Singapore Leadership

Sam is Managing Director of Occupier Services Asia at Colliers International.  With over 21 years corporate real estate experience and over 14 years in Asia Pacific, Sam has a demonstrated track record of delivering holistic global real estate solutions for corporate occupiers across the region. 

Sam spearheads the strategic direction and has overall responsibility for the growth of the Colliers Occupier Services business in Asia, including Corporate Solutions, Tenant Representation, Flexible Workspace Consulting, Workplace Advisory, Wellness Consulting, Lease Administration and Project Management. Having joined Colliers in 2015, he has implemented strategic business plans and strategies that have contributed to the successful growth of the division.  

Sam is a member of the APAC leadership team.  

WeiLeng is the Managing Director | Head of Capital Markets in Singapore and is responsible for the growth of Colliers' Capital Markets & Investment Services team. An exceptional leader of great entrepreneurial spirit, WeiLeng possesses strong capital markets expertise and proven track records. She is adept in advisory and brokerage, as well as principal real estate. With more than 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, she excels in building deep client relationships and extensive industry network. ​

WeiLeng has a strong collaborative culture and regional outlook, which enables her to fully connect Colliers Singapore to our other businesses within Asia Pacific and across the global platform. It creates added value for clients who now demand highly effective solutions spanning from country to country.

Capital Markets is her expertise. Her first foray into real estate began nearly three decades ago when she was headhunted by government service. She has since accumulated a wealth of experience in selling buildings, hotels and development land. She sold her first office building at 20 Malacca Street at Raffles Place – just barely one year into her new role. That same relentlessness saw her through many more deals, some bigger, others smaller. Over the years, she has developed an excellent network and invested in strong relationships.

She often gets the question, "What drives you?", which she usually answers, "the inexplicable joy I see on my clients' face when I close a deal!" By building trusted relationships, she has successfully entered into joint ventures with both CapitaLand and City Developments Limited (CDL), during her stint on the buy-side with Wells Fargo (then Wachovia Real Estate).

Having three daughters of her own that are coming of age, she understands her people's aspirations and recognises the acceleration of success of her people as one of her key focuses, where she mentors and nurtures them in becoming the next generation of leaders.

Colliers has given her tremendous space to accelerate her success, and she would like to accelerate yours too. Connect with her today!

An accomplished leader in real estate cross-border investments and advisory, John brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise and track record from over 15 years of successfully securing investment opportunities and divesting large scale assets and portfolios for global capital.

John is the Executive Director, Head of International Capital across Asia Pacific for the Capital Markets & Investment Services business at Colliers. In this role, he is responsible for growing cross border investment activity from Asia Pacific in collaboration with the global capital markets teams. He leads international client relationship development and provides real estate investment and divestment advice, including origination and completion of investment transactions with global capital sources.

Prior to Colliers, John led Jones Lang LaSalle’s International Investment team in Japan, focusing on cross-border investment and structuring advice for direct real estate transactions and equity raises. John had previously worked as a real estate, hospitality and M&A advisor for a global consultancy in Tokyo and New York, as well as at a US-based developer.
 

As a real estate professional with more than a decade of experience in the real estate industry, Melvin has developed a successful track record in managing acquisitions and investments across Asia.

Prior to Colliers, Melvin was with CDL and responsible for investment, asset management and funds management across multiple asset classes in Asia.

As Director, International Capital for Asia at Colliers, he is responsible for growing cross-border capital within Asia Pacific and has a keen focus on the Singapore market. Besides direct real estate transactions, he is also familiar with platform acquisitions, capital sourcing, equity capital raising and deal structuring.

He will be instrumental in engaging investors across borders as we continue to invest in relationships to deliver enduring value to our clients.

Lingwei has over thirteen years’ experience in the real estate sector and vast market knowledge of both APAC and EMEA markets (Capital & Leasing Markets). LingWei worked in Paris, London and currently in Singapore. 

LingWei  provides strategic investment advisory and brokerage services to clients, focusing on investment-grade properties. She  provides the best  strategic solutions and advice to clients so that they can maximise all real estate investment opportunities in Singapore.

