MEET THE SPEAKERS

Neeraj has over 20 years of experience, and is closely networked with his counterparts in member firms, having worked in multiple geographies, including the U.S., the U.K., Qatar, Dubai, Poland, Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam etc. He is the member of the Global Real Estate Steering...

Steven J Bass is a Partner of Orion Partners where he heads the firm’s real estate business in Japan and serves on investment committees overseeing China and Korea. Steven joined Orion Partners in 2010 and became a Partner in 2012. Steven has over 18 years’ Asian real estate investment and funds...

David Blackhall has 30 years’ experience in the property sector, with the last 20 years in real estate fund and asset management. David has worked in Vietnam real estate for the past 10 years, the majority of this time with VinaCapital and holds the positions of Managing Director VinaCapital Real...

Sally Box is a Principal in Greenhill's Real Assets Capital Advisory team which focuses exclusively on raising capital and providing advisory services for real assets sponsors. Prior to joining Greenhill, Sally was head of business development for QIC Global Infrastructure. Prior to that, she...

Mr Daniel Cerf is the Chief Executive Officer of ARA-CWT Trust Management (Cache) Limited.Mr Cerf has more than 30 years of experience in Asia involving real estate investment, development and related management consulting services. Prior to joining the manager, Mr Cerf was Deputy Chief Executive...

Young W. Chai is the Chief Investment Officer and a founding member of Samsung SRA Asset Management (SRA). Young is in charge of new investments and client services. As of October 2015, SRA manages 15 funds and 1 separate account with a total net AUM of approximately $2.7 billion ($4.8 billion of...

A respected Hong Kong businessman, Mr. Chan has accumulated a variety of management and investment experiences. Over the years, he has served as a Chairman & CEO of his family’s real estate development and investment business, the Bonds Group of Companies, which owns both...

Ms. Chee joined the firm in July 2014 with over 24 years of experience in real estate. She was instrumental in the launch of the firm’s inaugural core/core plus open ended fund which targets stabilized and accretive assets across Asia Pacific. Apart from the initial set up and fund raising...

Mr Alvin Cheng is an Executive Director and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of EC World Asset Management Pte Ltd., the Manager of EC World REIT. Mr Cheng brings over 30 years of experience in corporate finance and REIT management and his expertise spans across equity investments, asset...

Dr Chew is the Chief Executive Officer of Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management, the manager of Frasers Centrepoint Trust. Prior to joining the corporate world, Dr Chew was the Chief Executive of Science Centre Singapore, a government statutory board, from 1995 to 2009. Before that, he was an...

Mr. Chiaranussati founded the SC Capital Partners Group in 2004, under which the Real Estate Capital Asia Partners (RECAP) funds were borne. RECAP is a series of four opportunistic Pan-Asian real estate private equity funds which have a successful 12-year track record and $2.6 billion in invested...

Mr Chua Hsien Yang is the Chief Executive Officer of Keppel DC REIT Management Pte Ltd, overseeing the management of Keppel DC REIT’s portfolio of data centre assets across Asia Pacific and Europe. Prior to joining Keppel DC REIT Management Pte Ltd, he headed the investment team of Keppel REIT...

Rush Desai heads the Asia-Pacific hub at Allianz Real Estate GmbH. He is a member of the Allianz Real Estate Executive Committee. Rush is leading the expansion of the Allianz Real Estate in the region. In focus are fund investments, club deals, joint ventures, senior lending and direct real estate...

David Fassbender is an executive director and a portfolio manager at PGIM Real Estate. Based in Singapore, David is responsible for our value add Asia-Pacific closed end fund series. David is a member of the Asia Pacific Investment Committee. David Fassbender joined PGIM Real Estate in 2002 in its ...

Prior to joining SRE Capital, Mr Finch was CEO and Director at ARA Strategic  Capital/APN Funds Management (Asia), the fund manager of ARA Asian Asset Income Fund. Mr Finch developed its unique high income strategy and managed the fund since its inception in August 2007.  From 2000 to 2007, Mr...

When it comes to real estate, it’s not just about property. For Ben, it’s the tangible way in which a property can be transformed to take on another life, changing the way people interact with it. After learning the ropes with Red Brick Properties in New York City, Ben returned home to Singapore in ...

Kenneth co-founded Gaw Capital Partners in 2005, and has been its President and Managing Principal. Gaw Capital is a uniquely positioned private equity fund management company that focuses on real estate markets in greater China and other high barrier-to-entry markets globally. He joined Pioneer...

Mr Hardik Gesota has over 10 years of real estate private equity experience in investments and fund raising. He is a Director in Griha Pte Limited, a HDFC Limited group company, managing two funds with a mandate to invest in real estate sector in India.

