HONG KONG, April 14 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- RICS International Governing Council at its meeting on 12 April made a historical decision. See Lian Ong, Chairman of RICS Asia, has become the first Asian member to be the President-Elect for 2010 - 2011 and the President for 2011-2012.
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RICS held elections for its new officers at the organisation's Governing Council Meeting and confirmed Robert Peto as the President for 2010/2011.
The RICS global vision and strategy is set by the 70-strong Governing Council that includes RICS members from all world regions and is chaired by the President.
The successful candidates from the officers elections are:
President-Elect: See Lian Ong
Honorary Secretary: Rob Mahoney
Senior Vice-President: Alan Collett
Vice-President: Michael Newey
"I am delighted to announce the election of a strong group of officers. They will be fundamental in helping Governing Council to continue to shape RICS' strategy and achieve its vision of becoming the mark of property professionalism worldwide," said RICS President Max Crofts.
"I am honored to be given the privilege of serving this Institution which has become a leading global professional institution on land, property and construction. I look forward to work together with the Presidential Team towards meeting the aspirations of RICS members and elevating the profile of RICS worldwide," said the new President-Elect See Lian Ong.
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Background on the Governing Council officers:
President: Robert Peto MA FRICS
In addition to his upcoming role as RICS President for 2010/11, he is Vice Chairman, Capital Markets, at DTZ, a global real estate consultant quoted on the London Stock Exchange employing some 10,000 people worldwide. For nine years to 2008, he was Chairman of DTZ UK and a member of the Board of DTZ Holdings Plc.
Peto has had wide experience within DTZ as a General Practice and Investment Surveyor covering Strategic Property Advice, Fund Management, Acquisition and Disposal of Investment Property, Asset Management, Landlord & Tenant relations and Lease Restructuring, Development Management and Valuations. He ran the Middle Eastern Office from 1983 to 1986.
At RICS Peto has chaired the RICS/IPF Working Party on Calculation of Investment Worth. He has been Chairman of the RICS Valuation Standards Board and the RICS International Valuation Professional Group.
Robert is a member of the Bank of England Property Advisory Group and the IPD Index Consultative Committee.
President-Elect: See Lian Ong BSc (Hons), FRICS, PPISM, FISM, ICECA
See Lian Ong, currently RICS Vice President and Chairman of the RICS Asia Board, has more than 35 years of working experience in the public and private sectors of the construction industry. He is currently an Executive Director of Davis Langdon & Seah (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a member of Davis Langdon & Seah International.
A fellow of both RICS and the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM), Ong is also a Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia. In addition, he is an Accredited Mediator with the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB), and has handled mediation and arbitration cases and provided expert witness services.
Ong is the Past Chairman of the Asia Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS) and Past President of ISM. He is a member of the Advisory Panel for Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) as well as for the MSc Programme in Construction Contract Management offered by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor. Ong has also acted as an External Examiner for the quantity surveying programme at Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang for the 2002/3 academic year.
Ong is a much sought after speaker at various conferences internationally. In recognition of his vast contributions to the profession and the property and construction industry, he was awarded KMN by the King of Malaysia (2003), the PAQS Medal (2007), Malaysian Surveyor of the Year (2008) and ICEC Award of Appreciation (2008).
Honorary Secretary: Rob Mahoney FRICS FBCartS
Mahoney is acknowledged as one of the most experienced independent GIS consultants in Europe and Principal of MahGeo with over 25 years experience. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; Member of Governing Council, Management Board, and Chair of the Knowledge Board. Rob is the UK delegate to Federation Internationale des Geometres (FIG) Commission 3 and a Vice President of Comite de Liaison des Geometres Europeens (CLGE). He is also a Fellow of the British Cartographic Society. Rob has presented over 40 papers and is an accomplished speaker.
Rob has extensive experience in the management of land information, and land registration (cadastre) systems, together with the associated technologies and business processes. He has been engaged upon a wide variety of national and international projects, including the Feasibility Study for the National Land Information Service (NLIS); its Scottish equivalent, ScotLIS; and has been an advisor to the Hungarian, Isle of Man and other Governments on the computerisation of the land registration systems. He has also worked on other projects worldwide and is a part time lecturer. Rob was a former member of UK Governments Geographic Information Panel under the direction of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Senior Vice-President: Alan Collett
Alan Collett has worked in property since 1972 principally in residential investment, development and management. A former Senior Partner of Allsop LLP he is now Chairman of their management subsidiary, ARIM Ltd.
The son, and the father, of a chartered surveyor he is passionate about the career opportunities that are open to people throughout the world in land, property and construction. He is also a Trustee of the College of Estate Management, a Board member of the Empty Homes Agency and a member of both the Securities Institute and the Investment Property Forum.
Vice-President : Michael Newey BSc FRICS FCIH MAHI
Newey is the Group Chief Executive of Broadland Housing Group based in Norwich, a post he has held for the past seven years. Broadland comprises a housing association owning 4,600 homes in Norfolk and Suffolk; a training, employment and support services charity, Meridian East; and a market sale residential development company, St Benedicts Homes Ltd. He previously worked for Anglia Housing Group as an Executive Director and Flagship Housing Group as Group Development Director. He started his career with Prall Champion and Prall in Dartford, Kent in 1981 and moved to London in 1988, where he worked for both Richard Ellis and Savills before moving to the social housing sector in 1997. Between December 2008 and February 2009, Michael undertook a secondment as a Special Adviser to the Minister for Housing in Victoria, Australia, on community housing capacity building. Michael has been involved in the RICS for the past 24 years and was Chairman of the Junior Organisation (now known as RICS Matrics) in 1992/3.
Amongst his other formal appointments, he has chaired both the Public Affairs Committee and the Communications Board. He is currently both Chairman of the RICS Awards and also Vice Chairman of the Management Board He is a past Chairman of the European Housing Forum. As well as being a Fellow of the RICS, Michael is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and a Member of the Australasian Housing Institute. He has a degree in Urban Land Administration from Portsmouth Polytechnic.
About RICS & RICS Asia
RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is the mark of property professionalism worldwide. It covers all aspects of property, construction and associated environmental issues. RICS has 140,000 members globally and represents, regulates and promotes the work of property professionals throughout 122 countries.
The RICS Asia supports a network of over 11,000 individual professionals across the Asia Pacific region with an objective to help develop the property and construction markets in these countries, by introducing professional standards, best practice and international experience. It promotes RICS and its members as the natural advisors on all property matters. It also ensures that services and career development opportunities are provided to members.
The RICS Asia region covers national associations and local groups locating in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, The People's Republic of China and the SAR Hong Kong. It also has members working across the region such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos PDR, Macao, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, The Maldives, The Philippines, Timor East and Vietnam. For more information, please visit: http://www.ricsasia.org .
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