Singapore

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Lim Wenhui

Wenhui is a partner of SPARK Architects, an international design studio of 100 staff with offices in London, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore. She studied architecture at the National University of Singapore. Wenhui’s focus is the design direction of the Singapore studio and the graphic language of the global SPARK brand that she has developed and implemented over the last 5 years. Collage, drawing and printing are important techniques of investigation in her design work. She has previously exhibited a collection of her mono-prints at the Art House Gallery in Singapore the proceeds of which were donated to a Singaporean children’s charity.

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Benedict Andrew Lim

Benedict has more than 20 years of comprehensive real estate management and advisory experience across residential, retail, commercial office, industrial, logistics, hospitality, infrastructure and greenfield development assets across key cities in Asia. Benedict’s professional experience includes real estate advisory work, deal originations, land sale, transaction executions, value-add management, real estate portfolio strategy, fund/asset management, investment/divestment, master development management and building development across Asia.

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Henry Woon

Henry is the Director leading Atelier Ten (Asia) office in Singapore. As a chartered building services engineer, Henry has extensive experience in both building services engineering and environmental design. He has been leading environmental design and consultancy projects such as Jewel Changi, Marina Bay Sands Energy Improvement projects, Mandai Nature Attraction Masterplan. Prior to moving to Singapore, Henry was based in the London head office and led a series of high profile, award-winning projects across the world including the Iconic Greenhouse in UAE, Meixi Lake Sustainable Building Exhibition Centre in China and TMB Headquarters in Turkey. He specialises in building physics and high-performance building services design. He often combines environmental design principles and computational simulation capabilities to provide positive influence to the design team and ensure that sustainable design strategies are deployed in the context of practical building and system solutions.

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Kristin Thorsteins

Kristin Thorsteins is Vice President Development for East & South Asia and Pacific at Club Med, the leading global operator of upscale, all-inclusive resorts. Kristin spent over 10 years in hotel & real estate development, management and advisory services in London, Paris and Brussels with companies such as HVS and Rezidor SAS. For the last 6 years, Kristin has been based in Singapore where she was Development Director for South East Asia with Carlson Hotels prior to joining Club Med. She is in charge of expanding the company’s footprint of resorts with a special focus on Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Also, in charge of asset management of the company’s portfolio of resorts in the region, some of which contributed to the creation of the most established destinations in Asia such as Bali and Phuket.

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Carolina Fagnani

With more than 10 years of experience in the Hotel Industry across two continents, Carolina currently serves as Senior Director of Development South East Asia and Pacific

for Radisson Hotel Group. Prior to joining Radisson Hotel Group, Carolina was the Senior Regional Director of Development for Best Western Hotels & Resorts, based in Bangkok. She also held roles with Centara Hotels & Resorts and JLL. Carolina graduated from Bocconi University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business

Administration and later obtain a MS in Real Estate and Investment from University of Reading, UK. Recently, she earned a certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University.

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Robert Greg Shand

With over 20 years experience working in Japan and throughout South East Asia, Greg established Robert Greg Shand Architects in 2005, specializing in bespoke luxury residences. Embracing a philosophy that marries a Japanese less-is-more ethos with Western values, the firm integrates architecture, interior design and landscaping to create sustainable spaces of intelligent simplicity. The firm has designed a wide range of projects in the region, including more than 20 luxury homes in Singapore's Sentosa Cove; a soon-to- be-launched museum in Little India; premium residences in India, Myanmar and Malaysia; and boutique hotels in Indonesia.

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Chua Shang Chai

Chua Shang Chai is a Partner in the Dentons Rodyk Real Estate group. Shang Chai graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2008. He was admitted as Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore in 2009. In early 2010, he joined the real estate department where he continued to pursue and hone his specialization in the real estate legal practice. Since then, Shang Chai has been involved in a multitude of real estate work including collective sales, purchase, mortgage financing and development work for developers, and real estate financing work. He is named a 2019 Acritas Star – independently rated lawyer.

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Joelle Chen

Joelle Chen is the Programme Director at Beca Singapore, working with the Beca Group in leading the innovation agenda and creating new digital ventures for the Singapore business.

 

Prior to Beca, Joelle was the Partnerships & Marketing Director at MANN+HUMMEL Group, focusing on clean air solutions for buildings and cities that combine IOT technology, filtration expertise and a people-centered approach to health & wellbeing. She was the first Asia Pacific Head for World Green Building Council, the leading international NGO for sustainable built environment, spearheading the adoption of global initiatives such as Advancing Net Zero (net zero carbon buildings) and Better Places for People (healthy buildings) in the region. She also previously headed up the Smart Sustainable Cities team at the Singapore Economic Development Board, driving public-private partnerships through co-innovation platforms, i.e. “Living Labs”.

 

Joelle is a registered architect and draws on ~15 years’ of experience in different parts of the green buildings and smart cities ecosystem. She holds a Masters in Architecture from the National University of Singapore, and a MBA from the Singapore Management University.