Prior to joining Colliers Singapore, LingWei worked in the JLL  Asia Capital Markets team (based in Singapore) and led the Capital Markets Core Client Program.Through this program, Lingwei worked with wider team to create and share client insights and developed effective account plans.The program covered 35 top regional clients with combined AUM over USD217 billion, clients including Allianz, ARA, Blackstone, Brookfield, Nuveen, PGIM and others. Lingwei facilitated personalised and intelligent client conversations, and ultimately won more business and growing share of wallet with these core clients. Lingwei also looked after the Singapore capital who is actively looking for investment opportunities outside the AP region.

John has about 8 years of experience in the real estate industry, primarily in the areas of investment sales and advisory in both in Singapore and the UK. ​

Based in Singapore, John’s portfolio focuses on a range of transactions and serves a versatile clientele of investors from overseas fund managers, local developers, institutional buyers and  family  offices. John has closed transactions from collective land sales, commercial buildings, JTC property, hotels and shophouses. 

 

Bastiaan is currently an Executive Director and Head of the Occupier  Services team. Bastiaan manages and leads the Tenant Representation, Project Management and Industrial Brokerage function.  His main focus is ensuring team performance and growth in tandem with leading  complex transaction projects for diverse global multinational companies with occupancy needs throughout Singapore.

Pertinent to this assignment Bastiaan has led complex transaction projects for diverse global multinationals throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region and his expertise includes transaction management, tenant representation, portfolio reviews and divestment analysis.

In Asia - Pacific, Bastiaan lived and worked in; Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Australia.

June  heads up the Office Services team in Singapore, and is responsible for ensuring the  team's delivery of quality real estate advice and the execution of leasing transactions across the office and industrial markets.

June has 30 years of office and industrial leasing experience in Singapore, and has provided strategic advice to numerous MNCs  on their real estate requirements to meet the mid to long term business needs. She is equally well-versed in project marketing assignments, and has assisted various landlord clients to position their property to secure the optimal tenant mix for their properties.

Chris is the Senior Director for Singapore's Project Management team.  He leads a team of project management professionals to assist occupiers with their corporate real estate requirements and is also responsible for driving the growth of the project management team.

Chris has over 20 years of experience in the real estate and construction sectors and has successfully delivered projects across North America and Australia before relocating to Singapore in 2015.

He has a diverse range of experience spanning architecture, interior design, project management, business development and client relationship management.

Keng Chiam has been in the valuation and advisory practice that span over 30 years. He has vast experience providing quality advice to clients of important real estate activities ranging from acquisition and disposal, merger and acquisitions, feasibility studies, etc. He had acted as an expert for clients in contentious, high-profile dispute resolution cases.

He is currently leading the valuation and advisory services, hotel and leisure and the consultancy divisions within Colliers. In addition, he will be setting up the business valuation within the firm to provide clients with a comprehensive suite of advisory services.

Govinda, a member of RICS and registered valuer, is a chartered certified accountant with a postgraduate diploma in economics and a certificate in business valuations, who began his career at Pricewaterhouse in audit and tax advisory.

Having worked as an Operations Manager for Hilton, he was the Financial Controller at the luxury Lanesborough Hotel, at which time he worked closely with the Rosewood and Starwood hotel groups at both the local and corporate level.

Govinda joined PKF in London in 2005 where he was a Managing Consultant within the Hotels and Leisure Valuation and Consulting  practice. He subsequently joined BDO’s Real Estate Valuation and Consulting  team in 2012, where he was a Director responsible for the EMEA, Caribbean and Asia-Pac regions.

Govinda joined Cushman & Wakefield Singapore in 2015 where he was a Director within the Asia-Pac Valuation and Advisory team.

He is now an Executive Director at Colliers International advising on, and valuing investments involving mixed-use, specialist and alternative asset classes across Asia and further afield.

He is also one of Colliers’ dedicated specialist portfolio advisors and valuers in the region, and globally.

Jonathan is  Director and Head of Advisory services at  Colliers International in Singapore. He is a registered professional planner, urban economist and real estate professional with over 13 years of industry experience in North America and Asia. He has joined Colliers International in May 2018. 

Jonathan is in the business of providing bespoke strategic advisory through solid economic, financial, and market analysis to help clients achieve remarkable real estate, urban and infrastructure projects. As an international urban development and real estate expert, he supports government agencies, public institutions and investors on real estate strategies, urban planning and infrastructure projects and economic development strategies across Asia and beyond.

