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Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd Case Study

Executive Summary


Founded as a small Soya sauce maker by Yeo Keng Lian in China and reinvented by his sons following the 2nd world war, in Singapore, YHS is a global leader in Asian food and beverages and a leader in the manufacturing and distribution of some of the world best know brands across Asia.

YHS has a proud a successful history and has emerged as a powerful and highly diversified manufacture of food and beverages. Despite this, YHS has encountered a number of difficulties during its long transition from local manufacture to Multinational Corporation.

The past four years have seen dramatic changes at a shareholder, board and operational level; most significantly this can be seen in the takeover by Mr Ng Teng Fong’s Orchard Parade Holdings (OPH). The result of this takeover has removed the company’s traditional powerbase, the now defunct YHS Holdings, the Yeo family company.

With the demise of the Yeo family interest, ...

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