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From family dinner table to boardroom: How HMI Medical CEO grew her parents’ company
Inspired by her doctor father and business professor mother, Ms Chin Wei Jia returned from the US to lead HMI Medical, which her parents founded.
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Ms Chin Wei Jia, who is executive director and group chief executive of HMI Medical, also oversees hospitals in Melaka and Johor, a managed healthcare platform and a social enterprise that provides healthcare training.
Growing up, Ms Chin Wei Jia’s family dinners were never just about food. They were a window into her parents’ working lives.
Her father, a general practitioner, would sometimes be interrupted mid-meal by his pager and would step away to tend to a patient’s concern. Her mother, a university business professor, shared stories about academia and the corporate world.