Jonathan regularly supports clients with their regional and international real estate investment strategies, working with Colliers International colleagues around the world as part of Asia outbound capital deployment strategies. 

Originally from Montreal, Canada, Jonathan is a Canadian citizen and permanent resident of Singapore. He is professionally fluent in English, French and Spanish.
 

As Head of REMS Singapore my role is to develop and drive the REMS business and team for wider success. My passion in real estate started young with a focus on asset management and later into consultancy. I have over 17 years of experience working for an on behalf of landlords throughout the Asia region. I have worked closely across portfolio landlords and single-strata landlords alike. A core focus has been how to improve the productivity, efficiency and service delivery for assets to ensure we can acheive the best possible outcome.

I have worked across several disciplines across real estate - a focus has been on asset management and property management for and behalf of Landlords. A great passion is how we can alter the industry towards adoption of ESG policies, methods and deliverables in tandem with management operations. With new technology now a major focus in real estate, the industry has become more exciting than ever before.”

I am a passionate believer of real collaboration and encourage cross department learning as much as possible. A win for one team should always create a strong and positive opportunity for another.

As a father of 2 young girls I am constantly on the look-out for new and exciting adventures to expose them to. A keen tennis and hockey player, I can often be found hitting a ball somewhere.

Voo has been in the real estate industry for over 20 years. He has been overseeing the Strata Management Business Line in Real Estate Management Services which comprise of more than 70 developments, which spans across commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-developments asset types. 

Voo is currently the Head of Operations, looking after the entire operation of all the various Business Lines in Real Estate Management Services. He leads the various Business Lines together with their leaders, associate directors and team managers, including approximately 150 on-site managers, executives, officers, administrative and technical staff who handle the daily site operations.

Voo ensures contractual obligation with the clients is met by his operation teams. He ensures his operation teams liaise with auditors, solicitors and relevant authorities on all matters pertaining to the respective estate’s management councils. In addition to overseeing the smooth operations of the estates, he also ensures that proper corrective measures and preventive maintenance are implemented for all installations and facilities. 

When asked what motivates him in his work, he mentions that, "Strata Management is never a bed of roses, and it needs a lot of resilience. However, seeing the clients' satisfaction whenever my team manages to handle a challenging situation gives me a great sense of achievement." What sets us apart is not what we do, but how we do it. Voo is a passionate leader and takes personal responsibility to help accelerate the success for our clients. 

Voo is both a certified fire safety manager and a certified green mark manager.
 

Glynis is the Associate Director, leading the Facilities Management business line in the Real Estate Management Services of Colliers Singapore. 

At Colliers, Glynis is responsible for the growth, financial performance, client management, day-to-day operations and manpower of this sub-business line.

Glynis has a people-oriented personality and a problem-solving mind, which brings her great satisfaction to be able to serve in the real estate industry as she gets to interact with people from all walks of life.

With more than 12 years of Human Resource (HR) experience, I have strong expertise in HR business management and talent acquisition, with exposure across various markets in Asia, Middle East and Africa.

In my current role at Colliers, my key responsibilities will be to implement HR strategies and initiatives that are aligned with the overall business and regional requirements, as well as partner with the service line leaders to drive operational success and performance.

A dedicated communicator with immense passion in corporate branding and strategic communication, Doris is an accomplished marketing  and public relation professional who has demonstrated considerable acumen in developing strong strategies and brand awareness,  bringing a company’s overall business as well as profitability to greater heights.

At Colliers, Doris head up the Marketing & Communications for its Singapore operations, working closely with her peers across regions, senior management leaders and business partners to execute strategic marketing and communication initiatives.  This include seeking ways to amplify the brand, carrying out targeted marketing to heighten customer touch points and engaging stakeholders through positive communications and publicity, all with the objective of attaining  sustainable growth for the  company.  

A strong believer that every individual is worthwhile,  Doris is guided by the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion  where she strives to seek inclusion of differences and cultivates a culture of respect.

An experienced Commercial Finance Strategist and Business Partner with a demonstrated history of working in management consulting industry and  hospitality industry.

Skilled in Strategic Commercial Finance, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis, Finance Business Partnering, Finance Controllership, Audit, Tax & Compliance, Corporate Law, Strategic Consulting, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).