Goh Peng Ooi

Goh Peng Ooi founded Silverlake in 1989, and through his foresight on the future of technology demands of the banking industry, he has built Silverlake Group to be a leading provider of state-of-the-art universal banking solutions, with presence in over 20 countries across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

Through Goh’s vision, the Group has won various significant awards throughout the past 25 years including the recent “Best of the Best” Award 2013 in Forbes Asia’s “Best Under A Billion” for Asia Pacific, the Asian Banker Vendor Satisfaction Survey Gold Award 2014, and industry recognitions including the various IBM awards. Goh was bestowed the EY Technology Entrepreneur Award Malaysia 2005 in recognition of his entrepreneurial excellence.

Prior to forming Silverlake Group, Goh had worked with IBM Malaysia. He held several senior positions over his nine-year career at IBM, his last being Marketing Manager for Banking and Finance Industry. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Major in Electronics) degree from the University of Tokyo on a Mombusho Scholarship in 1980.

Goh remains passionate about science and mathematics and contributes to various academic and industrial initiatives in the region.