Mr. Charles Chan is the CEO of Commercial Management, China, responsible for overseeing all the Group’s operating assets including retail malls, offices, integrated developments and business parks in China.

Mr. Charles Chan was CEO, Commercial Management & Business Park, China from 1 Jan 2020 to 30 June 2020. Following Business Park projects were managed together under the overall Commercial Management business, he took on the role of CEO of Commercial Management, China since 1 July 2020. Mr. Charles Chan was CEO of Business Park, CapitaLand (China) from 1 July to 31 Dec 2019. Prior to that he was China CEO of Ascendas-Singbridge Group, responsible for developing and managing Ascendas’ property portfolio in China and formulating the overall China strategy. This includes developing new products and opening new markets in cities across China.

Mr. Chan has many years of experience working for large corporations including those in the real estate and financial sectors. Prior to joining Ascendas-Singbridge, Mr. Chan was the Executive Director of Shui On Development Limited. He spearheaded various projects such as Knowledge and Innovation Community in Shanghai and Dalian Tiandi. He also founded two successful incubators, Innospring in US and Innospace in Shanghai.

Before joining Shui On, Mr. Chan was the Deputy Managing Director of the Hong Kong listed Vision Century Corporation (subsequently known as Frasers Property (China) Limited). In the early years of his career, he held key positions in SunCorp Technologies, Citibank N.A. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Chan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Sydney, Australia. He also attended the Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and an Executive Committee Member of Urban Land Institute China Mainland Council.