Asia-Pacific Hub

Connecting ecosystems, accelerating innovation, and enabling cross-border collaboration across one of the world's most dynamic health regions.

About the hub

Global Health Connector APAC is headquartered  in Singapore, serving a region home to nearly five billion people and playing a decisive role in global health innovation.This hub connects stakeholders across Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, enabling collaboration across healthcare, digital health, and life sciences.

  • Gateway to Asia — A trusted, neutral hub bridging ASEAN, Greater China, India, Japan, South Korea and ANZ with global partners.
  • Digital Economy Agreements — Enabling secure cross-border digital health collaboration.
  • Dynamic region — One of the most rapidly evolving health ecosystems globally, with strong investment in digital transformation and cross-border collaboration.
  • 28 Free Trade Agreements — Covering 85% of global GDP, providing unparalleled market access and regulatory connectivity.
  • Global reach — Connected to GHC’s network spanning 78 countries and 90 health ecosystems across Europe, North America, and Africa
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What we do in apac

Connect

Global and regional health innovation ecosystems

Enable

Access to international networks and opportunities

Facilitate

Cross-border collaboration and partnerships

Amplify

Initiatives through Global Health Connector platforms

Support

Ecosystem development and stakeholder engagement

Our APAC team

Gisela
GISELA
GARCÍA-ÁLVAREZ
Executive Director, Global Health Connector APAC

Biochemist by training and global health connector by practice, with over 15 years of experience in health systems research, cluster development, and cross-border health innovation across Europe and Asia. Based in Singapore, she leads GHC’s Asia-Pacific operations connecting institutions and investors across ASEAN, Greater China, India, and ANZ with GHC’s global network.

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Innovations - Coline
COLINE
GUIOL
Innovation Project Manager

Specialises in EU-funded projects with a focus on communication, dissemination, and stakeholder engagement. Her background spans patient advocacy at EUPATI and cross-border rare disease care through the European Reference Network RITA. She joined Global Health Connector in late 2024.

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Ambassadors - George Margelis
GEORGE
MARGELIS
Australia Ambassador

Medical practitioner with over 30 years’ experience at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Former Chief Information Officer and healthcare lead at Intel, he has also held academic and advisory roles focused on digital health, telehealth and aged care innovation. He currently serves as Independent Chair of the Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council.

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Ambassador Dato
DATO' SIVAKUMAR
KRISHNAN
Malaysia Ambassador

Dato’ Sivakumar Krishnan is a Malaysian healthcare strategist, entrepreneur, digital health leader, and advisor with over two decades of experience across healthcare, health policy, technology, life sciences, and innovation. As Founder of HTN Berhad and a former consultant with PwC, he has served in various board and advisory roles, guiding startups and established organisations to develop, scale, and navigate complex healthcare and tech ecosystems.

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Ambassador Maurice
MAURICE
TAN
Singapore Ambassador

Maurice Tan operates at the dynamic intersection of health ecosystem transformation, population behavioral intervention, and human potential development. He holds a portfolio of senior advisory and adjunct academic roles focused on public healthcare reform and workforce development across Asia.

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Ambassador Karen
KAREN
WEE
Singapore Ambassador

Karen Wee is a transformational strategist, innovator, and implementer with 36 years of global and local volunteering experience alongside 13 years of executive leadership in the non-profit sector. She specialises in building new departments, introducing innovative programming, and revitalising mature or declining organisations.

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India Ambassador
DR.RAJENDRA PRATAP
GUPTA
India Partner
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Connected ecosystems

An ecosystem is a permanent multi-stakeholder community based in a specific geographic region with regular meetings, events and opportunities to network, collaborate and match needs and solutions with the ultimate purpose to transform healthcare. Explore the health innovation ecosystems linked to the Asia-Pacific Hub. 

Australia

Australia - Melbourne Digital Health

The Melbourne Digital Health Ecosystem is the first Australian ecosystem within the Global Health Connector.
Indonesia

Indonesia - A National Health Innovation Ecosystem

Indonesia is the largest single health market in the Asia-Pacific and the region's most consequential health system build-out...
Malaysia

Malaysia - A National Health Innovation Ecosystem

Malaysia is the most industrially complete health economy in ASEAN. It manufactures medical technology at global scale, treat...
Singapore

Singapore Headquarter - Singapore Health Innovation Ecosystem

Upcoming webinars

Network Event
12
— 12 November 2026
Singapore
,
 Singapore
GHC-APAC Bridging Horizons: Strategic Sessions

Hub information

​​Global Health Connector APAC LTD.
UEN: 202602827C

Contact Email:
apac@globalhealthconnector.com
Address:
1 Coleman Street #05-15, The Adelphi 179803 Singapore
Phone:
+65 9233 8884 (Gisela Garcia Alvarez)
" Innovation has no borders, but too often it is constrained by silos. Global Health Connector exists to break those barriers by connecting people, ecosystems, and opportunities across continents. Leading activities from Singapore allows us to turn international collaboration into a practical and scalable pathway for health innovation. "
GISELA GARCÍA-ÁLVAREZ
Executive Director, Global Health Connector APAC