President, BEMA - Dr Teo Ho Pin
Dr Teo Ho Pin is the Senior Adviser to the Managed Services division of Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd and Independent Director of Tiong Seng Holdings Ltd. He is also an Adjunct Professor to the National University of Singapore.
Dr Teo was the Mayor of the North West District in Singapore (2001 to 2020) and a Member of Parliament for Bukit Panjang Constituency (1996 to 2020). As Mayor, he was responsible for implementing Community Development Programmes for 900,000 residents living in the North West District. He has been involved in Community Development work for more than 30 years.
Dr Teo was also the Chairman of the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council, and the Co-ordinating Chairman of 15 PAP Town Councils in Singapore taking charge of township management for about 1 million public housing flats. Dr Teo graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Building) from the National University of Singapore in 1985. Upon graduation, he joined the National University of Singapore as a teaching staff. Thereafter, he pursued his Master and Doctorate degrees at Heriot Watt University (UK).
In 1991, Dr Teo was seconded to be the Chief Executive Officer of Jurong Town Council. He was responsible for the management of over 40,000 units of public housing flats. Subsequently, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Sembawang Group Representation Constituency in 1997. Since then, Dr Teo had chaired various Government Parliamentary Committees in National Development, Environment and Water Resources, Home affairs, Law and Foreign affairs.
Dr Teo Ho Pin
Vice-President, BEMA - Hansen Tan
Hansen is currently a Director at Chambers International. He graduated from NUS and was awarded his degree in Real Estate in 2006. He also holds an Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies from Oxford Brookes University and also completed an Executive Management Program from the University of Dubai in 2009.
He is currently the Director-in-charge of a portfolio of facility management projects that include government projects, privately owned assets from MNCs and educational facilities. Hansen also manages a portfolio of strata-titled projects including shopping malls, industrial buildings, mixed-use developments and condominiums. Apart from the facility and property management business of Chambers, Hansen also helps in the management of the property valuation business of Chambers which serves on the panel a large local bank and government agencies like HDB and JTC. Hansen is also involved actively in the tendering and business development part of Chambers.
Prior to joining Chambers, he was an account manager with IE Singapore and an Assistant Vice President at Surbana International Consultants and was mainly doing International Business Development in Countries including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Bahrain, Morocco, Russia, Azerbaijan and South East Asia.
Hansen Tan
Honorary Secretary, BEMA - Tay Bok Hock Louis
Mr Tay holds a Bachelor of Building (Hons) in Construction Management & Economics). He is active in the Community and Grassroots works and is the Chairman of Bukit Panjang Community Sports Club and Vice-Chairman of Bukit Panjang Citizens' Consultative Committee.
He was awarded the Efficiency Medal in 1997 and for his service in Community, he was awarded the Public Service Medal, Public Service Star and Public Service Star (Bar) in 2000, 2005 and 2015 respectively. On 24 April 2018, Mr Tay was appointed as the Justice of Peace by the President of the Republic of Singapore Mr Tay is currently a Senior Manager with Greenleaf Industries Pte Ltd.
Louis Tay
Assistant Honorary Secretary, BEMA - Ong Yen Peng
Ms Ong Yen Peng is the Deputy General Manager (Projects Management & Development) of the South West Community Development Council (CDC), under the People’s Association. She assists the Council in the formulation of plans and strategies to build a strong and cohesive community and Singapore. She works closely with stakeholders like the corporations, voluntary welfare organisations and learning institutions to encourage them to volunteer and give back to the less fortunate. She leads a team of about 15 staff to design, develop and implement local programmes and solutions to fulfil the CDC’s mission of assisting the needy, bonding the people and connecting the community. Yen Peng graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science – Building and Real Estate.
Ms Ong Yen Peng
Honorary Treasurer, BEMA – Ms Tan Shan Shan
Ms Tan Shan Shan is the Chief Administrator of Vision Building Forensics Pte Ltd. Her current work involves management of Company project processes and quality, forensics investigations of building related defects for effective remedial treatments to buildings elements and their system components, condition assessment of buildings defects, technical consultancy, general building surveys. Shan Shan graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Building) from the National University of Singapore.
Ms Tan Shan Shan
Assistant Honorary Treasurer, BEMA - Mr Ignatius Ignatius
Ignatius is a principal project manager of Surbana Jurong (SJ), a renowned global consultancy company for urban and infrastructure developments and project management. His current project is Woodlands Health Campus of 2,44,828 m 2 Gross Floor Area and of two billion Singapore Dollars cost. He has managed the design and development of several Institutional Buildings in Singapore.
He has obtained Bachelor of Architecture degree from CET, Kerala, and MSc (PM) degree from the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining SJ, Ignatius has worked in Building and Construction Authority of Singapore and received Singapore Public Service 21 ExCEL Award and Excellent Service Award in 2014.
Ignatius has been in the architecture field for more than 28 years and contributed in the design and construction of several landmark projects like Singapore Consulate in Shanghai, Singapore Immigration Checkpoint Building at Woodlands, and several Master Planning projects in China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Ignatius Ignatius
Committee Members, BEMA - Choo Wee Jiang
Mr Choo Wee Jiang joined Lim Chan Hoe & Partners (now known as Northcroft Lim Consultants Pte Ltd) after graduation from Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom) in Building Economics and Quantity Surveying in 1983, practicing as a Consultant Quantity Surveyor, involving in commercial, industrial, residential and hospitality developments. In 1986, he qualified as Professional and Chartered Quantity Surveyor from the Singapore Institute of Surveyors & Valuers and The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (UK), respectively.
Upon his professional qualification, he then went to join the Main Contractor, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd as Project Site Quantity Surveyor in the Changi Airport Terminal 2 Project and subsequently with the Curtain Walling and Roofing Manufacturer and Specialist Sub-Contractor, H H Robertson Singapore Pte Ltd as their Chief Estimator.
In 1988, he was recruited by the government-linked company of National University Hospital (NUH) to undertake the project management of the development and construction of NUH new wing hospital Phase 3 project, as Assistant Director/Project Manager, from the developer perspective. Currently, Wee Jiang spent substantial amount of his time advising small and medium construction related companies on the project management, cost control, mediation, arbitration and litigation aspects in relation to construction works
Choo Wee Jiang
Committee Member, BEMA - Ang Swee Koon, Peter
Peter Ang is a currently a Director at the Central Provident Fund Board. He oversees the Property Department in managing a portfolio of commercial buildings owned by the Board. Peter graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2000. He also holds a Bachelor of Building (Hons) from the National University of Singapore.
With a career spanning across both public and private sectors, Peter’s expertise in the real estate industry includes project management, asset management, procurement and space planning. His market sector experience includes office, residential, tourism and institutional.
Apart from professional work, Peter is also active in community work. From 2004 to 2014, he was a District Councillor at North West Community Development Council serving in both the Youth and Green Committees.
Peter Ang
Honorary Secretary, BEMA - Mr Lee Hay Keong
Mr Lee Hay Keong has extensive experience in the real estate industry as well as in the local and overseas built environment. He is currently a Senior Director in PM Link Pte Ltd (subsidiary of CPG Consultants Pte Ltd), overseeing the management of public and private sector project development. Prior to this, he spent many years at CapitalLand as Senior Vice President heading the Commercial Project Development Division.
Mr Lee graduated from NUS with a degree in Civil Engineering. He alos holds a Graduate Diploma in Building Science and an MBA from NUS, as well as LLB (Hons) from London University.
He is also active in services to professional organization, grassroots and community. He was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2012.