Michael CharltonChairman
Michael has specialised in providing contractual advice for 34 years in the Asia Pacific region. Michael Charlton & Company Limited was established in 2005 and subsequently, the Charlton Martin Group was formed in 2007.
Michael has specialised in providing contractual advice for 34 years in the Asia Pacific region. He first came to Hong Kong in 1985 when he established the business for a major contracts consultancy group and from there developed their businesses throughout Asia and Australia. He became Joint CEO with the group which was listed in the UK, before leaving in 2004 to establish his own company. Michael Charlton & Company Limited was established in 2005 and subsequently the Charlton Martin Group formed in 2007. Michael is Chairman of the Charlton Martin Group, which also has offices in Malaysia and Singapore. He has acted as lay advocate, representing parties in mediation and arbitration, he has been appointed as arbitrator, and provided contractual advice to the industry. Michael has been appointed as quantum expert and has given evidence at numerous arbitrations and litigations. Michael has been a regular lecturer at seminars and has organised and presented in excess of 500 seminars in the region.
Rodney MartinChief Executive Officer
Rodney is Chief Executive of the Charlton Martin Group, having previously been employed as Group Regional Director and Senior Vice President of two major contracts consultancy groups in the Asia Pacific Region. Of his 33 years of experience, 23 have been at senior level in this region.
Rodney is Chief Executive of the Charlton Martin Group, having previously been employed as Group Regional Director and Senior Vice President of two major contracts consultancy groups in the Asia Pacific Region. Of his 33 years of experience, 23 have been at senior level in this region. Additionally, Rodney has worked for many clients in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India. Rodney holds dual qualifications in quantity surveying and law and as a chartered quantity surveyor is a specialist in construction contract consultancy providing professional and technical advice to clients relating to contract documentation, contractual claims, dispute avoidance and resolution. He is an accredited mediator, panel arbitrator and panel adjudicator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre and is an experienced speaker within the region. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as well as both the Malaysian and Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Rodney has been appointed as Expert Witness on matters relating to quantum and has acted as lay advocate in arbitration proceedings. Rodney has also been appointed as an arbitrator, mediator, adjudicator and Dispute Adjudication Board member in Malaysia. He has lived in Kuala Lumpur since 1997.
Andrew MerrileesDirector
Andrew MerrileesDirector
Andrew’s core expertise is in dispute resolution, expert witness work and providing strategic advice and with diverse experience working in the UK, Middle East and Asia Pacific Region.
Andrew Merrilees is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with over 25 years’ experience on major international building and civil engineering projects in the UK, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East. Andrew became a Practising Associate of the Academy of Experts in 2004 for the provision of expert services and holds dual qualifications in quantity surveying and law. Andrew’s dispute resolution experience includes the preparation and defence of notices of contractual claims, interim particulars and submission of full and detailed particulars under Government and private forms, for Extensions of Time and costs on behalf of contractors and employers. Andrew’s expert witness work includes assisting in the preparation of expert reports and independent opinions on quantum matters, including assisting in the preparation of expert reports to defend counterclaims. His experience also includes strategic advice and assistance in preparation for Adjudication, Mediation and Arbitration proceedings of disputes over costs and delays in contracts. Andrew is experienced in all aspects of senior contracts, claims and commercial management. He advises on contractual and commercial matters, contract strategy as well as contractual correspondence and position papers on contentious and non-contentious issues.
Cheryl JeDirector
Cheryl JeDirector
Cheryl has vast experience in contractual advice, claims preparation and expert opinion. She is also a regular speaker for public seminars and speaking engagements.
Cheryl has more than 26 years’ experience in the construction industry initially gained in professional quantity surveying practice and with developer and later with claims consultancy firm. She holds dual qualification in quantity surveying and in law. She is experienced in giving contractual advice, preparing claims and giving expert opinion. She also speaks in public seminars on construction contractual issues.
John WongDirector
John WongDirector
John specialises in Construction Contracts, Loss & Expense Claims, Extension of Time Claims and Expert Witness services.
