Mr Jonathan Yap is CEO of CapitaLand Development (CLD), the development arm of CapitaLand Group since June 2025, and Executive Director of CapitaLand Group. He leads CLD in scaling up while capitalising on real estate opportunities fuelled by megatrends.

Jonathan has more than 30 years of real estate experience. Before his current appointment, Jonathan was with CapitaLand Investment (CLI), the listed real estate investment management business of CapitaLand Group. He last held the position of CEO, Listed Funds, overseeing CLI’s listed funds vertical, asset operating platforms in Singapore and Malaysia, and its India business. Jonathan joined CapitaLand Group in July 2019 after the company combined with Ascendas Singbridge (ASB) as President of CapitaLand Financial.

Jonathan was the Chief Operating Officer and Group Chief Financial Officer of ASB from 2017. Before which, he served concurrently as the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Real Estate Funds of ASB since its inception via a merger of Ascendas and Singbridge in 2015. Before ASB, Jonathan held leadership roles at the Ascendas Group since 2004.

Prior to Ascendas, Jonathan was with Lendlease, Tan Chong Realty and Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.

Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management (Honours) and a Master of Science in Project Management from the National University of Singapore.