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• Director & Principal Trainer at VestAsia Group

Harold Tan is currently Director & Principal Trainer at VestAsia Group where he is also a mentor to young executives in the Group. He is a much sought-after corporate trainer, seminar speaker and business consultant with more than 35 years of corporate experience. Having worked in both the public and private sectors, Harold was formerly a professor in real estate at the National University of Singapore where he was conferred the prestigious NUS Teaching Excellence Award. He has also conducted training programs for the Asian Institute of Management, Dubai Real Estate Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Capitaland Institute of Management and Business (CLIMB), Temasek Wealth Management Institute, Ascendas, SAP, Essilor, Clariden Global, Jones Lang LaSalle, Colliers International, DTZ, CBRE, Singapore Estate Agents Association and Real Center Network. In his role as the Program Director of Real Centre Academy (Asia), Harold worked with industry leaders to curate high level executive programs such as Design Thinking and Corporate Real Estate for senior executives in real estate and fund management. He is credited for implementing creative marketing methods to elevate the Singapore Science Park into becoming a highly-sought after science and business park in the region. Harold has extensive experience in real estate development, consulting, marketing and executive coaching. As a real estate advisor, his projects included BPO Prime (Penang's first Grade A office development located at the hi-tech zone of Bayan Baru). In Singapore, he was key consultant for the revamp of the retail podium of International Plaza. Harold was also consultant to GIC, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS-Warburg, Hong Kong Land, ING-Real Estate, CapitaLand, PSA, JTC, Lendlease, Virgin Group, Exxon- Mobil, Body Shop, Metro Ltd, Marina Centre Holding and EDIS (Economic Development Innovations Services). Prior to joining NUS, Harold was General Manager, Keppel Land International, responsible for large scale integrated township developments in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Middle East. During this tenure, he also trained overseas management staff for their Management Development Program. Prior to Keppel Land, Harold had held appointments at Jones Lang LaSalle, Frasers Centrepoint, WBL Corporation, Guthrie Properties, Ascendas and JTC Corporation. Harold obtained his Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree (Estate Management) from the National University of Singapore as a PSD Local Merit Scholar. He also graduated with a Master of Arts (Business Administration) from the University of Georgia (USA) under the JTC Overseas Merit Scholarship. He is a faculty member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (New York) and with the Asian Institute of Management (Executive Programs).