Gan Guoyi

Singapore finally has a thriving cocktail culture to speak of and it is thanks in part to acclaimed cocktail bar Jigger & Pony, and the visionaries behind it. For its co‑founder and director, Gan Guoyi (pictured left), the main game is to keep tipplers coming back. Having flown with Singapore Airlines as a flight attendant for five years, the entrepreneur knows better than most about the importance of good hospitality. “I would argue that making the perfect cocktail is far easier than making customers happier when they leave than when they first arrived.” Today, Guoyi and her co-founder, Indra Kantono, who is also her husband, are behind several other establishments, including Caffe Fernet and Live Twice.