R A N D D E V E L O P M E N T
(A RAND GROUP COMPANY)
Marcus Chia Zeng Yik
Managing Director & CEO
Marcus Chia is the Group Managing Director & CEO of Rand International Holdings Sdn. Bhd., the investment holding company of Rand Group Malaysia, and the Managing Director & CEO of Rand Development Sdn. Bhd. Since joining the Group in 2015, he has led its strategic expansion into Malaysia's real estate sector and continues to drive growth across property development and diversified investments. He is also a shareholder and director of several multinational and Malaysian private companies with interests spanning real estate, education, tourism, technology, and digital commerce.
Prior to joining Rand Group, Marcus served as Corporate & Finance Director of Melawing (KL) Group of Companies, an established Malaysian property developer with a cumulative development portfolio exceeding RM1.14 billion in Gross Development Value (GDV). Earlier in his career, he was a Management Consultant in KPMG's Strategy & Operations practice, where he advised multinational corporations, government-linked agencies, and private enterprises on corporate strategy, business transformation, and large-scale infrastructure initiatives. He also contributed to the conceptualisation and development planning of the Chuping Valley Industrial Area (CVIA), a flagship green technology industrial development under the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (RMK-12), spearheaded by the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) in collaboration with the State Government of Perlis.
Marcus began his professional career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Nova Capital Partners, a boutique investment bank headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Marcus holds a Master of Science in Management (Finance) with Distinction from University College London (UCL), United Kingdom, a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Finance) from The Pennsylvania State University University Park, United States, and completed a Summer Programme in Economics at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He has also completed executive certifications in Construction Finance from Columbia University and Project Finance and Public-Private Partnerships Fundamentals from the New York Institute of Finance.