John is a Director of Charlton Martin Consultants Sdn Bhd. John holds dual qualifications in quantity surveying and law, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Malaysian Society of Adjudicator, a Certified Adjudicator under Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), a Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia and a Member of The Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia. John is a Panel Arbitrator and Adjudicator with AIAC and has acted as an adjudicator and an arbitrator in proceedings. John has over 23 years of experience in quantity surveying and construction contracts consultancy including providing contractual advice; contract management and administration; preparing as well as assessing loss and expense claims and extension of time claims; and giving claims support in arbitrations/adjudications and acting as an expert witness in arbitration and court proceedings. John represents parties in adjudications and mediates settlement of disputes between parties. John is an experienced speaker at seminars on construction claims in Malaysia. Apart from Malaysia, John has experience in preparing construction claims for projects in Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Shanghai, Mexico, Algeria and the Middle East.
Shawn ChongDirector
Shawn ChongDirector
Shawn is a well-qualified multi-disciplinary professional with over 35 years of experience in construction, engineering, energy and infrastructure projects.
Shawn is a well-qualified multi-disciplinary professional with over 35 years of experience in construction, engineering, energy and infrastructure projects. His experience on large scale projects covers many sectors, executed under various contractual arrangements, inter alia, Traditional Contracts, Management Contracting, Construction Management, Design & Build, Turnkey, BOT, PFI and PPP. Shawn specialises in the provision of dispute related services, having previously been employed in two major contract consultancy groups and as senior commercial manager of a large multi-national company where he headed the commercial and risk division, managing and directing operation resources, oversees contract administration, arbitration, adjudication, and other legal matters. The combination of his technical, quantity surveying, project management, IT, law and business administration skills enables him to assist clients in a broad range of issues and maximising the prospects of success in a cost-effective manner. He counsels employers, contractors and subcontractors in commercial, retail, office, residential, civil engineering, industrial park, power plants and airport projects and was recognised for his ability to effectively resolve complex and difficult commercial and contractual matters.
Mukhtar HashimDirector
Mukhtar HashimDirector
With over 31 years of experience, Mukhtar’s emphasis is on projects involving Delay Analysis, Dispute Resolution, Extension of Time Claims and he also acts as an Expert Witness.
Mukhtar initially trained as an engineer but quickly specialised in project planning and project control with various organisations. He is an experienced Primavera and MS Project software user having developed and implemented project planning and control systems for both Contractors and Owners / Employers on a variety of oil & gas and infrastructure projects both domestically in Malaysia and internationally. Having spent in excess of 31 years gaining experience in planning and project controls, Mukhtar has specialised in delay analysis and dispute resolution work dealing with extension of time claims and delay impact generally as an expert witness. With a wealth of hands-on practical experience, Mukhtar is able to quickly understand the impact of particular delay events whether assisting with the preparation of extension of time claims on behalf of Contractors or defending such claims on behalf of Owners / Employers.
Warren ChuiDirector
Warren ChuiDirector
Warren has gained much experience working with major contractors in Hong Kong. His key interest is in contractual matters and dispute resolution.
Warren was initially trained as a quantity surveyor and has over 10 years’ experience in the construction industry gained with major contractors in Hong Kong. He is experienced in preparing claims for extensions of time and costs. Warren is also involved in preparation for arbitration and mediation and also in the preparation of expert witness reports. His interest in contractual matters and dispute resolution expanded after obtaining a law degree in 2004 and he has also succeeded in obtaining a Master of Law degree in international economic law.
Arlene ChiaAssociate Director
Arlene ChiaAssociate Director
Arlene’s strength lies in her flexibility in advising and delivering excellent results to clients of various sectors.
Arlene is a Quantity Surveyor and has over 23 years of working experience in the construction industry. She has worked for Quantity Surveying Consultant firms, contractor organisations, project management and claim consultancy firms. She has assisted a number of Main Contractors in the compilation of claim documentation relating to issues involving variation works, loss and expenses, prolongation, acceleration and various aspects of a contractual nature. She has also acted as an assistant to Expert Witness to research, analyse and draft quantum analysis reports for various arbitration, litigation and adjudication proceedings involving commercial, residential and infrastructure projects.
Gregory TungManager of Dispute Resolution Services
Gregory TungManager of Dispute Resolution Services
Gregory is a legally qualified specialist in arbitration and contractual advice. He also speaks at seminars and writes articles for publication.
Though he chooses not to practise as a barrister, Gregory specialises in arbitration and contractual advice relating to construction and insurance matters having qualified both as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and as a barrister. His legal background makes him ideally suited to drafting agreements, contracts and documents for arbitrations as well as giving advice and opinion on difficult issues. Gregory has experience in assisting contractor clients in mediations and adjudication and in assisting experts in preparing expert reports. He is experienced in pursuing and defending claims from site level through to arbitration. He has represented clients in many arbitrations relating to construction and insurance matters, and also sat as an arbitrator. Gregory also gives seminars and writes articles for publications.
