Knight Dragon

Who we are

We are a team of experienced and creative developers, designers, marketeers, planners, financiers, creatives and salespeople founding new places and leading the charge to new ways of urban living

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Dr Henry Cheng Kar-Shun

Dr. Cheng is Chairman of Knight Dragon and New World Development Company Limited as well as Executive Director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited.

Emilie GilesCEO

Emilie has over 18 years of experience across real estate, large-scale development and hospitality, joining Knight Dragon from CTF Development International. Emilie held a key leadership role for the CTF group directing major strategic and investment initiatives, as well as overseeing the performance, capital planning and long-term direction of hotel and mixed-use assets across the portfolio. She brings with her extensive commercial and corporate governance expertise, having served as Associate General Counsel at CTF and on the boards of several CTF subsidiaries and joint ventures. 

Farlane HarrisFinance Director

Farlane has over 34 years of experience in the property sector, specialising in development and investment. Before joining the Greenwich Peninsula project in 2009, (originally with Lend Lease and Quintain), Farlane’s previous roles included 6 years with Amec plc, 7 years as UK Finance Director and Group Capital Projects Director for Hammerson plc and 5 years with Dwyer plc, a brownfield site regeneration company.

He trained with Ernst & Young to become a chartered accountant and is a graduate of Durham University.

 

 

 

Jenny SmallmanChief of Staff

Jenny has worked with Knight Dragon for 4 years leading on strategic, operational and HR matters.  During this time, she also ran her own consultancy business supporting companies in various sectors.    

Previously, Jenny was Head of HR for Kurt Geiger leading the team to provide HR services to 1000 retail and 80 head office employees in 80 locations.  Her primary function was to improve business performance through people.  

 

 

Our Teams

Sales

An effortlessly personable team with years of experience at all price points, on- and off-plan, our sales people take customers on the journey from very first interest to whole-hearted purchase.

Marketing

Creating the brand, defining the market and communicating to add value; add culture, collaboration and creativity and you see how our team takes property above commodity and building beyond bricks and mortar.

Placemaking

Experts in the art and science of harnessing the right ideas, partners, design and brands in the long term and meantime - to not simply build but to create real places.

Planning

Our planners navigate the complexity of the planning process and associated rules and regulations, negotiating with local authorities and stakeholders.

Development

Working with an expert consultant team, our development managers oversee the entire complex process of urban development: through all stages from design development, planning, construction and post-completion.

Finance

Looking at each deal, each business, each site and each opportunity upside-down and back-to-front, the work of our number-crunching finance team pretty much speaks for itself...

Customer Service

Taking valued customers on the journey from exchange and onwards, quality customer service is essential to quality development and long term cultural regeneration.

Estate Management

Our seasoned team, drawn from all walks of life from hotel concierge to the military, handles all aspects of the smooth running of large estates, from security to maintenance to service.