Dato’ Sr Lau Wai Seang, the RISM President Session 2017/2018, amongst others, admitted the intangible asset valuers as members of RISM and registered the prefix ‘Sr’ of RISM members under Class 42 of the Trade Marks Act 1976 of Malaysia.
She is a registered real estate valuer and is also certified jointly by the Corporation of Intellectual Property of Malaysia (MyIPO) and World Trade Institute (WTI), Switzerland as an Intellectual Property Valuer.
She logged 35 years of service in the Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH), Ministry of Finance Malaysia. Between 2019 and 2022, she was the Chairman of Ian Scott International (Malaysia), an integrated valuation service provider, licenced from its parent office in UK with the same name.
Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) recognised her contributions through the Surveyor of the Year 2020 Award.
Alex Bayusaputro is the founder and Managing Partner of Genius Loci. Company that has expanded to 6 Cities and 4 Countries in the span of 18 years of operation. He has honed his expertise in F&B and hospitality as well as Retails since graduating from F.I.T. and Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1992 before moving to Singapore in 1997. As demonstrated by his recent portfolio, which includes Gandaria and Kota Kasablanka Shopping Mall and Hotel in Jakarta together with On Going Project in Surabaya Tunjungan Plaza and Super-mall Phase 2, Alex is skilled in developing new concept and utilising unknown spaces within mall. With over 30 years of experience in the field of interior and architecture.
With over 25 years of research and consultancy experience, Richard has been involved in various projects in Asia, particularly the Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. This has covered sectors from simple developments to large-scale mixed-use estates with office, retail, residential, hotel, industrial and institutional land segments. Richard has been involved in complex assignments that entail creative solutions, including brand conceptualization, destination development, land-use spatial analysis, and marketing strategies. After a stint in the regional office in Hong Kong, Richard is currently the managing director for Colliers Philippines.
Mr. Philip Mareschal leads the Property and Asset Management team of JLL Philippines.
With over 30 years’ experience in real estate, he has built businesses and lead operations in both start-up and established entities in various professional landscapes in France, United States, and the Philippines.
He bears exceptional skills in establishing structure, driving vision and achieving critical strategic goals.
He has extensive experience driving operational performance and efficiency, including the development of corporate policies and expansion activities that requires investments and acquisitions”.
Oliver Tong is the head of Jones Lang LaSalle Macau and Zhuhai office. He leads the real estate professional services in Macau, Zhuhai and Hong Kong. Oliver Tong has worked with Jones Lang LaSalle in Macau for more than 10 years providing leasing consultancy advice in almost all major malls and commercial buildings in Macau. He is in charge of leasing development strategies including market-positioning, trade mix and tenant mix strategies. He also specializes in shopping center design solutions for new projects as well as those under refurbishment or redevelopment and has extensive experience of working alongside architects. Moreover, he has also been leading and involved in a wide range of transactions including the biggest land transaction in Macau and consultancy projects for major developers in HK, Macau and China, during his years in JLL.
Michael has 15 years experience in construction across the Middle East and South East Asia, specializing in MEP and building services. Starting out at a site engineer on the iconic Bahrain World Trade Center with Mercury Engineering, Michael continued his career with Mercury as a project manager and later Regional Construction Director overseeing Mercury’s operations across the Middle East.
Michael moved to Cambodia 6 years ago joining Comin Asia to oversee their regional Construction operations and has secured and delivered projects across multiple sectors. Led by Michael, Comin’s construction division have delivered and continue to deliver MEP construction services to some of Phnom Penh’s most iconic projects including Vattanac Capital Tower, Acleda Bank HQ, TK Royal, Hyatt Regency, Sathapana Bank HQ and many others.
Lim Veasna has worked for nearly 8 years for a regional law firm in Phnom Penh. He has extensive experience in Real Estate Development, Intellectual Property, Arbitration and Corporate. He is also an authorized legal mark agent, commercial arbitrator and lawyer in Cambodia Veasna is well-versed in providing practical legal solutions for clients who require strategic business and investment advice. He regularly advises some of the top real estate development in the country in relation to Sale and Purchase Agreement and legal compliance of the real estate development. Some of the most remarkable experiences include multi-billion dollars city development project and First Cambodia’s public housing project. Regarding Intellectual Property matters, he also assists clients on trademark registration and trademark infringement for the client in Cambodia. Upon registration with the National Commercial Arbitration Centre as a commercial arbitrator, he has provided the advice to the litigation teams on the arbitration cases. Veasna joined Vinaya Law Firm in October 2021, prior to this Veasna has worked for SokSiphana&associates since April 2014. Upon graduation, Veasna began his career as an Assistant Human Resource at GFI Informatique in France . Prior to joining the firm, he interned in various organisation in the Kingdom of Cambodia such as at CREAD (Legal Research Center) at Royal University of Law and Economics and International Bridges to Justice in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Maaya Arakawa is the Regional Marketing Manager for Oakwood Japan, the pioneer Serviced Apartment firm. She is educated in Switzerland, lived in multiple countries including Thailand, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. She has over a decade’s experience in the luxury hospitality industry primarily in the marketing field. She lived and worked in Niseko in 2007 for 2.5 years opening the first premier international ski resort then again worked for the opening of the first international luxury hotel and residences in 2019 to 2020 as the Director of Marketing Communications. Currently living in Tokyo but always looking for spare time to visit Niseko.
