson Scholarships; and a M.A. degree in
Physiological Sciences from Oxford University, with first-class
honors, where he held an open scholarship and won a top
dissertation prize for his work in neurophysiology.
About PwC Global Healthcare
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leading healthcare providers, payers and health sciences
organisations across the globe to provide business insights and
real-time health solutions. We help public and private executives
meet the challenges of their healthcare agendas including
regulatory reform, revolution in care and the impact of new
science. Our global network of healthcare professionals provide
assurance, tax and business advisory services paired with industry
experience and a deep understanding of the entire healthcare
ecosystem and the dynamics that drive it. We invest heavily in
bringing industry-wide, global perspectives to create sustainable
healthcare systems for our clients.
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