EARLY LIFE

Dr Rikhi Thakral was born in Singapore on April 23rd, 1963 to Mr. Kartar Singh Thakral and Madam Narinder Kaur Thakral, and is the youngest of five children.Born as a Sikh in Singapore, he grew up in Thailand. It was there that he was influenced by Buddhism. Dr Rikhi Thakral is married with five children, triplets born in 1995, and then twins born in 2000.

EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Rikhi Thakral returned to Singapore to join the Thakral Group in 1979, where he has worked ever since. He has held numerous positions within the Thakral Group, including subsidiary corporations and groups. Currently, the Thakral Group is spread over 30 countries around the world with 9,000 people working globally.

He has been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Thakral (Indo-China) Pte, Ltd. since 1986, which is a subsidiary that operates in ASEAN’s CLMV member, states (Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos). Rikhi Thakral is also the Executive Director of the Thakral Group of Companies and has been the Director of Thakral Holdings Ltd.  (Oct 1996 – Oct 2012). He is also a Non-Executive Director of Thakral Japan Properties Pte Ltd and Thakral Lifestyle Pte. Ltd. In 2017, he was appointed to be an Advisor to the Investment Committee of Thakral Corporation Ltd.

He currently oversees its property division and is jointly responsible for the development and management of the Family Group’s real estate portfolio in Australia, Japan, and Singapore. He has established more than 300 showrooms and points of sales In Indo-China (Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos) with several brands, including Omega, Breitling, Zenith, Rado, Baume Mercier, Mont Blanc, Seiko, Pulsar, Caran d’Ache, WOLF, Scatola, Bergeon, Boegli, and Morellato.