Simon Cheong Sae Peng

Mr Cheong is the Founder and Chairman of SC Global Developments Pte Ltd, a leading luxury high-end residential developer in Singapore. He has more than 38 years of experience in real estate, banking and international finance. Mr Cheong established SC Global in 1996 as a real estate and hotel advisory and direct investment group, specialising in structuring large and complex transactions worldwide. He took SC Global Developments Ltd public in 1999 and built it into a leading high-end residential developer in Singapore with a market capitalisation of more than USD1 billion. He took it private through a general offer in 2013. Mr Cheong previously was with Citibank (Singapore) as Head of Real Estate Finance for Singapore and with Credit Suisse First Boston as a Director and Regional Real Estate Head for Asia, excluding Japan. Mr Cheong previously served as a Board Member of Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Turf Club, Singapore Dance Theatre and Raffles Girls’ Secondary School. He was also a Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation, and served two terms as President of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore. Mr Cheong holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance and Investments) degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) degree from the University of Washington.