CHINA REAL ESTATE GRP - Key Persons
Mr Chew was appointed to the Board on 5 June 2007. He qualified as an U.K. Chartered Accountant in 1971 and worked with international audit firms in England and Singapore till 1978. He then joined the Khong Guan group of companies where he managed the operations of various biscuit factories in Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Thailand. Mr Chew is currently the executive chairman of Khong Guan Limited. Mr Chew was previously deputy managing director of Khong Guan Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd and executive director of United Malayan Flour Mills Bhd, which were public listed companies in Malaysia.
Job Titles:
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ( "CEO" )
Dato' Choo was appointed as Director of APS since 6 July 2006. As CEO, he is responsible for the overall operations, management, strategic planning and business development of the Group. A lawyer by training, Dato' Choo obtained his law degrees from the University of Malaya, the Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Harvard University Law School. Thereafter, Dato' Choo practiced as an attorney in Chicago, Minneapolis, New York and Hong Kong, specialising in capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions. Dato' Choo was a partner at Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts (now known as Pillsbury Winthrop) from 1992 to 2001, before becoming the executive chairman of Capital Strategic Investment Limited, which is listed on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. In that role, Dato' Choo took overall management responsibility for Capital Strategic Investment Limited before he stepped down in 2005.
Job Titles:
- Lead Independent Director
Dr Lam was appointed to the Board on 5 June 2007. Dr Lam has extensive international experience in general management, strategy consulting, policy advocacy, corporate governance, direct investment, investment banking and asset management. He started his career in Canada at Bell-Northern Research (the research and development arm of Nortel) and Bell Canada, and later returned to Hong Kong to serve as general manager at Hong Kong Telecom, Vice President and Managing Partner - Greater China of the international management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, Executive Director of Singapore Technologies Telemedia (a member of Temasek Holdings), Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of investment banking division of BOC International Holdings (the international investment banking arm of the Bank of China group), President and Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Chia Tai Enterprises International (now C.P. Lotus Corporation) of multinational conglomerate C.P. Group, Chairman - Hong Kong and ASEAN Region and Senior Adviser - Asia, of Macquarie Capital, Non-executive Chairman - Greater China and ASEAN Region and Chief Advisor - Asia, of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, and Senior Advisor, Macquarie Group Asia.
Dr Lam holds a Master of Systems Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Ottawa in Canada, a Master of Public Administration and a Doctor of Philosophy from University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Laws from the University of Wolverhampton. Dr Lam is also a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong, a fellow of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) Australia, the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, an Honorary Fellow of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Australia, the Hong Kong Institute of Facility Management and the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education, and a distinguished fellow of the Hong Kong Innovative and Technology Development Association.
Job Titles:
- Group Financial Controller
- Member of the Key Management Team
MMs Wu joined the Company in July 2009 as Project Accountant and was promoted to Group Financial Controller in December 2016. She started her career in Ernst & Young and has more than 30 years of management and finance experience in a various industries, including fast-moving consumer goods and leisure industries.
Ms Wu has held managerial positions in companies like Visa International (Asia-Pacific), LLC, Burberry (Singapore) Distribution Co Pte Ltd and Pernod Ricard Singapore Pte Ltd. She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the National University of Singapore and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Key Management Team
Mr Lee joined the Company in November 2007 as Group Financial Controller and was promoted to the post of Chief Financial Officer in November 2009 and Chief Operating Officer in December 2016. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing the Group's business and operations, which include but are not limited to business development, finance, administration, corporate secretarial functions, corporate governance and communication. Mr Lee was a member of the Board from November 2012 to October 2019.
Before joining the Group, Mr Lee was with the assurance and advisory business services division of Ernst & Young Singapore from January 2007 to October 2007. He was with Deloitte & Touche Malaysia from May 1997 to February 2005. From March 2005 to December 2006, he joined as senior manager of a listed company of Bursa Malaysia. Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of Malaya and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Mr Lien was appointed to the Board on 16 May 2018. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy from Nanyang University (Singapore) and is a fellow of both the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and CPA Australia. He has held a number of senior management positions as well as executive directorships in various public and private corporations in Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Mr Lien has garnered more than 19 years of experience serving as independent director cum chairman of audit committee of several Singapore and Chinese companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Ms Lum was appointed to the Board on 22 March 2018. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. She has more than 25 years of experience in handling the finance, corporate affairs, legal and corporate secretary matters of public listed companies and private limited companies. She is currently the chief financial officer and company secretary of an investment holding company.