SYNOPSIS OF TALK

In Malaysia, many successful property companies are helmed by engineers. What hitherto unknown is what it takes to be a CEO/COO/General Manager of such companies to ride the rough economic waves. Even less known is about the requisite traits of major shareholders of such companies. Mr Ngian Siew Siong, a prominent property veteran, will share experience from his 27 challenging and fruitful years in formulating and implementing many engineering innovations to turn an ex-mining site into one of the finest townships in Malaysia. The management skills that he successfully applied are equally relevant to anyone who wishes to replicate them in other businesses.


SPEAKER PROFILE

Mr. Ngian Siew Siong

Mr. Ngian is an engineer by training and started his career with the Government followed by a short stint as a Consulting Engineer before embarking on a career in Property Development. He worked for MBF Group Property Division for 6 years before moving to Sunway Group in 1985 to start the Property Development Division. Mr. Ngian drove Sunway City Bhd (the Group Property Division) into a renowned Top Property Developer well known for its Innovation & Customer Service.

After 27 years of service with the Sunway Group, he retired in 2012 as the Managing Director - International Division. After his retirement, Mr. Ngian served as Advisor to Chairman/Group Managing Director of 2 property PLCs for 3 years.  

Currently, he is an Independent Non-Executive Director of IFCA MSC Bhd and Nam Long Investment Corporation (A Property Development Company listed in the Hanoi Stock Exchange) as well the COO of GLOMAC Bhd.  He is also a National Council Member of REHDA Malaysia (Real Estate & Housing Developers Association) as well as the Past Chairman of REHDA Selangor and was a Board member of LPHS (Lembaga Perumahan & Hartanah Selangor).

Well known in the Property Industry with a passion to develop TALENT, Product & Procession Innovation, and Sustainable Development, Mr. Ngian is regularly featured in the media. He is also a well-known speaker on topics related to Sustainable Development/Green Building and Knowledge Management and has frequently been invited as speaker by ASLI, RISM, Petronas Training Centre and IBM.