Yasotha Chetty is the founder of ohr. She has been involved in the delivery of projects in UK, Europe, Middle East and Malaysia. Yasotha worked in England for nine years with Buro Happold and Ramboll (Whitbybird), both highly regarded multidisciplinary building consultants. Returning to Malaysia in 2011 under the government's Returning Expert Programme, she joined AECOM, a Fortune 500 engineering firm, heading the civil and structural discipline within building engineering
Her works spread across various structural materials including concrete, steel, timber and masonry; and covers working with existing buildings to iconic architectures
Passionate about creative engineering solutions, Yasotha seeks to create a collaborative work environment to develop integrated and innovative design solutions. She is also actively involved with academic and industry bodies
Experience
- Director, ohr, Dec 2014 - Present
- Adjunct lecturer, School of Architecture, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, Malaysia, Oct 18 - Aug 20
- Technical director, AECOM, Malaysia, Jan 13 – Sep 14
- Associate director, AECOM, Malaysia, Jun 11 – Dec 13
- Senior engineer, Ramboll, UK, Sep 07 – Jun 11
- Engineer, Buro Happold, UK, Sep 02 – Sep 07
Volunteering
- Commitee member, Institution of Civil Engineers Malaysian Chapter, 2019 - 2021
- Committee member, Professional Practice Subcommittee, Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Apr 19 - Present
- Elected council member, Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Apr 18 - Apr 21
- Committee member, Civil and Structural Engineering Technical Division, 2013 - Present
- Industry advisory panel, Segi University, Sep 11 - Present
- Task force for the amendments to UBBL to enable the use of structural timber, Malaysian Timber Industry Board, 2018 - 2019
- Visiting industrial tutor, University of Bath, Jan 04 - Jan 11
- Visiting industrial tutor, University of Wales (Cardiff campus), Jan 07 - Jan 11
- Yasotha also often speaks at industry events and gives guest lectures