Ms Ong Chih Ching is the Executive Chairman and Executive Director of KOP Limited. She is responsible for the Company’s vision, development and strategic planning as well as growth of the Group’s business.
Chih Ching was the Chairman and Co-Founder of KOP Properties Pte. Ltd. and KOP Group Pte. Ltd.. She was responsible for a number of ground-breaking real estate projects including The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Singapore, Cairnhill, which is the first Ritz-Carlton branded private residences outside of North America; Dalvey Haus, Singapore, a low rise development of 17 luxury homes in one of the city’s most coveted addresses; Hamilton Scotts, Singapore, an iconic residential tower with sky-garages (an exclusive car porch in the living room); the multi-award winning Montigo Resorts hospitality brand conceptualized by Chih Ching with resorts in Nongsa and Seminyak, Indonesia and Somerset, the United Kingdom under its portfolio. Montigo Resorts also manages Ellen Kensington, a luxury 105-room boutique hotel owned by KOP Group of companies.
She was named one of Forbes Asia magazine’s 50 Power Business Women in Asia in 2014 and 2015, Chih Ching was also named Outstanding Entrepreneur at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2014 by Enterprise Asia. Recognised as a forerunner and thought leader on the topics of real estate, women leadership and innovation, Chih Ching has been invited to speak at several prestigious forums and seminars including Women’s Forum Asia 2019, The Economist – Longevity Summit in September 2018 and the Innovation Summit in 2015, the Real Estate Investment World 2015 conference and was featured in the broadcast of CNBC’s Managing Asia: Asia Builders in October 2014. Chih Ching also sat on the jury panel of the highly coveted Channel News Asia Luminary Awards where she also spoke about gender diversity and leadership at its forum titled Leadership for Innovation and Growth: Women on Board in March 2015.
Chih Ching was a founding partner of Singapore law firm Koh Ong & Partners where she started Koh Ong and Partners Management Services Pte. Ltd.. She was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1994. Chih Ching is also a qualified Barrister at Law and a member of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London, the United Kingdom. In 2019, Chih Ching was appointed as a Council Member for Singapore-Zhejiang Economic and Trade Council (SZETC).