Chow Fok Fong is a Chartered Arbitrator and ADR specialist. Earlier, he was CEO of Changi Airports International and of the Construction Industry Development Board. Over a period of 13 years, he held C-suite appointments with several large real estate and construction companies, during which he has earned 17 local and international awards for construction excellence, project conception and infrastructure investor. He is Founder President of the Society of Project Managers, past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law and currently, chairs the Construction Adjudicators Accreditation Committee. Among his 21 books are the two-volume work Law and Practice of Construction Contracts (1st to 5th editions; 6th edition in preparation); Security of Payments and Construction Adjudication (1st to 3rd editions), Construction Contracts Dictionary (1st & 2nd editions) and the Building and Construction Law Volume in Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore (2019 and 2023 editions). A new book, Construction Arbitration, is due for release in the 3rd quarter of 2023. On 1 November 2013, he was awarded the quinquennial Singapore Academy of Law Award 2013 for contributions in promoting and advancing the development of Singapore law. In 2018, he was conferred a Singapore National Day Award for services to the Singapore Academy of Law.