Mr Chia joined the SATS Board on 15 March 2017 as a Non-Executive and Independent Director. He is currently a member of the Nominating Committee and the Safety Sustainability and Risk Committee. He was last re-elected on 21 July 2023.
Mr Chia’s present principal commitment is his role as a partner at Rajah and Tann Singapore LLP. He has extensive experience in capital market, public and private mergers and acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and private equity investments, both in Singapore and the region. He is also an independent director of CapitaLand Ascott Trust Management Limited (as Manager of CapitaLand Ascott Real Estate Investment Trust)* and CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (as Trustee-Manager of CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust)*, both listed on the SGX-ST. Additionally, he is a director of the Chinese Development Assistance Council and the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language. He also chairs the International Affairs Committee of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry and co-chairs FutureChina & GoEast, Business China.
Previously, Mr Chia served as a non-executive and independent director of Ascendas Hospitality Fund Management Pte. Ltd. and Ascendas Hospitality Trust Management Pte. Ltd., (as Manager of Ascendas Hospitality Trust), listed on the SGX-ST. He was also a member of the Competition Appeal Board with the Ministry of Trade & Industry and served as an advisory committee member at the Singapore Ministry of Law.
Mr Chia is recognised as an Eminent Practitioner by Chambers Global, a Foreign Expert in China by Chambers Asia-Pacific, a Leading Individual by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Highly Regarded by IFLR1000, and an Elite Practitioner by asialaw Profiles for Capital Markets. He is also named as a Global Leader by Who’s Who Legal for M&A, Capital Markets – Debt & Equity, Corporate Governance and Hospitality. Mr Chia holds an LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and is qualified as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
* CapitaLand Ascott Trust is a stapled group comprising CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust and CapitaLand Ascott Real Estate Investment Trust.
