Cheong Hai Poh
Mr. Cheong Hai Poh is an entrepreneurial, innovative Executive Leader with extensive experience spanning 30 years in the Hospitality, General, and Food and Beverage industries. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated exceptional skill in navigating periods of accelerated growth, leveraging key market and consumer insights to develop and implement comprehensive strategies that drive both top- and bottom-line performance. His proven ability to evaluate existing operations to identify inefficiencies, redundancies, and risks has enabled him to innovate process improvements, optimize workflow, maintain internal controls, and enhance profitability. Mr. Cheong is recognized for cultivating top-performing teams through guidance, training, and ongoing professional development, which has led to enhanced employee engagement, retention, and the creation of a robust internal talent pipeline. His notable roles include serving as General Manager of Goodwood Park Hotel Singapore from February 2021 to January 2024, General Manager of Pan Pacific Yangon from February 2020 to January 2021, General Manager and Asset Management lead at Stamford Land Corporation from May 2019 to February 2020, and General Manager of Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel from June 2017 to May 2019. He holds a Higher Diploma in Hotel Management from SHATEC, The International Hotel and Tourism School, and a Certificate in Food & Beverage from Lausanne University in Lausanne, Switzerland.