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Speakers 
 Mr Richard A Johnson,
Managing Director, Asia Capital Markets,
Jones Lang LaSalle
Mr. Johnson is an International Director of Jones Lang LaSalle responsible for Corporate Finance and Investments within Capital Markets, Asia Pacific. He specializes in the provision of financing and advice at a strategic and project specific level to occupiers, investors and financiers of property.
Mr. Johnson transferred during 2000 from the London office of Jones Lang LaSalle where he had extensive experience, having spent 13 years working on all manner of property investment, financing and structuring projects within all the major European markets and in the Middle East.
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 Mr Sanjay Aggarwal,
Director,
Citigroup Global Markets
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 Mr Arjun Bambawale,
Chief Executive Officer,
HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited
Arjun Bambawale joined HTSG in July 2004 as Chief Operating Officer. On 1 March 2005 he was appointed the Acting Managing Director of HTSG and 1 July he was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of HTSG.
Before his appointment to Singapore in July 2004, Arjun Bambawale was head of payments and cash management for HSBC in India. He joined the HSBC Group in 1987. Prior to this, Mr Bambawale was head of the personal banking business for Northern India. He also headed the bank’s custody business and was instrumental in making HSBC the leading custody provider in India.
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 Mr Timothy Bellman,
Head of Strategy and Research,
ING Real Estate Investment Management
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 Mr Patrick Boot,
Senior Vice President,
Prologis
Patrick Boot began his real estate career with Cadillac Fairview in Canada. After 6 years he relocated to Asia to help establish the Lippo Group’s shopping center division in Indonesia. After setting up the groups shopping center division he joined the Salim Group to develop an airport logistics park and golf course at the Jakarta International airport, and at the same time obtained his executive MBA from Kellogg (Asia program). In 2003 he was recruited by ProLogis to start its business in China.
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 Mr Chris Brooke,
Managing Director, Greater China,
CB Richard Ellis
Mr. Brooke is the Managing Director of CB Richard Ellis in China, taking overall responsibility for the operations of CB Richard Ellis in China from offices within Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. He is based in Beijing and manages the day to day operations of the Beijing office. Mr. Brooke is also responsible for the CBRE Consulting business line throughout Asia, involving the overall co-ordination of all assignments undertaken by teams within the CBRE Consulting business line situated in Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Taipei.
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 Mr Jerome Cheng,
Vice President / Senior Credit Officer, Structured Finance Group,
Moody's Asia Pacific Limited
Jerome Cheng has worked at Moody's for more than 7 years and is currently a Vice President / Senior Credit Officer in the Structured Finance Group in the Hong Kong office. Cheng is responsible for securitisation transactions in the Asia-Pacific outside Japan. His involvement in structured finance deals include CDOs, CMBS, RMBS, consumer loans and equipment leases. Cheng received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hong Kong, and Bachelor of Law degree from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
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Mr Trevor Cooke,
Executive Director, Capital Markets,
Property Council of Australia
Trevor Cooke is currently the Executive Director, Capital Markets with the Property Council of Australia.
As the political arm of the industry, the Property Council champions the interests of Australia’s $320bn property investment sector to Governments, regulators and standards setters in Australia and abroad. .
Trevor has been with the Property Council for five years, having previously worked as a senior political adviser and Chief of Staff to a State Government in Australia.
Born in Canada, Trevor moved to Australia in the mid 1990’s where he graduated with degrees in political science and an honours degree in law.
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 Mr Leung CY,
Chairman, Asia,
DTZ Debenham Tie Leung
Mr C.Y. Leung is Chairman of DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Asia, a leading property services company. The Company has 194 offices in 39 countries, employing an office staff of over 9,000 people worldwide. He is a past Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and past President of the Institute of Surveyors in Hong Kong. He is also a trustee, Executive Committee member and Chairman of Asia of the Urban Land Institute.
In 1997, he was awarded the degree of Hon Doctor of Business Administration by University of the West of England. In 1998, he was awarded a similar degree by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Mr Leung actively contributed to the development of a framework for land-use policies and real estate development in the mainland of China since 1978. In 1980, he was officially appointed as an adviser to the land and housing reform committees of the governments in Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenzhen. In 1988, shortly after the amendment of the Chinese Constitution, he assisted the Shanghai Government in selling the first land use right since 1949.
