Former Building and Construction Authority (BCA) CEO Kelvin Wong has joined SJ Group as group chief commercial officer and region head, Asia, effective July 1. Wong will report to group CEO Sean Chiao.
As group chief commercial officer, Wong will lead SJ’s commercial strategy “across the full client lifecycle” from market positioning and business development to contracts and client management, according to a June 9 announcement. His mandate “extends to SJ’s other regions and Centres of Excellence”, where he will align technical delivery with commercial outcomes, adds SJ Group, formerly known as Surbana Jurong.
Meanwhile, as region head for Asia, Wong will oversee more than half of SJ’s global workforce, and over 60% of its global revenue in 2025.
Wong led BCA in Singapore for six years before stepping down on May 1. He is succeeded at BCA by Derek Tan, who joined in April as CEO (Designate) from the Ministry of National Development (MND), where he was executive director and planning and chief infrastructure planning officer.
Prior to joining BCA, Wong spent 24 years at Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where he built national capabilities in emerging growth sectors, shaped policy on talent, land and carbon, and led EDB’s strategies for conglomerate engagement.
Wong holds a Master of Science in Communications and Signal Processing from Imperial College London.
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“SJ has the ambition and what it takes to make the built environment sustainable, resilient, AI-driven and talent-centric,” says Wong. “My career has traced an arc from policy to promotion, and regulation to industry engagement, always in service of the broader community. SJ is where that work continues — at scale — and with a team I am proud to be joining.”
SJ chairman Chaly Mah says Wong’s appointment “reflects the strength of SJ’s trajectory and the quality of leadership we are able to attract”. “We look forward to the impact Kelvin will have.”
