Alberto Agazzi is the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Generali Real Estate SGR since 2015. GRE SGR is the real estate investment management company of the Generali Group, managing more than 20 real estate funds, with an AUM of 18 bln, focused on the main Global Markets in equity and debt transactions. Alberto joined the Generali Group in 2005 as an investment manager for the Italian real estate portfolio.
In 2009 he became Head of Fund Management for Generali Real Estate SGR, before taking over as the Managing Director of Generali Real Estate – Italy four years later. Prior to joining Generali, he had worked in the real estate advisory team of Mediobanca, and as a project manager for an engineering company. Alberto holds a Master in Business Administration from SDA Bocconi and a Degree in Building Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan.

George is the Head of Asia Pacific and is responsible for the investment and asset management strategies at CDPQ Real Estate in the region. He is based in Singapore and leads the CDPQ Real Estate teams located in Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai and Sydney, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to establish and consolidate strategic partnerships for major projects being developed in the Asia-Pacific region.

George has extensive experience in the Asian real estate market. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge (later restructured as CDPQ Real Estate) in 2015, he was the Senior Executive Director and Head of Alternative Investments at Ping An Trust, a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd., a public company. In his past position, he was responsible for establishing a multi-asset real estate portfolio which invests globally. He also served as the Executive Director for HREI (a joint venture between Harvest Funds Management and Grosvenor Group) and as Head of business development and capital-raising for Harvest Capital Partners, China’s leading real estate fund managers. He was previously Vice President, Private Capital Markets, Real Estate, for Macquarie Capital in Asia. He also spent several years in the real estate sector in Australia.

George holds bachelor’s degrees in commerce and in law and a master’s degree in commerce, specializing in Finance, from University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. George is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is a Jury Member for the MIPIM Asia Awards. Over the course of his career, George has lived in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Lee Alexander is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer at Pretium, where he is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the Firm and is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Since joining Pretium in 2015, Mr. Alexander has served in several critical roles as the Firm has grown. Before joining Pretium in 2015, he was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for the Global Credit and Mortgage businesses at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Alexander received a BA in Accounting from Bucknell University.

Abdul Rahim is a Real Estate Director at Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar. He is based in QIA’s Advisory Office in Singapore and focused on Asian real estate investments.
Working at QIA since 2007, Abdul Rahim has been instrumental in some the fund’s most significant and successful investments including Asia Square Tower in Singapore and International Towers Sydney with Lendlease, as well as joint ventures with Ascott, GLP China and various other asset managers across Asia. He currently holds several board member positions across QIA’s real estate portfolio spearheading operational and performance improvements whilst delivering financial growth.
Abdul Rahim holds a degree in Real Estate Management from Oxford Brookes University and completed Harvard University’s Advance Management Development Program in Real Estate.

Vishnu Amble serves as a Director of GreenBear Group LLC, a single-family office founded in 2006 based in Miami, Florida and Singapore. The GreenBear Group LLC investment program has been active across private markets in developed and emerging regions of the globe, with a specific focus on spinning out and seeding emerging GPs, as well as being active investors in funds and companies focused on the intersection of infrastructure, technology and sustainability, and are members of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA).

Vishnu also serves as a Director of the family office’s foundation focused on funding access to energy, education, healthcare, and climate change solutions in South and SE Asia. Vishnu has built his 20+ year career in investments and capital markets at the intersection of Technology, Infrastructure, Energy, and Sustainability with such companies as Saudi Aramco, E.ON, The Carlyle Group and Lehman Brothers.Vishnu earned his Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.

Jingjing Bai is a Senior Advisor to bfinance since 2019, based in Hong Kong, and is responsible for multiple private markets fund selection projects in excess of 4 billion USD. In the recent years, Jingjing led several global alternative investment program covering Private Equity, Private Debt and Real Assets mandated by large corporates and family offices. Previously, she was the Head of HSBC Private Capital Advisory in Asia Pacific, and a Managing Director of Eaton Partners, oversaw the firm’s activities in the region, with a focus on Private Markets since 2007. She was one of the pioneer Venture Capital investors in China since the early 2000s, backed by MediBIC, a listed Japanese Biotech company. She started her career with Dell Computer Japan, as the Product Marketing Manager responsible for Dell’s mainstream product program. She holds MA from International University of Japan and BA from Nanjing University. She is fluent in Chinese, Japanese and English, and awarded full scholarship by the Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation（ 松下幸之助記念志財団）since 1999.

