Kohe has over two decades of experience as a senior commercial lawyer in leading international law firms. She was Reed Smith’s first female partner in Singapore; Reed Smith is one of the largest law firms in the world. She is highly experienced in the energy, renewables, commodities and digital infrastructure sectors particularly in emerging markets such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Maldives and Sri Lanka. Kohe was regularly ranked by leading legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500 for her legal acumen and stellar work in Cambodia. 

Apart from her legal practice, Kohe is also actively involved in many diverse areas. She lends her expertise to several national statutory boards including the Central Provident Fund Board, a compulsory comprehensive savings and pension fund for Singaporeans and permanent residents, and Nanyang Polytechnic, an institute of higher learning in Singapore which is under the purview of the Ministry of Education. 

At the business level, Kohe sits on the boards of the Singapore National Employers’ Federation and Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a non-profit organization which supports the Malay/Muslim business community in Singapore. Also, given her experience in emerging markets, she was appointed a director of Singapore Co-operation Enterprise (“SCE”) (a subsidiary of Enterprise Singapore). SCE provides a single window of access for foreign partners, such as Rwanda, Mauritius, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, who are interested in learning from and accessing Singapore’s public sector expertise. Likewise, she was appointed by Asia Development Bank  as an independent director to the board of Housing Development Finance Corporation Plc, the only mortgage housing institution in Maldives. Kohe was recently appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Ghana in Singapore.