Uma MenonAssociate Director
Uma MenonAssociate Director
A professional with experience of 20 years providing consultancy advice on different types of construction projects in many countries.
Uma brings with her a wealth of experience of 20 years providing consultancy advice on different types of construction projects in Singapore, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Uma’s experience covers assessment of delay, forensic planning, project management, contractual advice, defending and settlement of claims and dispute resolution.
Naz RahimAssociate Director
Naz RahimAssociate Director
Naz brings with her more than 16 years of industry experience in the construction industry namely notably in Power, Utilities, Commercial & Residential, Infrastructure, Transportation and Petrochemical, Oil & Gas.
Naz is a Malaysian Registered Professional Quantity Surveyor (QS) and a Chartered QS with RICS, UK with more than 16 years of industry experience within international and multicultural set-up; predominantly with Quantity Surveying firms and Claims Consultancy outfit in Malaysia, Ireland and Qatar. Armed with an MSc specialising in Construction Contract Management and a double degree in QS and Legal Studies, Naz adds value to her current role as an Associate Director with the ability to offer her hands-on experience and knowledge from the “best of both worlds”; namely in the technicality of the construction industry and the complexity of Construction Law. Naz is certified to act as Adjudicator for statutory adjudications under the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPAA) 2012. Her industry experiences include Civil and Infrastructure Works, Commercial Development, Healthcare, Research and Educational Facilities, Project Management, Construction Contracts, Claims and Dispute Management including providing support in Arbitration, Adjudication and Expert Witness. Naz is a solid team player and focuses on ways to get to Client's desired results, strategically. Not afraid of challenging the status-quo, she is also a self-starter with a positive attitude; having strong communication skills and an open-minded personality.
Joel KeenSenior Planning Engineer
Joel KeenSenior Planning Engineer
Joel is a senior planner with over 14 years’ experience working in the construction industry in site management and planning roles.
Joel is a senior planner with over 14 years’ experience working in the construction industry in site management and planning roles. He has completed an MSc in Construction Project Management and he is a Chartered Member of the CIOB. Joel is experienced in the use of Primavera 6, Microsoft Project, Asta Power Project, CAD, BIM and Naviswork as a management tool. His recent experience includes projects such as Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities and Hung Hom MTR Train Station.
Jessica ChanSenior Consultant
Jessica ChanSenior Consultant
Jessica assists the Directors in the preparation of expert witness reports, contractual advice and surveying services.
Jessica was recently promoted to a Senior Consultant and she is a qualified quantity surveyor with over 10 years’ experience in the construction industry. Her experience includes working on a number of high-profile projects within various sectors such as infrastructure, building, oil & gas, rail and tunnelling, reclamation, commercial, shopping mall and auditorium projects, mixed developments in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. Whilst working with a large contractor in Hong Kong, Jessica gained experience in measurement, construction cost ascertainment, material procurement and general quantity surveying practice. She also acquired experience in evaluation, negotiation and final account settlements. Jessica has a strong interest in dispute resolution of construction contracts and obtained a Master of Law in 2013 (Arbitration and Dispute Resolution). Jessica then worked for a global construction claims company where she assisted senior colleagues in preparing claims for extensions of time, prolongation and disruption claims and providing project commercial management services. She also assists in preparing in-house trainings. Jessica is presently engaged in assisting the appointed experts in the preparation of expert witness reports for construction litigation and arbitration and in the provision of contractual advice and surveying services to our clients.
Tang Wei JieConsultant
Tang Wei JieConsultant
Wei Jie is a qualified Quantity Surveyor with over 8 years’ experience gained with major consultants in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
Wei Jie is a project quantity surveyor with over 8 years’ experience in the construction industry gained with major consultants in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. His solid experience with consultants spans from the design phase through to completion, involving feasibility studies, pre and post contract administration, cost planning, tender documentation, preparation of Bills of Quantities, cost reporting, and valuation of variations up to the settlement of final accounts. Wei Jie’s experience includes advising clients on the appropriate forms of contract and method of appointment of a contractor, providing contractual advice on contractual issues, as well as ascertainment of contractual claims regarding extensions of time and cost in a consultant QS capacity. Wei Jie qualified as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor in 2017.
