Cyclect transitioned to third-generation leadership in 2006, with Melvin Tan, Marcus Tan and Ee Wei Tan assuming executive responsibilities. The transition occurred during a period of broader economic difficulty, and the new leadership team responded with a structured programme of business renewal.
The third generation did not inherit a static company. They inherited a set of engineering capabilities — electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, marine, facilities — and applied them to sectors and markets that the previous generation had not fully developed: renewable energy, data infrastructure, automation, international project development.
The consistency of the company’s founding values across three generations of family leadership — togetherness, integrity, determination, excellence — reflects something practical rather than ceremonial. An engineering services business built on long client relationships cannot sustain itself through management turnover alone.