Ervin is the Group Chief Strategy Officer at CapitaLand Investment (CLI), responsible for developing and executing CLI’s strategies globally. He is concurrently CEO, Commercial Management, responsible for CLI’s commercial and asset management business across China and Southeast Asia, which includes integrated development, retail, office, business park and logistics. Ervin also oversees the Research function.

Previously, Ervin was Southeast Asia Managing Director for the Ascott Limited, the Group’s lodging arm, driving operational performance and business growth of properties in these countries. He was concurrently in charge of Strategic Planning for Ascott.

Before joining CapitaLand in 2015, Ervin worked in the Singapore public sector. Across his career, Ervin has been based in Tianjin, Shanghai, New York and Washington, D.C.

Ervin holds a degree in Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University, USA.