Marcus Lim
Marcus Lim · Singapore

I help businesses win and keep their most valuable clients.

Sales and commercial leader · Founder, Vault Corporation

President of International Sales & Commercial Division at The Star Entertainment Group. Vice President at Crown Resorts. Director at Las Vegas Sands. Two ways to work with me: through Vault Corporation, or in a senior commercial mandate.

BaseSingapore
Founded Vault2020
Languages5 fluent + 1 basic
AUD 805M
Normalised VIP revenue · record year · The Star
5.6×
VIP revenue recovery · four years · Crown
200+
Commercial division built and led
3 books
Marshall Cavendish · 大是文化 · self-published
01 · Track record

The numbers, before the narrative.

Outcomes from premium and ultra-high-net-worth revenue I was personally accountable for, at Las Vegas Sands, Crown Resorts and The Star Entertainment Group.

AUD 805M
Normalised VIP revenue in a record year — about AUD 175M above board budget
AUD 59.6B
VIP turnover in the same record year, from which the AUD 805M is normalised
5.6×
VIP revenue recovery across four consecutive years, no debt funding
200+
Commercial division built and led at The Star
67%
South Asia revenue growth through new client acquisition
HKD 970M
Premium-direct GGR in Macau (about US$124M) — #1 market position
SGD 100M+
New business closed within two months of joining Marina Bay Sands
USD 60M
Single ultra-high-net-worth client acquired and onboarded in Las Vegas

VIP figures are normalised to revenue at the industry-standard theoretical win rate — 1.35% of program-play turnover (Australia) and about 2.85% of rolling-chip turnover (Macau), the basis casino operators use to report VIP results. Underlying turnover figures available on request.

02 · In brief

Where the product is trust, access and experience.

Marcus Lim

I'm a sales and commercial leader who has spent my career in markets where every deal is won or lost on the quality of the relationship.

I led an international VIP business whose record year reached AUD 805M in normalised revenue (AUD 59.6B turnover), built and led a 200-plus-person international sales and commercial division, and personally acquired and retained ultra-high-net-worth clients across cultures, languages and regulatory environments. I've taken operations to #1 market positions and recovered revenue that others had written off, without debt funding.

My career runs from a 10× exit on a business I built at twenty-four to the presidency of an enterprise-scale commercial division. I lead from the front: I carry the pipeline, sit across from the client and hold pricing under pressure. Since 2020 I've written that playbook down, in an advisory practice and three published books. Now I take it wherever the hardest revenue problem is, for firms whose fortunes ride on their biggest clients.

  • Enterprise-scale P&L ownership and revenue growth in premium markets
  • Building and leading large international sales and commercial divisions
  • Personal acquisition and retention of ultra-high-net-worth clients
  • Revenue recovery and business turnaround
  • Cross-border go-to-market across Asia Pacific
03 · Career and scope

The track record, role by role.

Scope and outcomes for each leadership chapter, from director to president of an enterprise-scale commercial division.

Turnaround · Crown Resorts

A 5.6× VIP revenue recovery in four years, no debt funding.

Situation

The international VIP book was generating roughly AUD 7M a year in normalised revenue, the starting point for a four-year rebuild.

Action

Rebuilt the pipeline through direct selling, deeper account penetration and new-market entry, and re-established Singapore as the Southeast Asia sales hub. Relationships and selling discipline, not debt.

Result

Annual VIP revenue recovered to roughly AUD 38M, a 5.6× turnaround across four consecutive years.

2020 — Present

Vault Corporation

Founder & CEO · Revenue advisory and sales performance · Singapore

A revenue advisory practice that helps firms find where they are losing money with their most valuable clients, and fix the selling behaviours causing it. The work writes down the disciplines behind my own P&L results as a repeatable method.

Founder & CEORevenue advisoryAuthor
Aug 2024 — Present

Alola

Founder & Chair · Invitation-only golf and lifestyle members' club · Singapore

Founded in 2024 as an AI-enabled lifestyle travel venture; repositioned in September 2026 as an invitation-only golf and lifestyle members' club for senior members across Asia. Membership by introduction and committee vetting; partnerships with five-star hotels and private golf clubs.

Founder & ChairMembers' club
Apr 2016 — Jan 2020

The Star Entertainment Group

President · International Sales & Commercial Division · Australia / Asia Pacific

Led the group to the #1 position in Australia VIP through direct client acquisition and relationship-led selling across Asia. The record year reached about AUD 805M in normalised VIP revenue, roughly AUD 175M above board budget, with 67% sales growth across South Asia and no debt funding. Built and led a 200-plus-person commercial division.