Shigeru Uehara is one of few in the Niseko construction industry equipped with not only architectural design expertise but also building qualifications. He oversees all aspects of design and construction, utilizing local Japanese industry partners who are experienced in the unique environmental demands of Niseko.
I have been living and working in Niseko since 2008. During that time I have worked extensively in many fields including real estate sales, development planning, hospitality and asset management. I also own the popular bar, Niseko Taproom, which is located in the heart of Hirafu. I have been involved with a number of major developments such as the Vale, Skye, Midtown and The Park Hyatt. As such, have had a front-row seat for the development that Niseko has experienced over the last 10 years and have seen the resort transform from a sleepy ski town into a globally recognised destination.
Mr. James Woo is a fellow member of RICS and member of AICFC, has more than 27 years experiences in valuation and advisory services for real estate, business valuation, distressed assets, plant & machinery, intangible asset, intellectual property, stock and financial instruments across mainland China. James has participated in and led more than 100 IPO and privatization projects in the Mainland, Hong Kong, Singapore and foreign stock exchanges including valuation, industry research and professional consultancy services with outstanding professional achievements.
Clients come from a variety of sectors including real estate, biological assets, cultural tourism, health care, pharmaceuticals, mining, energy, industrial logistics, infrastructure & transportation, IDC, technology media, telecom (TMT), Internet, consumer products, and online alternative finance (OAF), business strategy advisory, etc.
Roberto is Country Manager for proptech platform, FlySpaces, Southeast Asia’s leading online marketplace for office space. Prior to assuming the role of country lead for the Philippines, Roberto handled the acquisition of FlySpaces’ hundreds of flexible office space partners across the region and spearheaded the growth of its traditional office space inventory. Coming from a strong entrepreneurial background, Roberto and his team has set his sights on developing FlySpaces as a mainstay player in the local commercial property landscape and a continued leader in the tech startup space.
Mr. Precha Suphapetiporn is founder and Managing Director of Acute Realty Group, a real estate agent in Thailand with 4 offices in Bangkok, Southern (Hua Hin), Northern (Chiang Mai) and Eastern (Chonburi).
He graduated bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Chulalongkorn University and further his study in MBA at Assumption University. He has been working in property industry for more than 20 years. He is also the founder and CEO of ACR Management Co., Ltd., a property management company currently has more than 30 properties in its portfolio.
T. K. Chu is an architect, interior designer and product designer, who graduated from the Department of Architecture in Tamkang University in Taiwan, China. As the founder of T. K. Chu Design and T K HOME, an original furniture brand, Mr. Chu has always stayed in the cutting edge of new design ideas and created many well-known projects, which have influenced generations of designers and gained extensive attention from the international media. That includes Forbes France, domus China, Bloomberg Asia, design anthology, Taiwan Architecture, Interni China, etc. In addition, he has won a number of grand awards such as the “Andrew Martin International Interior Design Award” for twice as a world-renowned designer; the “2015 Chinese Most Influential Designer of Forbes Asia”, the “Chinese Best Interior Design Award of Bloomberg in Asia-Pacific region”; the “Architecture Master Prize”, and the “2018 Annual Chinese Design Celebrity”.
Mr. Luo Minjie graduated from Tsinghua University with major in architecture. He specializes in ecological planning and architectural design for Shuimei Village, and has been gaining rich practical experience in rural revitalization projects, which has formed the rural design concept of “natural growth of waterfront, creation of original cozy life”. Several rural revitalization projects taken charge by Mr. Luo Minjie won more than ten awards, including the golden prize of the China Survey Association and golden prize of the Sichuan Survey Association. Majority of the implemented projects have gained widespread attention from well-known domestic and foreign media. Currently, Mr. Luo Minjie is the chief architect of Sichuan Waterfront Urban And Rural Development Co., Ltd. and a director of the Sichuan Provincial Science and Youth Federation. His team is constantly working in the field of rural revitalization.
Huang founded DesiDaily in 2013 and became its editor-in-chief. DesiDaily is China’s most active Wechat Official Account in the design field, with the largest number of followers and views among all vertical Wechat design platforms. It boasts more than 2.2 million followers. So far, more than 100 articles published on the platform have captured 100K + views. In addition, it’s China’s first self-media that has established partnership with Milan Furniture Fair, it is also the media partner and communications consultant of multiple established real estate developers.
Born in China, Cindy Jiang obtained her Master’s degree in Building materials and housing science from the Tongji University and her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Shenyang Jianzhu University. Working as an architect and real estate developer, with the cooperation of pioneer designers at home and aboard, Ms. Jiang completed plenty of bench-marking projects from a broad range of sectors – from housing to commercial complex and beyond. Before transferring to Nanjing, Ms. Jiang worked as the Deputy General Manager and principal architect of Yanlord Land Suzhou, and reconstruct the city images of Suzhou through abundant city-level projects, including Smriti Curtilage, Cang Jie, Tang Island, Resident in the Park, etc.
