Gareth Wong is Chief Executive Officer of Mitbana – a joint-venture fund management company of Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan’s leading trading house, and Surbana Jurong, one of Asia’s largest urban, industrial and infrastructure consulting firms owned by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings.
Established in Mar 2019, Mitbana has a committed capital base of US$500 million and its mandate is to crowd-in institutional capital to develop Townships and Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) in Asia, with a focus on ASEAN countries. In Sep 2020, Mitbana announced its first foray into Indonesia with local leading developer Sinar Mas Land to develop over 100 hectares of land into smart and sustainable TODs in Sinar Mas’ flagship development, BSD City in Tangerang, Greater Jakarta.
Gareth is a member of the Forum of Young Global Leaders with the World Economic Forum, as well as the World Cities Summit Young Leaders programme organised by the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore.
Gareth holds a BSc. in Economics (First Class Hons, Dean’s List) from University College London, as well as a MSc. in Political Science from Columbia University in the city of New York.