Mui Pong Goh
Public Policy & Global Affairs
School of Social Sciences
Summary
Adaptable teamplayer curious learner with a delightful sense of mischief. I help organisations build greater learning capacity by helping people lead meaningful purposeful lives.
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Work Experience
Dean Apr 2014 - Present
Monetary Authority of Singapore Singapore- Head the MAS Academy, which is responsible for skills development of MAS staff as well as technical cooperation programmes
- Formulate and implement strategies to meet the learning needs of MAS staff to be effective in their present and future roles through creation of learning pathways, more effective internal communication outreach and structured coaching and mentoring schemes
- Develop and implement a digital curriculum to raise analytics and tech fluency of MAS staff
- Promote a more self-driven learning culture via a greater adoption of different learning modes (e.g. micro- and macro-learning) through the use of mobile apps, access to MOOCs, conversion of in-class to virtual (synchronous and asynchronous) programmes and running of learning campaigns
- Support managers effectiveness through enhancing their skills in coaching, mentoring and conversations (i.e. career conversations and performance conversations)
- Sponsor the adoption of robotic process automation post-streamlining business process to increase efficiency of administrative processes
- Build and sustain networks with international and regional organisations such as BIS, IMF, SEACEN and ASEAN
Deputy Director (Monetary and domestic Markets department) Feb 2012 - Apr 2014
Monetary Authority of Singapore Singapore- Managed banking system liquidity through the daily conduct of money market operations (i.e. foreign exchange [FX] swaps, repos and uncollateralised borrowing) and issuance of Singapore Government securities and MAS Bills
- Implemented Singapore’s monetary policy via FX intervention
- Prepared background papers for Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Market Committee, Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) and Executives’ Meeting of East Asia Pacific Central Banks (EMEAP)
- Assistant secretary for Monetary and Investment Policy Meeting (MIPM), which is equivalent of other central banks’ Monetary Policy Committee or the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), chaired by Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Senior Assistant Director Nov 2010 - Feb 2012
Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore- Negotiated the Trade in Goods, Trade Remedies and Rules of Origin chapters for the Agreement between Singapore and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (ASTEP) and India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) review
- Staffed Minister (Trade and Industry) Lim Hng Kiang for World Economic Forum on East Asia 2010 in Jakarta and World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference 2010 in Geneva
- Represented Singapore in multilateral negotiations in Trade Facilitation at the World Trade Organization
- Prepared papers (background briefs and negotiating positions) on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and G20 food security discussions
Research Fellow Sep 2009 - Sep 2010
Chatham House/ Royal Institute of International Affairs United Kingdom- Researched, published reports and dealt with media on G20 developments (particularly on international financial regulatory issues)
- Ensured participation of high-grade officials, business leaders and academics in various roundtable discussions on aspects of global governance
- Obtained a successful grant from the UK Economic and Social Research Council worth approximately £50,000
Education
PhD (International Relations) Oct 2004 - Jul 2009
University of Cambridge United KingdomMA (International Relations) Sep 2001 - Jun 2002
University of Chicago United StatesBA (Political Science) Oct 1998 - Jun 2001
University of Cambridge United KingdomOther Skills
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Q&A with Mui Pong Goh
What do you do to keep up with the current issues and trends in your field?
I set aside to read daily-- its still too little! Whilst online articles/ journals (e.g. Association of Talent Development, HBR, MIT Sloan Review) are helpful, I still enjoy reading books or longform articles. Podcasts and webinars are also essential means to keep up-to-date.
Ultimately, these are means. What is more important is finding good authors or practitioners and expanding the pool.
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What kind of education or training did you find most useful in your field?
The best way to grow is to have mentors who will share their expertise as well as to meet up regularly with other practitioners to exchange ideas.
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What excites you about the field that you are in?
Learning and development practitioners are generally curious and helpful. They constantly push to help others gain greater self-awareness and acquire skills to be more effective in their work. This means that I am often forced to self-reflect on my own inner self and consciously build new skills. I am amazed that I am paid to grow!
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Is there something you wish you'd known starting out in your field? Or is there something you wish you had done differently starting out?
I wish I knew that things would work out. Switching fields and countries was often stressful, fraught with uncertainties. Yet looking at those transitions now, I remember primarily the joy and adventures of learning new things and meeting new people.
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What is the biggest challenge that you face in this field?
Keeping up with the developments both in the learning and development field but also in the various technical domains!
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