晶晶白（ジンジン・バイ）氏は、2019年よりビーファイナンスのシニアアドバイザーとして香港を拠点に活動し、40億米ドル（約5520億円）を超える複数のプライベートマーケットファンド選定プロジェクトを担当。近年は、大企業やファミリーオフィスから委託されたプライベートエクイティ、プライベートデット、リアルアセットを対象とする複数のグローバルなオルタナティブ投資プログラムを主導した。以前は、HSBCプライベート・キャピタル・アドバイザリーのアジア太平洋地区責任者、また、イートン・パートナーズのマネージングディレクターとして、2007年からプライベートマーケットを中心とした同地区での活動を統括。2000年代初頭から、日本の上場バイオテクノロジー企業であるメディビックの支援を受け、中国におけるベンチャーキャピタルの先駆者の一人として活躍。デル・テクノロジーズ株式会社で、デルのメインストリーム製品プログラムを担当するプロダクトマーケティングマネージャーとしてキャリアをスタートさせた。国際大学で修士号、南京大学で学士号を取得。中国語、日本語、英語に堪能で、1999年に松下幸之助記念財団から全額奨学金を授与された。

Taimur Baig, PhD, heads global economics as well as macro strategy for interest rate, credit, and currency at DBS Group Research. He also advises the bank on risk management and investment strategy.

Prior to joining DBS in 2017, Dr. Baig was a Principal Economist at the Economic Policy Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Earlier, he spent nine years at Deutsche Bank’s Singapore office, where his last position was Managing Director and Chief Economist, Asia. During 1999-2007, he was based in Washington, DC, at the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund, where his last position was Senior Economist.

Dr. Baig has published extensively for both specialists and a general audience, on areas including monetary policy, digital currency, financial technology, climate change, demographics, frontier markets, fiscal policy efficacy, and financial market contagion. He is the host of “Kopi Time,” a widely followed podcast series on markets and economies.

Dr. Baig is an Honorary Advisor to the Global CFO Network, Director Fellow at the Asian Financial Cooperation Association, and Council Member of the Economic Society of Singapore. Dr. Baig
holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He attended London School of Economics and Wabash College for his B.A. in Economics.

Aditya is Acting Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate for ADIA. He joined ADIA in July 2012, focused first on building out the department’s India exposure. His remit expanded to Korea and Japan before he started helping out with broader team activities across the region and with internal initiatives. Prior to joining ADIA, Aditya was Managing Director for SITQ India, a real estate division of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. A native of India, Aditya graduated from SRCC, Delhi University with a Bachelor degree in Economics and thereafter from Carnegie Mellon University with an MBA. In addition to India and the UAE, he has worked and lived in the US and Japan. He is an advisor to the South Asia board of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a member of the advisory board for Global Real Estate Investors (GRI India) and a member of APREA’s ESG Committee.

Jonathan Brasse is the senior editor for PEI Media’s Real Estate Group which comprises the group's real estate publications, PERE and Real Estate Capital. Jonathan leads the group’s editorial team and is responsible for setting the agendas for the print and online editions of both publications as well as all associated publications. He joined PEI in 2009 and has assumed various reporting and editing roles since, including responsibility for PERE’s coverage of the private real estate markets in Asia. He has a BA from the University of Kent and is an NCTJ qualified journalist.

Sophie trained as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in London before moving on to work in industry focusing on M&A, debt structuring, and Real Estate.

She has been most recently focused on the creation and investment into Purpose Built Student Accommodation pipelines in the UK, Europe and the US together with her partners at Capital Assured.

Sophie has lived in Singapore since 2019.

Tony became Global Head of M&G Real Estate in April 2018 after four years as Chief Investment Officer, with responsibility for £33bn of AUM invested in 29 countries with a team of circa 250 on behalf of a wide range of predominately institutional clients.
He has 30 years’ real estate investment experience across the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Asia. Prior to joining M&G Real Estate in 2014, he was managing director of Lend Lease Investment Management, EMEA, where he oversaw a business managing £4.5 bn of real estate and infrastructure funds. Prior to that, Tony spent 14 years at Schroder Investment Management, latterly as fund director, where he managed the Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust, with investment in circa £10bn of assets. Tony started his career with Cushman and Wakefield as a graduate surveyor where he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS).

Deborah Coakley is the Managing Director of Real Estate at QIC, shaping real estate investment and business strategies to meet the needs and expectations of our investors, partners, and the communities we serve.

She has more than 25 years’ experience in management roles gained in organisations such as Dexus, Deloitte, Qantas and Alexander Mann Solutions.

