Joelle Chen joined LaSalle in 2024 and is responsible for defining LaSalle’s Asia Pacific sustainability strategy, leveraging technical capabilities and organizational best practices to drive sustainability performance.
She was formerly the Head of Sustainability Asia for Lendlease, delivering net zero investment roadmaps for its portfolio, and instrumental in reducing the embodied carbon of new developments through active supplier engagement to reduce cost impacts to projects. She was the first Asia Pacific Head for World Green Building Council and previously headed the Smart Sustainable Cities team at the Singapore Economic Development Board, driving public-private partnerships through innovation platforms.
Joelle graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Master of Architecture and a Master of Business Administration from the Singapore Management University.