On the morning of Oct 30th, before the day’s sessions kicked off, 21 VIP Owner/Developers in attendance were invited to join CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood and CTBUH Chairman Steve Watts on stage for a photo.

Front Row (left to right)

Yinju Li
Vice President, Parkland Real Estate Development

One Shenzhen Bay Tower 7
Shenzhen, 2018
341.4 m / 1,120 ft
Future Eighth-Tallest Building in Shenzhen

Matthew Kuhn
Development Director – Australia, Frasers Property

One Central Park
Sydney, 2014
117 m / 384 ft
CTBUH Best Tall Building Worldwide 2014

Matthew Khoo
Deputy Managing Director, ICD Property

EQ Tower
Melbourne, 2017
202 m / 663 ft
Eighth Tallest Residential Building in Melbourne

David Rolls
Head of Development, Lendlease Australia

International Towers Tower
Sydney, 2016
217 m / 712 ft
First stage of Sydney’s largest urban renewal project: Barangaroo

Monica Barone
CEO, City of Sydney

The City of Sydney has 4.6% of Greater Sydney’s total population, but will increase by 36%, double the rate of Greater Sydney, by 2030.

Carl Schibrowski
Head of Development – Australia, Brookfield Properties

First Canadian Place
Toronto, 1975
298 m / 978 ft
Tallest Building in Canada

Anthony Henry
Head of Workspace Design, Macquarie Bank

50 Martin Place
(Macquarie Bank HQ)
Sydney, 2014
56 m / 184 ft
6 Star Green Star Rating

Mark Tait
Group Executive, Head of Commercial Development, Investa Property

120 Collins Street
Melbourne, 2019
265 m / 869 ft
Future Third-Tallest Building in Australia

Chris Kakoufas
General Manager – Development, Cbus Property

1 Bligh Street
Sydney, 2011
270 m / 885 ft
CTBUH Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2012

Lê Yên Thi
Managing Director, Lavenue Investment Corp.

Lavenue Crown
Ho Chi Minh City, 2121
160 m / 525 ft
Lavenue Investment Corporation’s Flagship Project

Jianbo Hu
Executive Director, Ping An Real Estate

Ping An Finance Center
Shenzhen, 2017
599.1 m / 1,965 ft
Fourth-Tallest Building in the World

Irene Wai
General Manager, Sun Hung Kai Properties

International Commerce
Centre, Hong Kong, 2010
484 m / 1,538 ft
CTBUH Tall Building Performance Award 2014

Victor Meakens
Senior Project Manager, Hongkong Land Ltd.

Jardine House
Hong Kong, 1973
179 m / 586 ft
Tallest Building in Asia at Time of Completion

Raymond Cheah Ho Chee
Chief Executive Officer, UEM Sunrise

Aurora Melbourne Central
Melbourne, 2019
270 m / 885 ft
Future Third-Tallest Building in Melbourne

Antony Wood
Executive Director

Steve Watts
CTBUH Chairman; Partner, alinea consulting

David Malott
CTBUH Vice-Chairman; Founder and CEO, AI.

Joseph Chou
Chairman, Taipei Financial Center Corporation

TAIPEI 101
Taipei, 2004
508 m / 1,667 ft
CTBUH Tall Building Performance Award 2016

De Ming (Derry) Yu
Project Director, New World China Ltd.

Guangzhou CTF Finance
Centre, Guangzhou, 2016
530 m / 1,739 ft
Fifth-Tallest Building in the World

Albert Chan
Director of Development Planning & Design, Shui On Land

Riverview Plaza A1
Wuhan, 2016
436 m / 1,430 ft
Part of Wuhan Tiandi Site A, CTBUH Urban Habitat Award 2016

Simon Healy
General Manager – Commercial Development, Mirvac Developments

8 Chifley
Sydney, 2013
140.5 m / 461 ft
CTBUH Best Tall Building Asia & Australasia 2014 Finalist