Leadership

William (Bill) Ruh was appointed to the new role of Chief Executive Officer, Digital in January 2019. In this role, Bill is responsible for leading the company’s digital business platform. This includes accelerating the digital transformation of Lendlease’s businesses and projects using data, advanced analytics and new technologies – embedding digital services, driving automation and enhancing the company’s smart cities strategy.

Bill has extensive global experience as a senior technology executive and entrepreneur across a range of industries. Prior to joining Lendlease, Bill worked for GE in California where he held the dual role as Chief Executive Officer, GE Digital and GE’s Chief Digital Officer. Bill led the transformation of GE into a digital industrial company, delivering a 2.5x increase in revenue from digital products and significantly improved productivity through digital programs.

GE’s significant global footprint has given Bill broad exposure across a wide range of international businesses and customers. He has also developed successful programs in analytics, AI and data that are the subject of two Harvard Business School case studies.

Prior to his role at GE, Bill was instrumental in the strategy and growth of the Cisco Services business through new innovations. He has an impressive track record of creating and implementing successful digital strategies across global companies, and leading cultural change to make those programs successful.

Karen joined Lendlease in January 2013 as Group General Counsel, and is based in Sydney.

Karen brings significant experience to Lendlease, having spent over 20 years in various senior roles in the property and construction industries. She commenced her legal career at Clayton Utz and was most recently Deputy General Counsel, Leighton Holdings Limited.

Before working at Leighton, Karen spent almost 15 years at Brookfield Multiplex (formerly Multiplex), where her roles included Group General Manager Corporate, Company Secretary and General Counsel.

While at Multiplex, she was involved in a number of high-profile Sydney projects, the development business in the UK, the Initial Public Offering of Multiplex, the takeover by and integration with Brookfield, the Group’s financing arrangements and led a range of mergers and acquisitions.

Karen holds a Masters of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy and Finance)/Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.

Deb was appointed Chief People Officer in 2021 and is based in Sydney, Australia. She is responsible for all aspects of Global People and Culture including learning and development, talent management, culture and compensation & benefits. She is also responsible for driving the People and Culture strategy and works extensively with the Global Leadership Team and the Lendlease Board

Prior to joining Lendlease Deb held a number of senior leadership positions including National Managing Partner for People and Corporate Affairs, KPMG (Australia); Chief HR Officer at Reckitt Benckiser (RB) where she worked in Australia, the Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Prior to RB she held senior HR roles in News Limited, National Meat Association and Qantas airways.

Deb also sits on the Board of the Sanctuary Women’s Shelter, Hills District that provides safe housing from women escaping domestic violence.

Deb has a Bachelor of Arts, Psychology from Macquarie University and Master of Commerce, Employment Relations from University of Western Sydney.

Luisa joined Lendlease in 2017 as Group Head of Corporate Affairs, and is highly experienced in managing corporate, customer and government relations for international companies, with a focus on strong commercial and reputation outcomes.

Prior to her current role, Luisa was Vice President International Public Affairs and Communications for American Express where she was responsible for delivering the company’s corporate and government affairs agenda across eleven markets throughout Asia. During this period she also served on the Board of American Express Wholesale Currency business. Before joining American Express she held senior communication roles with Lucent Technologies and EDS.

Luisa is a highly recognized practitioner and keynote speaker on the changing nature of communications and technology innovation, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Canberra and a post graduate degree in Sociology at the University of York, United Kingdom.

Hsueh Ling joined Lendlease in August 2017. In her role as Managing Director, Singapore, she is responsible for driving the growth of our Singapore business. In addition, she was appointed Chairman, Lendlease Global Commercial Trust Management, Asia in June 2021. She is based in Singapore.

She has 28 years of real estate experience across Asia in strategic sourcing, investment and divestment, asset and portfolio management, as well as the development of assets. She also has extensive fund management experience in the areas of real estate fund product creation, deal origination, distribution and structuring of real estate-based financial products.

Hsueh Ling joined Lendlease from Keppel REIT Management Limited, where she was the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director for about eight years. In this role, she played an instrumental role in growing the Assets Under Management, opening new markets and leading the team to deliver steady and sustainable returns to Unitholders by proactively optimising, enhancing, realigning and transforming the portfolio.