Mr Leung was extensively involved in the establishment of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region. He was Secretary General of the Basic Law Consultative Committee (1988-90), Leader of the Political Sub-Group of the Preliminary Working Committee (1993-95), Vice Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for HKSAR (1996-97) and Member of the Provisional Legislative Council (1997-98).
Since 1997, Mr Leung has been a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and is currently the Convenor. In 2003, he was elected a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He is a founder and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services and Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute.
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 Dr Xu Di,
Deputy General Manager, Real Estate Finance Department,
China Construction Bank
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 Mr David Faulkner,
Regional Director,
Colliers International
David Faulkner has over 25 years of experience in the real estate field and has worked in Hong Kong for over 20 years. He is an experienced professional, responsible for the preparation of all the firm’s valuation and professional services assignments. He has advised on a variety of major projects in HK, China and elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region including valuations, feasibility studies and development consultancy. He covers all the major sectors including residential, commercial, retail,
residential, hospitality and leisure. He also acts as an independent expert in making determinations in commercial rent disputes and has advised on a number of complex property valuation issues.
Mr. Faulkner has been an active participant in both RICS and HKIS affairs since his arrival in Hong Kong in 1984. He was a member of the HKIS and RICS Hong Kong Branch J.O. Committee from 1985-89 and held a variety of posts including Chairman in 1987-88. Mr. Faulkner
was a member of the General Practice Council from 1990 to 1998. During his time on the GP Council Mr. Faulkner focused on educational affairs and valuation standards. He was CPD Co-ordinator for HKIS from 1997 to 2003. He is currently Vice Chairman of the RICS HK Chapter. He is also the Asia and Middle East representative on the RICS Valuation Faculty Board in London.
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Mr Mark Fogle,
Managing Director, Asia Investments (Ex Japan),
AIG Global Investment Group Inc
Mr. Fogle is Managing Director of AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp., the real estate arm of American International Group (AIG) as well as a Senior Vice President with American International Assurance Company (Bermuda) Limited.
In this capacity, Mr. Fogle is responsible for AIG Real Estate’s expansion into markets such as China, India and Korea with a particular focus on the development of large-scale projects as well as assisting the firm in growing its’ Fund Management business in Asia.
Between 1997 and 2003, Mr. Fogle spearheaded AIG Real Estate’s initial expansion efforts into regional activities, which included finance, development and equity investing as well as asset and fund management. During that period AIG Real Estate grew to be one of the largest real estate investors in Asia, placing proprietary funds of its’ affiliates as well as investing capital on behalf of the firm’s first Asian property fund.
Prior to joining AIG in 1997, Mr. Fogle spent five years in Asia, where he was responsible for the international expansion of a U.S. development and service firm, opening offices in major Asian metropolitan cities including Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Singapore. Mr. Fogle first began working in Asia when he assisted his former company, USAA Real Estate, in the structuring of a Japan-based private REIT for U.S. properties in 1989.
Mr. Fogle has more than twenty years of real estate experience in identifying, negotiating and closing the acquisition, development and/or financing of over US$8.0 billion in real estate transactions.
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 Mr Fan Gang,
Director,
National Economic Research Institute
FAN Gang, Dr., Director of the National Institute of Economic Research, China Reform Foundation (NERI-China), Beijing, China; Professor of Economics, at Peking University, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Shanghai Jiao-Tong University.
Born in Beijing, China; Ph.D. in Economics, at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 1988; Visiting Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard University, MA, USA, 1985-1987; Senior Research Fellow of Institute of Economics, CASS, since 1992; Chief Editor, Jingji Yianjiu (Economic Research Journal, monthly), 1992--1993; Deputy director of Institute of Economics, CASS, 1994-1995. His major academic research interests are in Macroeconomics and Economics of Transition. Publications include over 100 academic papers published in Chinese and English academic journals; more than 200 articles in news papers and magazines; and the 8 books. Awards include: "Sun-yefang Award for Outstanding Economic Study"(the major national economics award in China), 1991; National Outstanding Scholar, the State Council, 1992. He is Guest Professor of number of universities and graduate schools;
He has been consulting to various departments of Chinese Central government and provincial governments and international organizations, as Member of Advisory Committee of Foreign Exchange Administration of China; Member of Advisory Committee of Ministry of Labor and Social Security of China; Member of advisory committee of Hong Kong Center for Monetary Policy; Member of International Advisory Board of Center for International Development at Harvard University, US; consultant to The World Bank, UNDP, ESCAP, and OECD. He is the Fellow of Chinese Economists Society (USA) since 1993, fellow and “Global Leader for Tomorrow” of the World Economic Forum since 1995; and he received Docteur Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor) from University of Auvergne, France, in 2004.
