SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - Property industry veteran Michael Ng Seng Tat has joined Chip Eng Seng Corp as executive director of the group’s fully owned subsidiary CEL Development, overseeing its regional businesses.

CEL Development is the property investment, property development and hospitality business of Mainboard-listed Chip Eng Seng Corp.

The group has an overseas real estate presence in Australia, Maldives and Vietnam. It has four ongoing residential projects in Melbourne as well as a plot of land in Perth that is designated for commercial and residential development. Chip Eng Seng also owns an investment property — an office building at 420 St Kilda Road in Melbourne.

Prior to joining CEL Development, Ng was group general manager of UIC and its subsidiary, Singapore Land.