Mr Kan was appointed as Executive Director and CEO on 1 February 2019. He leads and manages the Group and works actively with the Board and Management to set the overall strategic direction focused on driving business operations and growth of the Group.
Mr Kan has almost 30 years of regional management and business development experience in the automotive industry, having managed various illustrious global brands with renowned regional dealership, Wearnes Automotive, headquartered in Singapore. From 2001 to 2009, he was General Manager at Malayan Motors, a division of Wearnes Automotive, where he managed the Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Jaguar and Volvo Trucks franchises in Singapore, and successfully introduced some of the brands into new territories such as Brunei, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand. From 2009 to 2012, he was promoted to Managing Director of the Prestige Division of Wearnes Automotive, where he led the acquisition of new brands such as Bugatti, Land Rover and McLaren.
In 2012, Mr Kan joined Fastrack Autosports (Iskandar) Pte Ltd to conceptualise and develop an integrated automotive hub in Nusajaya, Iskandar Malaysia, in partnership with UEM Sunrise Berhad. He led the project’s joint venture company, Fastrack Iskandar Sdn Bhd, as its CEO.
He is also a director of Wellington College International Regional Management Pte Ltd, which is the master agreement holder for the Wellington College International schools in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Mr Kan graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute Technology with a degree in Business Administration in 1995.
