George Goh Ching Wah

Business career Throughout his career, Goh has owned several listed companies, including Ossia International, Harvey Norman Ossia, and United EnviroTech. In 1996, Ossia was publicly listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Later that year, Ossia established a property division, Ossia Land. In the following year, Goh collaborated with Waterbank Properties, NatSteel Properties, and a LSE-listed company Regalion Properties as a part of Ossia Land's venture.

In 1999, Goh partnered Gerry Harvey of multi-national retailer Harvey Norman to establish a S$33 million joint venture named Harvey Norman Ossia (Asia) to retail the Harvey Norman brand in Asia.

In 2000, Goh founded ITG International, an internet technology company that expanded into property development in 2005. In 2002, Goh founded VGO Corporation (World of Sport). VGO Corp carried out an acquisition of a mixed property development group of companies in Malaysia in 2017.

In 2003, Goh co-founded wastewater treatment firm United EnviroTech. In 2005, Goh founded SGL Capital Investment Management, a property fund management company.

Other roles On 1 June 2017, then-President Tony Tan appointed Goh as Singapore Non-Resident Ambassador to Morocco. On 9 June 2023, Goh tendered his resignation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to run for the 2023 presidential election.

Goh is both a council member of the Singapore Red Cross and a member of the Singapore Red Cross Society's operational committee for humanitarian assistance and international relief.

Goh is an executive board member of the Presbyterian Community Services. He is an advisor to the Puan Noor Aishah Intercultural Institute and served as a board member of the Creative Malay Arts and Culture.

Outside Singapore, Goh is the Founder of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Lecturer at BML Munjal University and Tribhuvan University in India. He is also an Honorary Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of the Royal University of Bhutan and an Advisor to the President on Internationalization for Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.

In 2015, Goh and his wife co-founded Border Mission Limited, a charity organisation that supports those in need in Singapore, the Himalayan region and developing countries. The ‘Happy People Helping People’, a prominent community group dedicated to helping the elderly poor, has also backed Goh's presidential bid.

2023 presidential bid

On 12 June 2023, Goh announced his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election under the private sector deliberative track.

On 18 August 2023, the Elections Department announced that Goh did not qualify to run for the presidential election and therefore did not receive the Certificate of Eligibility.

Personal life At age 24, Goh married Tan Nan Ci, with whom he had three children. Tan died of pancreatic cancer when she was the age of 40. In 2001, Goh married his second wife, Lysa Sumali, with whom he had a daughter.