Ms Deborah Lee 

Director, CapitaLand Ascott Trust

Ms Lee is presently an Independent Director of Ascott Residence Trust Management Ltd, Ascott Business Trust Management Pte Ltd, Metro Holdings Ltd and Assurity Trusted Solutions Pte Ltd. She is also a board member of WTL Capital Pte Ltd.

Ms Lee was previously Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) from 2007 to 2015. Prior to joining SPH, she was a consultant, specialising in corporate development work and mergers and acquisitions.

Before her consultancy work, Ms Lee was Senior Vice-President, Business Development at the Wuthelam Group, overseeing the establishment of the industrial electronics business, real estate business development and private equity investment for the Group in the region. Ms Lee started her career as an auditor with Pricewaterhouse and subsequently joined Hewlett Packard, holding various management positions over a period of 11 years.

Ms Lee holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) and a Master in Applied Finance from the National University of Singapore. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.