Speaker
THARMALINGAM Kumar
Chief Executive Officer
Malaysia Property Incorporated (Malaysia)
Mr. Kumar graduated from the College of Estate Management, London School of Economics with a B.Sc in Real Estate from University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM) and registered as a Real Estate Valuer and Property Consultant with the Board of Valuers in Malaysia.
He established the First Malaysian Property Trust (FMPT), a joint venture between the Bank of commerce and Austwide, Australia in 1987. Subsequently he left in 1990 to establish the MBF Unit Trust. From 1992 to 1998 he was Executive Director of Taiping Consolidated Berhad (TCB) and was part of the team building the J.W. Marriott Hotel and Starhill Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur and originated Sentul Raya for the company, a joint venture with KTM Berhad to develop 270 acres of an inner city brown field project. In 1998 he left TCB and became Chairman of Hall Chadwick Asia Sdn. Bhd. which specializes in the origination of property assets for Pension Funds, Private Equity Funds and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
Mr. Kumar is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI) which is a Government of Malaysia initiative under the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) tasked to promote Malaysia as property investment destination and to induce Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) specifically into Malaysian real estate. He is also the Chairman of the Investment Committee for Aseana Properties Limited, a London AIMs listed Malaysian conglomerate which has property investment, construction and development in Vietnam and Malaysia. Mr. Kumar is also an Investment Committee Advisor on Amanah Raya REIT and an independent Director on the Board of Sime Darby Property Berhad.
About Malaysia Property Incorporated:
Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI) is an initiative by the Government of Malaysia to promote corporate & individual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Malaysian real estate. MPI is the first port-of-call for information related to retail and institutional real estate queries and works to fast-track retail investor interest with reputable Malaysian industry players. MPI also match makes Business-to-Business partnerships, introducing prospective foreign business partners to Malaysian developers. In line with improving data transparency on Malaysia, MPI also publishes monthly market intelligence on the current Malaysian investment climate and latest developments in the real estate sector. Incorporated in 2008 and funded by the government of Malaysia, MPI currently is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and has a Malaysian Property Gallery in Singapore's financial district.
Chief Executive Officer
Malaysia Property Incorporated (Malaysia)
Mr. Kumar graduated from the College of Estate Management, London School of Economics with a B.Sc in Real Estate from University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM) and registered as a Real Estate Valuer and Property Consultant with the Board of Valuers in Malaysia.
He established the First Malaysian Property Trust (FMPT), a joint venture between the Bank of commerce and Austwide, Australia in 1987. Subsequently he left in 1990 to establish the MBF Unit Trust. From 1992 to 1998 he was Executive Director of Taiping Consolidated Berhad (TCB) and was part of the team building the J.W. Marriott Hotel and Starhill Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur and originated Sentul Raya for the company, a joint venture with KTM Berhad to develop 270 acres of an inner city brown field project. In 1998 he left TCB and became Chairman of Hall Chadwick Asia Sdn. Bhd. which specializes in the origination of property assets for Pension Funds, Private Equity Funds and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
Mr. Kumar is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI) which is a Government of Malaysia initiative under the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) tasked to promote Malaysia as property investment destination and to induce Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) specifically into Malaysian real estate. He is also the Chairman of the Investment Committee for Aseana Properties Limited, a London AIMs listed Malaysian conglomerate which has property investment, construction and development in Vietnam and Malaysia. Mr. Kumar is also an Investment Committee Advisor on Amanah Raya REIT and an independent Director on the Board of Sime Darby Property Berhad.
About Malaysia Property Incorporated:
Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI) is an initiative by the Government of Malaysia to promote corporate & individual Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Malaysian real estate. MPI is the first port-of-call for information related to retail and institutional real estate queries and works to fast-track retail investor interest with reputable Malaysian industry players. MPI also match makes Business-to-Business partnerships, introducing prospective foreign business partners to Malaysian developers. In line with improving data transparency on Malaysia, MPI also publishes monthly market intelligence on the current Malaysian investment climate and latest developments in the real estate sector. Incorporated in 2008 and funded by the government of Malaysia, MPI currently is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and has a Malaysian Property Gallery in Singapore's financial district.
Session(s) featuring THARMALINGAM Kumar
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Wednesday, 7th November 2012
From 4:45 PM to 5:45 PM
HKCEC, Level 5, Hall F-G, Pearl Room
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