Mr C.Y. Leung is Asia Pacific Chairman of DTZ.  He is a past Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and past President of the Institute of Surveyors in Hong Kong.  He is also a trustee, Executive Committee member & Chairman of Asia of the Urban Land Institute.

He has been awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees by 3 Universities in the United Kingdom and in Hong Kong. He is also Chairman of the Council of the City University of Hong Kong and Pro Chancellor of University of West of England.

Since 1978, Mr Leung actively contributed to the land and housing reforms in the mainland of China.  In 1980, he was officially appointed as an adviser to the land and housing reform committees of the governments in Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenzhen.  In 1988, shortly after the amendment of the Chinese Constitution, he assisted the Shanghai Government in conducting the first sale of land since 1949.

Mr Leung was extensively involved in the establishment of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region.  He was Secretary General of the Basic Law Consultative Committee (1988-90), Leader of the Political Sub-Group of the Preliminary Working Committee (1993-95), Vice Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for HKSAR (1996-97) and Member of the Provisional Legislative Council (1997-98).

Since 1997, Mr Leung has been a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and is currently the Convenor of the non-official members.  In 2003, he was elected a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese Peopleï¿œs Political Consultative Conference.  He is a founder and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services and Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute.

Company Profile

DTZ is a leading global real estate advisory and consultancy firm providing innovative property and business solutions worldwide, satisfying clients' cross-border needs across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific.

DTZ is in major centres from San Francisco to Shanghai, Stockholm to Sydney with a worldwide presence in 140 cities across 42 countries.

In Europe, DTZ has one of the strongest market presence of any real estate adviser. In Asia Pacific, DTZ maintains offices in Australia, New Zealand, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Each office offers on the ground expertise in all aspects of the Asia Pacific property market.

In mainland China, operational since 1993, DTZ's fully licensed offices are in 15 cities, namely Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xian. It is the largest and longest established real estate advisory firm in this fast growing market. In 2004, DTZ was awarded a Grade A National Valuation Licence, the first among international firms.

DTZ Holdings plc, which is the largest shareholder in the DTZ operations, is a publicly quoted company, listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1987.