Sarena Cheah has been with Sunway Group since 1995
Sarena Cheah is the eldest daughter of Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, the founder and chairman of one of Malaysia’s largest public listed conglomerates, Sunway Group. Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah, founded Sunway in 1974 and remains active in its day-to-day operations as the Group’s chairman.
She has been with Sunway Group since 1995 – starting her career in the Corporate Finance and Group Internal Audit divisions.
In 2000, she left to pursue her Master’s Degree in Business Administration at Melbourne Business School. Upon her return, she joined the Education and Healthcare divisions as Business Development Manager.
After pursuing her Master’s Degree at Melbourne Business School, she returned to the Group
Then, in 2013, Sarena was promoted to Managing Director of Strategy & Corporate Development and was appointed as Joint Managing Director of Property Development divisions where she was in charge of Malaysia and Singapore.
She holds a number of directorships in other public companies, including sunREIT Capital Berhad, sunREIT Unrated Bond Berhad, and Yayasan Raja Muda Selangor.
Sarena is responsible for bringing about modern changes to Sunway’s corporate culture
She had done a lot of changes and improvements in the Group. She’s responsible for bringing about modern changes to Sunway’s corporate culture, such as flexible work hours, a childcare centre for employees, and rooms for nursing mothers.
Sarena was one of two CEOs awarded The Edge Malaysia Outstanding Property CEO Award in 2017, and has continued to lead Sunway Property to be amongst Malaysia’s Top Property Developers ranked by The Edge since 2014.
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