Board of Directors

  • Mr Arnold IP Tin Chee
    Chairman / Non-executive Director

    Mr Arnold Ip Tin Chee is the Chairman of the Manager. Mr Ip is concurrently a director of KK Tenyu Asset Management, the Asset Manager.

    Mr Ip is a founding member of the management team of several funds which subsequently formed Saizen REIT. Mr Ip has been investing in Japanese real estate since 2000, as well as real estate investment management and has experience in the evaluation and management of private equity investments. Prior to that, Mr Ip was a director of Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited between 1997 and 2001.

    From 1989 to 1997, Mr Ip worked for Standard Chartered Asia Limited, a corporate finance advisory company focusing on the mid-cap segment of the Hong Kong/China market, where his last position there was as a director. During 1984 to 1988, Mr Ip worked for Arthur Andersen & Co in London, specialising in taxation.

    Mr Ip is a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge University and has been qualified as a chartered accountant since 1988. Mr Ip is also the chairman of the Corporate Announcement Committee and a member of the Risk Management Committee.

  • Mr Joey GOH
    Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director

    Mr Joey Goh is the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager. Mr Goh is responsible for the  development and review of the business strategies of Saizen REIT, as well as the day-to-day operations of Saizen REIT, including compliance with relevant laws and regulations, and working with the Manager’s executive officers in meeting the strategic, financial, investment, operational and investor relations objectives of Saizen REIT.

    Mr Goh has been with the Manager since 2009, holding the position of Corporate Finance and Compliance Manager prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr Goh had four years of corporate finance experience, having participated in a number of initial public offerings and other corporate finance advisory activities for companies listed on the SGX-ST. Prior to his involvement in corporate finance, he was an auditor in Ernst & Young and an accountant in Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd. He is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the Nanyang Technological University. Mr Goh holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Imperial College Business School, United Kingdom.

    Mr Goh is a member of the Corporate Announcement Committee.

  • Mr SOH Yew Hock
    Lead Independent Non-executive Director

    Mr Soh is the Lead Independent Director and the Chairman of both the Audit Committee and the Evaluation Committee. He is also the Lead Independent Director of Kencana Agri Limited and Chairman of its Audit & Risk Committee, as well as, an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee of HTL Holdings Limited. Mr Soh has wide experience in commerce and industry. He had previously served as a director of several public listed companies and was Chief Executive Officer and Group Managing Director of Wearnes International (1994) Limited. Mr Soh was a past President of the Singapore Division of CPA (Australia).

    Mr Soh holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Singapore and is a graduate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and an AMP alumnus of Harvard Business School. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, CPA (Australia), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

  • Mr Dennis LAM Siu Sun
    Independent Non-executive Director

    Mr Lam is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of both the Audit Committee and the Evaluation Committee. He is a practising solicitor in Hong Kong and the senior partner of a Hong Kong law firm Messrs. Li, Wong & Lam & W.I. Cheung. Mr Lam specialises in corporate, financial and property work, and is experienced in working with Japanese clients, having previously worked at the Japan Desk of Messrs. Baker & McKenzie from 1989 to 1992 and was involved in several mergers of Japanese banks.

    Mr Lam holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Warwick, England, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from The University of Hong Kong. He is also admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales.

  • Mr Harold SUN Dai Hoe
    Independent Non-executive Director

    Mr Sun is a member of the Audit Committee, Evaluation Committee and Risk Management Committee. He is the executive director of Sun International (S) Pte Ltd and Sun Sing Trading (S) Pte Ltd, with long experience in import, export and distribution of consumer products from Japan and other Asian countries. Mr Sun also has real estate investment experiences in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Canada through his family holdings. He worked for the Corporate Banking Real Estate Division in Citibank, Hong Kong from 1987 to 1990.

    Mr Sun holds a MBA degree from University of British Columbia, Canada and a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University in the United States.