The CEO Magazine Asia — December 2017

to come

focus to a country and market focus.

With this group restructuring, I took on

the appointment as Managing Director

of Singapore and Myanmar.

Do you still remember the first project

you did for Beca when you joined?

I was involved in several projects as electrical

engineer when I first joined Beca. The first

was a large residential project consisting of

more than 600 condominium units.

Other projects included hotels and a

shopping mall in Orchard. As I progressed

in my career path in Beca, I was involved in

leading large major projects both in

Singapore and overseas.

What made you want to change

your career focus from

engineering to a role more based

around business management?

I’m a very people-focused person. I love

influencing others; to motivate them towards

excellence and career development. I

therefore took a management degree to gain

more knowledge and understanding of what

a good leader of managers should be like

within an organisation. In an engineering

consulting firm like us, I believe we need

to have a balance of technically competent

engineers as well as those who are competent

in business management and leadership skills.

I started doing my diploma in electrical

engineering in Singapore Polytechnic, the

first polytechnic school in the country. My

focus then was in engineering, but after

graduating I felt that I wanted to go into a

management role rather than an engineering

one. I didn’t continue with pursuing an

engineering degree because I felt I was more

naturally inclined towards business and people

management.

I guess I have a deep sense of self-

awareness, if you may say, of what I’m good

at and what I am not as good at. That’s why

I pursued a management degree instead. »

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