/**
 * Leadership, every fact below is drawn from the published
 * Genesis-Global key management profiles. Nothing is invented.
 */

export type Leader = {
  slug: string;
  name: string;
  chineseName: string;
  role: string;
  portrait: string;
  intro: string;
  paragraphs: string[];
  personal: string;
};

export const leadership: Leader[] = [
  {
    slug: "kelvin-tan",
    name: "Kelvin Tan",
    chineseName: "陈勉思",
    role: "Group Executive Chairman",
    portrait: "/people/ktan.jpg",
    intro:
      "Founder of the house, and a collector of precious gemstones for more than a decade and a half before Genesis existed.",
    paragraphs: [
      "Kelvin Tan founded Genesis-Global in Singapore in 2012 and has guided the house ever since, establishing it as a purveyor of exquisite gems and jewellery within the ultra-luxury sector of the gemstone and jewellery industry.",
      "His path to gemstones ran through the law. His career began in 1996 with judiciary appointments in Singapore, as Deputy Registrar of the Subordinate Courts and Referee of the Small Claims Tribunals; in 1997 he was appointed a Magistrate and Coroner of the Republic of Singapore, and in 1998 a Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Criminal Justice Division of the Attorney General's Chambers. Called to the Singapore Bar in 1999, he practised with major Singapore law firms, advising on public securities law, corporate finance, cross-border mergers, joint ventures and acquisitions.",
      "He later served as Head of Legal for prominent multinational companies including the Energy Market Company, Singapore Airlines Cargo and Aviva, and as Vice President and Head of Legal & Anti-Money Laundering of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore. He graduated from the University of Leeds in 1995 and was admitted as a Barrister at Law of Lincoln's Inn in 1996.",
      "Long before founding the house, he had quietly assembled a substantial private collection of precious gemstones, acquired over more than fifteen years. Watching that collection appreciate taught him what disciplined patience in rare natural gemstones can achieve, and that conviction became the cornerstone of Genesis.",
    ],
    personal:
      "Beyond gemstones, he paints landscapes, reads, swims, and designs jewellery.",
  },
  {
    slug: "dennis-tan",
    name: "Dennis Tan",
    chineseName: "陈勉光",
    role: "Executive Director",
    portrait: "/people/dtan.jpg",
    intro:
      "Steward of the client experience, with a career built inside some of Asia's most demanding houses of service.",
    paragraphs: [
      "Dennis Tan oversees the day to day operations of the house together with its sales and marketing, bringing fifteen years of experience across hospitality, retail, FMCG, logistics, and recreation and leisure.",
      "His calling was hospitality from the start. He began as Guest Services Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore in 1999, where over three years he met foreign dignitaries and celebrities, among them the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and Cindy Crawford. In 2002 he joined Aspial Corporation, also known as Lee Hwa Jewellery, as Head of Department for its call centre.",
      "He went on to spend six years with Dairy Farm Singapore as Head of Services and Training across Cold Storage and Giant, then led the Services and Business Development Unit of Havi Logistics, working with clients including McDonald's, Burger King and Subway. Immediately before joining Genesis-Global in 2012, he was Head of Services and Training at Sentosa Golf Club, raising the club's standard of service and its profile.",
      "He holds a Bachelor's degree in Hotel Management from the Australian International Hotel School in Canberra, affiliated with Cornell University.",
    ],
    personal:
      "An avid collector of gemstones himself, with rubies and sapphires among his favourites, he plays tennis and badminton and rarely misses a good musical.",
  },
];