Goh Chin Liong

Deputy Managing Director

Goh Chin Liong, aged 50, was appointed to the Board on 12 August 1996.  A civil engineer by training, he graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor in Engineering (Hons) Civil and has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. 

Mr Goh started his career as a project engineer/ manager and was involved in several construction projects before joining WCT Berhad in 1991 as a senior project manager.  He became General Manager (Construction Division) in 1995 with expanded responsibilities for the Group’s overall construction activities.  He was promoted to Executive Director in 1996 and became Deputy Managing Director in July 2001, responsible for the Group’s strategic business direction, operational performance, strategic management of the Group’s resources as well as project cost efficiency and profitability.

Under Mr Goh’s direction and supported by a team of dedicated management and staff, the Group succeeded in securing substantial construction contracts both locally and overseas.  The notable contracts secured in 2009 include the first contract awarded under the new Low Cost Carrier Terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, four (4) contracts for infrastructure works in Medini, Iskandar Malaysia, and the contract to undertake additional works in the New Doha International Airport in Qatar.  The Group further secured the contract for the Bahrain City Centre Hotels Fit-Out Works in February 2010.    The Group has also made in-roads into the property development sector in Vietnam with the award of an Investment Certificate in January 2008 for a mixed development project in Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr Goh chairs the Management Committee and is a member of the Options Committee