Leadership
Leading the frontline of Supply Chain
Dr. Robert Yap
Executive Chairman, YCH Group
President of ASEAN Confederation of Employers
President of Singapore National Employers Federation
ASEAN Business Advisory Council, Singapore Chair
Malaysia-Singapore Business Council Singapore Chair
Dr. Robert Yap is the Executive Chairman of YCH Group, Singapore’s largest homegrown and Asia’s leading supply chain and logistics provider with operations across the Asia Pacific region. Robert is the Founder and Chairman of Y3 Technologies, a leading information technology and supply chain solutions provider. He founded Supply Chain Asia and is the Chairman of Supply Chain Angels, a corporate venture firm. He holds the positions of President of the Singapore National Employers Federation, President of the ASEAN Confederation of Employers, Singapore Chair of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, and Singapore Co-Chair of the Malaysia-Singapore Business Council. Dr Yap participates in the National Wages Council, the National Jobs Council, the Future Economy Council, the Payments Council, the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council (SJCC), and the Joint Implementation Committee. He is the Honorary Advisory Council of the Singapore Computer Society and was a member of the Singapore Payment Council.
Dr Yap founded the Supply Chain and Logistics Academy (SCALA), a programme partner of Workforce Singapore, in 2016, to upskill logistics practitioners and provide reskilling for mid-career workers looking to change their career aspirations.
He received the Singapore Public Service Star 2023 award as well as Public Service Medal in 2017 in recognition of his contributions. He was the "Businessman of the Year" by the Singapore Business Awards in 2016, the NUS Business School Eminent Business (Senior) Alumni Award in 2014, and the World Chinese Economic Forum Lifetime Achievement Award (Logistics) in 2013. He was the winner of the year for the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year of Singapore in 2007
Robert holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), honoris causa, in Business Administration from Wisconsin International University. He graduated from the Harvard Business School Owner President Management (OPM 21) programme. He was conferred the Professor of Practice by Zhejiang International Business School. The City University of Hong Kong College of Business appointed Robert as an Honorary Adjunct Professor from 2009 to 2012.
Our Executive Team
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 (MTI) CTL Global SCALE.
Ryan Yap
Head of Growth & Partnerships
- Focuses on YCH’s alchemy of growth
- Looks to strengthening YCH through organic growth, collaborations and M&A strategies
- Advises on the formulation and implementation of strategies to drive the overall growth and cooperative relationships with other companies
- Prior to joining YCH, was with Allen and Gledhill, in their litigation department covering white collar crime and employment law
- Graduated from University of Durham, United Kingdom, with a Bachelor of Laws