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MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY

Kelvin Pooh
GROUP CEO


EAGLE RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
www.eaglere.sg


Information about Entrepreneur
Mr. Kelvin Pooh graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. He participated in the "Chinese Economic Advanced Training Program for Chinese New Generation Entrepreneurs", organized by the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and obtained further education diplomas in entrepreneurship from Peking University and Jinan University in Guangzhou.

As the current Founder, Executive Director, and Group CEO of Singapore’s Eagle Renewable Energy Group, he has established multiple companies in China, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian countries, with a wide range of businesses covering new energy, supply chain services, trade, AI development, ICT services, and other industries.

Mr. Kelvin Pooh is a fourth-generation Chinese Singaporean, born and raised in Singapore. From a young age, he has seen his grandfather and parents working hard to run their family’s logistics businesses and has learned various investment and management experiences from the entrepreneurial process of his grandparents. Thus, he has witnessed the hardships of entrepreneurship and has also been inspired by its passion; in high school, he provided sales and installation services for various computer brands at large computer exhibitions. Subsequently, he gained recognition from the then-major brand agent, SIS Technology, and became its youngest partner to obtain distribution and credit sales qualifications.

Having gained many small entrepreneurial experiences and experienced the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, there is still a great temptation for him to seek business opportunities and turn them into achievements. In fact, at the age of 21, he co-founded the well-known Lan Gaming Company, LanLab Pte Ltd, in Singapore with his classmates.

In 2004, he embarked on a journey of entrepreneurship in China. As one of the first foreign-owned modern logistics enterprises, he established Poh Tiong Choon Logistics (Shanghai) Ltd., providing rare modern logistics services to many world-renowned enterprises such as Bayer, BASF, IKEA, etc., at that time. The Poh Tiong Choon Group is Mr. Kelvin Pooh’s family business, it was founded in the 1950s and is the first logistics company listed in Singapore. It has been operating steadily on various logistics platforms to date.

Besides that, when discussing the major challenges faced by entrepreneurs, Mr. Kelvin Pooh is very concerned about market changes and attaches great importance to the maintenance of the funding chain. He would like to advise other entrepreneurs to adapt to the market with keen operational skills and constantly make adjustments, adjusting to the interests of key entities like banks, financial institutions, suppliers, and partners.

It is Mr. Kelvin Pooh’s motto to always keep up with the times, create a win-win situation together, and continuously work towards serving the public.

Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
Because creating a win-win situation with customers and partners is Mr. Kelvin Pooh's firm belief, he has an optimistic attitude towards new things, striving to try, seizing opportunities, persevering, and daring to face and overcome difficulties is also his way to success. No matter how busy he is, he will take the time to read, keep up with the latest world news, think and study international directions, and predict the future.

Another interesting fact about Mr. Kelvin Pooh is that in his spare time, loves sports; running, fitness exercises, and badminton are his top choices for releasing stress.

Company Achievements & Role as Entrepreneur
Mr. Kelvin Pooh established the company in 2019 and later acquired Yige New Energy (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Since then, the Eagle Renewable Energy Group has been vigorously expanding into the Chinese new energy market. From 2020 to 2023, Mr. Kelvin Pooh led the company's professional design, technical, and engineering team to not only complete the investment and construction of a 2.953 MW distributed photovoltaic power station in Vietnam but also the Suzhou 4 MW distributed photovoltaic project which was jointly invested with Ganghua New Energy Group. Other similar new energy power station projects were also successfully signed and launched, including the 300 MW centralized agricultural-photovoltaic project in Yangchun, Guangdong which was executed on a provincial level. Tangentially, the company has also launched its own photovoltaic module brand, EagleRE.

As the Group CEO of Eagle Renewable Energy, Mr. Kelvin Pooh implemented the company's diversified development plan, establish a new materials trading department, and focus on the production and sales of silicon materials, silicon wafers, and solar cells upstream of components; Sustainable Fuels (Bio Diesel) and Sustainable Urban Solutions (Energy Efficiency projects and Integrated EV Charging Solutions). He expanded the Group to 5 Countries and have market presence in over 10 Countries with particular emphasis in the APAC region, serving a potential market of over 1.8 billion population.

The Eagle Renewable Energy Group has gradually developed and grown, with nearly 100 employees in less than 5 years. As of the end of December 2023, the total revenue of Eagle Renewable Energy Group for the year exceeded CNY 340 million.

Vision, Mission, & Future Plans
Mr. Kelvin Pooh hopes to make Eagle Renewable Energy bigger and stronger and become a leading Renewable Energy platform company in the Asia-Pacific region; with the continuous promotion of renewable energy and new technologies, he will direct the best and most suitable technologies to be used in projects. This will also contribute to the pursuit of global carbon neutrality and is also a development model in which enterprises and social responsibilities go hand in hand.

In conclusion, Mr Kelvin Pooh shares the following quote as his advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.

"Do not worry about failure. The accumulation of experience, good and bad, is what you will experience when starting a business. Sufficient resilience and the ability to respond quickly to bad situations are what every entrepreneur must possess. No industry is evergreen, and it is only a matter of time before a black swan event occurs."

MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY

Kelvin Pooh
GROUP CEO

Information about Entrepreneur
Mr. Kelvin Pooh graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. He participated in the "Chinese Economic Advanced Training Program for Chinese New Generation Entrepreneurs", organized by the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and obtained further education diplomas in entrepreneurship from Peking University and Jinan University in Guangzhou.

As the current Founder, Executive Director, and Group CEO of Singapore’s Eagle Renewable Energy Group, he has established multiple companies in China, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian countries, with a wide range of businesses covering new energy, supply chain services, trade, AI development, ICT services, and other industries.

Mr. Kelvin Pooh is a fourth-generation Chinese Singaporean, born and raised in Singapore. From a young age, he has seen his grandfather and parents working hard to run their family’s logistics businesses and has learned various investment and management experiences from the entrepreneurial process of his grandparents. Thus, he has witnessed the hardships of entrepreneurship and has also been inspired by its passion; in high school, he provided sales and installation services for various computer brands at large computer exhibitions. Subsequently, he gained recognition from the then-major brand agent, SIS Technology, and became its youngest partner to obtain distribution and credit sales qualifications.

Having gained many small entrepreneurial experiences and experienced the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, there is still a great temptation for him to seek business opportunities and turn them into achievements. In fact, at the age of 21, he co-founded the well-known Lan Gaming Company, LanLab Pte Ltd, in Singapore with his classmates.

In 2004, he embarked on a journey of entrepreneurship in China. As one of the first foreign-owned modern logistics enterprises, he established Poh Tiong Choon Logistics (Shanghai) Ltd., providing rare modern logistics services to many world-renowned enterprises such as Bayer, BASF, IKEA, etc., at that time. The Poh Tiong Choon Group is Mr. Kelvin Pooh’s family business, it was founded in the 1950s and is the first logistics company listed in Singapore. It has been operating steadily on various logistics platforms to date.

Besides that, when discussing the major challenges faced by entrepreneurs, Mr. Kelvin Pooh is very concerned about market changes and attaches great importance to the maintenance of the funding chain. He would like to advise other entrepreneurs to adapt to the market with keen operational skills and constantly make adjustments, adjusting to the interests of key entities like banks, financial institutions, suppliers, and partners.

It is Mr. Kelvin Pooh’s motto to always keep up with the times, create a win-win situation together, and continuously work towards serving the public.


EAGLE RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
www.eaglere.sg


Other Interesting Facts about Entrepreneur
Because creating a win-win situation with customers and partners is Mr. Kelvin Pooh's firm belief, he has an optimistic attitude towards new things, striving to try, seizing opportunities, persevering, and daring to face and overcome difficulties is also his way to success. No matter how busy he is, he will take the time to read, keep up with the latest world news, think and study international directions, and predict the future.

Another interesting fact about Mr. Kelvin Pooh is that in his spare time, loves sports; running, fitness exercises, and badminton are his top choices for releasing stress.

Company Achievements & Role as Entrepreneur
Mr. Kelvin Pooh established the company in 2019 and later acquired Yige New Energy (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. Since then, the Eagle Renewable Energy Group has been vigorously expanding into the Chinese new energy market. From 2020 to 2023, Mr. Kelvin Pooh led the company's professional design, technical, and engineering team to not only complete the investment and construction of a 2.953 MW distributed photovoltaic power station in Vietnam but also the Suzhou 4 MW distributed photovoltaic project which was jointly invested with Ganghua New Energy Group. Other similar new energy power station projects were also successfully signed and launched, including the 300 MW centralized agricultural-photovoltaic project in Yangchun, Guangdong which was executed on a provincial level. Tangentially, the company has also launched its own photovoltaic module brand, EagleRE.

As the Group CEO of Eagle Renewable Energy, Mr. Kelvin Pooh implemented the company's diversified development plan, establish a new materials trading department, and focus on the production and sales of silicon materials, silicon wafers, and solar cells upstream of components; Sustainable Fuels (Bio Diesel) and Sustainable Urban Solutions (Energy Efficiency projects and Integrated EV Charging Solutions). He expanded the Group to 5 Countries and have market presence in over 10 Countries with particular emphasis in the APAC region, serving a potential market of over 1.8 billion population.

The Eagle Renewable Energy Group has gradually developed and grown, with nearly 100 employees in less than 5 years. As of the end of December 2023, the total revenue of Eagle Renewable Energy Group for the year exceeded CNY 340 million.

Vision, Mission, & Future Plans
Mr. Kelvin Pooh hopes to make Eagle Renewable Energy bigger and stronger and become a leading Renewable Energy platform company in the Asia-Pacific region; with the continuous promotion of renewable energy and new technologies, he will direct the best and most suitable technologies to be used in projects. This will also contribute to the pursuit of global carbon neutrality and is also a development model in which enterprises and social responsibilities go hand in hand.

In conclusion, Mr Kelvin Pooh shares the following quote as his advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.

"Do not worry about failure. The accumulation of experience, good and bad, is what you will experience when starting a business. Sufficient resilience and the ability to respond quickly to bad situations are what every entrepreneur must possess. No industry is evergreen, and it is only a matter of time before a black swan event occurs."