Frequently cited by Chinese media such as CCTV, BTV, as well as CNN, New York Times, Financial Time, Wall Street Journal, Handelsblatt, Nikkei, and other international news media, and giving lectures and speeches at various international conferences and seminars.
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 Mr Yun Chang Gu,
General Secretary,
China Real Estate Association
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 Mr Chen Huai,
Director of Regulatory,
Ministry of Construction, China
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 Mr K.S. Sonny Kalsi,
Managing Director and Head,
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Asia
K.S. (Sonny) Kalsi is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, Head of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Asia, and Chief Investment Officer of the Firm’s regional real estate private equity funds. He is also a member of Morgan Stanley’s Asia Operating Committee and the Global Real Estate Investment Committee.
In Asia, he oversees over 200 real estate professionals in Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong and Australia. The focus of the business includes investing in real estate assets, companies and loans, real estate merchant banking and real estate investment banking. Sonny has been with the firm since 1991 and based in Asia since 1997.
Sonny is the Vice Chair-At-Large and a Council member of the Urban Land Institute in Japan. He is an active member of the expatriate community in Tokyo, including the American Chamber of Commerce and the Montessori School of Tokyo. He is also an active participant in Morgan Stanley Inspire, the Firm’s philanthropic organization. Sonny received a degree in Finance from Georgetown University’s School of Business Administration.
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 Mr Ling Ke,
Chairman,
Gemdale Corporation
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 Mr Grant Kelley,
Chief Executive Officer-Asia,
Colony Capital Partners
Mr. Kelley, Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Colony Capital in Asia, is based in Hong Kong and responsible for Colony’s overall Asia Pacific operations. As such, he guides the strategic planning, acquisition, and asset management activities of Colony in Asia.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Kelley was based in New York where he served as a Principal of Colony with responsibility for the identification of distressed investment opportunities. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Kelley was a Principal based in Seoul and subsequently Tokyo, with responsibility for the operating performance and strategic director of Colony’s Korean and Japanese business units. During this time, Mr. Kelley guided the development of Colony Korea-KAMCO Asset Management, LLC, a joint venture between Colony and the Korea Asset Management Corporation.
Prior to joining Colony in 2000, Mr. Kelley was a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton for 11 years, where his advisory work ranged from financial institutions and oil companies, to internet start-ups and non-profit institutions. He was a Principal at Booz Allen from 1997-2000.
Mr. Kelley received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Adelaide in 1986, a Master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics in 1988, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1994. Mr. Kelley is a graduate of the College of Law in Sydney, Australia and was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1988.
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 Mr Jason Lee,
Managing Director and Head of Asia real estate,
Carlyle Group
Prior to launching Carlyle Asia Real Estate in 2001, Mr. Lee was a Principal with Carlyle Realty in Washington D.C. Mr. Lee joined Carlyle in 1996 and has been involved in the acquisition of over $3.0 billion of real estate assets through Carlyle Realty Partners I and II.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Lee worked for the O’Connor Group in New York as an Associate for The Argo Partnerships, two opportunistic real estate investment funds with a total of $800 million of equity capital in partnership with J.P. Morgan. Prior to
O’Connor, Mr. Lee worked for Disney Development Company, the real estate arm of The Walt Disney Company, in California as a Senior Development Analyst.
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 Mr CY Leung,
Chairman,
DTZ Debenham Tie Leung
Mr C.Y. Leung is Chairman of DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Asia, a leading property services company. The Company has 194 offices in 39 countries, employing an office staff of over 9,000 people worldwide. He is a past Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and past President of the Institute of Surveyors in Hong Kong. He is also a trustee, Executive Committee member and Chairman of Asia of the Urban Land Institute.
Mr Leung actively contributed to the development of a framework for land-use policies and real estate development in the mainland of China since 1978. In 1980, he was officially appointed as an adviser to the land and housing reform committees of the governments in Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenzhen. In 1988, shortly after the amendment of the Chinese Constitution, he assisted the Shanghai Government in selling the first land use right since 1949.
