TAN BOON KIAN, RODNEY
Group Chairman
CEO, Cairnhill Group Of Companies

Rodney Tan is the Group Chairman of Cairnhill Group Holdings Pte Ltd. Rodney Tan has gained himself more than 20 years of professional knowledge and experiences in the Travel and Hospitality industry in USA and Asia.

Rodney Tan graduated from the University Of Hawaii, USA and obtained a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration -Travel Industry Management (TIM). He is also a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) awarded by the American Hotel and Motel Association and a member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Over the years he has worked for several well established international hotels located in the United States of America, Singapore and China and recruited his own team of high quality hospitality professionals. Rodney Tan possesses strong leadership qualities and also maintains good relationships with corporate and political leaders in South-East Asia and China.

From his vantage point as a top corporate executive and CEO in Travel & Hospitality Industry, Rodney Tan offers a powerful Technology Revolution for every facets of his industry. Together with his team of IT and Hospitality professionals, they have built a suite of application solutions and created huge potential Hospitality e-marketplace platform to enhance the relationship and functions of the community in Travel and Hospitality Industry.

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TAN POH SWAN
Executive. Director
Senior Vice President, Administration & Finance

Ms Tan is an Executive Director of the company and Senior Vice President of Administration and Finance where she responsible for the overall administration and finance sections. Ms. Tan is designated to provide leadership, coordination and guidance to the corporate office and its all subsidiaries.

Ms Tan has been in the hospitality industry in the areas of overall operations, administration and finance for the last 18 years and her last appointment was the hotel GM. Ms Tan also bring to the company her extensive experience in managing property, investment, banking and finance.

Ms Tan graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia-Bachelor of Science.

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LIM KWEE WAH
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Managing Director, China

Currently the Senior Vice President of Human Resources to provide consultative human resources to the corporate office and all its subsidiaries. Mr. Lim also assumes the role of Managing Director in the Cairnhill Hotel Tianjin and Hotel Management unit to oversee all business, operational and financial matters of the business units. In addition, Mr. Lim is designated to spearhead, facilitates and coordinates all business activities and ventures in China and to assist in setting up and administrate these businesses.

Mr. Lim, a former hotelier with Shanghai Hilton Hotel, Furama International Hotel Management Company, UOL Group and Apollo Enterprises Ltd, has a remarkable records and vast experiences in Personnel and Training capacity in the hospitality industry. Mr.Lim started as a Personnel and Training Manager in Apollo Enterprises Ltd (Hotel & Resorts, Catering Svcs) for 10 years, before moving to UOL Group (Hotel and Properties) as the Personnel Manager. With his intense knowledge in Personnel Management and his capability to Management Company, before undertaking the role of Group Personnel Manager (Chief Representative in Yunan, China) in Pan Pacific Public Company Ltd. In year 1994, Mr. Lim Was appointed as the Director of Personnel and Training in Shanghai Hilton Hotel, managed by Hilton International before venturing to Rohm and Haas China Inc. as the Area Human Resource Manager for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.

Mr. Lim is a graduate from Nanyang University, Bachelor of Arts and a graduate diploma in Singapore Institute of Personnel Management, Personnel Management.

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SAMEER MUKADAM
Director IT

Sameer Mukadam is an innovative, results-driven IT Professional with over 8 years of progressive, hands-on experience managing complex IT projects, leading technical and professional teams. Experienced in every role of project management, including business process analysis, design, system architecture, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance. Some key competencies are, Strategic Technology Planning, Network / Security Infrastructure, Application Development, System Development Lifecycle, Vendor Management / Contract Negotiation, Customer Relationship Management, IT Policy / Procedure Development, Staff Leadership / Employee Hiring / Retention.

Sameer is currently managing the IT infrastructure for Cairnhill Group and its subsidiaries and is in the team responsible for the support of the Distribution and Revenue Management solutions offered by Cairnhill Hospitality Intelligence Pte Ltd (CHI).

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