Deb is also a National Vice President of the Property Council of Australia and a member of their Capital Markets Division, a Non-Executive Director of the Children’s Cancer Institute, and a Member of the National Construction Industry Forum. She holds a Bachelor of Business degree from University of Technology Sydney (BBus) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Mr. Cain joined ISPT in March 2024 as Head of Mandates, leading the organization’s creation of new product offerings, the management of existing and new mandates, clubs, and joint ventures. Prior to this, Mr. Cain spent over three years at Future Fund as Head of Unlisted Property, leading the organization’s strategy and investments in global property. This follows a 10-year career with PSP Investments where he was a Senior Director in the real estate investments group responsible for acquisitions, dispositions and asset management. While with PSP, his geographic responsibilities included Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. He has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, having also spent five years with CIBC World Markets in their Real Estate Investment Banking Group in Montreal, Quebec. Mr. Cain has been directly involved in the underwriting and acquisition of numerous transactions, ranging from fund investments, direct property acquisitions and privatizations of public REITs.

Mr. Cain holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (2000) from Concordia University and a MBA degree from McGill University, located in Montreal, Quebec. Since 2005, he is a CFA Charterholder.

Mr Chua, as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, focuses on driving the Group’s strategic initiatives including expanding and directing the Mapletree Group’s international real estate investments and developments, as well as driving the private capital management business.

Previously, Mr Chua was Head of the Group’s Global Lodging sector and Private Capital Management function. Before this, he was the Group Chief Investment Officer and Regional Chief Executive Officer of North Asia & New Markets.

Mr Chua concurrently serves as a Non-Executive Director of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd and MPACT Management Ltd. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd. Prior to joining Mapletree in 2002, Mr Chua held senior positions with various companies including Vision Century Corporation Ltd, Ascendas Pte Ltd, Singapore Food Industries Pte Ltd and United Overseas Bank Ltd.

Mr Chua holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde and graduated with a Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning (First Class Honours) from the University of Queensland in 1982.

Charlotte D’Souza is EMEA Editor for PERE, overseeing private real estate news and trends for the European market, in addition to curating and editing the monthly global PERE magazine. Based in London, Charlotte joined PEI in 2022, where she spent a year as a Special Projects Editor before transitioning into the PERE reporting team in 2023. Prior to this, she spent more than seven years on the content team at alternative assets data and insights provider Preqin, most recently as Senior Editorial Manager overseeing the editing desk for the global business. Charlotte has a BA in English and Spanish from the University of Exeter.

Jiroo Eoh is the Department Head of Alternative Investment at ABL Life Insurance (Korea). Jiroo is in charge of all alternative investment sectors. Previously, Jiroo worked with Macquarie Group (Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, both Australia and Korea). He is experienced in not only advisory businesses but also established and managed various funds such as Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF), PPP funds, power and energy related infrastructure funds and real estate/ real asset funds. Jiroo received a Bachelor of Commerce/Law combined degree from University of Sydney and a Master of Laws degree from University of New South Wales in Australia. He is a qualified Lawyer and a CPA in Australia. He is native in both English and Korean.

Alessandro Fiascaris is Head of Asia-Pacific at Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, asset management and business builder. Having joined Oxford in 2022, Alessandro sits on the Investment Committee, and leads a team responsible for investments in Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Oxford, Alessandro spent more than 15 years at Blackstone in Singapore, Hong Kong and London. Alessandro holds a BA in Mathematics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Stanford University. He currently lives in Singapore.

Navya brings extensive experience in the Indian real estate market, having worked with all major real estate developers since FDI was allowed in the country.

As a former VP at Ernst and Young, she has closed over 20 real estate deals exceeding $1.2 billion, collaborating with large institutional investors, including Temasek, Blackstone, Warburg, Citi, Och Ziff, and CapitaLand.

Currently, she co-manages a boutique consulting firm, providing transaction advisory services and closing deals exceeding $300 million across all asset classes. She is also raising offshore funds from Southeast Asia and the Middle East for prominent real estate-focused funds.

Goh Chin Kiong is Chief Investment Officer of GIC Real Estate. He oversees the management of GIC’s global real estate portfolio.

Chin Kiong joined GIC in 2008. He spent time in Singapore, London, and Beijing for GIC. In 2020, he was appointed Head of Asia Strategic Investments Group, which invests in APAC funds and co-investments, APAC RE credit, Southeast Asia RE, and thematic opportunities. In 2021, he was appointed Head of Global Investments & Portfolio Strategy and Co-Head of Asia ex China for Real Estate. Prior to joining GIC, Chin Kiong worked at the Ministry of Health overseeing healthcare financing, and at the Ministry of Trade and Industry overseeing industrial land and energy markets.

