Sean Lee Yun Feng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee (李).

Sean Lee Yun Feng
李云峰
Born (1977-09-26) 26 September 1977
Indonesia
Education
OccupationBusiness Executive
Years active2006–present
TitleCEO of Marco Polo Marine Ltd
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese李云峰
Traditional Chinese李雲峰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Yúnfēng

Sean Lee Yun Feng (Chinese: 李云峰; born September 26, 1977) is a Singaporean businessman, who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Marco Polo Marine Ltd,[1] the integrated marine logistic group credited[2] for the first wind farm maintenance vessel designed in Asia. He became the CEO of Marco Polo Marine Ltd in July 2006 and has been its Director since September 13, 2007.[3]

Early life

Lee was born in Indonesia to businessman Lee Wan Tang,[4] who owned businesses in the real estate and mining industry before starting Marco Polo Shipping Pte Ltd in 1991[2]. Lee and his family moved to Singapore permanently when he was eight years old.[4] Lee graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Murdoch University (Western Australia) in 1999 and a Master’s degree from INSEAD and Tsinghua University (Beijing) in 2011.[3] He had also attended an executive course in Stanford University Graduate School of business[5]. In 2003, he took over the business and started the shipyard business, Marco Polo Shipyard Pte Ltd in 2005. Subsequently, he founded Marco Polo Marine Ltd in 2006, which expanded to include offshore operations in 2009.[2] He became one of the youngest CEOs of a Singapore-listed company.[4]

Career

Upon assuming leadership, Lee forayed into the shipyard business with Marco Polo Shipyard Pte Ltd in 2005  and founded Marco Polo Marine Ltd in 2006, which expanded to include offshore operations in 2009.[6] In 2016, as Marco Polo Marine stood at the brink of collapse,[6] due to the oil price crash, plummeting its revenue by 50%,[7] Lee refused to give up. He spent the next year visiting 150 potential investors, got rejected 141 times before convincing nine of them to pool together $60 million.[7][6] He believes in being prepared and transparent with all stakeholders, “sharing good news and risks.[8]”

In an interview with SGX, Lee explained that after the restructuring, the company pivoted towards renewables, repurposing some assets from serving the offshore oil and gas industry to exploring the offshore wind sector.[8] It currently operates in Taiwan’s offshore wind sector and has inked agreements to pursue such projects in South Korea and Japan.[7][6] For Lee, leading this transition to support renewable energy marks a new chapter of his business.[6]

Under his guidance, the company is developing two new specialised offshore wind service, operation and maintenance vessels namely: Service Operation Vessel (SOV) and the Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), designed in Asia for the first time.[9][10] In April 2025, the company announced the successful flagging of its new CSOV, the MP Wind Archer.[11]

Awards and recognitions

In 2010, Lee won the ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’, Asia Pacific Enterprise Award (APEA).[12]

In 2014, Seatrade honoured him with the ‘Seatrade Young Person of the Year’ award.[13]

In 2022, he bagged the award for the Investors’ Choice Outstanding chief executive award.[14]

Lee has been described as one of the best ‘value for money’ chief executives on the Singapore Exchange.[15]

Personal life

Lee married Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu in 2017, seven years after being divorced with his ex-wife—with whom he has two daughters, Elisha and Clara.[16][17][18] The couple reportedly filed for divorce in 2013, citing personality differences and their long-distance relationship as the reasons for the split.[19] Lee and Hsu have a son named Dalton.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Corporate Information". links.sgx.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Marco Polo Marine | Inspiring Stories | Enterprise Singapore". www.enterprisesg.gov.sg. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  3. ^ a b "Marco Polo Marine Ltd. (MRPM.F) Leadership & Management Team Analysis". Simply Wall St. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  4. ^ a b c "More details on Vivian Hsu's rich CEO fiancee revealed". sg.style.yahoo.com. 2014-02-06. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  5. ^ "Sean Lee [Linkedin Page]". Linkedin. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Overcoming $16.9m loss: How S'pore firm makes its comeback". The Straits Times. 2025-01-06. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  7. ^ a b c Zengkun, Feng (Feb 5, 2025). "Marco Polo Marine aims to be offshore wind leader in Asia". www.theedgesingapore.com.
  8. ^ a b "kopi-C with Marco Polo Marine's CEO: 'We want to be an offshore wind leader in Asia' - Singapore Exchange (SGX)". www.sgx.com. Archived from the original on 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  9. ^ "Marco Polo Marine - Navigating growth and transformation". growbeansprout.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  10. ^ Noordin, Khairani (16 March 2022). "Marco Polo Marine co-developing first SOV and CSOV designed in Asia". yahoo.com.
  11. ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  12. ^ "Hall of Fame 2010 | APEA - Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards". APEA - Asia Pacific Enterprise Awards - Asia Pacific's Most Prestigious Awards For Entrepreneurs. 2018-08-06. Archived from the original on 2025-04-10. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  13. ^ "Seatrade Honours Xu Lirong of China Shipping (Group) Company at the". www.seatrade-maritime.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  14. ^ "Keppel Corp, DBS, Sembcorp Industries and Marco Polo bag new Sias awards for outstanding CEO". The Straits Times. 2022-10-07. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  15. ^ Wainwright (d_wainwright), Dale (2023-07-06). "OSV boss among the best 'value for money' CEOs on SGX, says analyst". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  16. ^ "MARCO POLO MARINE's CEO weds celebrity actress-model Vivian Hsu". www.nextinsight.net. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  17. ^ "Taiwan star Vivian Hsu marries Singaporean businessman | Most Viewed | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". 2017-08-19. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  18. ^ "With support from her step-daughters, Taiwan singer Vivian Hsu stays strong despite digestive disorder". The Straits Times. 2020-03-05. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  19. ^ a b "Vivian Hsu divorces S'porean husband after 9 years of marriage". mothership.sg. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
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