SLP appoints Nicholas Mak as research head

Mr. Nicholas Mak will officially join property consultancy firm SLP International tomorrow as executive director of its research and consultancy division.

Mr. Mak was previously a real estate lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Prior to that, he served as research and consultancy director at Knight Frank between June 2005 and July 2009.

SLP started off in 2001 marketing industrial properties in Singapore, and has leased out projects like Wcega Plaza and Tower in Bukit Batok, as well as markets approximately $1 billion worth of industrial properties every year.

It then expanded into the residential property sector and recently recruited over 500 associate agents to manage its growing portfolio projects.

Mr. Mak’s employment is in line with SLP's expansion. The company has also entered into Jakarta and Shanghai.

“With our move into Indonesia and China, we want to take real estate research and consultancy services beyond the shores of Singapore,” said Kain Sim, managing director of SLP.

The company is also branching out into property fund management and is looking for professionals to lead its valuation and property management division.