Mr Leung was extensively involved in the establishment of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region. He was Secretary General of the Basic Law Consultative Committee (1988-90), Leader of the Political Sub-Group of the Preliminary Working Committee (1993-95), Vice Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for HKSAR (1996-97) and Member of the Provisional Legislative Council (1997-98).
Since 1997, Mr Leung has been a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and is currently the Convenor. In 2003, he was elected a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He is a founder and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services and Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute.
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Mr Ian Lewis,
Partner,
Johnson Stokes & Master
Ian Lewis is a partner based in Johnson Stoke & Master's Beijing office and specialises in China related commercial matters. This includes advice on inward investment, the establishment of business structures (both onshore and off-shore) and investment vehicles relating to real estate, hospitality, sports and travel sectors. He also advises on the restructuring of clients' existing business arrangements in order to take account of changes in clients business needs and developments in the law.
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Mr John Lien,
Vice President,
Lehman Brothers
John Lien is a Vice President at Lehman Brothers. He is responsible for originating, negotiating, and managing the firm’s non-performing loan (NPL) and real estate transactions in the Greater China market. Since his joining in 2001, John has been a key member of Lehman’s real estate group that has underwritten more than US$ 2 billion of NPL and real estate transactions in the Greater China region with more than US$ 1.5 billion of deals closed. Currently he contributes 70% of the Lehman’s real estate deal pipeline in China.
Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, John was the General Manager-Special Projects for the China group at Henderson Land, a Global 500 company focusing on property development. During his tenure at Henderson, John was responsible for developing and marketing US$ 800 million of properties in Beijing and Shanghai from 1993 to 1999. He also served as a Member of the Board for Universal Studios-Beijing, the entertainment giant’s first venture in China.
John Lien has 12 years of real estate experience in China and has been based in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. He is a professor of real estate at the University of Economics and International Business in Beijing. John was recently named by China Real Estate magazine as a top 40 real estate executive amongst the CEOs of top real estate companies.
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Mr Ming Yan Lim,
Chief Executive Officer,
CapitaLand China Holdings
Mr. Lim is the CEO of CapitaLand China Holdings and has held this position since 2000.
Under his leadership, CapitaLand China Holdings has made outstanding achievements in both residential and commercial developments and is now widely recognised as one of the top three foreign investors and developers in Shanghai. Since 2000, the company’s revenue has increased three-fold and its earnings have grown steadily. As a result, CapitaLand China now contributes substantially to the Group’s earnings. Mr Lim has also successfully expanded CapitaLand China’s operations beyond Shanghai into Beijing and Guangzhou.
For his excellent work and contribution to Shanghai’s development, Mr. Lim was awarded the prestigious “Commemorative Magnolia Award” by Shanghai People’s Government in 2003. In the same year, the Huangpu District Government of Shanghai also awarded Mr Lim the title “Foreign Investment Consultant of the Huangpu District” in recognition of his achievements.
Prior to his current appointment, Mr Lim was the Chief Corporate and Investment Officer of Somerset Holdings, Pidemco Land’s serviced residences arm. Mr. Lim played a key role in the acquisition of Liang Court Holdings, a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, and its subsequent restructuring. Mr Lim was also responsible for expanding Somerset Holdings’ portfolio in Asia through strategic acquisitions and investments in various parts of Asia including China, Thailand and the Philippines. During the merger of DBS Land and Pidemco Land in 2000, Mr. Lim played a significant role in ensuring the business continuity of DBS Land and its subsequent restructuring into Capitaland after the merger.
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 Mr Yoon Peng Lim,
Chief Financial Officer,
Axis REIT Managers Berhad
Lim Yoon Peng has been the Chief Financial Officer of Axis REIT Managers since 16 May 2005. Prior to joining Axis REIT Managers, he spent four years as the Financial Controller cum Company Secretary of Victoria Investments & Properties Pty Ltd of Australia and was responsible for the financial management, accounting, tax planning, statutory compliance and company secretarial matters for a group of companies involved in property investments and development in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to that, he was the Finance Manager of Rangkaian Cipta Sdn Bhd, a property development company. He has more than 25 years of financial management, accounting and business management experience and had held senior positions in various multinational companies including Lonrho Plc (United Kingdom) and Pacific Dunlop Group (Australia). He is qualified in the field of accounting, having been a Fellow Member of The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, United Kingdom since 1985 and a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1988 and National Institute of Accountants, Australia since 1997.
