Indra Kantono, Gan Guoyi

Jigger & Pony

Singapore

Indra Kantono: Director and Co-Founder

Gan Guoyi: Hospitality Director & Co-Founder

Originally from Indonesia, Indra spent his formative teenage years in Singapore and then moved to the United States, where he graduated summa cum laude from New York University Stern School of Business. Prior to founding Jigger & Pony, Indra was a strategy consultant for Bain & Company and a Principal at Quvat Management, an Indonesian-focused Private Equity firm.

Gan Guo Yi was a Singapore Airlines flight attendant and currently the Hospitality Director and Co-Founder of Jigger & Pony, Singapore’s celebrated classics cocktail bar. First opened in 2013, the bar has received global acclaim and is ranked #8 in Asia by the prestigious Drinks International list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars.

On the day-to-day management of the business, Guo Yi oversees operations and hospitality functions while Indra oversees the marketing and business development functions. Both Indra and Guo Yi believe in delivering hospitality through unique F&B concepts. The Group states its purpose clearly to develop spaces in the community where people can find comfort, forge friendship and share happiness.

The Group has grown in quick succession to encompass 5 distinct F&B brands in Singapore with the opening of Sugarhall (steakhouse & rum bar), Humpback (oyster & seafood restaurant), The Flagship (cocktail & whisky bar) and its most recent opening Gibson Cocktail Bar. In 2016, Gibson Cocktail Bar was shortlisted in the Top 4 for Best New International Cocktail Bar by Tales of the Cocktail, and placed 22nd on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2016 just 6 months after opening.