JUDGES’ BIOGRAPHIES
Arch. Boon Che 9ee
Member, Board of Architects, and
Board of Town Planners, Malaysia
Architect Boon Che 9ee is based
in Kuala Lumpur and has served on
the Board of Architects and Board
of Town Planners, Malaysia. He was
also president of the Malaysian
Institute of Architects (PAM).
During his PAM presidency, Boon
curated the inaugural Malaysia
Pavilion at the Venice Biennale,
and was the founding director
of Kuala Lumpur Architecture
Festival. He was the Chair of Green
Building Index Accreditation Panel,
on which he continues to serve.
Boon is an advocate of design
and sustainable development as
the key differentiators of Asia’s
competitiveness, and has spoken
widely on these subjects.
Charles Blocker
CEO and Founder, IC Partners
Limited
Blocker has more than two decades
of eZperience in corporate finance
and commercial real estate. *is firm
IC Partners serves as an investment
advisor and asset manager for
a number of hospitality- and
residential-related investment
Loint ventures and family offices in
Southeast Asia.
Charm May Thu
Managing Director, Your Property
Finder Company Ltd
Charm May Thu started her career
in Singapore and is currently with
Singapore’s largest real estate
agency, ERA, focusing on the niche
market of wealthy high-net-worth
Myanmar investors buying million-
dollar homes. She has hosted 10
successful Singapore Property
Exhibitions in Myanmar introducing
Singapore’s top developers such
as Far East Organisation and 9ing
Tai Asia to Myanmar Investors.
Likewise, she also facilitated three
Myanmar property exhibitions in
Singapore. She has been awarded
ERA’s Top Achievers’ Award
from 2011 to 2014 among ERA’s
6,000 agents.Chau Ta
Legal Counsel – Transactions,
SC Capital Partners Pte Ltd
Chau Ta joined RECAP as a legal
counsel – transactions in September
2012, in charge of all transactions
across Australia, Japan, Korea,
China, Hong Kong, Vietnam,
Indonesia, Maldives, Singapore,
Thailand and Myanmar. She has
extensive experience on real
estate investment restructuring,
real estate licensing, green field
investment, construction and
zoning and other related issues.
Chau received her Master of
International Law (Honours) from
7niversity of Sydney in 2
and graduated with a Bachelor
of Arts (major in Japanese and
Government) and Bachelor of Laws
(*onours) in 22. She is a Sualified
Australian lawyer with unique Asia
and Vietnam law experience on real
estate matters.Cheng Kheng
Vice Chairman, Cambodian Valuers
and Estate Agents Association
(CVEA); CEO/Founder, Cambodia
Property Limited
Kheng is the Chairman and CEO ofCPL Cambodia Properties Limited.
He has more than 20 years of
hands-on real estate experience; as
a result, he was elected President
of Cambodian Valuer and Estate
Agency Association from 2013-
2014.Emeritus Prof. Chitra 9eddikkra
Managing Director,
QServe Pte Ltd
Prof. Chitra’s has more than 40
years of experience in the design
and the construction industry
both in Sri Lanka and abroad.
She is the President of 9omen
In-Construction Forum Sri Lanka
Chapter and in 2017 served as a
panelist for the “9omen in REC
Rising up the ranks” discussion at
the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate
Summit in Singapore.Christopher de Gruben
Managing Partner, FRGS, MRICS- Registered Valuer, Accredited
Expert Witness M.A.D. Urban, a
Company regulated by the RICS
An urban planner, land use expert,
property valuer, investor and
entrepreneur who enjoys working
in frontier markets, de Gruben has
13 years of consulting experience
in designing and implementing
private and public sector investment
projects. He co-founded M.A.D.
Urban, a company regulated by the
RICS. de Gruben previously worked
as director of business development
at Asia Pacific +nvestment Partners
from 2 to 2. *e holds a /Sc
in Sustainable Urban Development
from the University of Oxford, and
a MSc in Real Estate (DL) from the
University of Reading.