About the Panel Speakers
"Sources of competitive advantage in family business
- bringing the family back in."
9 January 2008, Wednesday, 5pm - 6.30pm
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Richard EuCEOEu Yan Sang Group |
Richard Eu is the Group CEO of Eu Yan Sang International Ltd (Eu Yan Sang). Eu Yan Sang, founded in 1879 by his great grandfather, is in the business of providing consumer healthcare products and services based on traditional Chinese and integrative medicine.
Born in Hong Kong in 1947, he lived in Singapore since young and pursued his Secondary and University education in England. After graduating with a law degree from London University, he started his career as a merchant banker. Thereafter, he was a stockbroker before buying into and managing a group of companies involved in the marketing of computer equipment in SE Asia. The business was sold and he became a venture capital consultant before joining Eu Yan Sang in 1989.
He successfully built Eu Yan Sang’s traditional Chinese medicine business to where it stands today, enjoying an unrivalled reputation as one of the leaders in this field in Asia. The Company is publicly listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In 2003, he was a finalist in the coveted Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award in Singapore under the Master Category.
Apart from his business interests, he is involved in non-profit and community organizations.
Panel speaker: Andreas Sohmen-Pao
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Andreas Sohmen-PaoManaging DirectorBW Shipping Managers Pte Ltd in Singapore |
Andreas Sohmen-Pao is Managing Director of BW Shipping in Singapore.
The BW group comprises one of the world’s largest maritime fleets engaged in the production and shipment of oil and gas.
Mr. Sohmen-Pao is also Vice Chairman of BW Gas and a Director of BW Offshore in Norway. He is a director of the board of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, a Director of Rickmers Maritime Trust, and a member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank SHL (Schiffshypothekenbank zu Lübeck Ag).
Mr. Sohmen-Pao previously worked for Goldman Sachs International in London. He holds a first class honours degree from Oxford University (B.A. Hons) and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He resides in Singapore.
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Robert YapChairman & CEOYCH Group |
Robert Yap was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the 2nd ASIA Logistics Award in 2003 (organized by FTB Lloyds Asia) for his significant contributions and thought-leadership to the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) industry. In addition, he was also bestowed the IT Leaders Award in 2003 by the Singapore Computer Society for his contribution to the IT industry in innovating and implementing world-class SCM Solutions.
Robert has more than 30 years of experience in the Logistics and SCM field. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1976; and graduated from the Harvard Business School Owner President Management (OPM) program in 1994; and was also conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), honoris causa, in Business Administration in 2001 by Wisconsin International University.
Robert also serves consultative appointments and advisory roles to numerous national & regional government strategic committees, more notably advising regional Heads of Government in the ASEAN-Business Advisory Council since 2003, and chairing the e-ASEAN Committee under the ASEAN-Chambers of Commerce and Industry. For 2007, Robert has been appointed as Chairman of the ASEAN-Business Advisory Council. He has also been elected to serve as Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation, and is the Founding Chairman of the Supply Chain Asia Advisory Council formed in 2006.
Robert also advises on economic policies as a member of strategic elite think-tanks such as the Committee on Singapore’s Competitiveness 2001, and the Economic Review Committee 2003. He has also served on the Board of Directors for statutory boards such as JTC (Jurong Town Corporation) and PSB (Productivity and Standards Board). More recently, Robert holds concurrent appointments as member of Network Indonesia Steering Committee, Network China Steering Committee, and also serves correspondingly as Regional Representative (Tianjin) for Network China and is council member of the Singapore-Tianjin Economic & Trade Council (STETC) and the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council (SJCC).
Currently, he also serves as Co-Chairman of Korea-Singapore Logistics Council, as well as a member of the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council (MSBC). Robert has also been recently appointed as member of the iN2015 Manufacturing & Logistics Sub-committee (National IT Master Plan by Infocomm Development Authority), member of the Customs Advisory Committee (by Singapore Customs), member of the inaugural Board of Advisors, School of Information System, Singapore Management University (SMU), and as a Founding Member of India-Singapore CEO Forum.
Robert is Chairman and CEO of the YCH Group (www.ych.com), Singapore’s leading homegrown logistics giant with operations that span across the entire Asia Pacific Region. YCH provides integrated logistics services and best-of-breed, award winning end-to-end SCM solutions to world class companies like Dell, Motorola, Ciba, DyStar, LVMH, Frisian Foods and so on.
