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Transforming Space From holding rock concerts and chess competitions at its business parks to entering new markets at a breakneck pace, Ascendas has been at the forefront of the business and industrial space sector in Asia. The company’s CEO Chong Siak Ching has led the organisation as its president and CEO since its creation in 2001 as an offshoot of JTC Corp. Whatever their initial reservations – she has occasionally been mistaken for the secretary during her overseas forays – senior executives and government officials from Manila to Mumbai have had to learn to deal with the woman behind Ascendas’ phenomenal growth in the past eight years. More often than not, they have benefited from her counsel. The company’s groundbreaking forays into India and the real estate investment trust (reit) business – high risk bets that have paid off handsomely – have distinguished Chong’s leadership and contributed to her winning the Outstanding CEO of the Year at this year’s Singapore Business Awards.