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 Mr Daniel Ling,
Assistant Vice President, Listings,
Singapore Stock Exchange
Daniel Ling joined the Listings Department of Singapore Exchange (SGX) in August 2003. His primary responsibility is developing and maintaining a pipeline of high quality listing candidates from Grater China. He works closely with government agencies and financial intermediaries in Singapore and Greater China.
Daniel graduated with Honors from University of Chicago’s MBA program in 2002, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in the United States. He started off his career in private equity in China for a US private equity firm, then moving onto management consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was part of the founding management teams of two technology related startups between 1999 and 2001, where he focused on marketing and fund raising. Prior to joining SGX, he was an equity research analyst at Core Pacific-Yamaichi, covering property and power sectors.
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 Mr Xiaoguang Liu,
President & Chief Executive Officer,
Beijing Capital Group Company
Between 1982 and 1995, Mr. Liu served as section director, chief economist and deputy director general of Beijing Municipal Planning Commission as well as deputy secretary general of Beijing Capital Planning and Construction Commission.
At present, Mr. Liu is president and CEO of Beijing Capital Group Company Limited, Board Chairman of ING Beijing Investment Co., Ltd. (HK 1062), Board Chairman of Capital Land Co., Ltd. (HK2868) and Board Chairman of Beijing Capital Co. Ltd. (600008).
Mr. Liu Xiaoguang is a famous investment banker in China, engaged in domestic and international capital manipulations for a long time and creatively put forward the development model of “leading with investment banking business, based on entrepreneur operations and spin the two wheels simultaneously”, giving a full play to the company’s advantages in investment banking sector, offering a strong driver for realizing the company’s strategic target and make the company an important force in China’s capital market.
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 Mr Alfredo Lobo,
Managing Director,
Latitude Capital Group
Mr. Lobo is a Partner of Latitude Capital Group and responsible for the firm’s Real Estate and Investment Management activities. Latitude is an Asian merchant banking company focused on real estate, technology, manufacturing and logistics & distribution markets in Greater China. Latitude’s Advisory business primarily consists of cross-border M&A and private placements and the Firm’s Investment business consists of managing institutional funds across various asset classes. Latitude is an independent firm headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Beijing and San Francisco.
Prior to Latitude, Mr. Lobo was Managing Director of Hamon Investment Group, an Asian investment management company that forms part of Mellon Global Investments, one of the top 5 US fund management organizations. He was formerly in JP Morgan’s Real Estate investment banking group in New York and chaired the bank’s Real Estate Credit Committee, which was responsible for the bank's debt and equity commitments.
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Mr Brad Markoff,
Co-Chair National REIT Practice,
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
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Mr John Marsden,
Partner,
Johnson Stokes & Master
John Marsden is a Partner based in Johnson Stokes & Master's Shanghai office. In addition to advising on a number of high profile distressed asset, NPL, corporate restructuring and insolvency transactions, John also has extensive commercial experience advising on a broad spectrum of matters across a number of industries including real estate, manufacturing, automotive, clothing, health, retail, heavy industry, technology, hospitality, and mining.
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SGX Masterclass A,
Singapore Exchange Limited
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JSM Masterclass B,
Johnson Stokes & Master
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DLA Masterclass C,
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
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Mr Michael McCook,
Senior Investment Officer, Real Estate,
CalPERS, USA
Michael McCook was appointed as Senior Investment Officer of Real Estate with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System in March of 2001. CalPERS is the nation’s largest public pension fund. It provides retirement and health-related benefits to 1.1 million state and local public employees and their families. Mr. McCook oversees real estate investment staff and external advisors responsible for investing in and managing CalPERS real estate assets valued in excess of approximately $13.5 billion.
Mr. McCook is a 28-year veteran of the real estate industry with extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of the real estate investment profession. He possesses the perfect blend of broad operational experience and strong strategic skills to manage an asset class that is growing in strategic importance at CalPERS, continuing to make CalPERS the investor of choice in the real estate industry.
Michael McCook comes to CalPERS after spending three and a half years at Institutional Housing Partners (IHP), a Newport Beach-based real estate firm, where he served as the Managing Director of Operations based in Northern California. At IHP, he was responsible for creating new business opportunities and supervised the due diligence process for all Northern California transactions. Prior to joining IHP, he served for five years as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for Prudential Home Building Investors, a national company created by Prudential Real Estate Investors to provide pension fund capital to the home building industry. His experience also includes operating a real estate equity fund for DevCap International, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer.