Chin Kiong holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley. He also holds a Master of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University.

Based in Singapore, Ashish Goyal leads OMERS strategic growth aspirations for Asia.

OMERS through it five investment teams based out of Singapore and Sydney has significant investments in Asia and continues to grow its presence. The public equity, public and private credit, real estate (Oxford Properties), private equity, and infrastructure businesses continue to
deploy capital in Asia in high-quality assets, to help deliver stable and secure pensions to our members.

Prior to joining OMERS in 2019, Ashish has built, managed, and led high performance investment teams at leading global Asset Managers, based out of offices in Mumbai, Singapore and Hong Kong. Ashish has three decades of investment experience.

Ashish is a Mechanical Engineer, has an MBA and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is committed to advocating and advancing financial literacy as well as diversity and inclusion in the workplace. He is a “FWA Male Champion” for the Financial Women’s Association Singapore.

Alex is a member of M&G Real Estate Executive Committee and Head of UK and European Living. Alex joined M&G Real Estate in 2013 to establish and build the residential capability and team in the business. He is responsible for setting the UK and European Living investment strategies and for driving overall fund performance and overseeing the fund managers across M&G Real Estate’s residential product range.
Prior to joining M&G Real Estate, Alex spent seven years at Grainger with responsibility for the Schroders ResPut Fund and the Grainger Geninvest JV with Genesis housing. He also set up Grainger’s Ramp platform and managed its partnership with Lloyds Banking Group for distressed borrowers. Furthermore, prior to this Alex had oversight of a student accommodation portfolio whilst working for Bradford and Bingley Building Society.
Alex is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), of the Investment Property Forum (IPF) and the Chair of the British Property Federation Residential Committee. Alex is a member of the board of St Edwards homes, a joint venture between Prudential and Berkeley Homes, and a member of the board for Greencore Homes, a carbon negative housebuilder.

Chirag joined Oxford Properties as a Director in August 22 and is responsible for real estate transactions in the Asia Pacific Region. Prior to Oxford, Chirag was at Apollo Global Real Estate, where as a Principal, he executed investments over $1.2 billion since 2015. Chirag has over 13 years of experience across private equity investing, asset management, investment banking, equity research and valuations in the real estate sector.
Chirag holds a Bachelor of Technology degree, as well as, an MBA (Finance) from NMIMS University, Mumbai. He is also a CFA charter holder.

Han Hwee Chin is Managing Director (Global Investments and Portfolio Strategy) in the real estate arm of GIC. GIC manages a well-diversified portfolio with high quality assets across various property sectors.

At GIC, Hwee Chin manages the design, composition and risk management framework of the real estate portfolio from a top-down, bottom-up approach to help formulate investment strategies across global markets and property sectors and provide directional recommendations on portfolio composition. Hwee Chin also provides independent reviews of deal assessments to the Investment Committee. Hwee Chin is on the GIC Sustainability Steering Committee and manages the real estate ESG framework that includes ESG integration into investment management strategy, investment opportunities evaluation and building portfolio climate resilience.

Hwee Chin graduated from the National University of Singapore with a first-class honours degree in Real Estate and has an MBA (Dean’s List) from the University of Western Australia. She started her career with JTC Corporation and joined the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore), before moving to GIC.

Christopher Heady is the Chairman of Asia Pacific and the Head of Real Estate Asia. Mr. Heady is based in Hong Kong and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Real Estate group’s investment activities and personnel in Asia. Mr. Heady joined Blackstone in 2000 and has been involved in a variety of real estate acquisitions and initiatives in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Heady was with Morgan Stanley in London and New York, where he was involved in real estate private equity. Mr. Heady received an AB in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, where he graduated with honors.

Ameer Ibrahim is from Glasgow, Scotland. He formerly served as the firm’s climate investments advisor and Head of Strategy at Carbonbase, a climate tech firm working on carbon registry built on blockchain technology. He previously worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at HSBC and PWC in London. he is a board member and trustee at Edinburgh University and the Clinton Global Initiative University. he has been a delegate at COP 26, 27 and 28.

