Mr Sherman Kwek assumed his current role as City Development Limited’s (“CDL”) Group Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) in January 2018 and was appointed as an Executive Director of CDL in May 2019. He also holds the position of Executive Chairman of CDL China Limited. He was previously the Deputy CEO and prior to that, concurrently the Chief Investment Officer of CDL and the CEO of CDL China Limited. He has been spearheading the Group's expansion in China, Japan and Australia for over a decade and has been overseeing Singapore and the UK since 2018.
Prior to joining CDL, Mr Kwek was the CEO of City e-Solutions Limited, a Hong Kong-listed company that was formerly a subsidiary of CDL Group, and before that, the Chief Operating Officer of Thakral Corporation Ltd. and an Executive Director of HL Global Enterprises Limited, both listed companies in Singapore. In the earlier part of his career, he had worked in technology venture capital, investment banking, hospitality management and real estate private equity.
He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Finance and Marketing with a minor in Psychology, and has worked in New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.
Present Directorships in Listed Companies
City Developments Limited
IREIT Global Group Pte. Ltd. (as manager of IREIT Global)
Present Directorships in Listed Companies
City Developments Limited
IREIT Global Group Pte. Ltd. (as manager of IREIT Global)
Other appointments
- Business China FutureChina Committee (Member)
- Business China Go East Committee (Member)
- Chinese Development Assistance Council (Member of Board of Trustees and Chairman, Investment Committee)
- MOH Holdings Pte Ltd (Member of Healthcare Infrastructure and Planning Committee and Advisor of Standardisation Review Committee)
- National Youth Achievement Award (Member of Advisory Board)
- Securities Investors Association Singapore (Patron)
- Singapore Business Federation (Council Member)
- Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Core Council Member)
- Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd. (Non-Executive Director and Chairman, Property Committee)
- Singapore Management University (Member of Board of Trustees)
Past Directorships and Chairmanship in Other Listed Companies held over the preceding three years
Nil