Born in Taiwan, China, Jesse Wang is a famous interior designer offering creative decoration and furnishings solutions. He graduated from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) with a major in Architectural Engineering, and further studied in Rhode Island School of Design.
Currently based in Shanghai, Jesse has participated in and steered the interior decoration design for a variety of heavyweight projects, including cultural spaces, renovation projects, property sales centers, show flats and upscale private residences. His portfolio mainly includes Italian Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai China, an Italian restaurant within Bund 18, model Tomson golf villa, Tomson Riviera (the most expansive residential development in Shanghai), One Park apartment, a great many sales centers and show flats for well-known real estate developers like Greenland, Landsea, China Resources Holdings and Fraser & Neave, and private residences for several Chinese celebrities. His design works have won plenty of design awards at home and abroad.
With 14 years of experience in the property industry, Xu Junfen has steered a wide spectrum of projects including residences, commercial complexes, office buildings, five-star hotels, educational institutions, and elderly-care facilities, etc. She works to create warm living experience for clients, advocates the organic integration of master planning, architecture, landscape and interior, and empowers space to interpret art and modern aesthetics. Xu Junfen has led the design of plenty of exceptional real estate projects in cities like Nanjing and Hangzhou, and many of those projects have won influential design awards at home and abroad.
Li Qing was born in 1982 in Suzhou, China. From 2008 to 2010, he received undergraduate and postgraduate education in Queen’s University Belfast, majoring in civil engineering. After graduation, he worked in Shenzhen OCT Properties Co., Ltd., with his role turning from a salesperson to sales manager in few years.
In 2014, he was dispatched to Shunde OCT Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., and successively served as the deputy director, director and vice general manager of its marketing department. In 2017, he went back to Shenzhen and engaged in founding Shenzhen OCT Cultural & Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd. He has been the deputy general manager of Shenzhen OCT Cultural & Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd. since 2020, while also serving as marketing principal at Shenzhen OCT Properties Co., Ltd.
As Founder and Principal of Laguarda.Low, Pablo has over 40 years of experience as an architect and planner. He is an ardent student of the profession and has established himself as a mentor within the practice, encouraging young designers to think outside the box. With a deep understanding of the profession, Pablo’s creative design approach often challenges industry standards. He is a registered architect in the states of New York and Texas and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects based on his distinguished contribution to the field of architectural design. Pablo received his degree of Arcquitecto from the Facultad De Aquitectura y Urbanismo in Montevideo, Uruguay during which time he spent a year visiting global architectural sites with the school’s annual world tour.
As Co-Founder and Principal of Laguarda. Low Architects, John has almost 30 years of experience as an architect and planner. He possesses experiences in all phases of project development with a great emphasis on design. John leads and coordinates multi-disciplinary design teams on a variety of complex projects. With an impressive portfolio of mixed-use, retail & entertainment, hotel & resort, office, and residential projects, John is responsible for the large-scale formulation and implementation of design concepts throughout the life of a project. He is a registered architect in the states of Texas and New York. John received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kansas State University and his Master of Architecture degree from University of California at Berkeley.
Kinkesa Kim is the Managing Director, CBRE Cambodia, leading research and consulting business with primary focus on supervision of assignments, client management for local and international investors and corporations as well as overall business development. She is also a licensed real estate valuer in Cambodia.
As the head of Research and Consulting Services, Kinkesa works with clients’ business leadership and corporate real estate departments to provide real estate market analysis, reviewing and advising on business plans, feasibility study, strategic planning, consultation on conceptual design and master planning.
She has nearly 10 years of experience in research and consultancy in a wide array of industries. Her in-depth knowledge of the Cambodia and regional real estate market as well as her financial-analytical background have allowed her to provide sound recommendations and protect her clients’ interest and minimize risks in their commercial, residential and hospitality property developments.
Chinese architect Zhong Ling is the founder of DUTS design. He is a French National Registered Architect, and got HMONP Architect Qualification for Practicing in Europe. He is also EMBA of China-Europe International Business School and Guest Teacher of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
He studied Architecture in ENSAPLV (Ecole nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris la Villette) from the well-known French architect Eric Dubosc and founded DUTS design in 2010. He has combined the mature European design thinking and advanced technology model, together with the specific domestic situation in China, rationally and innovatively applied to domestic projects. DUTS’s architectural design practice covers urban design, architectural design and space design. He organically combines different dimensions of design thinking.
In 2016, Zhong Ling was selected as “Chinese Contemporary Architects” published by Tianjin University Press. He has presided over the design of works including the Linxia Grand Theater, Linxia Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Lanzhou Yinda Qin Engineering Administration, Chengdu Jinniu Library and other projects, which have been repeatedly reported by media both in China and overseas.
