Retail Asia Forum - Kuala Lumpur - June 27, 2024

Quan Yao is a Senior Analyst (Channels) at Euromonitor International, leading research for the Retail and Digital Consumer sectors in Southeast Asia. He has a keen interest in the impact of retail digitalisation and evolving business models, and its implications for businesses and consumers within the region. 

Over his time in the company Quan Yao has engaged and advised clients on the industries’ competitive landscape, market trends & strategic outlook through his analysis on Euromonitor's Passport database, external publications, and client and industry conference engagements. He is the Co-Author of Euromonitor’s “Top 100 Retailers in Asia Pacific 2021” White Paper, and his sector commentary has been featured on prominent regional publications such as Singapore Business Review, Tech in Asia and DealStreetAsia. 

Quan Yao holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree with a Double Major in Operations Management and Analytics from the Singapore Management University

Heng Sing started his career in KPMG by joining the Audit & Assurance division in 2007 and moved to the Transaction Services unit under KPMG’s Deal Advisory practice in May 2011.

During his tenure in Audit, Heng Sing specialized in the audit of public listed companies and multinationals from various industries including manufacturing, construction, plantation, automotive, poultry, and financial institutions. In Transaction Services, he has worked on due diligence engagements for private equity firms, corporate investors, government agencies, and government-linked companies. His due diligence experience covers financial, commercial and operational.

Among his notable engagements include:

• Assisted a leading technology company in their acquisition of various start-up companies, which included e-payment companies, online-to-offline e-commerce platforms, bicycle sharing company, and online grocery and delivery company;
• Assisted a private equity fund in the acquisition of various retail chains in Malaysia, which included pharmacies, budget stores, and specialty stores;
• Assisted the management of a leading global hamburger fast food chain in their proposed divestment of franchise rights in Malaysia and Singapore;
• Assisted a sovereign wealth fund in the market study and assessment of the online photo printing industry;
• Assisted a local investment bank in the development of an external advisors’ manual covering the general process of work performed by reporting accountants, due diligence advisors, and tax advisors.

Amanda Chin is a member of our Retail, Consumer Products and Food/Agri practices.

She has more than 10 years of management consulting experience across Oceania, Europe, the US and more recently in Asia. Her experience includes areas such as strategy development, promotions optimization, operating model design and end-to-end commercial excellence.

Amanda specializes in end-to-end B2B commercial excellence across industries, including foodservice, industrials, MedTech, consumer products, and financial services. She is the APAC champion for Bain’s proprietary range of tools across the Coro suite, including MoneyMap (a digital mapping of customer and prospect opportunities). Amanda is also a deep retail expert with department stores across a range of topics, and is a lead for our Pricing and Promotions product.

Amanda is also deeply involved in re-thinking our recruiting approach in growth offices and is active with our Women at Bain affinity group.

Amanda graduated with First Class Honors in finance from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

She is a mother of two and is passionate about seeing more visible female role models in high-paced careers, such as consulting. She holds a 3rd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo.