RICS in Southeast Asia
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05 November 2024
The latest across the surveying profession in Indonesia,
Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore
and Malaysia.
See what’s happening across the Southeast Asia region including the latest standards updates, training & events;
meet our local Member Engagement Group members; and much more.
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Southeast Asia Regional Advisory Board Members
Dr Eugene Seah FRICS
Chief Executive Officer, DLS Consultancy Pte Ltd
Dr Eugene Seah joined the construction industry in 1999. He graduated with a BSc in Quantity Surveying (1st Class Hons) from the University of Reading and started work at Davis Langdon & Seah as a Quantity Surveyor. He subsequently broadens his knowledge by reading a BSc in Technology and Computing (1st Class Hons), ... a MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration and a MSc in Sustainable Building Design (Merit). He also attended the Senior Management Development Program from Harvard and has a Diploma and a Certificate in Advance Learning and Performance for Adults from the Institute of Adult Learning at Singapore University of Social Science. He has completed his Professional Doctorate in Construction Management at the European International University in 2023 and is currently studying a PhD by Portfolio from the Swiss Business School. Read More
Chris Marriott FRICS
Chief Executive Officer, Savills, Southeast Asia
Having arrived in Asia in 1990, Chris has lived in both Hong Kong and Singapore and covered most markets and disciplines in the Asia Pacific Region. Presently as CEO for South East Asia, Chris oversees the firm's activity and expansion plans in the region, in addition to managing the Singapore operations. Alongside ... his operational responsibilities he sits on the Asia Pacific Executive Committee which determines strategic direction for the business in the region. During his time he has played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Singapore operations in 1995, and subsequently restructured the business in 2004, in addition he has been involved in, or led numerous corporate acquisitions and strategic relationships for the group. More recently Chris has taken an active role in how technology can be leveraged within Savills and the broader real estate industry. He was actively involved in the restructuring an industry-wide PropTech data company SoReal and agreeing the sale and JV of this company to Real Estate Analytics. In a professional capacity Chris has acted for many investors, developers, occupiers and end-users in many aspects of their real estate needs. Read More
Cheng Su Chen FRICS
Senior Advisor, Facilities Management, C&W Services, Singapore
Su Chen is the Group Managing Director, Facilities Management in C&W Services. She has over 40 years of industry experience in property and facilities management (FM), including marketing and leasing of real estate assets. She oversaw FM operation in Thailand from 2004 to 2015 and was responsible for the FM business ... in China from 2006 to 2012. Prior to joining C&W Services, she held numerous senior positions in the Singapore government agencies, namely the Public Utilities Board, Singapore Power, Land Office (Ministry of Law) and Singapore Land Authority. She actively contributed the review, planning and implementation of national policies and work plans. She received a Commendation Medal (Pingat Kepujian) on the National Day in 2000 in recognition of her outstanding service in public real estate management. She holds a Master of Science in Real Estate and a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management from the National University of Singapore. She is a licensed appraiser and a salesperson, accredited Certified Facilities Management Expertise Tier 1 with Singapore International Facilities Management Association and a Member of the Industry Advisory Committee for Singapore Institute of Technology's Bachelor degree program in Sustainable Built Environment. She is also appointed as a member of the non-executive RICS Southeast Asia Regional Advisory Board for the past 4 years. Read More
Seth Leong FRICS
Managing Director, Mentabuild
Seth is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has previously served as Chairman for the RICS ASEAN QS & Construction Professional Group Board and as a board member of the RICS Asia QS & Construction Professional Group Board and RICS Thailand Board. Seth is the Managing Director of Mentabuild ... (formerly Arcadis Thailand) - a market leading construction consultancy firm providing Construction Cost & Commercial Management (Quantity Surveying), Project & Construction Management and Environmental Advisory Services with 130+ staff and a portfolio of over 1,000+ projects. He has an accomplished international track record of projects across Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Middle East and the United Kingdom and has attended and presented multiple construction cost management topics at local and regional levels for various events and associations. Read More
Dainna Baharuddin FRICS
Director, Basar & Harun Sdn. Chartered Quantity Surveyors
Sr Dainna graduated with a BSc Quantity Surveying from Newcastle Upon Tyne Polythechnic, UK in 1989. She did her practical training in Yeoman & Edwards, Tunbridge Wells, UK and started her career with Gardiner & Theobald, London, UK. She returned to Malaysia in 1991 to work with Basar & Harun Sdn as a quantity ... surveyor. She qualified as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 1992. She was accepted as a member of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) and as a Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Lembaga Juruukur Bahan Malaysia (LJBM) in 1994 She left Basar & Harun Sdn in 2000 to pursue her career locally and in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. She also has project experience in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has handled over 30 projects as a quantity surveyor specialising in high and low rise residential, commercial, high rise office, hotel, education, hospitals and infrastructure. Sr Dainna returned to Basar & Harun Sdn as Director in 2010. Sr Dainna had been actively involved in various committees in RICS, RISM and BQSM since 1995. She had held posts of Divisional Treasurer, Secretary, Chairman of the RISM Vice President (QS) Session 2013/2014 and 2014/2015, RISM Honorary Treasurer General and RISM Honorary Secretary General. Currently she is a RISM Councillor heading the Constitution Committee. She had served as Board Member of BQSM for 3 sessions and also as Lembaga Akitek Malaysia Board Member. Read More
Dr Sopon Pornchokchai FRICS
President, Agency for Real Estate Affairs, Director, Thai Real Estate Business School
A valuer/appraiser in Thailand who is the president of Agency for Real Estate Affairs, Thai Appraisal Foundation & director of Thai Real Estate Business School. Former consultant to World Bank, FAO, ILO, UNCHS, UNESCAP and the like and presently the director of the largest real estate information and valuation centre ... of some 150 staff members in Thailand which has been in operation since 1994 throughout Thailand, HCMC, Jakarta, Manila and Phnom Penh. Specialties: Appraisal, Valuation, Research and Survey on Properties as well as Soft Laws and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Read More
René Hillig, MRICS
Managing Director Singapore and Head of Project & Programme Management, Southeast Asia, Asia Infrastructure Solutions Pte Ltd
René is the Managing Director and Head of Project Management Southeast Asia at Asia Infrastructure Solutions. Prior to this, René was the Managing Director of Arcadis Singapore, leading a multidisciplinary consultancy business comprising around 280 project managers, cost managers, construction managers and sustainability ... & business advisory staff. Over the last two decades, René has held various senior and director-level positions with multidisciplinary consultancies in Asia, the Middle East, and the UK and has delivered or led the delivery of a wide variety of programs and projects across all sectors of the built environment. With a BEng(Hons) in civil engineering and an MSc in Construction Economics & Management from UCL, René is also a chartered member of the RICS (MRICS) and is PMP and CDCP certified. Read More