Choo Choy LanConsultant
Choo Choy LanConsultant
Choy Lan assists in preparing tender documents as well as managing post contracts duties including preparation of expert witness reports.
Choy Lan has over 11 years of experience in Malaysia, Singapore and also United Kingdom. She started her career upon completing her Bachelor of Science degree course as a quantity surveyor in Scotland in 2006. In this role, she assisted in preparing tender documents as well as managing post contracts duties. In 2013, she returned to Malaysia to work with a large established quantity surveying practice as a senior contract executive. She was entrusted to manage tender procedures including tender enquiries, pre-tender estimates, preparation of tender documents, tender reporting, tender clarification and post contract procedures including attending all meetings, assessing contractor’s valuation and variation claims, cost reports presentation and negotiating final account with contractors. Since joining Charlton Martin Consultants in 2015, Choy Lan has assisted with the preparation of expert witness reports as well as undertaking various assignments as part of a team including tender document preparation for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contracts.
Fabian LimConsultant
Fabian LimConsultant
Owning a high standard of work with particular attention to detail, Fabian assists the Senior Consultants and Directors in most projects.
Fabian joined Charlton Martin Consultants Sdn Bhd as a Consultant in August 2011. He assists Senior Consultants and Directors with the preparation of extension of time and loss & expense claims, arbitration proceedings and contract administration retainer services. His attention to detail when compiling documentation is of a very high standard as required for formal dispute resolution procedures and he has gained much experience during his years of working with Charlton Martin Consultants in this area of expertise.
Azna AzmanConsultant
Azna AzmanConsultant
Azna’s core involvement in communicating and negotiating in relation to claims management and submissions required for arbitration work; including extension of time, loss and expense, prolongation, disputes & acceleration claims gives her an advantage in her consultancy assignments.
Azna gained extensive experience in the fundamentals of quantity surveying for both pre and post contract stages on a variety of medium to large building projects. Her experience includes the monitoring of progress on issues related to cost planning, tendering and contractual arrangements, drafting contractual responses, interim valuations, valuation and settlement of variation accounts and also claims for the extension of time for various types of projects. Her core involvement in communicating and negotiating in relation to claims management and submissions required for arbitration work; including extension of time, loss and expense, prolongation, disputes & acceleration claims gives her an advantage in her consultancy assignments. She has also been involved in CIPAA proceedings for both Claimant and Respondent in the commercial and residential sector. Some examples of notable projects that Azna has been involved in includes PETRONAS Rapid Project Package 14, MRT Line 1, Mid Valley SouthKey (Johor Bahru), Tun Razak Exchange, Medini Iskandar, TREC KL.
Wong Wee HongConsultant
Wong Wee HongConsultant
Wee Hong has 20 years of experience with international contractors and consultants in the construction industry.
Wee Hong holds qualification in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying and Law. He has 20 years of experience with international contractors and consultants in the construction industry providing general contract administration services, preparing or reviewing extension of time and disruption claims and preparing or reviewing loss and expense claims. Additionally, Wee Hong has been involved in subcontract tender analysis, procurement, subcontractor progress claims, variation evaluation and final account settlement for international contractors and consultants on a number of large infrastructure projects. He also supports the preparation of quantum expert reports in domestic and international arbitrations.
Venice TanConsultant
Venice TanConsultant
She has been involved in most aspects of construction projects and was also engaged on a major rail project in Kuala Lumpur have over 12 years of experience in the construction industry.
Venice has worked with consultants and contractors regionally and internationally and have over 12 years of experience in the construction industry. She has been involved in most aspects of construction projects ranging from cost planning, value engineering, pre-contract procurement and tendering, contract administration, subcontract management, variation management and claims management support work. Venice was also engaged on a major rail project in Kuala Lumpur providing claims and variation account support relating to the construction of six stations and one section of elevated guideway including foundation, structural, MEP and finishes works. Venice has also been involved in facilities management projects providing support for claims arising from variations due to project termination. Venice is adept at working on her own or as part of a team.
Irene GohConsultant
Irene GohConsultant
Throughout Irene’s career, she has gained many years’ experience in both pre-contract and post-contract on various forms of construction.