Prior to that, she was the Chief Executive Officer (Korea and Japan) of Ascendas Limited. In this role, she grew the portfolio of private funds across various asset classes across Asia. She has previously held senior positions at CapitaLand Commercial Ltd and CapitaLand Financial Ltd.

Hsueh Ling holds a Bachelor of Science, Estate Management from the National University of Singapore.

Ding Hui joined Lendlease as Managing Director, China, in March 2020. In this role, he is responsible for driving the growth of our China business.

Ding has more than 25 years working experience in Real Estate, Financial Management and General Management. Most recently, Ding was the Managing Director of IKEA Centres China since August 2008, where he oversaw the group’s expansion, investments, development, leasing and operations in China. Ding had joined IKEA in December 2003 as the CFO of IKEA China and later took on the role of Vice President & Managing Director of IKEA China Investment Company in 2006.

Prior to joining IKEA, Ding’s career spanned across several multi-national corporations in China including PepsiCo Food China, American Standard China and Philips Lighting.

Ding holds a Master of Business Administration from Fudan University in Shanghai and received his Bachelor of Business Administration from the Hangzhou Electronic & Technology University.

Andrew assumed his present position as Head of the Lendlease business in Japan in December 2007. The business has seen tremendous growth and diversification in his tenure, now employing over 500 professionals in the fields of Project Management, Construction, Development and Investment. A leader in innovation, Andrew has also facilitated the development of market leading product to the Japanese telecoms industry.

Andrew was heavily involved in setting up the Lendlease telecoms Infrastructure business in the US from 2015 to 2019 and whilst still leading the Japan business was appointed as Head of Telecoms and Data Infrastructure Asia in 2019. In this role Andrew is responsible for overseeing new investment opportunities in data centres and telecom tower assets targeting Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

A graduate from RMIT University in Melbourne holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, Andrew spent nearly five years working on infrastructure projects in Hong Kong at Japanese construction firms. Andrew came to Japan in late 1997 and studied Japanese at Keio University before joining Lendlease in February 1999. He served as Project Manager for the Shiodome City Centre Office Tower before taking charge of the company’s new Telecoms business as Senior Project Director. He then became an Executive Director prior to his appointment as head of the Japan business in 2007. Andrew served as the Chair of Australia New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan from 2016 to 2019 and currently holds the role Senior Councilor with the Chamber. Andrew also currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Australia Japan Business Corporation Committee (AJBCC).

Su-Lin was appointed Managing Director, Malaysia on 1 March 2022 and is based in Kuala Lumpur. She is responsible for overall country leadership and management including strategy, growth, operations, safety, sustainability and human capital.

Most recently CEO of Sentral REIT, a role she assumed in 2015, Su-Lin has more than 25 years of corporate banking and real estate experience including project financing and consultancy. Part of the core Sentral REIT team since 2006, Su-Lin was involved in the operations of the REIT and led the investment and investor relations function. She was recognised by the Malaysian Investor Relations Association as Best CEO of Investor Relations (Small Cap) in 2020.

Su-Lin also has six years of corporate advisory experience working in one of the top five audit firms in Malaysia. In her career as a corporate consultant, she was involved in corporate advisory projects for various industry sectors.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Northern Iowa, USA.

Guy was appointed Managing Director, Investment & Capital Markets, Asia in August 2021 and is based in Singapore.

Guy joined Lendlease in 2014 and is responsible for Investment & Capital Markets. Since joining Lendlease, he has been instrumental in the execution of transactions with institutional investment partners across Asia Pacific.

Guy has more than 20 years of professional experience and has undertaken roles in UK, Europe and Asia Pacific real estate including Strategy, Research, Business Development and Investment Management. Prior to joining Lendlease, Guy was Senior Vice President at Aviva Investors where he was responsible for managing real estate investment portfolios across Asia Pacific.

Guy holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from The University of Warwick and is a CFA Charterholder.

Sam was appointed Managing Director Development, Asia in November 2021 and is based in Singapore.

