The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Khoo Teng Chye as its chairman for Singapore. Khoo is executive director of the Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development.

ULI is an interdisciplinary research and education institute with more than 40,000 members dedicated to leadership in real estate and land use and creating thriving communities worldwide. Khoo, formerly chief executive of the Public Utilities Board and CEO/chief planner at URA, is ULI’s first council chair to come from the public sector in Asia-Pacific.

In a media release, ULI says Khoo will lead the executive committee in Singapore, which will continue to focus its efforts on providing long-term thinking and sustainable solutions for the city state’s ongoing development. Khoo will also help ULI play an active role in supporting some of the exciting new developments in Singapore, such as the proposed second CBD at Jurong Lake.