Richard Lai

Mr Richard Lai oversees all financial and strategic investment matters of the Group, including financial reporting, taxation, risk management, treasury and investor relations functions. Mr Lai has more than 25 years of experience in the financial, property and banking industries; holding key roles in finance, banking, asset management, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and logistics, including serving as the CFO of several SGX-listed entities. He joined the Group from GuocoLand Limited, part of the Hong Leong Group Malaysia, where he served for almost four years as CFO. He has also served as CFO, Deputy CEO and subsequently, was appointed CEO of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management before leaving to start his own real estate capital management firm, LABRO Capital. Mr Lai was also previously a banker in various capacities with various banks and financial institutions including Standard Chartered Bank, Schroders and Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank (now known as AmInvestment Bank Berhad).