KU SWEE YONG is a practising property agent and the CEO of Century 21 Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd — a leading global property agency. He is concurrently a CEO of International Property Advisor Pte Ltd — a real estate family office that is qualified to carry out the work of an Estate Agency and provide real estate investment advise. Swee Yong’s daily work as a property agent puts him in direct contact with a wide range of properties and immediate feedback from clients.
Swee Yong started in the real estate industry when he took on the position of General Manager at Far East Organization’s Indonesia office. He then joined Savills Singapore as the Director of Marketing and Business Development and subsequently as Director at the Real Estate Centre of Expertise in Société Générale Private Banking.
Swee Yong has bought, sold, leased and managed properties for high-net-worth individuals, corporations, property developers and funds. He has also provided consultancy services and advice to private banks and their clients. His views are widely quoted in reputable media and he speaks at closed door events addressing private banking clients, fund managers and industry practitioners.
Swee Yong studied at Raffles Institution and Hwa Chong Junior College. With a scholarship from Singapore Airlines, he completed a BSc (First Class Honours) at the Imperial College of Science, London, UK. He participated in the Erasmus Programme (European Union student exchange programme) at Institut Louis Pasteur, Université de Strasbourg, France, where his research in organometallic chemistry resulted in the discovery of new molecules, one of which was completely characterised and published in an international journal in 1997. Swee Yong also has an MBA (Strategic Marketing) from the University of Hull, UK.