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Desmond Sim tipped to succeed ET & Co's Ong Choon Fah

Kalpana Rashiwala

Kalpana Rashiwala

Published Tue, Mar 16, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    CBRE's head of research for South-east Asia, Desmond Sim, resigned last month and is heading for Edmund Tie & Company (SEA) Pte Ltd, where he is expected to succeed chief executive Ong Choon Fah, The Business Times understands.

    Ms Ong, a veteran property consultant, has been the group's CEO since May 2015.

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