Gurjit Singh
FRICS FISM FIPM , Chief Property Development Officer, Sorouh Real Estate PJSC

Speaker Bio:

Gurjit Singh is Chief Property Development Officer overseeing the property development portfolio of Sorouh Real Estate PJSC, both in the UAE and internationally. Sorouh is a publicly listed company with projects, existing and in development valued in excess of AED 70 billion (USD$ 19 billion).

Mr. Singh has been internationally active in the real estate industry for more than 25 years, and has been involved in the development of resort, commercial, retail, leisure and residential township developments in the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Singapore.

Prior to joining Sorouh, Mr. Singh worked with numerous public listed, diversified multinationals including the Sime Darby Group, one of Malaysia’s largest multinationals, and the Sentosa Leisure Group in Singapore, where he worked as Group Director for the Property division, spearheading the place development, place management and investment marketing of the Sentosa Island destination in Singapore. Mr. Singh was also responsible for the overall destination development implementation of the USD$ 8 billion business plan for the Sentosa Resort, including the new Integrated Resort and the prestigious Sentosa Cove residential waterfront development on Sentosa in Singapore.

Mr. Singh was part of the creative and development team that was awarded the coveted international 2006 THEA Award for Outstanding Achievement for the Images of Singapore attraction on Sentosa. He was also part of the team that won the prestigious 2007 Cityscape Architectural Award for best Leisure Development for the Palawan Beach Development in Sentosa.

Mr. Singh is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Institute of Place Management, Fellow of the Land Institute United Kingdom, Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia. He is also a Member the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, a Member of the Association of Property and Facilities Management Singapore and an Associate Member of the Singapore Institute of Planners as well as a Registered Property Valuer and Estate Agent.

He has spoken at numerous international conferences including Cityscape Dubai, Asia and China on real estate issues and has authored numerous published articles on Place Management, Property Management, Property Development, Gated Developments, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Property Derivatives. He is also the author of a book titled “Property Management in Malaysia”.

Mr. Singh is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, England. In 1994, he was awarded with the Malaysian Young Manager of the Year.