Mr. Albert Chan

Albert is the Director of Development Planning and Design at Shui On Land (SOL) and Chief Sustainability Officer of the Group. From 1997 onwards, he led the masterplannng and design of SOL “Tiandi” communities, which has received multiple awards from ULI, MIPIM, AIA, CTBUH, World Bank and other organizations. From 1998 to 2001, he led the design effort for the Shanghai Xintiandi development, which became the first development in China to receive the ULI Award for Excellence. Subsequent SOL developments that received the ULI Global and/or Asia Pacific Award for Excellence include Foshan Lingnan Tiandi, Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), Rui Hong Xin Cheng, Hongqiao Tiandi, and Wuhan Tiandi. Mr. Chan leads the Sustainable Development Department of the Company and is responsible for the objectives and initiatives in sustainability of the Group. All large SOL communities received LEED neighborhood Gold level certifications as well as various building level certifications. Shanghai Xintiandi Community also received world’s first WELL Community certification in 2019. Albert has been a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and chaired the ULI Mainland China Council from 2017-2019. He is a member of the Board of Directors of American Institute of Architects (AIA) Shanghai/Beijing Chapter, is a Chartered member of Royal Insititute of British Achiects (RIBA) and member of RIBA China100. He co-chairs the jury for the China Real Estate Design Competition since 2020, is a juror for the ULI Global as well as ULI Asia Pacific Award for Excellence, and has also served as juror for AIA, CTBUH award programs. Albert has been appointed as a member of International panel of Experts of Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore effective 2022-25. Albert has also served as Adviser of the Hong Kong Univeristy of Science and Technology Guangzhou Campus Development Board, and participated as expert member in the ULI Advisory Services Program. In 2014, he was a recipient of the Shanghai Green Building Council’s “Special Individual Contribution Award”. Prior to joining Shui On, Mr. Chan worked at the New York City Department of Design and Construction and at Cooper, Robertson + Partners. Mr. Chan holds a B.Arch from the University of Minnesota, a M.Arch from the University of California, Berkeley, a M.S in Urban Design from Columbia University, and an MBA from New York University.