Board of Directors

Executive Directors

Kain Sim

Kain Sim

Ms. Sim was appointed as the Director on 8 November 2016 and was re-designated as the Executive Director and the Chairman of the Board on 12 July 2017. She is one of the Founder and also one of the Controlling Shareholders. Ms. Sim is primarily responsible for the marketing activities of the Group and the overall administrative management and the co-ordination of the Group’s operational activities. She is also a Director of ZACD (Australia) Pty Ltd., ZACD Financial Group Limited (“ZACD Financial”), ZACD Fund Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“ZACD Fund”), ZACD Group Holdings Limited, ZACD International and ZACD Posh Pte. Ltd..

Ms. Sim co-founded ZACD International with Mr. Yeo through ZACD Investments in 2011. Ms. Sim has amassed extensive experience in International Investment sale. Prior to joining the Group, Ms. Sim was the Associate Director for International Investment Sales for Colliers International 1995–2000. She specialised in Australia and London market. During her tenure in Colliers, she had transacted over $1 billion worth of property ranging from Commercial office building, hotel, shopping mall, residential en-bloc and development sites. Ms. Sim also founded SLP International Property Consultants Pte. Ltd. with Mr. Yeo in April 2003 to engage in the real estate agency and consultancy business. Additionally, she also ran a boutique advertising agency from 2007 to 2016. As such, Ms. Sim is a conversant business lady experience in growing a company from startup to maturity, a skill that will be invaluable in the evolving business of the ZACD Group.

Ms. Sim was awarded the Winner of the PropertyGuru Real Estate Personality of the Year Award for year 2021.

Stanley Yeo

Stanley Yeo

Mr Yeo was appointed as the Director on 8 November 2016 and was re-designated as the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer on 12 July 2017. He is also one of the Controlling Shareholders. As one of the Founders, Mr. Yeo is primarily responsible for overseeing the operations and strategic planning and development of the Group. He is also a Director of all of the subsidiaries. Mr. Yeo co-founded ZACD International Pte. Ltd. (“ZACD International”) with Ms. Sim through ZACD Investments Pte. Ltd. (“ZACD Investments”) in 2011.

Prior to founding ZACD Investments, Mr. Yeo specialises in the Industrial Project Marketing and Development sector. As a result of that, he was often consulted by various industrial developers in Singapore. In 2005, due to his foresight on the release of 30 years Industrial land development, he has led ZACD Investments to successfully joint venture and sell out several 30 years Industrial Projects. i.e. Penjuru Techub, One Commonwealth and Alexcier.

Following the success of several Industrial projects, In 2008, amidst the slowdown in the luxury property sector, Mr. Yeo also spotted the growth potential of the HDB upgraders market. He pioneered the first Executive Condominium development in Punggol with a joint-venture partner. This was followed by a slew of Executive Condominium and mass market Condominiums in Punggol/Sengkang.

Due to his success in the Industrial Development and the Mass market Condominium market, it has helped to position ZACD as choice joint venture partners amongst the developer circuit in Singapore.

Despite his busy schedule, he was also active in community services. Mr. Yeo was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2015 by the President of Singapore and has served as the Chairman of the Tampines North Citizens’ Consultative Committee. He was also awarded the Teochew Entrepreneurs Award in 2016 and again in 2018, he was named grand winner of the Teochew Entrepreneurs Award (Asia Pacific) in the Prestige Award Category.

Francis Tan

Francis Tan

Mr. Tan is a veteran in real estate consultancy with over fourteen (14) years of experience. He joined the group five (5) years ago as a director in the family office of ZACD Investments Pte. Ltd. before assuming the role of Group Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Investment Officer in June 2024.

Mr. Tan started his career with the civil service in 2002, serving as a senior education officer on the leadership track in a junior college under the Ministry of Education. After the completion of his teaching bond, he joined Knight Frank, Singapore in 2010 as a real estate consultant. He subsequently moved on to Savills Singapore in 2012, holding a Unit Head position. In 2013, he was a co-founder of the real estate consultancy, SLP Scotia Pte Ltd, and assumed the position of Vice President in 2014. He was later promoted to the position of Chief Investment Officer in 2015 and serves as a consultant to local real estate developer in the field of land development. He was responsible for some of the largest commercial collective sales exercises in Singapore, the most recent being the Sim Lim Square collective sale in 2019. In that same year, he assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of SLP Scotia, before moving up to the position of CEO of SLP International Property Consultants Pte. Ltd. (“SLP International”) in 2020 to oversee all the business lines of the SLP Group. Notably, in 2021, he also led SLP International to broker the highest priced Good Class Bungalow (Land) in the Nassim Road area and whole building capital market deals.

Mr. Tan graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University in 2001. He also attained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with Credit (PGDE) (Sec/Junior College) from the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in 2002. He also holds the most recent Real Estate Agency (REA) qualification and is an accredited Key Executive Officer (KEO) with the Council of Estate Agents (CEA). He also sits on the Executive Council of the professional body Singapore Estate Agent Association since 2021.

