Yan Teh is a leader who turns vision into impact. Across industries and geographies, she drives innovative solutions to complex challenges by uniting strategy and execution, building high-performing teams, and drawing from her unique cross-sector experience. Her multifaceted career spans corporate, nonprofit, and start-up environments, where she has consistently delivered transformational outcomes. Blending expertise in strategy, business development, partnerships, branding, marketing, and communications, Yan’s leadership brings clarity and direction to organisations and initiatives.
At Think City, the nonprofit urban regeneration arm of Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Yan forged strategic partnerships and spearheaded public engagement programmes that advanced civic empowerment and sustainable urban development whilst elevating brand influence. She authored widely read thought leadership, including her article, “Rethinking Mobility: Putting People First”, which generated over 15,000 organic social media impressions and demonstrated her ability to translate complex ideas into accessible insights that spark public discourse. Yan also played a pivotal role in leading marketing and partnerships for the inaugural Singapore Urban Design Festival, attended by over 16,600 people.
At 2X, one of America’s fastest-growing companies on the Inc. 5000 list, Yan led international, cross-functional teams to deliver global B2B marketing programmes for corporate clients across the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Her leadership style—defined by empowering talent, cultivating trusted relationships, and fostering a culture of collaboration—consistently achieved the highest client satisfaction scores. Yan’s track record of establishing team excellence also includes building client success operations from the ground up for a Singaporean digital marketing agency.
Yan’s global outlook is shaped by her diverse experiences. With a BA (Hons) Combined Honours in Arts—Business and Music from Durham University (UK) and postgraduate studies in law, Yan’s approach combines creative ambition with analytical rigour. Having worked with organisations as varied as global advertising agency TBWA, national mobile service provider Digi Telecommunications, and car-sharing start-up GoCar enables Yan to adapt and apply insights across domains with ease. Her natural aptitude for connecting, communicating, and influencing across cultures and continents is sharpened by having lived and worked in different parts of the world. Yan is passionate about exploring new ideas, places, and perspectives—values that continue to guide her work and worldview.