Mr Ooi has more than 35 years of real estate experience, including in property investment, development, project management, fund investment and management and capital partnerships in Australia and across Asia. Mr Ooi joined Lendlease in 1981, working in finance roles in Sydney, before taking on the role of Chief Financial Officer, Asia in the late 1990s. Later, Mr Ooi returned to Sydney with Lendlease and fulfilled the roles of Chief Financial Officer of Lendlease Development (2000 - 2002), Global Chief Financial Officer of Lendlease Investment Management (2002 - 2003) and Asia Pacific Chief Financial Officer, Lendlease Communities (2003 - 2005). From 2006 to 2010, Mr Ooi was the Asia Chief Executive Officer, Lendlease Investment Management and Retail, based in Singapore. Mr Ooi subsequently established the development business and retail funds, and developed capital partnerships, forming strong relationships across Asia. In 2010, Mr Ooi was appointed Asia Chief Executive Officer for Lendlease. Since retiring from his executive career in late 2011, Mr Ooi has gained board and board committee experience at both listed and non-listed entities across Asia Pacific. Mr Ooi was a Non-executive Director of Cromwell EREIT Management Pte. Ltd., the manager of SGX listed Cromwell European REIT (2021 - December 2024). Since 2016, Mr Ooi has been a Non-executive Director of Savant Global Capital Pty Limited, an investment management and real estate advisory platform. Mr Ooi served as a Non-executive Director of ESR Funds Management (S) Limited, the manager of SGX-listed ESR-REIT, from 2012 until 1 July 2022. Mr Ooi served as Chair from 2017 to 30 June 2021 and, after almost nine years as independent Non-executive Director, was redesignated as Deputy Chair and non-independent Non-executive Director effective 1 July 2021. Mr Ooi was a Member (and the former Chair) of ESR-REIT's Nominating and Remuneration Committee, a Member of its Audit, Risk Management and Compliance Committee and the Chair of its Executive Committee. In addition, Mr Ooi was previously a Non-executive Director of formerly-SGX-listed Perennial Real Estate Holdings Limited (2015 - 2020), Frasers Property Australia (2014 - 2018) and Perennial China Retail Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (2012 - 2014). He was Deputy Chair of Manager of ESR REIT (2021 - 1 July 2022), Chair of Manager of ESR- REIT (2017 - 2021) and Non-executive Director of Manager of ESR-REIT (2012 - 1 July 2022). He is chair of Risk and ESG Committee and chair of Independent Board Committee.
