Leong Teng Wui is presently the Chief Development Officer of The Ascott Limited, the Lodging Business Unit of the Capitaland Group . He is also concurrently the Head of Projects & Technical Services at Capitaland’s Project Development Group (since 2016) where he leads on special projects relating to integrated smart cities & districts, urban rejuvenations & masterplanned township developments in Singapore & SE Asia. Prior to joining Ascott, he had held senior positions with a London listed international hospitality group, international design consultancy firms and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore. He has over 20 years of experience in hospitality design, mixed-use developments and urban planning projects in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the USA. As CDO he is responsible for Ascott’s global real estate projects, products and technical services (PTS). He leads an international team of multi-disciplinary technical professionals worldwide – architects, interior designers, M&E engineers, costs & contracts specialists, design & project managers under the following areas in the CDO office : • Design Management & Brand Standards • Project Management • Interior Design Services • Cost & Contracts • Engineering • Project R&D & Innovation Hub • Building Sustainability