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Advanced MedTech and the appetite for risk

Advanced MedTech CEO Abel Ang says an openness to taking risks is key to growing Singapore's medtech sector

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Claudia Chong

Claudia Chong

Published Thu, Jun 24, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    HOW does a communications graduate end up leading what is arguably South-east Asia's largest medical device business?

    He has a risk-taking nature, a love for learning and a mentor - Philip Yeo - to thank for it.

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