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Patrick Kanters is Chief Investment Officer Private Investments and Member of the Management Board at APG Asset Management and Chair of the GRESB Foundation Board. Prior to joining APG in 2005, Patrick spent 11 years with ING Real Estate. Based in APG’s Hong Kong office, Patrick is responsible for all the company’s real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and private equity activities and the newly established asset owner partnering initiatives. The client’s investment holdings are concentrated in securities of publicly traded real estate, infrastructure and natural resource companies and selected private entities, funds and co-investments in Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region. Patrick has been a member of the board of Steen & Strom, the leading Scandinavian shopping center investor, operator, and developer, and a member of the Executive Board of the European Public Real Estate Association. In addition, Patrick served as chairman of the Management Board of INREV and was ULI Executive Committee member. He holds a MSc in Real Estate, Project Management & Housing from Delft University of Technology and a post doctorate degree in Real Estate from the University of Amsterdam.

Current position is a Managing Director of Hana Financial Investment (Top Investment Bank in Korean Real Estate Finance industry) as a head of Real Asset Investment Finance Department leading a Real Estate Investment Business in Korean Domestic and Global Overseas since beginning of year 2020. Working experience in Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance as a Real Estate Finance and Investment Manager for 10 years (2010~2019) before Hana. Overseas Investment Team Leader was a last position in Samsung. 2.5 years with Shinhan Securities (IB Securities Firm in Korea) for the Global Real Estate Investment Manager before Samsung. Career started with Hyundai Engineering and Construction for 10 years (1998~2007) in a sector of Overseas Business (7 years including 5 years Hong Kong) and Development Business Manager in Korea. Bachelor's degree from Korea Univ. major in Architecture. Master's Degree from the Univ. of Hong Kong major in Real Estate Finance and Investment.

김도일 상무는 하나금융투자(국내 부동산 금융업계 최고의 투자은행)의 상무이사로 2020년 연초부터 국내외 실물자산투자금융부서에서 부동산 투자 사업을 이끌고 있습니다. 하나금융그룹 합류 이전 약 10년간 삼성화재에서 부동산 금융 및 운용역으로 근무한 경력을 보유하고 있으며 이때 해외투자팀장직책을 역임했습니다. 삼성 화재에 앞서 글로벌 부동산 투자운용역으로 신한증권에서 약 2년 6개월간 근무하였으며, 부동산 투자 업무 경력은 해외사업부문(홍콩 5년 포함 7년) 포함 총 10년 (1998~2007)을 재직한 현대건설 개발사업부에서 부터 시작되었습니다. 고려대학교 건축학 학사를 수여 받았으며, 홍콩 대학교에서 부동산 금융 및 투자 석사 학위를 취득했습니다.

Mr. Kim led the Europe/Asia Investment Division at Samsung SRA Asset Management for 9 years before leading the Global Investment Department as Global CIO in 2021. Before transferring to Samsung SRA Asset Management, Mr. Kim worked at in the Global Real Estate Investment Division at Samsung Life Insurance (1 year). Mr. Kim has various real estate experience including: Director at FTI Consulting, New York (5 years), Supervisor at The Schonbraun McCann Group, New York (3 years), Analyst at Marcus & Millichap, New York (2 years), Analyst at Dong Won Development (2 years), Analyst at Sung Won Construction (2 years) and, notably, Mr. Kim participated in the Lehman Brother’s restructuring project from ‘08 to ‘12 and prior to ‘08, he performed numerous real estate project including Office, Retail, Hospitality projects in the US as a due diligence expert.

Ethan Koh holds the position of Global Head of Research Operations at PEI Group, where he assumes responsibility for overseeing data quality and research operations worldwide. In this capacity, he manages relationships with external parties to enhance the efficiency of research operations and regularly presents PEI data at global events.

Over the past decade, Ethan held managerial positions in Singapore and Hong Kong, delivering strategic value to corporate decision-makers and global institutional clients. Prior to joining PEI Group, he was the Asia Research Director at the Global Private Capital Association, the Senior Manager at Real Capital Analytics, and the Senior Investment Writer for Partners Group.

Ethan Koh는 PEI 그룹의 글로벌 리서치 운영 책임자로서 전 세계 데이터 품질 및 연구 운영을 감독하는 책임을 맡고 있습니다. 이 직책을 맡아 연구 운영의 효율성을 높이기 위해 외부 당사자와의 관계를 관리하고 글로벌 행사에서 PEI 데이터를 정기적으로 발표합니다. 지난 10년 동안 Ethan은 싱가포르와 홍콩에서 관리직을 역임하면서 기업 의사 결정권자와 글로벌 기관 고객에게 전략적 가치를 제공했습니다. PEI 그룹에 합류하기 전에는 글로벌 사모펀드 협회(Global Private Capital Association)의 아시아 리서치 디렉터, 리얼 캐피탈 애널리틱스(Real Capital Analytics)의 선임 매니저, 파트너 그룹(Partners Group)의 투자 부문 선임 작가 직책를 역임했습니다.

