CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Melissa Wan May Wah
Ms Wan May Wah Melissa is the Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary of the M&L Manager. Ms Wan is responsible for the performance management and reporting functions of M&L Hospitality.
Ms Wan brings with her more than 25 years of experience in accounting and finance, including 12 years in the hospitality industry in finance operations, regional internal audit and the opening of hotels across Asia Pacific.
From January 2009 to March 2010, Ms Wan was the Chief Financial Officer of Hup Soon Global Corporation Ltd. From November 2007 to June 2008 Ms Wan was the Head of both Group Accounts and Group Risk Management at Singapore Power Limited.
From September 1999 to September 2007, Ms Wan was the Chief Financial Officer of Yellow Pages Singapore and was the Joint Company Secretary of Yellow Pages Singapore from December 2004 to September 2007. Ms Wan was involved in the divestment of the company by Singtel and the subsequent listing exercise of the company on the Singapore Stock Exchange in December 2004. Prior to that, Ms Wan was the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Singtel from October 1997 to September 1999. From November 1985 to October 1997, she was an Assistant Financial Controller with Westin Hotels, where she handled the setting up of finance functions for several newly opened Westin Hotels. Ms Wan was an Auditor at Deloitte Haskins & Sells from May 1984 to November 1985.
Ms Wan is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore, with a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the National University of Singapore. She is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants in the United Kingdom and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. She also holds a Certificate of specialisation in Hospitality Accounting and Financial Management (Honours) from the American Hotel & Motel Association.