Mr Jeffrey Tan is the Head of Group Corporate Development and Technologies at YCH Group. Mr Tan spearheads the development, communication and implementation of growth strategies and processes for the group with the Executive Chairman at YCH. With more than two decades of experience in driving business growth, technology adoption, digital innovation and business excellence across various industries, he provides executional leadership to develop new and grow existing business units to achieve the Group’s overall vision and grow its business presence in Asia.
As the Head of Technologies, Mr Tan is responsible for the Group’s overall technology strategy and roadmap, research and development to drive innovation and digital transformation initiatives for the Group. Previously, as the Group CEO of Y3 Technologies, a leading Supply Chain Management, CRM, Loyalty and e-Commerce technology company that is affiliated to YCH Group, Jeffrey managed a multi-million technology business with close to 500 employees across Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China & India; and on the board of directors of all Y3 Technologies local & overseas subsidiaries & joint ventures such as; Ascentis, Meet Isaac, OctoRocket (a SPH & Y3 Technologies JV) & Rizon Technologies (a Chongqing Transport Holdings & Y3 Technologies JV).
Prior to joining YCH, Mr Tan held several positions across several organisations including Y3 Technologies, CrimsonLogic, Global eTrade Services (GeTS), Ascendas-Singbridge, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), PSA Corporation, Singapore Exchange, and Cirque du Soleil.
Mr Tan is an active contributor in promoting the technology and standards adoption, and industry transformation within Singapore’s supply chain management and logistics sector. Aside from his key appointment in YCH, Mr Tan is the current President of Supply Chain Management Chapter at Singapore Computer Society (SCS). He is a member of the Technology and Transformation Function
Committee at Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) and the Trade and Connectivity Standards Committee at the Singapore Standards Council.
Mr Tan contributes as a Council Member in the Singapore-Zhejiang Economic and Trade Council (SZETC) and the Andhra Pradesh-Singapore Business Council (APSBC) that aims to promote economic exchanges and cooperation between Singapore with China and India. Mr Tan is also a registered UN/CEFACT expert with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), an Expert Mentor for PortXL, the world’s first port and maritime accelerator. He is also the current chair of Winmark CIO Singapore.
Mr Tan serves as an Adjunct Faculty for The Logistics Academy (TLA), the training and education arm of Singapore Logistics Association (SLA), as well as for the Institute of Systems Science at National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS) and Singapore Sing-China International Training Group.
Mr Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Computing. He was a recipient of the INSEAD Certificate in Global Management (CGM). He obtained his Professional Project Management (PMP®) certification from Project Management Institute; and a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) as well as a Certified Business Process Management (BPM) Specialist (bpms) from International Institute of Business Analysis and Association for Intelligent Information Management respectively.