Tan’s encounters and observations serve her well in her role as a director at Rumah Group and Rumah Foundation, which encompass the family office established by her businessman-father Stanley Tan. Here, she also works alongside her husband Thomas Riber Knudsen, an expert in supply chain management.

She joined the family office in 2011, and since 2017, she has been responsible for the philanthropy and impact investments of its environmental portfolio. Nature-based solutions, wildlife conservation, fish welfare, alternative proteins and circular economy are some examples.

Last July, she also became director of Communications & Sustainability at GYP Properties. At the publicly listed real estate developer — Rumah has investments here — she is responsible for the development and improvement of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).