Management

Our management structure and style call for simpler administration and less vertical hierarchy, better accountability from people in senior posts, improved communication between all levels of staff, enhanced teamwork, greater career opportunities for those with a drive to succeed, and business strategies that are more attuned to market conditions and our clients' needs.

 

SIMON DAVIES, Chairman

Simon joined Scott Wilson in 1978. He has been based in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. He formed a key international centre in Hong Kong on his return in 2001 and he directs the Group's business development and project activities in Greater China. Simon has unrivalled experience of directing and implementing privatised waste management projects and managing transport-related infrastructure projects, especially design-build-operate schemes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PETER CHAN, Chief Executive

Peter Chan joined Scott Wilson in 1993 following years specialising in geotechnics and environmental remediation in Canada and Hong Kong. He was Director responsible for the division's environmental and waste business between 1996 and 2000. He has been Director responsible for Scott Wilson's operations in China since 2000, and in 2006 became Chief Executive. Peter has managed the ongoing diversification of Scott Wilson's client base and service offering in Mainland China.

 

 

 

 

 

MIKE CHALMERS, Director - Maritime 

Michael Chalmers joined Scott Wilson in the UK in 1973 and moved to Hong Kong in 1975. He has over 35 years extensive experience on major feasibility and planning studies for port developments, tourism and leisure projects, marine studies and investigations, industrial and urban developments, and the design, tendering and construction of a wide range of projects involving dredging, reclamation, seawalls and other maritime structures. Mike has particularly strong experience on container and oil terminals, and large-scale reclamations.

 

 

 

 

 

TONG WAI-LOK, Director - Building Structures

Tong Wai-lok joined Scott Wilson in 1997. He has over 25 years experience in structural, civil and geotechnical engineering with expertise in deep basement excavation, geotechnical works, foundation and high-rise buildings construction. Before joining Scott Wilson, he ran his own practice and was in charge of more than 70 projects over this period valued at over HK$ 900 million.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WALTER CHAN, Director - Infrastructure

Walter Chan rejoined Scott Wilson in 2008 after having gained early experience with the company in Hong Kong from 1978 to 1984 on bridges, new towns and industrial projects. Walter has over 30 years of experience in project management, railway, highway and bridges, buildings facilities, industrial and maritime structures. Previously he held senior positions in Hong Kong and Australia with leading consultants and a railway operator. He is growing the company’s existing infrastructure business, targeting new infrastructure and transportation projects in Hong Kong and the region, particularly with private sector clients.

 

 

 

 

 

GEOFFREY PHILLIPS, Technical Director - Infrastructure

Geoff Phillips joined Scott Wilson in 1986 following a number of years with the Mass Transit Railway Corporation in Hong Kong and with a major construction contractor in UK. Geoff has wide-ranging experience in designing and managing large-scale transport infrastructure including expressways, tunnels and railways; urban infrastructure including site works for property developers; waste management facilities; and water, wastewater and drainage facilities. Geoff was promoted to Principal Engineer in 1991, Associate in 1993 and became Technical Director in 2001.  He has a comprehensive knowledge and experience of standard, turnkey, design-build and build-operate-transfer construction contracts, including due diligence independent checking.

 

 

 

 

PAUL CHU, Technical Director - Transportation

Paul Chu joined Scott Wilson in 1980 and has developed a career focused on studies, design and supervision of major highway and railway bridges, as well as managing planning and landscape studies and design for major transport infrastructure. He is currently an Associate in the Highways and Bridges Section. He has more than 28 years experience in the project management, design and contract administration of bridges and infrastructure development in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Canada. Paul has also managed Scott Wilson joint-venture operations in China.

 

 

 

 

 

BRUCE WONG, Technical Director - Mechanical & Electrical

Bruce Wong is an electrical engineer with 20 years of experience in commercial, hotel and leisure, residential and industrial property in Hong Kong and mainland China. Based in Beijing, Bruce heads up Scott Wilson's Mechanical & Electrical engineering and building services practice in the division, including green building design for property developers and owners. He specialises in niche building services consultancy for five-star hotels, comprehensive mixed-use developments, and Class A offices.

 

 

 

 

 

BENJAMIN SUN,  Technical Director - Geotechnical

Dr Benjamin Sun joined Scott Wilson in 1997. Following his Master's degree and PhD in Geotechnical Engineering, Ben worked on a wide variety of geotechnical and geoenvironmental projects in the USA and Canada. After joining Scott Wilson in Hong Kong, he has managed and directed many publicly funded civil projects, building development projects, as well as various slope assessment and maintenance projects. Ben has also evaluated the stability of and designed large tailings dams and has engineered various landfill and waste containment facilities.

 

 

 

 

 

WONG KOI-HOU, Technical Director - Building Structures

K H Wong first joined Scott Wilson in 1990 after having worked for consultant and contractors on a variety of building structures projects. He was promoted to principal engineer in 2001 and in January 2008 was appointed Technical Director. He has over 20 years of experience in the design and construction of structural engineering projects including high-rise commercial and residential buildings, hotels, deep basements, industrial, education, exhibition halls and transport stations and complexes including numerous projects at Hong Kong International Airport.

