Leadership
Leading the frontline of Supply Chain
Dr. Robert Yap
Executive Chairman, YCH Group
Malaysia-Singapore Business Council Singapore Chair
Dr. Robert Yap is the Executive Chairman of YCH Group, he successfully transformed his father’s business from a local Singapore transport company into an innovative, industry-leading Supply Chain service providers in Asia. Dr. Yap is also a visionary and active champion of ASEAN Connectivity, he believes that a modern, resilient Supply Chain network in ASEAN, with the right technologies and people capabilities, is essential for the region to thrive in generations to come.
Dr. Yap's Asset Right Strategy™ developed top-tier logistics assets like DistriPark®, Fusionaris®, and Supply Chain City®. To boost ASEAN trade and connectivity, he championed SGConnect™ and the ASLN, leading to the development of the Vietnam SuperPort™, a multimodal logistics hub. YCH Group now connects over 100 locations in 15 countries and employs over 6,000 people.
Dr. Yap's accolades include ASEAN-BAC Lifetime Achievement Award and Emeritus Council Member status (2024), Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2007), "Businessman of the Year" at the Singapore Business Awards (2016), and the NUS Business School Eminent Business Alumni Award (2014). An alumnus of Harvard Business School, he is also a Professor of Practice at Zhejiang International Business School.
Our Executive Team
Ryan Yap
Head, C.L.M.V., and Head of Growth & Partnerships.
Catherine Yap
Executive Director
- Oversees corporate services. Leads Procurement, Insurance, Facility Management and Corporate Audit, including compliance in multi-country regulatory environments
- Drives strategic focus and finance planning to achieve YCH’s long-term business goals
- Graduated from the London School of Accountancy and is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK), with diverse experience in finance, taxation, risk management and audit
- Multi-dimensional business management and financial management experience in the logistics industry, with in-depth experience with internationalization and growth management
Sardar Ahmed
Regional President, YCH Group
Managing Partner, Y-Consult
- Mr Sardar Ahmed is the Regional President of YCH Group. He spearheads the Enterprise-wide business growth, and also heads the Operations Excellence teams for our regional offices in Asia Pacific. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Y-Consult, a smart end-to-end value chain consultancy firm that deploys industry leading systems, tools, and processes to create best-in-class solutions to drive positive transformation for businesses to be future-ready.
- He has more than three decades of hands-on experience leading regional and global markets and functions in the areas of end-to-end Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain. He is a widely acknowledged industry leader in the world of fast-moving consumer goods, specialising in all dairy and dairy-based product sectors worldwide.
- His wealth of experience is in building and leveraging high-profile strategic partnerships in the extended Value Chain, joint ventures and merger and acquisitions. He is a skilled strategist who transforms plans into workable solutions and benchmarks performance against key competitors, delivering operational targets and goals at pace.
- Prior to YCH, Mr Sardar was the Director of Supply Chain and Operations at Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy processor, managing its Global Consumer and Food Service business, and led the end-to-end Supply Chain across 50 manufacturing sites in five continents, with a business value of over USD 6 billion.
- He served on the Supervisory Board as a member of several of Fonterra’s key joint ventures and partnerships and was the Chairman of China Farms. He was the Director of Integrated Supply Chain for Friesland Campina – Asia, Greater China, Middle East, and Africa, and worked with key leading consultancy firms such as McKinsey, Ernst & Young and Boston Consulting Group.
Mr Khoo Ngiap Seng
Regional General Manager (Singapore and Malaysia), YCH Group
- Mr Khoo Ngiap Seng is Regional General Manager at YCH Group. He has more than 18 years of extensive local and regional experience in third-party logistics. As Regional General Manager, Mr Khoo is responsible for the business strategy, operations and financial results for Singapore and Malaysia, serving leading players from the fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, chemical as well as pharmaceutical industries. He possesses more than 10 years of regional experience, having participated in key roles to establish YCH Group’s presence overseas.
- He has been a pivotal figure in initiating the innovation journey in YCH, with the implementation of YCH’s patented innovative solution called Fusionaris®, which has doubled the growth for Singapore operations within a span of three years. Mr Khoo was also a key driver in the project management of various global enterprise logistics and supply chain projects, from the early stages through to process mapping to the start-up of operations and full implementation. He was also accorded the Supply Chain Executive of the Year 2019 by Supply Chain Asia, Best Employee in 2016, and awarded the Logistics Study Award (NUS-YCH) in 2001.
- He is appointed as a Technical Advisor to National Research Foundation (NRF) Central Gap Fund, that aims to support the translation of research outcomes into products, processes and/or services that generate economic and societal benefits for Singapore.
- Mr Khoo graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration (Hons), majoring in Logistics Management from the National University of Singapore. He completed the Supply Chain Innovation Leadership Program from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) CTL Global SCALE.