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 Mr Xiaosu Meng,
President,
China Real Estate Development Group
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 Mr David Moritz,
Director, Investment Banking, Real Estate,
Credit Suisse Singapore
David Moritz is a Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group of Credit Suisse First Boston. Originally based in New York, he is currently based in the Singapore office. He is responsible for the day-to-day execution of investment banking assignments in the real estate sector throughout Asia ex-Japan. Mr Moritz has been involved with a wide range of real estate corporate finance transactions. This includes capital raising for Real Estate Investment Trusts, developers and hotel companies, as well as merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to joining CSFB, he worked as a construction engineer on international and domestic construction projects for Bechtel Corporation. Mr Moritz earned his MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
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 Morgan Parker,
President,
Taubman Asia
Taubman Centers is a global leader in the shopping center industry.
Mr. Parker was formerly based in Tokyo where he oversaw Morgan Stanley Real Estate’s retail investment and management businesses in Asia.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Parker was an executive with leading Australian firms, Lend Lease and Macquarie Bank in Asia.
Mr. Parker is a well known industry figure throughout Asia Pacific. Over the last ten years, Mr. Parker has led businesses in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Indonesia.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws. He is a member of the International Real Estate Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers, and a Board member of the Asia Public Real Estate Association.
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 Mr Garth Peterson,
Executive Director,
Morgan Stanley Asia
Mr. Peterson is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Asia. His primary responsibilities are property-related investments for The Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (“MSREF”) in non-Japan Asia. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Peterson worked for four years for JPMorgan Chase in their Real Estate Investment Banking Group where he advised on real estate-related mergers, acquisitions, financings and divestitures for the firm’s clients around Asia. Mr. Peterson also has four years of real estate development and property management experience, principally in China. Mr. Peterson holds a BA in Economics and Asian Studies from Cornell University and an MBA in Analytical Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Mr. Peterson is fluent and literate in Mandarin.
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Mr Rick Santos,
Managing Director, Hong Kong,
CB Richard Ellis (Pte) Ltd.
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 Mr David Schaefer,
Managing Director, Head - Asia Pacific,
Citigroup Property Investors-Asia/Pacific
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Mr Bryan Shaffer,
Founder and President,
IRETO
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 Prof Ba Shu Song,
Deputy Director-General,
Finance Institute of Development Research Center of the State Council
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 Mr John So,
Head of Fund Management,
Grosvenor
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 Ms Su Lin Soon,
Executive Director, Investment Properties Asia,
CB Richard Ellis Pte Ltd
Soon Su Lin heads the Investment Properties Business Line in Asia at CB Richard Ellis and is based in Singapore. CB Richard Ellis’ Investment Properties team is the market leader in investment sales. Working as a fully integrated team, the Investment Properties team in Asia comprises more than 45 professionals in 17 cities across Asia. She also oversees the Singapore CBRE Research team. Ms Soon manages the activities of both teams, including business development, service delivery and client management. In her last 15 years with the company, she has been responsible for the successful leasing and sale of many prominent buildings and development sites in Singapore and the region.
SIGNIFICANT ASSIGNMENTS
Ms Soon joined the CB Richard Ellis Investment Team in 1995, after spending 6 years in commercial agency and has since been responsible for the sale of many premium commercial and industrial buildings, and major development sites, including the latest sale of Scotts Shopping Mall & The Ascott Serviced Apartments, Capital Square, Lot 1 Shoppers’ Mall, Parkway Parade, DBS Securities Bldg and AIA Tampines. In 2002, she was given the role of spearheading the Investment Properties Business Line for Asia, establishing best practices, promoting cross-border investment deals and servicing institutional investors across Asia. Ms Soon also heads the CBRE Research Department in the Singapore office. Since 1995, she has been involved in overseeing the company’s research publications, feasibility and planning studies in Singapore and the region.
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 Mr Terence Tang,
International Director, Head of China Investments,
Jones Lang LaSalle
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 Ms Hope Wang,
Chief Investment Officer,
Sinore Real Estate
Ms Hope is a Chief Investment Officer of Sinore Real Estate Group. She is responsible for overseeing all real estate-related investment opportunities. In addition, she works with Sinore real estate research team in new fund development and new asset allocation. Prior to joining Sinore, she worked as a portfolio Manager for Citibank Ltd Singapore. She holds an MBA degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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Ms Hope Wang,
CEO Asst. & General Manager, Investment Banking Division,
Beijing Capital Group Company
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 Mr Fan Wei,
President,
Shanghai Forte
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 Mr Zheng Xiaoping,
Principal,
BAZO
Zheng Xiaoping, founder and current partner of BAZO, has over 20 years of real estate related experience of which 10 focused on the China market. Zheng’s unique track record in real estate project development, large-scale urban development as well as project financing brought his team numerous industry awards.
