Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, SELGATE Healthcare

Dr Muaz Omar

Dr Muaz Omar is currently the Group Senior General Manager, Healthcare and IT; Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, SELGATE Healthcare He was trained in Healthcare Project Management at Harvard University. He holds a Bachelor of Medical Science from St Andrews University; Master in Management from Monash University and Doctor in Business Administration from Swiss School of Management. He has more than two decades of experience in healthcare management, property development and public relations with extensive tenures at KPJ Healthcare, Oxley Holdings (Singapore), Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) and KRA Group. Dr Muaz leads SELGATE Healthcare with total assets worth more than RM250 million. SELGATE will be operating more than 10 hospitals in the next decade. The group currently owns a chain of GP, pharmacy and dental clinics nationwide; a Labuan-based insurance company and a Managed Care Organisation or BPO company. SELGATE also owns a certified diagnostics laboratory, a home nursing/physiotherapy outfit and a biomedical engineering company. It also owns a lifestyle, ewallet and healthcare App - Selangkah. Muaz developed Skim Insurans Peduli Sihat, the first universal healthcare scheme in Malaysia for the B40 group in Selangor with an initial budget of RM125 million. Similar schemes are being implemented in Perak, Kedah and Terengganu. Under his stewardship, SELGATE Hospitals are being developed in Rawang, Sepang, Setia Alam, Johor Bahru, Mont Kiara, Shah Alam and Kuala Selangor in different phases. SELGATE will be managing some 1,000 hospital beds within the next 10 years.