 

 

 

 

 

SAMUEL WONG,  Technical Director - Transportation

Samuel Wong has 20 years experience in transport planning, traffic engineering and management throughout Asia and UK. He has managed and participated in numerous regional transport studies, and carried out traffic appraisals for property developments and transport infrastructure projects in Hong Kong and China. Samuel is an expert at planning and implementing traffic and financial studies for privatized expressways including more than 100 toll road projects, primarily in Mainland China, particularly as part of due diligence for companies’ Initial Public Offerings listings on Hong Kong and China stock exchanges.

 

 

 

 

 

COLLIN CHAN, Technical Director  - Land Development

Collin Chan has 20 years' experience in civil engineering infrastructure and waterworks. He has been involved in a wide range of projects comprising feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed design, contract preparation and supervision-in-chief on roadworks, bridges, cycleways, site formation, reclamation, drainage, sewerage, water supply and utilities, in both rugged terrain in the New Territories and in intensively developed urban areas in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island Central Business District.

 

 

 

 

 

 

JONATHAN MEIGH, Technical Director - Maritime

Jonathan Meigh has 35 years' experience in the planning, design and construction of maritime and port development projects. He has been involved in many projects in Hong Kong, China, Bahrain, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, India, UK, Gibraltar, the Caribbean and various countries in Africa. He is the head of the firm's Coastal Engineering Group within the Maritime business unit and will be responsible for all Bahrain and United Arab Emirates' projects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IAN MUIR, Technical Director - Maritime

Ian Muir has 20 years' experience in civil engineering and ground investigation with recent heavy emphasis on martitime works. Since joining Scott Wilson in 1993, he has been engaged in the firm's Geotechnical Section and has provided geotechnical support to design teams and resident site staff on a number of flagship site formation, earthworks, reclamation and associated projects in Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Bahrain and Qatar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAU CHUN-LEUNG, Technical Director - Project Management

Lau Chun-leung  joined Scott Wilson in 2004 after having worked with several major construction companies in the region and managed the construction of projects in China, Malaysia and Vietnam. He has extensive experience in working within a multi-cultural environment. His project experience is wide-ranging, encompassing the construction of hotels, residential towers, institutional developments, office and commercial complexes, industrial facilities and large-scale urban infrastructure. He is experienced in contractual dispute resolution.

 

 

 

 

 

SIMON LAU, Associate Director - Construction Management

Simon Lau has nearly 30 years of engineering design, construction and project management on infrastructure, industrial and environmental projects in China, Hong Kong and Canada. He joined Scott Wilson in 2007 from Zublin Project Management China Ltd where he was Managing Director of their Guangzhou office. He has excellent knowledge of implementing Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management and Design-Build projects, particularly in China. Simon holds advanced degrees in engineering from Canadian universities and diplomas in law and business from Southwest University in Chongqing and Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is responsible for construction management business in China.

 

 

 

 

HAROLD INSLEY, Head of Environmental Services

Harold Insley joined Scott Wilson in 1967 and joined the Hong Kong operation in 1975. In the Asia-Pacific region, he has worked in Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Harold has significant experience working on multi-disciplinary projects for the Hong Kong SAR Government, and is a contracts and risk management specialist, with particular experience in Design Build and Operate (DBO) schemes for waste management projects, including landfills and refuse transfer stations. Harold oversees all environmental projects in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

 

 

 

 

 

LEE PARKS, Head of Landscape Architecture

Lee Parks has over 10 years experience working at all stages of the design process from large scale master planning and LVIA to detailed implementation. He has experience of landscape planning for public and private clients including commercial and retail, education and healthcare, wellness resorts, recreation areas, urban centres, riverside, coastal parks and landscape design of major infrastructure and urban regeneration areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

KIM TOH, Head of Architecture and Planning

Kim Toh has 15 years experience working in multi-disciplinary practices and for real estate developers in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and overseas. Kim has a wide range of experience encompassing the preparation of strategic conceptual designs and masterplanning of sites to co-ordinating the layout of buildings, infrastructure, highways and landscape in urban areas.  He has designed and managed projects for residential developments, business parks, inner-city mixed use sites, transport and movements corridors, public open spaces and tourism and leisure proposals.

 

 

 

 

 

YANG WEI-DONG, General Manager, Jiangsu Scott Wilson

Yang Wei-dong joined the Jiangsu Provincial Communications Planning and Design Institute in 1991 following the completion of his master's degree at Nanjing University in civil and geotechnical engineering. Yang Wei-dong was engaged on highway projects including the preliminary and detailed design of the Nanjing-Shanghai Expressway. Shortly after the formation of the joint venture between Scott Wilson and the Jiangsu design institute, he transferred to Jiangsu Scott Wilson where he concentrated on planning, design and construction of manufacturing plants and industrial projects in China. He manages key industrial and transport projects for Jiangsu Scott Wilson and in 2000 was appointed Director of the joint-venture company, responsible for JV operations and project management.

 

 

 

BOB YANG, General Manager, Scott Wilson Tianjin

Bob Yang has over 20 years of practical experience in port and maritime engineering, coastal engineering and environment engineering with expertise in port planning, risk management and project management. Bob has undertaken many regional and national-level projects in China, Northeast Asia and Africa for both public and private sector clients. As General Manager of the joint-venture company, Scott Wilson Tianjin, Bob is responsible for business development and project management for the environment engineering, harbour engineering, water resources, river and coastal engineering market sectors.