Ms. Sarena Cheah graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) Degree in 1994 and obtained her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Melbourne Business School in 2001.
Ms. Cheah has been with Sunway Group since 1995, starting her career in the Corporate Finance and Group Internal Audit divisions. In 2000, she left to pursue her Master’s Degree in Business Administration at Melbourne Business School. Upon her return, she joined the Education and Healthcare divisions as Business Development Manager. In 2003, she rejoined the Corporate Finance division to lead the asset-backed securitization exercise for Sunway City Berhad. In 2006, she became the Sales & Marketing General Manager in the Property Development division, before holding the position of Director of Strategy & Corporate Development in 2009. She assumed the position of Executive Director of Strategy & Corporate Development in August 2011. Effective 1 May 2013, she was promoted to Managing Director of Strategy & Corporate Development and was appointed as Joint Managing Director of Property Development Division, Malaysia/Singapore.