Kang Kok Hin

Kok Hin earned his 1st Class Honours Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Monash University, Australia under the Public Service Commission scholarship. He obtained Post graduate Diplomas in Business Studies and Business Administration from UK, and also graduated with a Master of Engineering from NUS Engineering, followed by an MBA and a Doctor of Philosophy from NUS in Building Science.

Kok Hin is currently the President of the Institution of Facilities Management Singapore, and is also under the Chartered Engineers of UK & Australia, and a corporate member of IFMA, USA and BIFM, UK. Dr Kang has been in the property and estate management and maintenance consultancy services related industries for more than 30 years and possess in-depth knowledge about providing strategic and operational facility management services. After spending 8 years of engineering design and maintenance services with the then Public Works of Singapore, Kok Hin joined the Mandarin Singapore Group for another 9 years as its Director of Projects to help set up many hotels locally and overseas. When he was with Centrepoint Property Ltd subsequently, he was involved in property and facilities establishment, property maintenance and management services. Thereafter, he was posted to Bangalore, Southern India and was involved in the construction, lease and facilities management of a state-of-the-art Technopark.

Kok Hin is currently with a multinational engineering, architectural design & FM firm in Singapore and has helped them manage over 1,000 buildings in Singapore with a gross floor area of 9 million square metres, plus approximately 3 million square metres of gross floor area in China providing strategic, tactical and Operational Facilities Management, Education and also Training services to MNCs and government clients. He has been actively offering lectures in Project and Facilities Management subjects to varsities and training schools of Singapore over the past 5 years.

Academic

• Doctor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore (NUS) (Building Science)
  
• Master of Engineering, NUS (Mechanical Engineering)
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical, 1st Class Honors), Monash University, Australia, Government PSC Scholarship Diploma in Business Study; MBA (USA)

Professional

• Senior Corporate Member, Institute of Engineers Singapore Corporate Member, Institute of Engineers,
• Australia Corporate Member of America Society of Heat, Refrigeration, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE),
• USA Chartered Professional Engineer,
• UK & Australia; Professional Engineer (Mechanical),
• Singapore Fellow, Institute of Plant Engineers,
• UK Corporate Member,
• ASME, USA Corporate Member,
• Singapore Institute of Builder (SIB) Fellow/Honorary.
• President, Institution of FM,
• Singapore Corporate Member BIFM (UK) & IFMA (USA)
• Corporate Member of SIM; Chair of B.Sc. (FM & Event Mgt)
• Program Adjunct Professor in FM & Event Management Program; UNISIM (2010-2012)
• Adjunct Associate Professor, NTU (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
• Member of The Technical Committee on Building Management Services

Working Experience

• Present Company - BestLand Consultants, Managing Director.
• Guest Lecturer to NUS (School of Project & Facilities Management)
• Lecturer to NTU (Project & Engineering Management, Human Resource Management, Construction management & Procurement/Contract management, School of CEE & School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty courses.
• Approved Trainer for DSTA/CAAS on Asset Management and various levels of Strategic & Fundamental FM Approved Trainer for NTU Alumni's Continue Education Training on Fundamental and Principles of Facilities Management and Project Management
• Approved Trainer for CAAS, Changi Airport Singapore on Project & Facilities/Operation Management University of New Castle/Singapore (Engineering & Project Management, Business Management, HR management, Responsible Commerce & Marketing Management, Supply Chain Management);
• Final Year Projects Supervision; Engineering Mechanics; Thermodynamics BCA Academy,
• Guest Lecturer on Green Mark & FM & Sustainable FM/Green Building Technology