Client Perspectives
What clients have found useful
We have collected a selection of perspectives from clients who have completed engagements with Tuah Advisory. They are reproduced here as they were shared — without embellishment.
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Years in practice
80+
Completed engagements
4.7
Average client rating
94%
Returned for a second engagement
What clients have shared
Ahmad Hadzril
Dive resort operator, Semporna
We had been running the resort for nine years and felt we knew what needed fixing — but the review surfaced a seasonal cost pattern we had honestly not noticed before. The written summary was clear enough that I could share it directly with the bank manager when discussing the following year's facility.
April 2025 · Tourism Operator Strategy Review
Stella Chin
Managing Director, trading company, KK
The diversification advisory changed our thinking about the logistics move we had been planning. Not because they told us not to do it — they actually supported the direction — but because the scenario modelling made clear what we were underestimating in terms of working capital requirements in year two. That single insight was worth the engagement fee.
March 2025 · Cross-Sector Diversification Advisory
James Tan
Principal, family holding group, Sandakan
Our group had been structured the same way since the 1990s and nobody wanted to be the one to suggest it needed rethinking. Rashid and the team came in without any agenda, documented what we actually had, and gave us a framework to bring to our tax lawyers. The lawyers said it was the best-prepared brief they had received from a client in years.
February 2025 · Regional Holding Structure Review
Nadia Binti Ramli
Owner, eco-tourism operator, Kinabatangan
The site visit was what made the difference. They came out to the river camp for two days and actually understood how the operation worked — the seasonal patterns, the boat logistics, the staff situation. The written report reflected that. It did not feel like something generic dressed up with our name on the cover.
April 2025 · Tourism Operator Strategy Review
Faizal Kamarudin
Director, agribusiness group, Interior Division
What I appreciated was that they were direct about the limits of what they were being asked to do. When questions came up about tax structures, they said clearly that was outside their scope and pointed us toward the right professionals rather than trying to answer things they should not have. That kind of honesty builds trust.
January 2025 · Regional Holding Structure Review
Lim Hui Fen
CFO, hospitality group, Kota Kinabalu
We engaged Tuah Advisory for the diversification review when we were looking at adding a food and beverage component to our hotel. The financial modelling was thorough — three scenarios, not just an optimistic case — and the written recommendation gave us something concrete to take to the board. A couple of the observations on staffing implications we had not thought through properly ourselves.
March 2025 · Cross-Sector Diversification Advisory
Three client journeys in brief
Case Study 01 · Tourism Operator Strategy Review · Four Weeks
Dive resort: addressing off-season exposure
The Situation
A well-established dive resort in the Semporna area had seen three consecutive years of declining margins despite stable visitor numbers. The owner had a sense that the problem was cost-related but could not locate it precisely in the accounts.
What We Found
The site visit and cost structure review identified that fixed staffing costs in the three-month low season were carrying the full year's margin pressure. A modest restructuring of staff scheduling and the addition of a specific mid-season package had not been considered as a combined response.
What Followed
The written summary gave the owner and his operations manager a clear basis for the staffing discussion. Within the following year, adjustments were made that the owner reported improved low-season margin by approximately 18 percentage points.
Case Study 02 · Cross-Sector Diversification Advisory · Ten Weeks
Trading company: evaluating a move into logistics
The Situation
A Kota Kinabalu trading company had for several years been frustrated by the quality of logistics providers serving its supply chain. The MD was considering whether to bring logistics in-house and develop it into a standalone business.
Our Analysis
The advisory confirmed the commercial logic of the move but identified that the year-two working capital requirement under a conservative growth scenario was substantially higher than the company's internal estimates. This changed the financing approach the company took to the banks.
Outcome
The company proceeded with the logistics expansion on a phased basis. The written recommendation shaped how the proposal was structured for bank financing. The MD later said the engagement had saved them from a cash flow problem they had not anticipated.
Case Study 03 · Regional Holding Structure Review · Four Months
Family group: preparing for generational transfer
The Situation
A Sandakan-based family group with interests across property, retail and a small agribusiness had a holding structure that had grown through decades of opportunistic acquisitions. The principal was beginning to plan a generational transfer to two of his children.
The Work
Over four months we worked with the principal, his CFO and their external lawyers to map the current structure and identify its complications. The written framework we produced set out the key questions the restructuring needed to resolve and three possible structural configurations for the lawyers to cost and advise on.
The Outcome
The framework became the working document for the restructuring process. The lawyers and tax advisors reported that having a clear analytical base saved several months of preliminary work. The restructuring completed within eighteen months of the Tuah Advisory engagement concluding.
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