Our People

Dr Derek Gong co-founded OSKEFER Consulting Pte. Ltd. in 2022 and assumed the roles of Managing Director & Principal Consultant. Dr Gong has 16 years of experience in failure investigation/root cause analysis, loss adjusting, risk engineering, and technology development. He is a Charted Engineer (CEng) registered with the Engineering Council, UK and a Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (MIMMM).

Dr Gong started his research and technology development experience as a postgrad researcher in Southeast University, China and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2006 and 2009, respectively; Following the completion of his PhD, he started his professional career as a failure analysis consultant with TÜV SÜD, followed by as a senior engineer/principal engineer in Rolls Royce. Central Technology Group and He subsequently transited to insurance industry as a loss adjuster/senior loss adjuster, primarily working on complex engineering losses in power and energy sectors and high-tech product recall claims.

In 2022, Dr Gong co-founded OSKEFER Consulting to provide engineering consultancy services to insurance and legal professionals, as well as OEMs and operators of critical assets. As an ex-loss adjuster, Dr Gong understands the differences in services required by insurance/legal professionals and that required by OEMs/operators.

Dr Gong also holds a Master Administration from Nanyang Business School. Dr Gong is a Singaporean Chinese and bilingual in both Chinese and English.