About the founder

From multinational finance leadership to owner-focused business clarity.

MAXcellence was chosen deliberately, not as a flourish — it's the bar every engagement has to clear before it leaves the building. Built around the same discipline that shaped a two-decade finance career: small, deliberate, and unwilling to act before the picture is clear.

Why MAXcellence

Accounting reports were never the real question.

Across more than two decades in regional and international finance leadership — and hands-on experience in villa management, hospitality asset management, and mixed-use development — Mayple Yap kept meeting the same gap. Business owners and investors had reports. What they didn't have were answers: how the business was truly performing, where costs could be improved, and what needed to be in place before the next investment.

MAXcellence was founded to close that gap — building the reporting systems, cost structures and financial models that hoteliers, villa owners, F&B operators, sports club owners, resort developers and real estate investors can actually run a business on.

How Mayple works

Practical, strategic, implementation-driven.

Identify the gaps

Before any recommendation, a clear-eyed look at where reporting, controls or processes are leaving the owner exposed.

Strengthen the processes

Internal controls, governance and reporting systems built to hold up under real operating conditions — not just an audit.

Improve financial visibility

Financial modelling and KPIs that show how the business is actually performing, not just what it reported last quarter.

Optimise cost structures

Cost rationalisation and better-sourced suppliers, worked through until the savings are structural, not one-off.

Support the next investment

Feasibility studies and fundraising support that give owners and investors clarity before capital moves.

Stay hands-on

Implementation-driven throughout — Mayple works alongside the business, not from a report handed over at the end.

The founder

Two decades of finance leadership, one point of contact.

Mayple Yap

Founder, MAXcellence Pte. Ltd.

Mayple Yap is the founder of MAXcellence and a Chartered Accountant with more than two decades of regional and international finance leadership experience — spanning finance transformation, business partnering, controllership, treasury and cash management, cost rationalisation, internal controls, corporate governance, consolidation, fundraising, business feasibility studies and strategic planning.

She holds a Master of Science in Finance, a Bachelor of Science in Applied Accounting, and a Diploma in Banking and Financial Management with Merit. She is an ASEAN CPA, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), and a Chartered Accountant of Singapore.

Before founding MAXcellence, she held senior finance leadership roles across multinational corporations, regional groups, real estate development, hospitality, asset management, telecommunications, technology, manufacturing and property-related businesses — overseeing regional finance operations, group reporting, statutory compliance, financial modelling, budgeting, fundraising support, investor reporting, corporate restructuring and performance improvement.

Her practical experience also extends into villa management, hospitality-related asset management, mixed development projects and integrated lifestyle projects. Today she works directly with hoteliers, villa owners, F&B operators, sports club owners, resort developers and real estate investors — identifying gaps, strengthening processes, improving financial visibility, optimising cost structures, developing KPIs, sourcing better suppliers and supporting business expansion with clarity and control.

Career highlights

  • Former Group CFO & Financial Controller
  • Managed multi-country entities across Singapore, Indonesia, BVI and APAC
  • Led US$10M+ M&A and due diligence engagements
  • Supported US$2.3M in fundraising
  • Built 10-year financial projection models
  • Implemented shared-service and ERP / process transformations

Key expertise

  • Business strategy and financial modelling
  • Hospitality, villa and asset management finance
  • Business feasibility studies and investment planning
  • Cost rationalisation and profitability improvement
  • Internal control and governance
  • Financial reporting and consolidation
  • Treasury and cash management
  • Fundraising support and investor reporting
  • Corporate restructuring and process improvement
  • Regional operations across Singapore, Indonesia and Southeast Asia

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