And those ambitious goals ? Constellar is , he says , currently a business turning over roughly $ 80m . He wants to see it enter the global top 20 within 3 – 5 years . That means targeting a turnover of more than $ 200m . To get there , he admits , “ we will need to be strongly acquisitive ”.

Those opportunities could come anywhere in the world , but Quentin is in no rush . He has mapped out a three-stage strategy . The company is already involved in five markets ; Singapore , Malaysia , Indonesia , China , and India . Consolidating existing opportunities in Singapore will come first . Then , Quentin will be looking for business opportunities across the rest of Asia . A review of that is now underway , he says .

But he knows they will have

to be opportunistic when other , larger opportunities come onto the market in other parts of the world . “ Temasek [ which controls 60 % of Constellar ] has made a clear statement to our chairman that they really want to go further in this market ”. They have the resources , he adds , and the team to drive successful acquisitions . He concedes that one of the global top three companies might be beyond their ambitions at this stage but believes that they would be a strong contender to acquire the next $ 100m- $ 200m turnover business which comes to market . “ We could even enter in the top 10 depending on who ’ s going to be in the market ,” Quentin believes .

But it won ’ t be all acquisitions at Constellar . Quentin also has an ambitious vision for the company in terms of partnerships . “ We want to be a reference partner in Southeast Asia ”, he says , targeting 50:50 joint ventures as a key pillar of the company ’ s expansion strategy . “ We want to build what I would call intelligent partnership ,” explains Quentin , “ meaning that we don ’ t just want to be managing an event on someone ’ s behalf . We bring intelligence . We bring customer insight . We bring networks , and at the end we ’ re going to build the audience in this region and with the network that we have ”.

With the 100,000sqm Singapore Expo facility as a key part of the

Quentin wants to see Constellar enter the global top 20 within 3 – 5 years . That means targeting a turnover of more than $ 200m . “ To get there , ‘ we will need to be strongly acquisitive ’, he says .”

company ’ s portfolio , Quentin notes that they are already positioned to work across all four components of the MICE business . “ We not only rent out space , but we are also providing digital marketing and other services ,” he says . The venue business is likely to remain as it is in Singapore , with international expansion focused on the company ’ s event organiser activities .

But there have been recent investments in the venue which Quentin thinks will make it particularly well suited to future events . He cites the 5,000sqm exhibition hall in Singapore Expo , also the country ’ s largest hybrid broadcast studio with a 54m long LED widescreen and up to 1,000 seats with safe management measures - as an example of this . “ I think we have very , very strong capabilities to manage hybrid events with the skills as well to professionalise the hybridisation of events ,” Quentin says , adding “ It ’ s not about