Asia
Our Locations
Soben is an independent, international construction consultancy working with the world’s leading contractors, owners and operators to achieve great outcomes on their programmes of work, maximising their return on investment.
Established in Asia since 2018, our regional projects span 11 countries, with major hubs in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Japan. To find out more about our award-winning cost and project management services, contact Andrew Murie.
Asia
Key People
Scott is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 30 years of experience and is the Founder and Group CEO of Soben. Scott spent the first ten years of his career in private practice with a local authority before undertaking commercial management roles with main contractors. He experienced first-hand the lack of specific contractor-focused expertise and established Soben to fill this gap. Scott devised the approach, values, and service standards upon which Soben was founded and continues to this day.

Scott Smyth
Founder & Group CEO – Global
Maria leads Soben’s People functions in EMEA and APAC, encompassing the UK, continental Europe, Australia, India, Sri Lanka and the Pacific region. She has worked with entrepreneurial start-ups, SME’s and within FTSE 100 and NASDAQ publicly quoted companies, holding demanding UK and international remits. Maria brings over 15 years in Human Resources and running business operations, delivering on growth, transformation, diversification and turnaround. Maria and her team work in close partnership with our regional Boards to scale-up our business to meet the needs of our staff, our clients and the Group. She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) which she leverages to generate enterprise value by putting in place appropriate infrastructure for growth, and through the effective development and deployment of people – a business critical asset.

Maria Ferguson
Senior HR Director – EMEA & APAC
Sahil is a Civil Engineer and Quantity Surveyor with a Post Graduate in Business Management. Sahil has worked in project and product management roles for almost ten years in various pre-tender and post-contract sectors ranging from residential, commercial, institutional, data centres, and Indra to BIM software development.

Sahil Oberoi
Director – Asia