David Yuan

Experience

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  Hilton

  Apr 2005 - Sept 2010

  Deployed to UAE to lead and manage a team of 30 employees from seven different nationalities. Tided over the 2008 financial crisis through effective change management. - Front office management- Customer service- Change management- Organisation restructuring - Hotel opening- Staff incentive and remuneration- Multi-culture workforce Recruited by a Turkish manager to help him assimilate into a local team of 150 employees across eight different F&B outlets to achieve an unique resort F&B experience for hotel guests in Hilton’s first and biggest beach resort (472 rooms) in China. - F&B management- Staff training- Annual appraisal- Recruitment- Budgeting Recruited as management trainee and deployed to various locations of Hilton International hotel chain to gain international exposure as part of the fast-track programme to the Hotel’s General Manager Recruited as management trainee and deployed to various locations of Hilton International hotel chain to gain international exposure as part of the fast-track programme to the Hotel’s General Manager

  • Front Office Manager - Hilton Ras Al Khaimah

    Aug 2008 - Sept 2010

  • Assistant Food and Beverage Manager - Hilton Sany Resort & Spa

    Aug 2006 - Aug 2008

  • Management Trainee - Hilton Singapore

    Feb 2006 - Aug 2006

  • Management Trainee - Hilton Cairns

    Apr 2005 - Jan 2006
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  Republic Polytechnic - School of Hospitality

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2015

  Lecturer

  Recruited by the school for augmenting best International hotel practices to strengthen curriculum and responsible for delivery of the newly developed modules. - Curriculum development- Executive training design and delivery- Talent acquisition and selection- Coaching- Event planning and execution - Industry collaboration - Talent Management

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  Nanshan Group Singapore

  Sept 2015 - now

  Avon Group is an aviation manpower solution company with a total workforce of 1,600 covering services such as Passenger Services, Aircraft Interior Cleaning and Singapore Airlines Lounge F&B/Culinary services.As the Head of HR and Operations, in charge of providing full spectrum of HR services for 600 employees at Changi Airport four terminals. Main responsibilities include C&B policies, Payroll, Recruitment, Training, Manpower Deployment, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, On & Off Boarding, Budgeting and HR System as well as ensuring smooth running of daily operations. Show less Nanshan Group Singapore is a family office with AUM of SGD$1 billion that is founded by the Song family who is behind the China conglomerate Nanshan Group (China Top 500 company) with the aim to diversify its wealth into Southeast Asia. Reporting directly to Chief Investment Officer, CEO and family Board Members for translating potential business ventures and opportunities into reality through M&A, partnership and strategic alliance in the field of Hospitality, Aviation, Education, and Property Management. Show less

  • Director, HR and Operations (Avon Group - Nanshan Singapore's subsidary)

    Oct 2016 - now

  • Director Of Business Development

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2016