Shen Loh Lim

Shen Loh-Lim is Managing Director of Cheong Fatt Tze Hotels & Residences, the Penang-based hospitality group behind the iconic Cheong Fatt Tze – The Blue Mansion and The Qing Suites. His career has taken an unconventional path through technology, digital marketplaces, investment and hospitality. Before returning to Penang, Shen spent more than two decades building and scaling businesses across Asia, including leadership roles at iProperty and Frontier Digital Ventures. In 2015, he became increasingly involved in the family business surrounding the Blue Mansion, the landmark 19th-century property restored by his father, conservation architect Laurence Loh. Since then, his focus has expanded from stewarding a single heritage hotel to building a contemporary hospitality group grounded in culture, character and a strong sense of place. Shen’s approach sits at the intersection of conservation, design and modern hospitality. He believes heritage should not be frozen in time, but allowed