Kevin Goh

Chief Executive Officer, Lodging & The Ascott Limited at Capitaland

Kevin Goh is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lodging of CapitaLand Group, responsible for the growth of CapitaLand’s lodging business. He is concurrently the CEO of The Ascott Limited (Ascott). Kevin is a member of the CapitaLand Executive Committee. He also oversees the Group Centre of Excellence for Digital & Technology.

Under Kevin's leadership, Ascott continued its global expansion in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, adding over 14,200 new units across 71 properties and opening of over 3,900 units in 25 properties. He also played an instrumental role in the combination of Ascott Residence Trust (ART) and Ascendas Hospitality Trust in December 2019, which has resulted in the creation of the largest hospitality trust in Asia-Pacific.

Kevin was previously Ascott’s Chief Operating Officer, a role he assumed on 1 December 2016, overseeing operational aspects of the serviced residence business and new growth opportunities. Prior to this, he was Ascott’s Managing Director for North Asia from 2013, responsible for Ascott’s investments and operations in China, Japan and Korea. After joining Ascott China in 2007, Kevin was based in China for over 10 years. During his stay in China, he took on various leadership positions such as Regional General Manager for South & East China, Vice President for Asset Management and Vice President for Corporate Services.

Prior to joining Ascott, Kevin was with Accenture, one of Fortune 500’s largest global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing companies. Throughout his seven-year career with Accenture, he worked on various systems implementation projects in the telecommunications and high-technology industries in both Singapore and Australia.

Kevin was awarded the prestigious Medal of Commendation at the NTUC Singapore May Day Awards 2020 for his strong advocate for productivity improvement and upgrading of employees’ capabilities to ensure a dynamic and digitally savvy workforce.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from National University of Singapore and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.

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