Keppel Corporation announced that Tan Swee Yiow, CEO and executive director of Keppel REIT Management, will assume the role of CEO of Keppel Land with effect from Jan 1, 2019.

Tan, 58, was appointed CEO and executive director of Keppel REIT Management since March last year. He was previously president for Singapore at Keppel Land, and concurrently head of Keppel Land and Hospitality Management. He was CEO of Keppel REIT Management when Keppel REIT was listed in April 2006, and occupied the position until 2009. Tan has been with Keppel Group since 1990.

Loh Chin Hua, CEO of Keppel Corporation, and concurrently executive chairman of Keppel Land, said, "With close to thirty years' experience in the Keppel Group, Swee Yiow has played an instrumental role in building up Keppel's property and REIT businesses."

Beyond his roles in the Keppel Group, Tan is the President of the Singapore Green Building Council and a Director of the World Green Building Council Board. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Workplace Safety and Health Council (Construction and Landscape Committee) and is the Honorary Treasurer on the Management Council of Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS).

Tan holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Estate Management from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration in Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University.