{"id":6296,"date":"2022-07-28T05:05:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T05:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/?post_type=article&p=6296"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:02:41","slug":"caroline-fong","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Fong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCaroline Fong wears three hats in Manulife US REIT \u2013 she is the Chief Investor Relations and Capital Markets Officer as well as the Chief Sustainability Officer. A banking and finance graduate from SIM-University of London, Caroline has built up a wealth of experience in investor relations, capital markets and research. Prior to her current job, she has worked in companies such as Singapore Exchange, Temasek Holdings and CapitaLand Mall Asia.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Can you share what you do on a daily basis?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA day in the office during COVID-19 was answering tonnes of questions from analysts\/investors\/media on how the crisis will impact the financial performance of our REIT and why is share price plunging. On the ESG front, it will be ensuring that we are on track to meet our targets and how we are going to get to net zero by 2050.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

What was the main challenge you faced climbing up the career ladder?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The long crazy hours that I was putting in and having little time for self-care and loved ones. Finding the balance was extremely tough when I was starting out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Can you provide us with 1 to 2 success stories in your current job where you had to overcome a specific challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

I was brought in as employee number six to list the first US office REIT in Singapore and Asia in 2016. Nobody knew who we were and what we were doing here. Everyone was like \u2018where\u2019s Atlanta?\u2019 So I had think to out of the box and ask myself, what can I do to get investors and analysts to believe in us? That started a series of initiatives that included launching our very own thought leadership initiative and being one of the first SREITs to engage the financial bloggers.<\/p>

The question that I asked myself constantly was \u2018what do I have to offer to my investors?\u2019 Slowly but surely, we were able to diversify our investor base from 80% retail:20% institutional to 50:50 today. Nobody really believed we could have done that. Today, with a staff strength of 20, there are so much accolades to be grateful for as I take a walk down memory lane.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Is what you are doing currently something you envisioned doing back when you were taking your bachelor\u2019s degree in SIM?<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNope. I have always lived with the mindset \u2018why box myself up in a particular direction\/career when I do not even know how the world will be in the next 3 years?!\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The ability to make a real difference at the driver\u2019s seat and the ability to chart the path ahead with some of the radical ideas. Life is too short to live it mediocrely.<\/p>

Posted online 20 Jul 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Learn more about the programmes<\/a> offered by University of London<\/a> at SIM today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":7237,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"article-category":[49],"university-partner-tax":[],"class_list":["post-6296","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article-category-student-achievers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCaroline Fong | SIM GE Malaysia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Caroline Fong\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Caroline Fong wears three hats in Manulife US REIT \u2013 she is the Chief Investor Relations and Capital Markets Officer […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SIM GE Malaysia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-25T19:02:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/07\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/\",\"name\":\"Caroline Fong | SIM GE Malaysia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-28T05:05:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-25T19:02:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/article\\\/caroline-fong\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Caroline Fong\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/\",\"name\":\"SIM GE Malaysia\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SIM GE Malaysia\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/SIM-GE-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/SIM-GE-logo.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":884,\"caption\":\"SIM GE Malaysia\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/regional.simge.edu.sg\\\/malaysia\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Caroline Fong | SIM GE Malaysia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Caroline Fong","og_description":"Caroline Fong wears three hats in Manulife US REIT \u2013 she is the Chief Investor Relations and Capital Markets Officer […]","og_url":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/","og_site_name":"SIM GE Malaysia","article_modified_time":"2026-07-25T19:02:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/07\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/","url":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/","name":"Caroline Fong | SIM GE Malaysia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/07\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png","datePublished":"2022-07-28T05:05:14+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-25T19:02:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/07\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/07\/SIM-Achievers_Web-Banner_UOL_Caroline-Fong-26.png","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/article\/caroline-fong\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Caroline Fong"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/","name":"SIM GE Malaysia","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/#organization","name":"SIM GE Malaysia","url":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/12\/SIM-GE-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/12\/SIM-GE-logo.png","width":1200,"height":884,"caption":"SIM GE Malaysia"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7240,"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6296\/revisions\/7240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=6296"},{"taxonomy":"university-partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regional.simge.edu.sg\/malaysia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/university-partner-tax?post=6296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}