Teo Lay Lee obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil Engineering from The Victoria University of Manchester, UK in 2000. He pursued his postgraduate studies and graduated with a Master of Science from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK in 2001.

In 2011, he join Huttons Asia Pte Ltd, a company involved in the provision of real estate marketing and consultancy services, as an Associate Marketing Consultant and was involved in the marketing, negotiation and sale of condominiums to the Singaporean market. Over the years of service, he held several positions in the company and was involved in the marketing, negotiation and sale of international properties from various countries which included amongst others, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and UK.

He assumed his current position as an Associate Senior District Director in 2018, where his responsibilities include undertaking market research and site studies, identifying and assessing suitable projects for sale, conducting agent briefings and consumer seminars, and developing business relationships with property developers for overseas markets including amongst others, Cambodia and the UK.