Mr. Tan is a veteran in real estate consultancy with over fourteen (14) years of experience. He joined the group five (5) years ago as a director in the family office of ZACD Investments Pte. Ltd. before assuming the role of Group Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Investment Officer in June 2024.
Mr. Tan started his career with the civil service in 2002, serving as a senior education officer on the leadership track in a junior college under the Ministry of Education. After the completion of his teaching bond, he joined Knight Frank, Singapore in 2010 as a real estate consultant. He subsequently moved on to Savills Singapore in 2012, holding a Unit Head position. In 2013, he was a co-founder of the real estate consultancy, SLP Scotia Pte Ltd, and assumed the position of Vice President in 2014. He was later promoted to the position of Chief Investment Officer in 2015 and serves as a consultant to local real estate developer in the field of land development. He was responsible for some of the largest commercial collective sales exercises in Singapore, the most recent being the Sim Lim Square collective sale in 2019. In that same year, he assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of SLP Scotia, before moving up to the position of CEO of SLP International Property Consultants Pte. Ltd. (“SLP International”) in 2020 to oversee all the business lines of the SLP Group. Notably, in 2021, he also led SLP International to broker the highest priced Good Class Bungalow (Land) in the Nassim Road area and whole building capital market deals.
Mr. Tan graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University in 2001. He also attained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with Credit (PGDE) (Sec/Junior College) from the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in 2002. He also holds the most recent Real Estate Agency (REA) qualification and is an accredited Key Executive Officer (KEO) with the Council of Estate Agents (CEA). He also sits on the Executive Council of the professional body Singapore Estate Agent Association since 2021.