Datuk Christopher Boyd

DATUK CHRISTOPHER BOYD recently retired from Savills Malaysia, an international firm of professional property consultants with over 200 staff in Malaysia, where he was Executive Chairman since 2001. He is a registered valuer in Malaysia with over 42 years’ property experience in the country and a further 12 years’ in the UK, Australia and Singapore.

 Datuk Boyd’s professional career in Malaysia started as a partner in Jones Lang Wootton, international property consultants. He went on to become Managing Partner of Knight Frank Baillieu Malaysia and joined Regroup (trading originally as CBRE and subsequently Savills Malaysia) after 6 years as Managing Director of a listed development company.

Christopher Boyd is a British citizen with Malaysian Permanent Residence.  He has wide knowledge of the Malaysian property markets coupled with extensive experience in acquisition and disposal of properties in many other countries.

During the course of his career, Datuk Boyd has held directorships in a number of listed Malaysian companies, and is currently a non-executive director of the listed Malaysian companies, MUI Properties and SUNREIT Bhd.

Christopher Boyd’s professional affiliations include:

• Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)
• Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia (FISM)
• Member of the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (MSISV)
• Associate of the Australian Property Institute (AAPI)
• Registered Valuer and Registered Estate Agent in Malaysia

He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Malaysian Nature Society, Chairman of the Hash Heritage Foundation and Trustee (Treasurer) of the Aged Europeans Fund.