PropertyGuru Appoints Ray Ferguson as Chairman of the Board With Effect From January 1, 2024
15 Noviembre 2023 - 8:22PM
Business Wire
PropertyGuru Group Limited (NYSE: PGRU) (“PropertyGuru” or the
“Company”), Southeast Asia’s leading1 property technology
(“PropTech”) company, today announced the appointment by the board
of directors (“Board”) of Mr. Ray Ferguson as an independent
non-executive director and Chairman of the Board with effect from
January 1, 2024.
Mr. Ferguson will succeed Mr. Olivier Lim, who has been Chair of
PropertyGuru’s Board since September 2019.
Mr. Lim has overseen PropertyGuru's growth to a successful
scaled-up business with significantly improved economics and
consistent double-digit revenue growth. During his tenure, the
Company has successfully ventured into business adjacencies of
fintech, data and software solutions and expanded its presence
across Southeast Asia through acquisitions in Malaysia, Thailand
and Singapore. Significantly, Mr. Lim also oversaw the Company’s
successful public listing in March 2022 on the New York Stock
Exchange.
Mr. Ferguson has had an extensive career in banking, having been
with Standard Chartered Bank for 28 years across Asia, the
Americas, the Middle East and Europe. His last role at Standard
Chartered Bank was Chief Executive Officer, Singapore. He also
served as Chairman and director of several Standard Chartered Bank
subsidiary boards.
Mr. Ferguson currently serves as the Chairman of Singlife Group.
He serves on the board of Paragon REIT as an independent
non-executive director, is the Chairman and Co-founder of ZEN
Yachts, and is the non-executive Chairman at fintech company
Hashstacs Pte. Ltd.
Mr. Ferguson was awarded the Distinguished Fellow title by the
Institute of Banking and Finance, Singapore and is a member of the
Singapore Institute of Directors. He is also an Associate of the
Institute of Bankers in Scotland.
He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Henley
Management College.
Hari V. Krishnan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing
Director, said “On behalf of the Board and management team, I
would like to thank Olivier for his leadership over the past four
years. He has been an invaluable mentor to the Group leadership
team and me personally as we navigated a challenging economic
environment with strong growth, expansion and making some big bets.
Most significantly, under his guidance we took the Company public,
and we thank him for all his contributions to the Company. As we
plan for our next phase of growth, I am personally delighted to be
working with a seasoned chairman and business builder like
Ray.”
About PropertyGuru Group
PropertyGuru is Southeast Asia’s leading1 PropTech company, and
the preferred destination for almost 37 million property seekers2
to connect with almost 57,000 agents3 monthly to find their dream
home. PropertyGuru empowers property seekers with more than 2.8
million real estate listings4, in-depth insights, and solutions
that enable them to make confident property decisions across
Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.
PropertyGuru.com.sg was launched in Singapore in 2007 and since
then, PropertyGuru Group has made the property journey a
transparent one for property seekers in Southeast Asia. In the last
15 years, PropertyGuru has grown into a high-growth PropTech
company with a robust portfolio including leading property
marketplaces and award-winning mobile apps across its core markets;
mortgage marketplace, PropertyGuru Finance; home services platform,
Sendhelper; a host of proprietary enterprise solutions under
PropertyGuru For Business including DataSense, ValueNet, Awards,
events and publications across Asia.
For more information, please visit: PropertyGuruGroup.com;
PropertyGuru Group on LinkedIn.
____________________________ 1 Based on SimilarWeb data between
January 2023 and June 2023. 2 Based on Google Analytics data
between January 2023 and June 2023. 3 Based on data between April
2023 and June 2023. 4 Based on data between January 2023 and June
2023.
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