Appointed as Director and Executive Chairman of City Developments Limited (CDL) since 1 October 1969 and 1 January 1995 respectively, Mr Kwek was last re-elected on 26 April 2007. He also sits on the Nominating Committee of CDL.

Mr Kwek is the Chairman of Hong Leong Asia Ltd. (HLA) and London-listed Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C). He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Hong Leong Finance Limited (HLF) and Hong Kong-listed City e-Solutions Limited (CES).

Mr Kwek holds a law degree, LL.B (London) and is also a fellow of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. He has extensive experience in the finance business, having grown from day one with the original Hong Leong Finance Limited which has since merged its finance business with Singapore Finance Limited (now known as HLF). He also has vast experience in the real estate business, the hotel industry as well as the trading and manufacturing business.

His other appointments include being a member of the East Asia Council of INSEAD and Action Community of Entrepreneurship (ACE) Singapore since its inception in 2003. Mr Kwek was also conferred Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration in Hospitality from Johnson & Wales University (Rhode Island, US) and Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University (UK).

Appointed as Director and Managing Director of CDL since 8 February 1980 and 1 January 1995 respectively, Mr Kwek also sits on the City Developments Share Options Scheme 2001 Committee (Scheme Committee).

He is also an Executive Director of CES and sits on the boards of HLF and M&C.

Mr Kwek holds a Diploma in Financial Management and has extensive experience in property development and investment.

Mr Kwek contributes actively to the business community through several public appointments including Honorary President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Youth Achievement Award Council, and Chairman of the Chinese Language & Culture Fund Management Committee. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University, Board of Governors of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and the Chinese Heritage Centre.

Mr Chia Ngiang Hong joined CDL in 1981 and has about 30 years of experience in the real estate industry in Singapore and the region. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Estate Management (Honours) from the University of Singapore and a Masters in Business Administration with distinction from University of Hull, UK. Mr Chia is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Surveyors & Valuers (SISV) and the current First Vice President of Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore. He is also a Certified Property Manager with Institute of Real Estate Management (USA).

Ms Goh Ann Nee was appointed as CDL’s Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Prior to that, she was Vice President (Finance) at Millennium & Copthorne International Limited. A Chartered Accountant, Ms Goh graduated from the University of Glasgow and started her career with Coopers & Lybrand (now known as Pricewaterhouse Coopers) based in London. She has worked in several multinational companies over the course of an illustrious career in international financial management. Ms Goh is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. She has also been appointed as a member of the Accounting Standards Council, the Asian Advisory Group for The Fletcher School (Tufts University Boston) and as a Board Member of the Singapore National Library Board.

Trained as an engineer, Mr Tan Seng Chee has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, working with many diverse applications and systems in both in-house IT departments and IT vendor environment. He graduated from the University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree, Master of Science (Industrial Engineering) and has a post graduate diploma in Computer Science from the British Computer Society.

Mr Eddie Wong has been in the construction industry for nearly 30 years and joined CDL in 1981. He has a Masters degree in International Environmental Management from The University of Adelaide and a Diploma in Building from Singapore Polytechnic. Mr Wong is a Fellow of the Society of Project Managers and an Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), UK.

He is also a Steering Committee Member of the Energy Sustainability Unit (Partner of the Economic Development Board), and a member of the Construction Industry IT Standards Committee.

Mr Lim Tow Fok joined CDL in 2008 and has more than 20 years of experience in property and facilities management. He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Adelaide. Trained in the field of Building Maintenance and Management, his areas of expertise include setting strategic directions on property and facilities management matters, establishing policy standards and ensuring the efficient operation of commercial, industrial and residential buildings. He is also a member of the Board of Examiners for the Building & Construction Authority Academy’s Specialist Diploma in Building Cost Management Programme.