Patrick Chin

Patrick Chin

Mr Chin joined the Group in 2017 as Head of the Legal & Compliance Department and brought to the Group his experience in the legal sector. Mr. Chin was tasked to oversee the Department to ensure that it provided the necessary support to all other departments thus ensuring the continued smooth and efficient running of the Group as a whole.

Mr. Chin holds a second class upper honours double degree in Law and Political Science from Keele University in the U.K. Mr. Chin is a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in the U.K. and was admitted a Barrister-at-Law with honours of that Inn. Mr. Chin thereafter went on to undertake postgraduate studies in law after which he was called to the bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Mr. Chin was in practice for more than 25 years before joining the Group. Mr. Chin started his legal practice in the areas of commerce and banking and went on to litigation and has represented clients (corporate, individuals, local and foreign) at all levels of the Court hierarchy and has done so on many occasions in the Court of Appeal, Singapore’s highest appellate Court.

Mr. Chin presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Visitors (Drug Rehabilitation Centres (DRC) & Anti Inhalant Abuse Centres (AIAC)) as well as Chairman of the Board of Visitors (Community Rehabilitation Centres (CRC)) of the Singapore Prisons Service under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore, Mr. Chin is also Vice-Chair of the School Advisory Committee in Yuan Ching Secondary School.

For commendable public service in Singapore, Mr. Chin was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2019 by the President of Singapore.

Han Xiang Feng

Han Xiang Feng

Mr. Han has over twenty (20) years of experience in the realms of real estate investment, fund management, consultancy, and research. He joined the Group in 2016 as a director of Real Estate Investment and was promoted to executive director of ZACD Capital in 2018 overseeing the Group’s Investment Management division. He has since assumed the role of Executive Director at the group level under ZACD Group Ltd since June 2024.

Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Han was an investment manager with Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management Ltd, the Manager of Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT), where he was a key member of the investment team and responsible for growing and enhancing FCT’s investment portfolio in Singapore and the region. During his time at Frasers, he was actively involved in large-scale acquisitions of commercial real estate and greenfield projects, totalling over S$1.7 billion.

Prior to Frasers, Mr. Han was with Realm Capital, a real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for sourcing, structuring, and executing investment and development opportunities in Asia. Earlier in his career, Mr. Han held various investment and research roles at prominent firms such as Jones Lang LaSalle and Knight Frank.

Mr. Han holds a Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) (Hons) from the National University of Singapore

Independent Non-Executive Directors

Alex Lau

Alex Lau

Mr. Lau, is currently the Managing Director at Tianlong Capital Management Limited (“Tianlong Capital”) in Hong Kong. He is a licensed Responsible Person to Tianlong Capital for Type 6 regulated activity under the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

Mr. Lau has been in the corporate finance industry since 2011. He has multiple proven track record of acting as sponsors to listing applicants in Hong Kong and extensive experience in cross border mergers and acquisitions exercises. In addition, he has advised various Hong Kong listing companies, on Main Board and on GEM, regarding the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities (the “Listing Rules”) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) and the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers. He is familiar with the capital markets and financial industry in Hong Kong. In 2018, Mr. Lau assisted in the listing of ZACD Group Ltd. onto Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) in Hong Kong.

Mr. Lau obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2009.

Mr. Lau is the standing committee member of the Tibet Autonomous Region United Youth Association, the assistant governor of Rotary International District 3450, past president of Rotary Club of Central, the member of the Panel of Advisers on Film Censorship under the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration of the HKSAR Government, and school manager of the Ho Fung College (sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen).

Benjamin Ma

Benjamin Ma

Mr. Ma, is presently Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Graticule Asset Management Asia Pte. Ltd., a licensed fund manager in Singapore. Mr. Ma has also had previous roles at BlueCrest Capital Management where he served as both Executive Director and Head of Legal & Compliance for its operations in Singapore and Hong Kong, and Standard Chartered Bank as Senior Legal Counsel supporting the wealth business in Singapore. Prior to joining the private sector, Mr. Ma was with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) where he served as Senior Legal Counsel and subsequently on the staff of the Managing Director of the MAS.

Mr. Ma read law at the University of Nottingham and is admitted to legal practice in England & Wales and Singapore, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Eugene Lim

Eugene Lim

Eugene has over 17 years’ experience in wealth management. He played a key role providing wealth advisory to significant families in Greater China during his career as a private banker with J.P. Morgan, Hong Kong. Prior to that, he worked with private clients across North and South Asia as investment advisor with LGT Bank, and Merrill Lynch Singapore. Before joining the financial sector, he worked in management consulting on engagements that included retail bank strategy and credit risk management, for major banks in Singapore and China.
In his current role as Head of Private Wealth, Eugene Lim is responsible for the wealth management business for Matrixport, a full-service asset manager for digital assets. In Matrixport, he leads an experienced team with in-depth knowledge of the HNW and family office investment objectives, with the aim to establish Matrixport as the trusted advisor to private clients, and the end goal of including digital assets as a permanent allocation in next generation portfolios.
Eugene graduated magna cum laude from Brown University, Rhode Island, USA, in August 2003, with majors in Economics and International Relations. He has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since December 2011.

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