James Chow, Director of Facilities Management of Savills (Macau) Limited, is a member of the International Facility Management Association and the Hong Kong Institute of Architects. He has 20 years of experience in project management and facilities management for a variety of developers and corporate users in Asia. In terms of managing developers’ portfolio, James has rich and varied experience in offices complex, residential blocks and shopping malls and has looked after facilities occupied by clients ranging from international financiers, insurance, accounting and other professional concerns.

Mr. Tommy Veng Seng Lau is the President of Board of Directors, Macao Association of Building Contractors and Developers. He is a registered Engineer and Contractor of Macau and has been participating actively in various construction and real estate development projects. Mr. Lau holds position of managing director of T & E Consultant Co. Ltd. and Hou Lin Construction and Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. Over the years, he has taken up leading role in many important Commercial and Professional Associations. Recently, he is appointed by Macau S.A.R. to serve in many public service positions and has made remarkable contribution.

Francisco V Pinheiro is the elected Vice-President of the Architects Association of Macau, as well as Member of OAP and AIJ (Architectural Institutes of Portugal and Japan). He is the Technical Advisor at the Macao Municipal & Civic Bureau and an adjunct professor at the Inter-University Institute of Macao and part-time lecturer at the Tourism Formation School.

Francisco worked in the Macau Government and non-government units since the 1980s in projects with historical and cultural heritage framework. Since the 1990s, he worked in educational programs and projects and then in several municipal projects and promoted the recovery of dilapidated areas and artifacts, including the proposed guidelines and plan for the recovery and rehabilitation of the Coloane Historical Village.

In recent years, Francisco is studying ways to improve the streetscape and urban landscape of Macau for the betterment of heritage preservation and quality of life improvement, beside his academic and associative works including public speaking at numerous local, regional and international seminars.

Steven Root is Member of PMI and APMP as well as a senior professional Project/ Risk/ Programme Manager for 20 years with full life-cycle experience of construction, commercial and IT programs from pre-feasibility to post-operational support.

Within the construction sector, Steve has established and managed global, multi-vendor development and procurement projects, with project management offices for projects up to US$9 billion in value. He has also carried out large-scale risk analysis studies on both program and cost for bankable, fund-raising purposes.

Steve has also served at departmental head level for both project and software developments in major financial institutions. He is now a Senior Associate in Evans & Peck (Hong Kong) Co Ltd, overseeing planning and risk analysis for fitting-out and relocation project for a major U.S. investment bank and conducting project management training and progress reviews on ongoing construction projects for due diligence purposes.

Kevin M L Ng, Contracts Manager of Hip Hing Construction Co Ltd, have over 25 years of experience in the construction industry. Before joining the Hip Hing Group 11 years ago, Kevin worked in Singapore for 3 years. In the latest 5 years with Hip Hing, he is strongly involved in developing and promoting the ‘precast concrete construction’ technology, including redesigning the in-situ concrete construction to precast concrete construction.

The ‘One Central’ in Macau is Kevin’s recent assignment.

A professional engineer with good track record in the global perspective, Keith earned a number of credits in project management in various master-planned properties of tremendous value.

Keith made his mark recently by anchoring The Venetian Macao at the Cotai Strip of Macau, a colossal landmark which outruns all world-class counterparts and gaming/resort partners in delivering a combined resort-gaming-entertainment-convention-exhibition project. This epoch-making project inevitably adds glamour and exceptional attraction to the Las Vegas of the Orient.