Yewhong Goh graduated with honors from Cambridge University under a Singapore Government Scholarship. He holds an MBA in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder.
Prior to joining GIC SI， Yewhong served as Deputy Director in various Singapore government ministries， including the Ministry of Communications， the Public Service Commission （responsible for， among other things， recruitment and promotion of civil servants） and the Ministry of National Development. Yewhong was formerly head of GIC’s Hong Kong office and has all-round experience in private equity， having led deal teams that invested in funds， co-investments and direct investments. He has broad experience across the various private equity sub-asset classes， including buyouts， growth capital and venture capital. He also served in GIC SI’s Global Strategy and Investment Group， which advises GIC SI on investment strategies and reviews all investment recommendations before they’re presented to the Investment Committee. Prior to founding Axiom， Yewhong Goh was Senior Vice President at GIC Special Investments and has 10 years of private equity experience with GIC SI， all of which was spent based in Asia. He has also done deals in the U.S. and Europe. At various points in his career， he led teams doing private equity investments in key Asian markets like China， Taiwan， Hong Kong， Japan and India and was also head of all Asian VC. Yewhong is now the managing director of Axiom Asia.