Record year: AUD 59.6B VIP turnoverTeam: 200+President-level
Aug 2011 — Nov 2015

Crown Resorts

Vice President · International Sales & Commercial Division · Australia / Asia

Recovered annual VIP revenue from roughly AUD 7M to AUD 38M across four consecutive years, a 5.6× turnaround through direct selling, account growth and new-market entry, no debt funding required. Re-established Singapore as a Southeast Asia sales hub.

AUD 0.5B → 2.8B VIP turnover5.6× recoveryVP-level
2009 — Jul 2011

Las Vegas Sands Resorts

Director · International Sales & Commercial Division · Singapore · Macau · Las Vegas

Three properties across three apex markets. Closed SGD 100M+ in new business within two months of the Marina Bay Sands opening. Drove roughly HKD 970M in premium-direct gross gaming revenue (about US$124M) at Venetian Macau, holding the #1 market position. Acquired and onboarded a USD 60M ultra-high-net-worth client in Las Vegas.

HKD 970M GGR · Macau #1SGD 100M+ in 60 daysDirector-level
Defence Security — VP, Sales & Marketing2006 – 2009 · Enterprise commercial leadership
Tension Inc. — Head of Marketing / Consultant2004 – 2005 · USD 1.6M sold · profitable in 3 months · 3× exit
Punggol Sea Sports — Managing Director2000 – 2004 · Built to market leader · 10× exit
04 · Where the work happens

Trust is earned long before the deal is discussed.

At this level the client expects a peer across the table. The relationship is built over the meal and the evening, and the close is the easy part once everything before it was done right.

A dining hall set for a Vault cohort evening
The room

A hall set for a cohort evening. The biggest decisions are made in rooms like this, and the work is to be in them, not beside them.

Marcus Lim signing a document
The close

The signature. It only looks easy because of the months before it.

05 · Method

A method I own, and put in print.

The biggest revenue leak in premium sales is sending the wrong person to the right client. The WHALE Code reads the buyer, so the relationship is understood correctly, priced correctly and kept for a decade rather than a quarter.

WWealth originHow they made it shapes how they spend, and who they trust.+
Self-made builders calculate every cent and respect the same in you; inheritors prize preservation and discretion. Read the origin and you know whether to lead with the deal or the relationship.
HHierarchy styleThe default way the client relates to the person selling.+
Some want a peer, some want deference, some want an expert. Match the register and the conversation flows; misread it and you fight the current all meeting.
AAppetiteHow much uncertainty they can tolerate, and seek.+
Appetite isn't net worth; it's tolerance for uncertainty. The aggressive want the upside and the story; the conservative want security. Pitch the wrong one and you lose them.
LLoyalty triggerWhat anchors loyalty: the person, the experience or the brand.+
Person-loyal clients follow the individual anywhere; experience-loyal clients stay for the moments; brand-loyal clients stay for the name. Know which, and you know what to protect.
EEgo currencyThe identity need the transaction serves: status, privacy or legacy.+
Every purchase serves an identity need. Name the currency and you understand why they say yes to what makes no financial sense, and no to what does.
06 · Books

The method, in print.

PublisherMarshall CavendishBusiness · 2022
Foreign rights大是文化Taiwan · BIZ #309
Podcast銷幫Featured · Taiwan launch
Recommended by解世博 · 林哲安Taiwan business authors
07 · Education and languages

One Executive MBA, four schools, three continents.

Executive education

Singapore Management University
EMBA · home school · 2013
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Peking University
Guanghua School
Indian School of Business
Hyderabad · Mohali

Languages

English
Fluent
Mandarin
Fluent
Cantonese
Fluent
Hokkien
Fluent
Teochew
Fluent
日本語
Basic

Working fluency across the Greater China dialect zones and the wider Asia Pacific premium market.

08 · The mandate

The revenue problems I take on.

The market you can't crack, the team that keeps losing its biggest clients, the growth that has stalled. Two ways to work with me. Through Vault Corporation: a discovery, a revenue leak audit, a fixed-term turnaround engagement, sales training or a keynote. Or in a senior commercial mandate: CEO, Chief Commercial Officer or head of international sales in luxury, hospitality, gaming or premium consumer markets across Asia Pacific.

Stalled and lost growth UHNW client acquisition Sales teams that under-deliver Turnarounds and recovery Retained · embedded · or one campaign
09 · Contact

Let's have a direct conversation.

For founders, boards and firms with a revenue problem worth solving. I reply personally.