Lynette was Chief Executive Officer, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Funds & Stewardship of CapitaLand Investment (CLI) and a member of CLI's senior leadership council until 31 March 2023. In that role, Lynette was responsible for leading the development and growth of CLI's ESG-linked investment management business. Prior to this role, Lynette was CapitaLand's first Chief Sustainability Officer and elevated the Group's ESG leadership including the launch of the 2030 CapitaLand Sustainability Master Plan and CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge, and embedding of ESG best practices into CLI's business. She served as CEO, Commercial and Chief Business Innovation Officer from 2017 to 2019 and co-led the integration of CapitaLand and Ascendas-Singbridge when they merged in 2019. Under Lynette's leadership as CEO of CapitaLand Commercial Trust from 2007 to 2017, the assets under management of this real estate investment trust (REIT) tripled its size to over S$10 billion and became the largest commercial REIT and office landlord in Singapore with high sustainability standards.
Before joining CapitaLand in 2007, Lynette held leadership roles in international private equity real estate investment management for over 15 years, including as CEO, Korea at Ascendas, and as Director at the London, New York, Chicago and Asian offices of LaSalle Investment Management.
Lynette currently serves on the advisory board of Singapore Management University's Lee Kong Chian School of Business. She has previously served on the boards of Singapore's National Environment Agency, Singapore Green Building Council, National University of Singapore's School of Design & Environment and Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management and a Master of Science in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore. She was confered The Public Service Medal, 2021 by the Prime Minister's Office, Singapore for her contributions to the public service.
