From there, she entered the aviation industry, spending three years in Beijing working with airlines. After returning to Singapore, Tan started her own business. “Initially, we were doing a variety of things. However, from 1996 till our IPO in 2003, we decided just to stay focused on the aviation industry and gave up the rest of the business segments.”
For A-Sonic Aerospace’s (SGX:BTJ
) (A-Sonic) CEO Janet LC Tan, her journey in founding the company was driven more by her work experience than formal education. In a recent interview with The Edge Singapore, she recalls never really getting along with books during her school days. “After my secondary four education, I started working at the age of 17 and went on to have about 10 years of working experience in the building industry,” says Tan.
Through a referral from a former colleague, Tan secured an interview with an aviation company that required her to be based in Beijing, China. “At that time, I knew nothing about the aviation industry and the country as well. So I just went ahead with the interview, and they offered me the job after two to three weeks of waiting.”
