ooi Hoay Beng

Ooi co-founded Elev8Living in 2015 and is an Executive Director of the company. He brings over 3 decades of construction, building material, real estate investment skills and start up entrepreneurial experience to the company.

Ooi accumulated over 30 years of business experience in Asia covering Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and China.

He has worked for multinational companies such as BHP Steel, Akzo Nobel, Veolia Water, and Metsaliitto FinnForest in senior management roles with direct bottom line responsibilities. He was also senior advisor to US Filter, Woelco AG, Armstrong Industrial Corp, The Executive Learning Center, Evapco Inc and Pac Environmental Engineering Inc in China and consults on areas ranging from market entry strategies, startups, market penetration and corporate reorganisation.

Ooi studied Marketing at Monash University, Mt Eliza Business School, Australia and Finance at the University of Michigan. He is fluent in written and spoken English, Mandarin and Malay.

Ooi is also an active member of many professional organisations and Chambers of Commerce in the region.

ian hally

Ian co-founded Elev8Living in 2015 and is an Executive Director of the company. He brings 26 years of real estate investment, development, sustainability and entrepreneurial start up experience to the company.

He has experience of investing in and managing many different types of real estate in Europe and Asia Pacific, across multiple cycles and through rapidly changing market environments. He has held senior executive positions in global real estate institutional investors and fund management groups such as Aviva Investors in Asia Pacific and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in Europe.

He founded GreenPlace Assets, an international sustainable real estate company in Singapore in 2015. He also co-founded GreenPlace Partners (GPP), a UK real estate investment and asset management company in London in 2018.

Ian was educated at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Aberdeen. He is a qualified Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) and has a range of supporting financial qualifications. Ian has been a regulated person in London and Singapore, under FCA and MAS respectively.