Irene is an experienced Quantity Surveyor and with extensive experience in project quantity surveying, tendering & estimating, quantity re-measurement & analysis and contract administration. Prior to joining Charlton Martin Group, Irene was a Commercial Manager with a reputable consultancy firm. Throughout Irene’s career, she has gained many years’ experience in both pre-contract and post-contract on various forms of construction including high rise, structural, building, mixed use development, civils and infrastructure and highway works. Irene is adept at working independently and liaising with clients and also working within a team. Her strength lies in her flexibility in dealing and meeting the varying requirements from clients.
Ashish ChakravartiConsultant
Ashish ChakravartiConsultant
Having been involved in multi-million dollar projects with cross-cultural experience gives Ashish the knowledge in adopting various techniques of Project Management, Scheduling, Monitoring and Reporting.
Ashish possesses qualification in both Engineering and Quantity Surveying with a degree in Civil Engineering and postgraduate programme in Quantity Surveying. He began his career as a Planning Engineer in the Oil & Gas Sector. Having been involved in multi-million dollar projects with cross-cultural experience gives Ashish the knowledge in adopting various techniques of Project Management, Scheduling, Monitoring and Reporting which have been implemented in Oil & Gas, EPC, Infrastructure, High Rise Building and Construction sectors in India, Myanmar and Malaysia. Since joining Charlton Martin, Ashish has had the opportunity to implement various techniques of delay analysis, mitigation and cause & effect of delay for numerous Clients. Ashish has been based in Malaysia since 2013 and is experienced working with the various clients in Malaysia.
Nurdia Azlin AzmanConsultant
Nurdia Azlin AzmanConsultant
Azlin has the experience of working with both consultants and developers in a variety of claims work, tendering and contractual arrangements and assessment and preparation including formal dispute resolution.
Azlin has been involved in local and international projects, where she has focused on the preparation and submission of various types of claims and has had the opportunity to lead a claims team. Since she started focusing her career as a claims consultant, Azlin has the experience of working with both consultants and developers. She has been involved in a variety of claims work, tendering and contractual arrangements and assessment and preparation and has also been involved in formal dispute resolution where she participated in the preparation of documentation for arbitration including the compilation of data. Most recently, she was involved in the evaluation of client’s variation order submissions. She has a wealth of experience in delivering quantity surveying services covering different stages in both pre-contract and post-contract, and multiple industry sectors ranging from building, residential and commercial including infrastructure.
Lee See YenConsultant
Lee See YenConsultant
See Yen’s experience includes commercial & residential as well as infrastructure projects and assists the senior consultants in various projects.
See Yen began her career working as a Quantity Surveyor for various international quantity surveying firms and contractor by undertaking measurement of architectural work, structural work and landscaping, evaluating and processing of contractor’s payment claims, preparing final accounts, cost estimation, contract management, monitoring project expenditure, preparing variation orders and assisting in payment claims disputes. See Yen’s project experience includes commercial and residential as well as infrastructure.
Joel ChooConsultant
Joel ChooConsultant
Joel has had 10 years’ experience in Tendering as well as Pre- and Post-Contract Management with leading contractors in Malaysia.
Joel is very experienced in pre and post contract management primarily in the Commercial & Residential and Transportation sectors. He currently assists the Directors in various projects.
Raymah SelvarajConsultant
Raymah SelvarajConsultant
Raymah, who has 9 years’ experience currently assists the Directors in providing general retainer services for major contractors and developers.
Raymah began her career working as a Quantity Surveyor for various building contractors and quantity surveying firms. She has gained experience in preparing tender documents, undertaking measurement of the commercial value of payments, preparing extension of time application, preliminary work program, final account, cost estimation, loss and expense Claims, variation order claims and oversaw the subcontractors claims and progress certification.
Muhammad Hanif Abd RahimConsultant
Muhammad Hanif Abd RahimConsultant
Hanif is an experienced planner & scheduler and currently provides services to clients in various planning and delay analysis assignments.
Hanif has gained valuable experience in planning & scheduling and preparing extension of time claims for solar, combined cycle gas-steam project, power plant, commercial & residential development and warehouse projects. He is well versed in project management tools for e.g., Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. Throughout his career, Hanif has been involved in landmark projects including Tun Razak Exchange and RAPID. Since joining Charlton Martin as a Consultant, Hanif currently provides services to clients in various planning and delay analysis assignments.Get the best Advice now
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