Mark Harrison has over twenty years’ experience in the Australian property and property finance sectors.  He joined Wingate in 2008 as Managing Director, Property and has overseen the growth of the property division into one of Australia’s most active real estate debt and equity investors; having...

Sherman has over 16 years of experience in investment and commercial banking. Prior to joining DBS in 2014, Sherman had worked at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment Banking and Citi's Investment Banking Division. He has in-depth experience over a wide range of segments and products in the...

Louise Kavanagh joined Invesco Real Estate in 2013 and has been the Fund Manager of Invesco’s Open Ended Real Estate Asia Fund since its inception.  Ms. Kavanagh has 20 years of experience in the real estate and funds management industry, during her career her roles have included portfolio...

Sudhanshu has over a decade of experience in fund raising, deal structuring, and strategic advisory for the real estate and hospitality industries. He is the Founding Partner of Disti India Advisors, a boutique investment banking firm, specializing in capital advisory to real estate developers...

Mr. Kenney currently serves as Senior Vice President, International, and is responsible for Digital Realty’s (DLR) interests outside North America. Mr. Kenney had previously served as DLR’s senior investment officer since our Initial Public Offering in 2004, and was a Partner in the predecessor...

Frank is currently Global Head of Asia at AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets and a member of the Executive Committee.  Frank joined AXA IM - Real Assets (former AXA Real Estate) in 2008 to take on the responsibilities of building AXA IM - Real Assets’ presence in Asia. Frank oversees all...

Louis Kuijs is Head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics, based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for leading the firm’s Asia macroeconomic research and forecasting, and overseeing the team of economists across the region. Prior to joining Oxford Economics, Louis held a number of senior positions in ...

Vishal is Managing Director at Xander and heads the India investments and asset management team. Xander is amongst the largest and most experienced institutional investors in India. The firm has invested across all real asset classes as well as all Indian markets for over 12 years Vishal has led...

Julian is founder and CEO of InvestaCrowd, an online real estate capital marketplace. Based in Singapore, with 18 years of experience travelling, living and working in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia & USA, he is a massive proponent of alternative and online investing, specifically for...

Greg Lapham, Managing Director, is Chief Investment Officer of BlackRock's Asia Real Estate business and is responsible for portfolio management and capital transactions (including deal origination, transaction services, debt and treasury) for BlackRock's Asia Property Funds and BlackRock...

Ms. Eva Law established the Association of Private Bankers in Greater China Region in 2010 aiming to promote industry development, offer professional training to practitioners, foster knowledge exchange & collaboration and launch service portal designated for market participants. While in...

Jeffrey Lee is the Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of Phillip Capital Management and has been with the Phillip Capital Group since 1992. The Company invests across asset classes, manages ETFs, segregated institutional accounts and public unit trusts including one of the largest...

Nadav has been living in Asia and working in the financial services industry in the region for over twenty years. The recurring theme of Nadav’s career in Asia has been the starting-up and building-out of financial services businesses in the region. As Managing Director of Sandaire Singapore he is...

Mr John Lim is the Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of ARA Asset Management Limited (“ARA”) since its establishment. He is a non-executive director of ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited, ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited, ARA Asset Management (Prosperity)...

Alvin Mah is the Chief Investment Officer of Alpha Investment Partners Limited. In this capacity, he is responsible for implementing the investment strategy including sourcing, structuring and underwriting of investments for the funds under management.Alvin has been active in Asian finance and...

Based in Mumbai, Amar Merani heads Xander’s credit platform in India since 2012. He is responsible for its growth and profitability as well as regulatory interface and over-sight of the liabilities side of the business.He brings with him over 22 years of investment banking, lending and consulting...

Alan Miyasaki is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and Head of Real Estate Asia Acquisitions based in Singapore. Mr Miyasaki is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Real Estate group’s investment activities in Asia. Since joining Blackstone in 2001, Mr Miyasaki has...

David is cofounder and CEO of Attores, a technology company utilizing smart contracts and blockchain to secure documents and data. Prior to Attores, David founded a bitcoin brokerage in 2013 and sold it in 2015. Pre-Blockchain, he was a systems integrator, helping SME’s set up subscription systems...

As the Group Director & Advisor of Hiranandani Group, he drives the Business Strategy & Re-engineering; Operations; and Business development functions, apart from being its Chief Investment & Strategy Officer taking care of Investments/Divestments & M & A. across business...

