How Colliers Singapore is responding to COVID-19

WeiLeng is the Managing Director of Colliers in Singapore and is responsible for the business's growth strategy and direction. As an enterprising real estate service solutions provider, she currently leads a team of experts advising clients on their business space requirements, property investment choices, managing and driving their asset performance, and valuing their assets.  

Capital Markets is her expertise. Her first foray into real estate began nearly three decades ago when she was headhunted by government service. She has since accumulated a wealth of experience in selling buildings, hotels and development land. She sold her first office building at 20 Malacca Street at Raffles Place – just barely one year into her new role. That same relentlessness saw her through many more deals, some bigger others smaller. Over the years, she has developed an excellent network and invested in strong relationships.

She often gets the question, "What drives you?", which she usually answers, "the inexplicable joy I see on my clients' face when I close a deal!" By building trusted relationships, she has successfully entered into joint ventures with both CapitaLand and City Developments Limited (CDL), during her stint on the buy-side with Wells Fargo (then Wachovia Real Estate).

She considers the undertaking of the Singapore office's leadership role as a significant career progression for her. Together with her team of experts, they have multiplied their profitability by six-fold since 2016, and the team continues to collaborate with colleagues across markets to deliver strong results for shareholders.

Having three daughters of her own that are coming of age, she understands her people's aspirations and recognises the acceleration of success of her people as one of her key focuses, where she mentors and nurtures them in becoming the next generation of leaders.

Colliers has given her tremendous space to accelerate her success, and she would like to accelerate yours too. Connect with her today!

Annabelle is a driven and dedicated marketing and communications professional with over 19 years of experience in both digital and traditional marketing. A positive and high energy team player, she excels in problem-solving with a creative flair and strongly believes in “talent wins the game, but teamwork and intelligence win the championship”.

At Colliers, she is heading the Marketing and Communications department. She leads creative, content, strategic response and media programmes across traditional and digital channels – from integrated campaign conceptualisation and development to launch.

Prior to joining Colliers, she had over nine years of experience in the real estate industry. She spent six years in JLL and, subsequently, three years in Arcadis at both local and regional level. Her not so short stint in the recruitment industry taught her some digital marketing fundamentals, and she also learnt a lot from a people perspective which helps when tackling Internal Communication.

What makes her different?  Annabelle has a very holistic approach when planning big projects, and she is able to put very quickly puzzle pieces together and engage all the relevant parties at the right time.  She is a Polyanna and only sees her glass half full!