Lai-Yee Soh

Executive Director, VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer

Singapore
Cohort: Common Purpose, Singapore, 2019

Soh Lai Yee has more than 15 years of experience in growing international multi-sectoral partnerships for social inclusion. She has worked with and brought together diverse stakeholders from government officials to civil society partners to businesses to push for positive outcomes for communities. As executive director of the VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer, she facilitates partnerships and support for the training of doctors and nurses, translational research and improving medical care in Asia. Prior to this, she was head of cultural exchange at the Singapore International Foundation where she led a team to drive an international initiative to leverage the arts for social impact. To foster a vibrant and connected ecosystem, they started the Arts for Good Fellowship program. At the Asia-Europe Foundation, she was deputy director of the public affairs department, responsible for planning and implementing advocacy and communications strategies to increase awareness and understanding of its work in education, environment, human rights and the arts. Outside of her professional engagements, she keeps herself busy by volunteering as a board member for Engineering Good and part of the advisory team for Maya Dance Theatre’s Diverse Abilities Dance Collective.