Ms Serene Ong

Ms Serene Ong

Serene Ong is a corporate working mom of 6 kids, 2 dogs, and a co-founder of a successful pre-school business with her husband. She has over 20 years’ experience under her belt in business development, healthcare, logistics and clinical trial experience with start-up companies, pharma, venture capital, hospital and major global clinical trial organizations in US, Europe and Asia. In her last role at Marken, a UPS company focused on healthcare logistics, she sat on the Executive Committee team and held the dual roles of Vice President of Global Sales Operations and Vice President of Commercial Operations, Asia Pacific. Serene is a strong advocate for Women Empowerment and Leadership. In 2023, she founded Phonenixus, a network of strong female role models passionate about women empowerment and nurturing the next generation of women leaders while supporting the underprivileged women and children in the community. She believes in continuous learning and completed her EMBA with INSEAD in 2018. She is also a trained pharmacist and graduated with a Masters of Science (Pharmacy) from the National University of Singapore, a Minor in Technopreneurship from Stanford University and the inaugural Global CxO Program with Wharton University of Pennsylvania. In recognition of her contributions to the field of Healthcare, she was awarded the "Outstanding Leadership Award" at Health 2.0 in Dubai, UAE in March 2022. She was also awarded the "Top 50 Global Inspirational Women to look out for in 2023 in recognition of her exemplary performance and achievements in creating new paths and opportunity for others in KL in Dec 2022.