HH Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz
Honorary President of Panels
HH Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz
HH Tunku Ali Redhauddin ibni Tuanku Muhriz is the Chairman of Property Guru International (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad. He is the Independent Chairman of Bumi Armada Berhad, a listed oil and gas services company and a Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, a global Private Equity Firm. He sits on the boards of Bangkok Bank Berhad, Themed Attractions, Resorts and Hotels, Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, and Sun Life Malaysia Assurance. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Yayasan Munarah, Chairman and Founding Trustee of Teach for Malaysia (TFM), Chairman of WWF Malaysia, Royal Patron of Enactus Malaysia Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Marlborough College Malaysia, and Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. Tunku Ali is also an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of Malaysia. He holds a Masters of Public Administration from the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and a BA (Hons) in History and Social & Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge. He was recognised as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum.
Sr Prem Kumar
Independent Property Advisor
Sr Prem Kumar
Sr Prem Kumar has 35 years experience in providing real estate professional services. He joined Jones Lang Wootton in 1987 and was a Proprietary Partner/ Executive Director/Deputy Managing Director of Jones Lang Wootton up to March 2022. He started his career as a graduate valuer gaining experience in undertaking valuation of various types of properties including, amongst others, office buildings, hotels, industrial premises, plantations, townships, development land, on-going development projects as well as plant and machinery. Besides valuations, he also has extensive exposure to the entire spectrum of real estate professional services such as transactions, property management and research and consultancy.
PMgr Sr Low Han Hoe
Registered Valuer, Property Manager & Estate Agent
PMgr Sr Low Han Hoe
Started his career as a valuer with Jones Lang Wootton in 1991, Low was subsequently, seconded to the Property Management Department in 1995 where he attained his registration in 1997 with the Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents. He later moved to CBRE (formerly Regroup Associates and now Savills) and subsequently Dijaya Property Management Services (now under Tropicana). He began his own practice in 2002 focusing on real estate transactions. He joined DTZ (now NTL) in January 2011 and has since successfully transacted for Shell, MUI, QSR (KFC), Epf, Kwap, Pnb, E&O among others.
Blaine Robert
CEO and Creative Director, Blaine Robert Design
Blaine Robert
At an early age, Blaine Robert has shown great interest in design and home décor. After graduating from the University in Calgary in 1988, he moved to Tokyo to specialise in freelance design inspired by Japanese architecture and minimalism. After his stint in Japan, Robert eventually established his practice in Kuala Lumpur called Blaine Robert Designs, where he is the creative director. His path to Malaysia took him through several countries in the Asia-Pacific region, where he picked up eclectic design elements and inspiration from the various cultures in which he found himself designing.
Dr. Daniele Gambero
President, Malaysia Proptech Association (MPA)
Dr. Daniele Gambero
Dr. Daniele Gambero, expatriate to Malaysia since 2000, is the CEO and co-founder of strategic marketing consultancy firm REI Group of Companies. He holds an MBA in Macroeconomics, a Master in Marketing and Communication and a PhD in Marketing Strategies and Mass Communication from the University of Michigan. Since 2007, through REI Group of Companies he has been a strategic consultant for Malaysian developers. REI Group portfolio includes: UMLand Bhd, I&P Sdn Bhd, PNB and Genting Properties Sdn Bhd. A well-known and reputable speaker, Dr. Daniele Gambero is frequently invited as panelist or key speaker by REHDA, SHAREDA, SHEDA, ASLI, FIABCI, University Malaya, StarProperty, iProperty Group, SPH and Property Guru. He has been recently selected by Cityscape as key speaker on Malaysian Property Market. Dr. Daniele Gambero has been invited to be part of development advisory panels by: IRDA, PAM, UMLand Bhd and so on. Dr. Daniele Gambero is also a regular columnist for several newspapers and specialized property magazines in Malaysia.
Boon Che Wee
Board of Architects and Board of Town Planners Malaysia
Boon Che Wee
He is a Professional Architect based in Kuala Lumpur. He has served on the Board of Architects and Board of Town Planners Malaysia, and as President of Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM). During his PAM presidency, he has curated the inaugural Malaysia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and was the Founding Director of Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival. Boon was the Chair of Green Building Index Accreditation Panel, and continues to serve on the Panel. He is an advocate of design and sustainable development as the key differentiators of Asia’s competitiveness, and has spoken widely on these subjects.
Datuk Ar Hj Saiful Anuar Abdul Aziz
Principal, Anuar Aziz Architect; a member of Arte Axis Design Group
Datuk Ar Hj Saiful Anuar Abdul Aziz
Upon completing his RIBA Part III in the UK; he returned to Malaysia in 1992. He incorporated Anuar Aziz Architect in 2000; subsequently forming Arte Axis Design Group into an award winning boutique multidisciplinary design practice specialising in sustainable build environment. Choosing intellectual approach to architecture, he innovate the build form creatively and contextually. Environmental solution is experimented through green design principles while salutogenic design solutions are sensitively incorporated. This approach coupled with active collaboration with Clients, consultants and specialists ensure ‘design excellence’ well expressed through a variety of original, innovative and ‘out of the box’ design solution.
Ar. Mustapha Kamal Bin Zulkarnain
Founder and Principal, Arkitek Mustapha Kamal
Ar. Mustapha Kamal Bin Zulkarnain
Mustapha Kamal, an Auckland University alumni from the New Zealand has been practicing architecture for the past 27 years and is a Fellow member of Malaysia Institute of Architects (PAM) and had served 6 terms as PAM Council Member 1997-2000 and 2014 till 2017. He still sits in various PAM Committees. He was also a devoted Rotarian. He is currently the committee member in the Urban wellbeing, Sustainability, Housing and Environmental Resilience (USHER) of PAM. He is also heading the task force in the PAM Strategic Plan 2030 on Architecture: Cities Now and Future. His area of expertise is Urban Resilience. Apart from this he also Co-Chairs the Media and Publications of PAM. His was the Convener of the PAM Roundtable Discussion with Archinesia and the members of the publications communities during the 2016 Kuala Lumpur Architectural Festival that deals with Future Communities where the Mayor of Bandung, Pak Ridwan Kamil was the guest speaker. He is now the Curator for the yearly event of the Housing and Urbanity 2017 organised by PAM which entitled How New Urban Agenda will fulfil the Sustainable Communities goals.
Tan Hui Yin
Partner, Tan Chap & Associates
Tan Hui Yin
Huiyin graduated from the University of West of England, Bristol and is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom. Despite undergone professional training as a Barrister at Law, however, her legal practice focuses mainly in the field of real estate and corporate commercial. She has been engaged by individual and corporate clients including corporations, banks, developers, start-ups and societies. Her years of practice in corporate real estate has given her extensive experience in the acquisition and disposal of various types of real property, commercial leasing, property development and joint venture projects, mergers and acquisitions of property-related companies and associated legal due diligence exercise.
Ir. Dr. Zulhkiple A Bakar
Managing Director,Perunding ZAB Sdn Bhd
Ir. Dr. Zulhkiple A Bakar
On graduating with an Honors Degree in Civil Engineering from the Liverpool
Polytechnic UK in 1984, he came back to join JKR as a Design Engineer before setting
up his own Civil, Structuraland GeotechnicalEngineering Consulting Company in 1992.
Now Ir. Dr Zulhkiple has almost 39 years of professional experience in Building
Structural and Foundation Engineering Design, with a proven track record in a very niche
field of 'Value Engineering' design providing economical alternative design solutions to
clientsthroughout the country.
Examples of notable world ranking engineers that have helped Ir. Dr Zulhkiple developed
Value Engineering Design over the last 29 years are Prof. Dr Rolf Katzenbach from
Germany, Prof. Dr Harry Poulos from Australia and the late Prof. Dr Jerry Shaw from UK.
Ir Dr Zulhkiple also worked in collaboration with consulting Engineers and academic
institutions from the UK, US, Italy, Australia and Germany to develop more cost effective foundation and structural engineering designs.
Chris Tia
Vice Chairperson (Malaysia)
Principal and Managing Partner, Tia & Noordin
Chris Tia
TIA POH LOONG had been educated in Singapore. He studied in Woodlands Secondary and went on to do his A-levels at St. Andrews Junior College. He pursued his law degree in United Kingdom and graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in Bachelor of Laws. He was called “Malaysian Bar” in 2001 after he achieved the Bar Vocation course (BVC) in Newcastle. In 2003, he joined Messrs Tia & Noordin and successfully incorporated systematic, computerized systems into the firms’ conveyancing practice. He has become a partner of this firm in 2013 and ventured into Pharmacy, Transport logistics, Food and Beverages, Petrol Stations and Property Development respectively.
Sr Engad Ravana
Sr Engad Ravana
Sr Engad established ER Consult in 2001, utilising his more than 30 years of industry experience to provide clients with the best possible professional attention and appropriate advice. His dedication to his work spans across a variety of projects, ranging from residential to commercial and to industrial. Aside from working with financial institutions and multinational corporations, he currently serves as the Deputy Chairman (QS Division) of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) and a committee member of QS Examination Council and QS Accreditation Council under the purview of the Board of Quantity Surveyors (BQSM). Engad is also the Vice President of Association of Consulting Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (ACQSM). Socially, he is involved with Rotary International where he is the Past President of Rotary Club of Central Damansara.
