Michael Ng Seng Tat
Executive Director of CEL Development Pte Ltd
Civil Engineering
Chip Eng Seng Corporation Ltd
Singapore
Biography
Mr Michael Ng Seng Tat joined the Group in January 2017, responsible for its regional businesses. Mr Ng holds an Honours Bachelor of Science (Estate Management) Degree from the National University of Singapore and has been in the real estate industry over 29 years. Prior to joining Chip Eng Seng, he was the Group General Manager of United Industrial Corporation Limited and Singapore Land Limited where he managed the diversified real estate investments and developments of the group. Mr Ng was Managing Director of Savills Singapore from 2005 to 2010, where he spearheaded a turnaround of the operations into a hugely successful business. Prior to Savills, Michael was the Managing Director of Hamptons International in 2001. He subsequently led a management buyout of the Singapore office and expanded the business successfully before he merged the operations with Savills Singapore in December 2004. He was also a founding shareholder of Huttons Real Estate, a successful local housing agency. From 1995 to 2001, Mr Ng was Head of the property arm of COSCO Singapore, a China state-owned maritime group, handling real estate development, investments, acquisitions, project management and asset management. Some of the projects included commercial, retail and residential developments and investments in Singapore, South East Asia and China. His early part of his career was with Richard Ellis (1988 to 1995) where he honed his acumen in asset management and real estate investment advisory and marketing. He was a panel member of the Strata Titles Boards, under the Ministry of Law from 1999 to 2008.
Research Interest
Civil Engineering