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Robert Yap ( Chairman & CEO )
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.Recently, Robert was also named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Singapore 2007.
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 member of The Singapore-Tianjin Economic & Trade Council. 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 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 Flag and so on." |