Since year 2000, Zheng has been leading BAZO in :
- Working with top tier developers such as Capitaland, New World and Beijing Capital in completing over 1 millions square meters high end real estate projects development consulting.
- Providing urban development consulting for a total of 800 square kilometers in 12 cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan.
- Advising and collaborating with over 18 international investment, consulting and conference groups in entering China market and working with China projects.
Zheng is a frequent speaker at international conferences on subjects of large project development strategies and real estate investment in China. He is the author of the acclaimed book “Creative China City”, which creates new standards for large scale urban development work in China by emphasizing a balance process of positioning – planning – promoting – financing.
Zheng graduated from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (USA) in 1986 with a professional degree in Architecture. He had 15 years of real estate related experience in USA, Singapore and Hong Kong before he relocated to China in year 2000.
Zheng serves on the board of the expert committee of the China Commercial Real Estate Union. He is visiting professor of the China Urban Institute and visiting lecturer of the China Executive Leadership Academy where aspiring city mayors practice development theory.
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Mr Xiao Liang Xu,
Vice President,
Shanghai Forte
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Mr Andy Yeo,
Partner,
Johnson Stokes & Master
Andy Yeo is a Partner based in Johnson Stokes & Master's Shanghai office. He has broad experience in advising on issues involving real estate, foreign investment, corporate finance, employment, and general corporate and commercial matters with particular emphasis on the PRC.
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Mr Jim Yip,
Director, Investment & Consultancy,
DTZ Debenham Tie Leung
Jim heads the Investment and Consultancy Department in Shanghai providing investment transactional services from deal origination, market analysis, negotiation to transaction conclusion to many international developers and institutional investors.
Under Jim’s leadership, DTZ Shanghai Investment team concluded most of the landmark investment transactions in 2005. Notable transactions include Novel Plaza for Citigroup Property Investors, Donghai Mall for Gateway Capital and a air freight forwarding center for Maple Tree.
With China real estate market increasingly attracting international capitals, Jim also provides strategic advice on China real estate fund set-up and investment strategy, such advice have benefited a number of new funds on fund –raisings.
Jim has over ten years experience in Hong Kong and China real estate markets, with strong exposure to real estate acquisition, investment management and market research. Jim holds a bachelor degree in estate management from Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is a chartered surveyor and registered China appraiser.
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 Mr Liang Youguo,
Managing Director, Investment Research,
Prudential Real Estate Investors
Dr. Youguo Liang is the Managing Director of Investment Research and a member of the Investment Committee and Management Committee of Prudential Real Estate Investors. He earned his PhD in finance from the University of Kentucky and M.A. in management and B.S. in operations research from the University of Science and Technology of China. Dr. Liang is a CFA charter holder, a Weimer School fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute, a fellow of the Real Estate Research Institute, and the past president of the American Real Estate Society. Prior to joining Prudential, Dr. Liang was a Senior Vice President at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments and Head of Research at the Yarmouth Group, Inc.
Dr. Liang has published more than 80 research manuscripts in both academic and industry journals. He has authored papers for academic journals such as Real Estate Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Research, The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management and The Journal of Financial Research. In addition to academic publications, he regularly writes articles and commentaries for influential industry newsletters and journals such as The Institutional Real Estate Letter, Real Estate Finance and Pension Real Estate Quarterly. Many of Liang’s research publications have won awards and been abstracted in The CFA Digest and PREA Research Review.
Currently Dr. Liang is the international editor of Real Estate Finance. He served as the managing editor of The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management and the special issue editor of The Journal of Real Estate Research. He is a member of editorial boards of several academic journals and trade publications. In 1997, Dr. Liang won the prestigious Postdoctoral Scholar Award sponsored by the Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute in Real Estate and Land Economics.
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Mr Huagang Zhang,
Chief Executive Officer,
Gemdale Corporation
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Mr Hao Zhou,
President,
Yangtze Fund
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