Surbana Jurong names Sean Chiao new group CEO
Sean Chiao, who was a top exec at AECOM, has been called brand-new group CEO of Surbana Jurong. Chiao takes control of the role vacated by Wong Heang Fine, who resigned last September.
He is to assist Surbana Jurong, a branch of Temasek Holdings, accelerate its transformation into a worldwide consulting leader in city, facilities and handled plans.
Chiao, who was from Taiwan, holds a degree in architecture along with a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University.
” Sean has considerable Asia Pacific as well as worldwide experience, broad insights to the sector and an exceptional track record of business outcomes,” says Surbana Jurong’s director Chaly Mah.
” We are certain that we have indeed found in Sean the appropriate head for Surbana Jurong as we progress the implementation of SJ 2.0, the group’s roadmap to turning into one of the top city, infrastructure and also took care of services advising companies in Asia Pacific.”
“In becoming a leading metropolitan, infrastructure and managed services consulting organization, Surbana Jurong will certainly be able to give the complete scope of our international expertise to consumers and communities everywhere,” he includes.
Chiao says that in recent years, he has seen how Surbana Jurong increase its strategy around client focus, durability, also data-driven solutions.
In its news on March 9, Surbana Jurong says Chiao brings to the company more than 35 years’ knowledge in creation and even engineering consulting for the constructed environment alongside global business leadership. His most recent duty at AECOM was chief executive for structures and also locations international business channel. Chiao had also headed AECOM’s Asia Pacific company as its head of state.
“I’m motivated by the SJ 2.0 strategy to position Surbana Jurong for management in an age of sustainability and digital change, and also as an employer of option in the built setting, also I’m anticipating collaborating with the group to meet these desires,” claims Chiao.
