Facilitators

George Goh has about a decade of experience in this specialty insurance area. He was most recently the Associate Director for HSBC Insurance Brokers assisting in managing the HSBC Bank’s portfolio of credit risks mitigation into credit insurance, bonds placements, etc. besides responsibilities in development of new businesses and servicing of existing clientele.

Prior to HSBC’s appointment, he was 8 years with Marsh Singapore Pte Ltd assisting in the same practice area and was responsible for local and regional clients’ servicing and business development as well as supporting the regional trade credit practice. He was also servicing the world’s largest Trade Credit Insurance program for Asia and expansion into China. Sales of USD40 Billion worldwide insured.

Had more than 20 years of practical experiences in the area of credit management, debt collection, sales, marketing and credit insurance. He was Credit Manager with various organisations including Le Meridien Hotel, OCBC Banking group subsidiaries, Transnational Group, Vikay Industrial, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and Credinet Singapore (Now known as COFACE Credit Management Services Pte Ltd.)

Previous career also included as Commercial Manager for a diversified Indonesian Group business interests in Singapore and South East Asia region – PT Bank Buana, PT Rodamas and PT Tato’s specific business interests of optical and stationary products, including manufacturing, distribution and retailing. He was in charge of sales, marketing and credit management functions.

His work experiences expanded into the area of credit insurance coverage for companies to insure their most valuable assets – the trade receivables and to assist companies to use this program for credit enhancement and mitigation tool as collateral for increasing financing as well as sales expansion without unnecessary risks.  Being a Technical Specialist  as a credit manager and also having experiences in the credit information and debt collection agencies (loss adjustment) placed him in unique position above others in his field of expertise.

He also served on the Board of Management of the Singapore Association of Credit Management and is the currently elected Hon. Secretary and appointed Training & Education Chairman. He is also a very hand on Trainer, having conducted numerous public and in-house credit management, debt collection seminars, workshops and conferences in the south South East Asia Region, including topic on credit insurance. Currently he is an Adjunct Lecturer of Dun & Bradstreet and JobsDB Learning organisations.