Sam joined Lendlease in 2016 and has been based in Lendlease’s headquarters in Sydney Australia since joining. Prior to Sam taking on the Managing Director Development role, Sam was the Head of Office & Industrial, Australia. In this position he was responsible for several key sectors across Australia including office, education, hotels, Industrial and Logistics, along with chairing Lendlease’s Global Workplace Committee operating across its four regions.

Prior to joining Lendlease, Sam held several roles at private organisations with his most recent role as Head of Development for Australia Pacific Airports Corporation overseeing aviation and retail expansion of their key investments.

Sam is a Founding Steering Committee Member of the Global Institute on Innovation Districts (GIID). He has a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Western Australia.

Steve was appointed Managing Director, Construction, Asia in November 2021 and is based in Malaysia.

In this role, he is responsible for the strategy, growth, operations and resources of the construction business across Asia.

Steve has 28 years’ experience in the property and construction industry. He joined Lendlease in 1998 and has held construction and project management positions across various projects and countries. His previous appointments at Lendlease include Regional Operations Director, Asia and Managing Director, Construction, China.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Civil and Structural Engineering (Honours) from the University of Sydney.

Adrian was appointed Director of Operations, Asia in November 2021 and is based in Singapore. He leads regional safety, sustainability and risk, and is responsible for ensuring Lendlease achieves best practice in safety and risk management as well as operational excellence. He is also the regional sponsor for innovation in Asia.

Adrian joined Lendlease in August 2015 as the Head of Environment, Health & Safety, Asia, where he drove holistic planning, disciplined execution and visible leadership for EH&S to enhance end-to-end risk management to support Lendlease’s growth ambitions in Asia.

He has more than 20 years of experience driving regional and global strategic commercial and operational initiatives for multinationals and government agencies such as Eastman Chemical Company and Singapore Economic Development Board. Prior to joining Lendlease, he was the Global General Manager, Health, Safety Security and Environment (HSSE) for Shell Chemicals where he had successfully championed cultural and behavioral changes that led to significant improvements in HSSE performance and awareness.

He holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Honours) from the National University of Singapore.

Chuan was appointed Chief People Officer, Asia, in January 2022. In her role, she ensures that Lendlease’s people and culture strategies and initiatives are aligned to the organization’s strategy.

Chuan has over 15 years of human resource experience. She joined Lendlease in February 2011 and has held several roles within the People and Culture team across the region, including Head of Talent, Asia, Strategic Business Partner for Lendlease Digital and Senior Country HR Manager in Malaysia. Prior to joining Lendlease, Chuan held roles in Jacobs Engineering and Siltronic Samsung.

Chuan holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies from Nanyang Technological University.

Emily was appointed General Counsel, Asia in November 2016 and is based in Malaysia. She joined Lendlease in January 2015 as Senior Legal Counsel.

She started her career with a leading law firm in Malaysia, Messrs Shook Lin & Bok specialising in corporate commercial, mergers & acquisition and real estate transactions. She was in legal practice for five years before joining CapitaLand as their in-house legal counsel. During her seven years at CapitaLand, she headed the legal & secretariat department for the office and residential business in Malaysia. She also managed the legal matters for the office real estate investment trust listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Emily graduated from City University, London with a degree in Law. She was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2001, admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor in the High Court of Malaya in October 2002 and admitted as an Advocate of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak in July 2006.

Natalie was appointed Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing, Asia, in October 2019 and is based in Singapore. In this role, she drives the disciplined execution of a customer centric, digital first mindset across marketing and corporate affairs to achieve the growth ambition of the Asia business.

She has over a decade of marketing communications experience, and has expertise in structuring integrated marketing campaigns using CRM, digital and social media channels to meet business objectives. Prior to joining Lendlease, Natalie was Vice President, Head of Marketing, at Singapore Exchange (SGX). She also held senior communications roles at Accenture, ANZ Banking Group and Bloomberg L.P.

Natalie holds a Master’s degree in Communication Management from Singapore Management University and a Bachelor of Communication Studies (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University. She also holds several digital marketing certifications.