Sales & Marketing Leader | Luxury & Hospitality | Expert in Ambition, Resilience and Ethical Leadership | Storyteller • Top commercial director in APAC for Club Med – Established the market’s recognition of Club Med as the top all-inclusive holiday brand, delivering annual growth of 12% between ‘08 & ’11 in Singapore, & drove growth of 30% every season (6-monthly) in China from ‘11 to ‘14. • Architected & obtained unallocated Moneylending license in Malaysia for Sea Ltd.• Managed 19 sets of P&L throughout career. • Deep understanding of luxury FMCG market; recognized as ‘Most Admired Distributor’ and ‘Most Valuable Business Partner’ in Asia I grew up in comfortable circumstances. My father built the largest seafood processing company in Singapore & supplied seafood to all of the largest supermarkets in the country.We lived in a big house, had a few cars, & took regular holidays.But my parents never gave me more money than was necessary for school. I started working for my own discretionary spending when I was 12 years old & never stopped. Before I was 18, I had been a restaurant & catering waiter, KFC-cook, security officer, sales promoter, & convention sales lead.In my first year in university in Australia, my father's company failed, he was declared a bankrupt, & I had to make my own money for 3 years to survive as a foreign student in the expensive tourist city of Gold Coast.I know what business failure does to people & their families. Over 2 decades, I did what I had to, learnt from challenges that came my way, & experienced racism, loneliness, betrayal, failures, & extreme uncertainty of the future.Today, I derive joy & fulfilment from building partnership ecosystems, advising & driving team performance, structuring complex deals, & managing stakeholder dynamics.With 24 years of experience in sales & marketing leadership, general management, & entrepreneurship, I bring a realist's practical & effective perspectives to businesses & strategic projects, to grow channels, market shares, & teams in the hospitality & luxury industries within Southeast-Asia and China.I have a wealth of multicultural exposure across Asia, having worked & lived in Australia, Taiwan, HK, Macau, Shanghai, Guangzhou, & other mainland Chinese cities, & am effectively bilingual in Chinese and English.Hit me up if you have strategic pains in Asia that need fixing.