Adrian TanChief Strategy Officer

Adrian Tan

Chief Strategy Officer Singapore / Southeast Asia · Global perspective

Making the choices that shape the next enterprise.

Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations

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Appointments & responsibility

  1. 2020 — Present01

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Aldermoor Group

    Scope & contribution

    Leading enterprise strategy, portfolio direction and the evaluation of growth options. Working with the CEO, finance and business-unit leaders to connect strategic choices with resources and execution.

  2. 2016 — 202002

    Vice President, Corporate Strategy

    Fairhaven Holdings

    Scope & contribution

    Developed strategic assessments, partnership options and business plans across a portfolio. Built experience framing uncertainty and translating analysis into decisions that operating teams can act on.

  3. 2010 — 201703

    Partner

    Ashworth & Lyle Strategy Advisers

    Scope & contribution

    Advised boards in industrials and financial services on portfolio choices, acquisitions and long-range strategy.

  4. 2005 — 201004

    Corporate Development Manager

    Meridian Consolidated

    Scope & contribution

    Ran acquisition screening and integration, and learned the difference between a good deal and a good strategy.

Portfolio reshaped
₹6,200 Cr
Exits, entries and partnerships
New growth businesses
4
Incubated to independent scale
Strategic partnerships
15
Across three continents
Strategy horizon
2030
Approved by the board, funded and tracked

At the board table

Meridian Consolidated

Independent Director

Strategy & Investment (Chair)

The Futures Policy Institute

Fellow and Advisory Board Member

Scenario Council

Strategy should make a consequential choice clearer. I examine assumptions, alternatives and capability demands, then help the organisation connect its chosen direction with capital, ownership and a disciplined plan to learn.

The leadership record

Trusted with consequential decisions.

Recognition

  • Strategy Leader of the YearCapital & Governance Quarterly · 2024
  • Deal of the Year — PartnershipThe Corporate Development Awards · 2022

In conversation

  • “Making the portfolio choices most boards postpone”Capital & Governance Quarterly · 2025
  • “Scenarios the board can actually use”The Boardroom Review · 2024
  • “Episode 115 — Strategy is a choice, not a deck”The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2023

Formation

  • MBA, Strategy & FinanceWestbrook School of Management · 2004
  • M.Phil, EconomicsKingsgate University · 2003
Turned our strategy from an annual document into a set of decisions we actually made.
Olivia GrantChair, Meridian Consolidated
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An invitation

The most consequential work begins with a conversation.

For board, advisory and leadership conversations where enterprise strategy matters.

  • Board appointments
  • Advisory roles
  • Speaking invitations

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