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Jannie Chan Siew Lee (曾秀丽), also known by her married name, Jannie Tay, is a
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an entrepreneur and former president of the Singapore Retailers Association and the
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Business Forum, in both cases the first woman to hold the position.


Biography

Chan earned a B.Sc. in
physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...
and an M.Sc. in
pharmacology Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur betwee ...
from
Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...
in 1968 and 1971,Dato' Dr Jannie Chan Siew Lee
Prominent Alumni,
Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...
, 2012, updated 13 February 2013, retrieved 11 September 2013.
"Beyond watches and reishi: Jannie Tay's approach to business"
Knowledge@SMU Paper6,
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, 2 March 2010, retrieved 11 September 2013.
and was a lecturer in both subjects at the
National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...
.Cheah Ui-Hoon, Save Our Planet Foundation, "Leaving a lasting legacy", ''The Business Times'', 19 December 2008, repr.
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, 22 December 2008
archived
at the
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, 8 February 2009.
In 1979, she co-founded The Hour Glass Limited, a luxury watch retailer, with her husband, Henry Tay."Watch retailer Jannie Tay on creating a sense of luxury in Singapore"
Business,
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, 29 November 2010
, it had 41 stores in several countries; she was formerly executive vice-president and executive vice-chairman. She founded the holding company Save Our Planet Investments (Hypha Holdings, 2005) and the non-profit Save Our Planet Foundation (2007), which works for reforestation to
mitigate climate change Climate change mitigation (or decarbonisation) is action to limit the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change. Climate change mitigation actions include energy conservation, conserving energy and Fossil fuel phase-out, repl ...
. Her most recent company is Scientific Tradition Pte Ltd, which develops mushroom products based on traditional Chinese medicine. Chan contributed to the 2006 book, ''Six Billion Minds: Managing Outsourcing in the Global Knowledge Economy''. She is the first female president of the Singapore Retailers Association and of the ASEAN Business Forum, the first female executive board member of the
Commonwealth Business Council The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) was an institution of the Commonwealth Family that aimed to use the global network of the Commonwealth of Nations more effectively for the promotion of global trade and investment for shared prosperity. I ...
and founder chairman of the Commonwealth Business Women Leaders' Network. She also serves on the first Business Advisory Council of the
United Nations Office for Project Services The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a United Nations agency dedicated to implementing humanitarian and development projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners ...
(since 2000) and on the Business Advisory Council of the
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(since 2004). She is active for women's rights: she was one of the organisers of the first Women Inspire exposition and business forum in Singapore in 2002 and was president of the Singapore chapter of WOW (Women for Other Women). On 20 June 2019, Chan was declared bankrupt by the Singapore court for owing a moneylender over S$4 million in unpaid debt. Chan began serving a two-week prison sentence for contempt of court on 9 September 2019, after losing her appeal against a 2017 sentence judgment. On 15 October 2019, the Singapore High Court rules that Chan's forced sale of $3.85m apartment to be paid to Official Assignee.


Personal life

Chan is of
Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
Chinese heritage; her father and grandfather were "sinsehs" (practitioners of traditional medicine). She has six siblings, four of whom became physicians. Chan and her husband have three children, Audrey, Michael (who now manages The Hour Glass) and Sabrina. Their first child died in childhood. They divorced in 2010.


Awards

* 1989: Special Volunteer Award, Community Chest of Singapore * 1996: Louis Feraud Les Honours award (Business category) * 1999: Honorary doctorate,
Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University (OBU; formerly known as Oxford Polytechnic) is a public university, public university in Oxford, England. It is a new university, having received university status through the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Th ...
* 1997: Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World award, Paris * 2003: Darjah Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang, carrying the title
Dato' Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay honorific title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Use of the title various between locations, in some ...
* 2003: Distinguished Alumni Award, Monash University * 2009: APEA Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award, Enterprise Asia * 2011 Lifetime Achievement for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism. Presented at Singapore Experience Awards.


Key positions held

* 1990: President, Women for Other Women Association (WOW) * 1997–1998: Director, International Women's Forum Leadership Foundation * 1997–1999: Board Member, Women's Leadership Initiative Board, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University * 1998: President, ASEAN Business Forum * Jul 1999–Jul 2016: President, Singapore Retailers Association * 2002: President, Women’s Business Connection * 2002: Chairperson, Commonwealth Business Women Leaders network * 2003: Founding member and Chairman, Retail Academy of Singapore * 2004: Chairman, Retail Industry Skills and Training Council * 2004: Member, United Nations ESCAP Business Advisory Council * 2011: Chairman, Asia-Pacific Retailers Association


References

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