Sales And Business Development Manager Oct 2018 - Oct 2023

• Within my first year, I successfully brought in 5 new customers and signed 3 long term agreements. I exceeded sales budget by 15% for year 2019.

• Towards the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, I was in the process of discussing another 3 long term agreements. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 situation had brought all the long term agreement discussion to an immediate halt.

• Even though the situation was bad, I managed to accumulate enough pipeline to achieve 75% of the sales budget by end 2020.

• Key project manager for the maintenance cooperation between Vietnam Airlines Engineering Co. Ltd. (VAECO) and Spirit AeroSystems Inc. Successfully completed this project in 1.5 year and got the GTA signed during MRO Asia 2023.

Regional Sales Manager Oct 2014 - Oct 2018

• Hired as the first Regional Sales Manager in-charge of MRO sales for Metrojet Limited in Hong Kong.

• In-charge of helping them setup the MRO sales department and process in the company that had never existed in the company.

• Has responsibility for the MRO sales in all 3 facilities, namely Hong Kong, Clark in Philippines and Zhuhai in China.

• Works closely with all the facilities General Manager to provide the best quote to the customer.

• Reports directly to the Chief Operational Officer who has full responsibility for the performance of the MRO facilities.

• Using my network and relationship to successfully mend back damaged business relationship with a customer that had banned Metrojet for 3 years.

• Brought in new customers for the company.

Director of Sales - APAC Oct 2012 - Oct 2014

• Reports directly to the Vice-President/General Manager of Jet Aviation (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd., who is also in-charge of the Malaysia and Hong Kong facility.

• In charge of sales for the whole of Asia Pacific.

• Head the sales team in Singapore whose primary responsibility is to get sales for the Singapore facility.

• The secondary responsibility of the team is to support the sales effort for the Hong Kong and Malaysia facility.

• Responsible for the annual price setting and the pricing structure of the Singapore and Malaysia facility.

• Fully responsible for the sales strategy to increase sales for the 3 facilities.

• Manage to achieve the full year sales budget within 9 months in the first year of joining the company.

• Part of the senior management team in Jet Aviation (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. and is responsible for setting company policy.

Senior Manager, Partnership Management Department Feb 2011 - Aug 2012

• Reports directly to the Vice-President who is in charge of all the joint ventures and subsidiaries under SIAEC.

• Manager-in-charge of Asian Compressor Technologies Services Co. Ltd. (ACTS), Asian Surface Technologies Pte. Ltd. (AST) and Messier Services Asia Pte. Ltd. (MSA).

• Overseeing the performance of all the Pratt Whitney joint ventures which include Combustor Airmotive Services Pte. Ltd. (CAS), Eagle Services Asia Pte. Ltd. (ESA), International Aerospace Tubes Asia Pte. Ltd. (IAT-A), P.W.A. International (PWAI) and Turbine Coating Services Pte. Ltd. (TCS), and Goodrich Aerostructures Service Centre – Asia Pte. Ltd. (GASCA).

• The joint ventures directly and indirectly under my charge contributed about 20% of SIAECs’ total annual profit.

• Roles and responsibilities include bridging the communication between SIAEC and the joint ventures, monitor the performance of the joint ventures and report to the CEO during weekly meetings, attend board of directors meeting together with nominated directors to protect the interest of the company, set annual sales budget for the joint ventures, work with joint ventures to achieve annual budget and dividend commitment, and resolve any issues that contravene the joint venture agreement.

Regional Sales Director Aug 2009 - Feb 2011

• Reports directly to the Vice-President who is in charge of sales for NORDAM in Asia Pacific.

• In charge of sales for the whole NORDAM group in Asia Pacific.

• Taking care of customers in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Nepal and South Korea.

• Won a 5 years exclusive long term contract worth US$20 million for NORDAM within 1 year of working there.

Regional Sales Leader May 2005 - Aug 2009

• Reports directly to the International Sales Director who was in charge of sales outside of USA and Canada.

• In-charge of sales for the whole of Asia Pacific for the entire fixed wing portfolio business in Standard Aero. The engine products were Pratt Whitney Canada PT6A and PW100, Rolls Royce AE3007, General Electric CF34, Honeywell GTCP 36 APU.

• Increased the sales from US$5-6 million to US$10 million within 3 years. The major contributing factor to the increased sales was because of the successful penetration into the China market.

• The merger of Standard Aero and Landmark Aviation through the purchase of both companies by Dubai Aerospace Enterprise doubled my portfolio to include legacy Landmark Aviation products.

• The merger also resulted in a restructuring of the international sales team where I was promoted to Regional Sales Leader supervising 3 sales managers in Asia Pacific.

• A key role of the Regional Sales Leader was to assist the International Sales Director to strategise the business opportunities in Asia Pacific and to supervise the Asia Pacific sales managers. Be the point of contact and advise the company and senior management on issues regarding Asia Pacific.

• Manage all the agents in Asia Pacific and the decision maker on the hiring and termination of the agents.

Masters of Business Administration (Business Administration) Aug 2001 - Nov 2002

Masters of Science (Mechanical Engineering) (Mechanical Engineering) Jul 1998 - Dec 2000

This is a part-time degree course.

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Jul 1992 - Jul 1996