CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards

85 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards 2019 SINGAPORE FELICIA GAN Chief Marketing Officer of Ghim Li Group ABOUT FELICIA GAN As Chief Marketing Officer, she will be leading Business Development, Korea Representative Office, Marketing, and Business Strategy & Legal. Felicia graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from University of Nottingham in 2003 and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in May 2005. She is a member of the Singapore Academy of Law and a management committee member of the Textile Apparel Fashion Federation Singapore. Felicia armed with 5 years of legal experience with Rajah and Tann dealing with mergers and acquisitions and Corporate/Capital Markets joined the Company in 2006 as a legal officer responsible for the legal compliance office. She was responsible for the overall management of the Sales & Marketing Teams and the Product, Development and Design department and now promoted to Chief Marketing Officer to further build, direct and drives the annual strategic sales and marketing plan and implements marketing strategies and business opportunities on a global scale. FIRM PROFILE Ghim Li is a global textile and apparel supply chain manager of casual lifestyle knitwear apparel to major U.S. retailers. We supply over 62 million garments a year through our global marketing and manufacturing network. We offer you a total solution package with an integrated one-stop service approach, from in-house product design and development, commercialization of orders, material management, production planning and control, to comprehensive post manufacturing logistics solutions. Ms Estina Ang started the company in Singapore in 1977 with $3,000 and just six sewing machines. Today, it is leading vertically integration global textile and apparel manufacturing & supply. It offers a range of services, including fabric innovation, product design, volume manufacturing and market intelligence. The home-grown company has its own manufacturing network supplemented by outsourced factories in Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia. A high percentage of the fabric used in these factories comes from Ghim Li’s fabric mill in Malaysia - an operational strategy that benefits clients. We work closely with customers to listen and assess their needs in the retail and fashion industry, and translate them to the optimal design of the right supply chain solutions for them. From product design/styling to prototyping, we help our customers realise their goal by executing product development, fit for volume manufacturing. We design the best supply chain solutions utilizing our resources for technical support, quality assurance, costs optimization and material sourcing capabilities. Our multi-country manufacturing capabilities and network provide a strong foundation to support our strength in supplying the right product to our customers. We have the competitive advantage of speed-to-market, with our vertical integration from fabric to finished garments. Our customer-focus processes are aimed at fulfilling our commitment to Quality, Safety and Compliance standards at factory and industry level. www.ghimli.com