Mr Liew is President and Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand Group. He joined the CapitaLand Board as Director on 1 January 1997, and was last re-elected as Director at CapitaLand's Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2005. He also serves on CapitaLand's Investment Committee, Nominating Committee, Corporate Disclosure Committee and Finance and Budget Committee. Mr Liew is Chairman of CapitaLand Residential Limited, CapitaLand Commercial and CapitaLand Retail Limited. He is Deputy Chairman of CapitaLand Financial Limited, The Ascott Group Limited, a subsidiary of CapitaLand listed on the SGX-ST, as well as the Deputy Chairman for CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaMall Trust, the first listed real estate investment trust in Singapore), CapitaCommercial Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaCommercial Trust), CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaRetail China Trust) and Ascott Residence Trust Management Limited (the manager of Ascott Residence Trust). He is also a Director of CapitaLand Hope Foundation, the Group's philanthropic entity. Mr Liew has more than 30 years of experience in construction and real estate in Singapore and overseas. He has participated in a number of public sector infrastructural development projects in Singapore, including the development and construction of Changi International Airport. For five years, he was CEO of Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (SISIR), a statutory board responsible for national standards and industrial research and development to support the manufacturing industry in Singapore. Later, he headed a regional public listed engineering and construction company, headquartered in Singapore. Mr Liew was elected the President of International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) from 1997 to 1998. In 2006, he was named Outstanding CEO of the Year in the Singapore Business Times Awards. He currently chairs the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). Mr Liew is a graduate of the University of Singapore with a Civil Engineering degree and is a registered professional civil engineer.