Mr. Khoon Ng has extensive experience of over 20 years in real estate investment, structured financing, investment banking and corporate management. Khoon is President of Country Garden Asset Management. Prior to Country Garden, Khoon was the executive director of Fineland Real Estate, managing...

Kylie O’Connor is the Fund Manager of the AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund (ADPF), a $5.2 billion wholesale fund invested in retail, office and industrial assets across Australia.  Kylie joined AMP Capital from Lend Lease where she was responsible for a number of smaller funds and retail...

John Pattar joined CLSA Capital Partners in 2004 as Managing Director for the day to day operation of Fudo Capital, property funds specifically targeting direct investment in real estate in Asia-Pacific.  He has worked in Asian real estate markets for 26 years; including South East Asia from...

Graeme Ross is the Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate - Institutional Banking and Markets for the Commonwealth Bank. He is responsible for all institutional banking client relationships across the real estate sector in Australia and key overseas markets. The Institutional Banking and...

Mr Timothy Shen is the Chairman of Huge Famous Investment Group and Look’s Asset Management Limited which is a SFC Type 1,4,9 licensed corporation and money lender in Hong Kong.  He has over 20 years of extensive experience in the accounting, corporate finance, investments, M&A and...

Ariel Shtarkman is the co-Founder and Managing Director of Atom Assets, a real estate investment platform for family offices. She is also the Founder of Orca Capital, boutique advisory practice, with main focus on sourcing and structuring real estate private transactions and selective capital...

Rohan Sikri is a Senior Partner at The Xander Group Inc., and heads the firm’s real estate investment management program for Asia.  Based in Singapore, he chairs the investment committee for the Xander Funds and the credit committee for Xander Finance. He is also a member of the firm’s management...

Bryan T. Southergill (Hong Kong) joined KKR in 2013 and is a member of the real estate team. He has led the build out of the Asia real estate investing platform and is responsible for advancing KKR’s regional real estate investment strategy across Asia. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Southergill was...

Prior to joining PAG, Broderick was Chief Risk & Investment Officer for Europe and Asia and a member of the Global Management Committee at Prudential Real Estate Investors (“PREI”) which had in excess of US$55 billion under management. Broderick started his career in Australia at Gresham...

Dr. Stephen Suen is the Founding Chairman of Marga Group of companies actively leading the various Marga initiatives in Myanmar. He has over 30 years of international experience in the world of real estate, finance, telecommunication and management of private and public companies. He is an...

Charles is part of the core founding team at Global Alternatives, an owner/operator of global primary and secondary market platforms for alternative investments. He was formerly Director of Investment Companies Research at Cantor Fitzgerald in London, with experience covering REITs and...

Elysia Tse is the Head of Asia Pacific Research & Strategy for LaSalle Investment Management. She returned to LaSalle in 2016. Elysia was previously the Head of Investment Governance, Strategy & Research Asia Pacific for Aviva Investors and subsequently the Head of Research and Strategy for ...

Joined ARCH Capital in 2006; currently handling Investment and Asset Management for Southeast Asia Investment Committee Member, ARCH CapitalOver 20 years of experience in real estate investment, development, asset and project management in Asia Former Senior Executive at Ayala Land, Inc.; worked...

As Managing Partner of HVS Asia Pacific, German-born Daniel Voellm is responsible for the operation of the Firm’s valuation, consulting and investment services for clients based in Hong Kong and throughout the region.With more than 10 years of consulting experience, Daniel Voellm has provided...

Audrey Wang is the Deputy General Manager of Investment Department at HNA Investment Co. Ltd. She is responsible for HNA Investment’s overseas investment activities, especially business in North America. With years of overseas investment experience, Ms Wang’s service with HNA dates back to...

Timothy is a Director in Lloyds Bank’s Global Corporates coverage business, based in Singapore. His main area of expertise lies in origination, structuring and execution of complex financing solutions for a variety of clients including private equity sponsors, insurance and life companies and...

Ms. Justine Victoria Wingrove is the Managing Director of Grove Fund Management Pte Ltd. Ms. Wingrove has over 20 years of extensive experience in the areas of funds management, real estate acquisitions and development, asset management, valuations & finance. Ms. Wingrove was previously the...

Mr Jonathan Yap is the Chief Investment Officer of Ascendas-Singbridge. He is also Head of Real Estate Funds, looking after the development of fund management business and creation of new funds for the Group. Mr Yap led the listing of the award-winning Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust) on the...

Gretchen Yuan is a Principal of Hodes Weill & Associates in the Hong Kong office with primary responsibility for institutional investor coverage in China.Previously, Ms. Yuan was a Director of Overseas Investment at Country Garden, China’s third largest developer, where she was responsible for...