UOL chief investment and asset officer Jesline Goh resigns; Neo Soon Hup appointed COO

SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - On August 12, UOL Group announced the resignation of chief investment and asset officer Jesline Goh Hwee Peng. Goh, 49, will be leaving the firm with effect from September 11, 2022. The reason for Goh’s resignation was “to attend to personal commitments”, according to the SGX announcement.

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Goh had been in her current role since January 1, 2019. Her responsibilities include investments, asset management as well as marketing initiatives and activities of UOL Group.

Showflat of a two-bedroom unit at AMO Residence, which was 98% sold on the first day of launch on Jul 23 (Photo: Samuel Isaac Chua/EdgeProp Singapore)

She was previously senior general manager of asset management and marketing. Prior to joining UOL in 2017, Goh was previously CEO of Keppel REIT Management Ltd and deputy CEO (Singapore) of Perennial Real Estate Holdings. She had also held various senior positions at CapitaLand Group, where her last appointment was deputy CEO of CapitaLand Mall Trust Management Ltd.

Goh’s resignation came on the back of the launch of AMO Residence at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 on Jul 23. A joint venture by UOL Group, Singapore Land Group and Kheng Leong Company, AMO Residence saw 98% of the 372-units in the 99-year leasehold condo was taken up on the first day of launch. It was considered the top-selling project of 2022. With average price at $2,100 psf, AMO Residence set a new benchmark for mass market condominium projects in the Outside Central Region this year.

Neo Soon Hup has been appointed UOL Group's new COO with effect from Sept 1, 2022 (Photo: UOL Group website)

UOL Group also announced the appointment of Neo Soon Hup as COO of the company with effect from Sept 1. Neo, 55, has been with UOL since 2003, and has held several appointments. The most recent was as COO of the group’s hospitality arm, Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG), a role he has occupied since his appointment in March 2020.

Neo was previously the executive vice president of operations at PPHG. Prior to joining PPHG, Neo had spent a decade at PriceWaterhouseCoopers or PWC.

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