Board of Directors

Dato’ Jeffrey Ng Tiong Lip

Chief Executive Officer and Non-Independent Executive Director

Dato’ Jeffrey Ng is a graduate of Monash University, Melbourne with a Bachelor of Economics. He completed his professional articleship in an international accounting firm in Australia before returning to Malaysia. He has more than 30 years of extensive experience in finance, corporate planning and executive management in the property and hotel industry in both Malaysia and Australia.

Prior to joining Sunway Group, Dato’ Jeffrey Ng was the former Managing Director of AP Land Berhad. He was also the former Executive Director of Sunway City Berhad, a company formerly listed on Bursa Malaysia. He has held various positions in the past, such as the President of Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (REHDA), Past Chairman of REHDA Wilayah Persekutuan (KL) Branch, Director of Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Vice President and Secretary General of FIABCI Malaysian Chapter (International Real Estate Federation), Vice President of Malaysian Association of Hotel Owners (MAHO), Chapter Chairman of Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) Malaysian Chapter and Vice Chairman of Malaysia Australia Business Council (MABC).

Dato’ Jeffrey Ng is a member of Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia. In 1999, he was conferred a fellowship by Malaysian Institute of Directors and accorded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by MABC in 2003. In 2008, he was advanced to fellowship member of Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia. In 2009, he was conferred the patron of REHDA. Dato’ Jeffrey was awarded “REHDA Personality of the Year 2015” for his contribution to the real estate industry. He is currently a panel member of the Appeal Board under the Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982, as well as Chairman of REHDA Institute and the Malaysian REIT Association Managers Association. He is also a Capital Market Services Representatives License (CMSRL) holder.

Dato’ Jeffrey Ng was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 24 March 2010.
His directorships in other public companies are SunREIT Capital Berhad, SunREIT Unrated Bond Berhad, Sunway Lagoon Club Berhad and United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Berhad. He is also a Director of Urban Hallmark Properties Sdn Bhd.

Sarena Cheah Yean Tih

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms Sarena Cheah graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Western Australia in 1994. She obtained her Masters in Business Administration from Melbourne Business School in 2001 and is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Capital Market Services Representative’s Licence (CMSRL) holder.

Ms Sarena Cheah started her career with the Sunway Group in 1995 and served under various roles in the Corporate Finance, Internal Audit and Business Development departments. In 2006, she was made General Manager for Sales & Marketing of the Groups Property Development division before assuming the position of Director of Strategy & Corporate Development in 2009, during which she oversaw the successful merger and integration of Sunway Holdings Berhad and Sunway City Berhad.

In May 2013, Ms Sarena Cheah took on her current position as Managing Director of Property Development division, Malaysia/Singapore and has led Sunway’s property arm to multiple achievements including being ranked as Malaysia’s Top Property Developer by The Edge Top Property Developer Awards since 2014.

Ms Sarena Cheah was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 25 August 2010. She attended 4 out of 6 Board Meetings held in the financial year.

Her directorships in other public companies are Sunway Berhad, SunREIT Capital Berhad, SunREIT Unrated Bond Berhad and Sunway Lagoon Club Berhad.

She is the daughter of Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling. Both Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling and Ms Sarena Cheah Yean Tih are major shareholders of Sunway Berhad, which is a major unitholder of Sunway REIT.