Michael Ma – Chairman

Michael Ma is a successful entrepreneur who founded the prestigious IndoChine Bar & Restaurant Group. A unique reflection of the contemporary Asian lifestyle, the Singapore-based IndoChine Group offers its discerning international clientele a number of award-wining restaurants and bars. IndoChine was voted one of Travel & Leisure’s ‘100 Fabulous Places And Things For 2001’ worldwide. The first outlet, IndoChine Club Street was opened late in 1999. Currently, the massive IndoChine empire consists of a total of 15 outlets in Singapore, 2 in KL and 2 in Hamburg and turns over approximately S$40 million annually.Before founding the IndoChine group, Michael Ma worked as a commodities trader at Archer Daniels Midland Pte. Ltd. (ADM), one of the largest commodity trading and transportation companies in the world with sales over US$14 billion. There Mr. Ma held the position of General Manager for South and South-East Asia, being overall responsible for sales and logistics.Michael is undoubtedly a major force behind the tremendous success of the IndoChine Group with his absolute passion for his business. He is constantly on the lookout for new partnerships, innovations, creative, out-of-the-box ideas that is reflected by the strong branding of IndoChine in the market as a trend-setting leader. As a result, Michael Ma and IndoChine has significantly influenced the F*B industry in Singapore today.IndoChine’s Hamburg outlets is only Singapore-based F&B business to have achieved numerous accolades as the number one bar and restaurant in the whole of Germany.

Mr. Ma continues in his ventures to further expand the Group’s business with IndoChine Clarke Quay and other overseas expansions next on the list.In just over 4 years, Michael Ma has amazed everyone by building one of the most prestigious F&B empires in Singapore from scratch. As one of the outstanding industry captains of Singapore and one of it’s leading entrepreneurs, Mr. Ma brings to the company his undoubted track record in starting and running companies, his wide network of industry connections, as well as his prestigious bars and restaurants that serve as glamorous venues for Looque’s high-fashion events. Mr. Ma holds a double-major degree in Marketing and Economics from the University of Wollongong, Australia.