{"id":4091,"date":"2019-11-30T09:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T09:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daikin.com.sg\/business\/?post_type=blogs&#038;p=4091"},"modified":"2026-08-01T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:31:16","slug":"as-featured-in-the-ceo-magazine-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"blogs","link":"https:\/\/www.daikin.com.sg\/business\/blogs\/as-featured-in-the-ceo-magazine-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"As featured in The CEO Magazine (October 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Liu Shaw Jiun, Managing Director of Daikin Singapore, was recently featured in the October 2019 Issue of The CEO Magazine. His interview article as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.theceomagazine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10091316\/LiuShawJiun_DAIKINSINGAPORE.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Shaw Jiun, Daikin Singapore\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Air conditioning is a fact of life in Singapore, and Daikin is a market leader in the industry. Managing Director Liu Shaw Jiun is a firm believer that the strength of his team is what propels the manufacturer to success.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore&#8217;s founding father Lee Kuan Yew once said in an interview with New Perspectives Quarterly: &quot;Air conditioning was a most important invention for us, perhaps one of the signal inventions of history. It changed the nature of civilisation by making development possible in the tropics.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In Singapore, after all, the temperature can reach 32\u00b0C all year round, a discomfort compounded by consistently high humidity. Climate change and urbanisation continue to exacerbate these conditions and, as a result, air conditioning is a huge market in Singapore. The leader of this market is Daikin Airconditioning (Singapore), which has serviced the tiny city-state since 1968.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Singapore is quite advanced,&quot; says Managing Director Liu Shaw Jiun. &quot;The nation is adopting strategic policies around high-efficiency household air conditioning and so on, and they&#8217;re now going to smart air conditioning. They&#8217;ve introduced this as a nationwide initiative. Daikin has been a pioneer in the air-conditioning industry, and I&#8217;m able to map our company&#8217;s strength against the national agenda to differentiate Daikin Airconditioning (Singapore).&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.theceomagazine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10092600\/70P-110719-0185.jpg\" alt=\"Daikin Singapore team\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shaw Jiun attributes part of Daikin&#8217;s success in Singapore to the company&#8217;s people-centred management. &quot;We believe in the infinite potential of each individual,&quot; he says.<\/p>\n<p>Equally, Daikin&#8217;s recent success in Singapore has been driven by Shaw Jiun&#8217;s own initiatives. He implemented a restructure of sales and marketing in order to provide the best pre-sale and after-sales service in Singapore, while also strengthening brand awareness and the company&#8217;s internal culture.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Shaw Jiun won the Executive of the Year \u2013 Residential Product Manufacturing at the SBR Management Excellence Awards for his efforts in transforming Daikin Singapore from an equipment provider to a solutions provider.<\/p>\n<p>Integration of air conditioning into home smart systems has been a key element, representing not just an innovative product for the customer, but a powerful information tool for Daikin. &quot;We&#8217;re taking care of the precise air-conditioning needs of customers,&quot; he explains.<\/p>\n<p>But even with Daikin&#8217;s invaluable contributions to life in Singapore, the thing that really drives Shaw Jiun&#8217;s passion for the job is to see his team develop and evolve alongside him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.theceomagazine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/10093130\/Daikin-RD_HR_FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"Daikin Reader's Digest Award\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: The CEO Magazine (2019, September 19). Staying Cool: Liu Shaw Jiun.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Liu Shaw Jiun, Managing Director of Daikin Singapore, was recently featured in the October 2019 Issue of The CEO Magazine. His interview article as follows: Air conditioning is a fact of life in Singapore, and Daikin is a market leader in the industry. 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