Dr Tan Weng Mooi

Weng Mooi leads the Integrated Health Promotion (InHealth) programme. Her role is to co-lead the development of healthy precinct frameworks and leverage on technology to build up mental wellness and resiliency in the community and workplaces.

Development of the healthy precinct framework involves co-creating a set of tools and integrated, coordinated initiatives and movements for health with various stakeholders in the community including businesses, social, healthcare, community partners and government agencies. The goal is to empower and enable individuals and their families including the community to lead healthy, happy and active lifestyles with meaningful engagements.

Prior to joining MOHT, Weng Mooi was the Chief of Caregiving and Community Mental Health Division in a government agency. She led a team in the development and implementation of the national plan on caregiving and community mental health in the community sector. With the vision of “Integrated Community Living, Ageing in Place”, the plan aimed to develop the capacity and capability of the service providers, building integrated networks to enhance care coordination across the health and social care sectors to empower clients, caregivers and the community. For over 20 years, she served in the public and private health care system in a variety of leadership roles from Director of Allied Health services at a women’s and children’s hospital to Chief Operating Officer in Singapore’s leading mental health institution and group Chief Operating Officer in a private community care organisation.

Weng Mooi holds a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) with Distinction from Dalhousie University, Canada, a Doctor of Pharmacy from the Medical University of South Carolina and an Executive MBA from University at Buffalo, USA. She also completed her advanced management programme with INSEAD.