Evelyn Lee is Editor for PEI’s real estate-focused publication, PERE, overseeing global news and analysis coverage. Based in London, she works closely with PERE colleagues across PEI’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong and also writes about European and global news for the publication. Prior to joining PEI in 2011, she covered commercial real estate, economic development and the environment at NJBIZ, a New Jersey-focused business newspaper and website.

Joyce Lo is a Director in the Private Capital Advisory Group at Lazard and their Real Estate Specialist for the Asia Pacific region. Her experience in Real Estate Private Equity spans across various roles including capital raising, investor relations, product development in addition to direct real estate investments and asset management. Prior to joining Lazard, Joyce worked at LimeTree Capital, a Hong Kong based RE investment manager targeting under-researched asset classes where she was their Head of Business Development covering global clients. She also worked at other investment managers such as PGIM Real Estate and Palmer Capital, developing and maintaining relationships with investors across Asia Pacific. Joyce began her career at Lehman Brothers in Equity Capital Markets based in Hong Kong and progressed to be a VP and an investment professional of Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners (LBREP) in Asia. Joyce is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Joyce Lo는 Lazard의 Private Capital Advisory Group의 이사이자 아시아 태평양 지역의 부동산 전문가입니다. 부동산 사모펀드에서의 그녀의 경험은 직접 부동산 투자 및 자산 관리 외에도 자본 조달, 투자자 관계, 제품 개발을 포함한 다양한 역할에 걸쳐 있습니다. Lazard에 합류하기 전에 Joyce는 홍콩에 기반을 둔 부동산 투자 관리자인 LimeTree Capital에서 자주 리서치 되지 않았던 자산군에 집중했으며, 글로벌 고객사를 다루는 사업 개발 책임자였습니다. 그녀는 또한 PGIM Real Estate 및 Palmer Capital과 같은 투자그룹에서 일하면서 아시아 태평양 지역의 투자자들과의 관계를 발전시키고 유지했습니다. Joyce는 홍콩에 본사를 둔 Equity Capital Markets의 Lehman Brothers에서 경력을 시작했으며 아시아의 Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners(LBREP)에서 부사장 겸 투자 전문가로 성장했습니다. Joyce는 Massachusetts Institute of Technology를 졸업했습니다.

Diego Lopez is the Managing Director of Global SWF, based in New York / Singapore. He is a world-renowned expert on Sovereign Wealth Funds, having acted as practitioner and advisor for many years and published several articles in leading academic journals. He has worked as an external consultant for the World Bank and the United Nations and supported the establishment or reformulation of a number of SWFs around the world.

Diego is a seasoned banker and consultant with over 17 years of experience. Prior to founding Global SWF, he spent five years building up PwC’s footprint in the SWF industry as the Director and COO of the global practice. He started his career in Santander, and spent several years in Accuracy and KPMG.

He has lived and worked in Europe, the Middle East, China, Brazil and the US. He earned his Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) after graduating in the Universities of Madrid and Milan. He is a FINRA-registered representative with Series 62, 63 and 79.

Diego is a prolific open water and ice swimmer, having raced in all seven continents including Antarctica, and acts as an ambassador for the Ocean’s recovery. He is the author of the book "Continents Seven: Values for sports, business and life, learned around the world"

Rierens Jacobus Loupatty is a Director of Investment at INA. He leads and executes investments in various sectors and asset classes, most notably transportation and logistics as well as real estate.

He has 13 years of experience in banking and investing where he spent time with HSBC and Falcon House Partners before joining INA. He is one of the early team members at INA, having been with the firm for 3 years.

Rierens earned an MBA from University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Business from Monash University.

Anjana joined Aware Super in January 2015 and is a Portfolio Manager in the Property team responsible for the origination, execution and ongoing management of investments in the property sector including funds, co-investments and directly owned companies. Anjana currently sits on the board of Get Living. She previously sat on the Joint Operating Committee for Keyton (formerly Lendlease Retirement Living) and on the board of ProTen. Prior to Aware Super, Anjana was a Senior Analyst at Perpetual Limited responsible for research coverage for the International Shares, Private Equity and Absolute Return asset classes. Prior to this, Anjana was a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers responsible for the development and review of valuation models for mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, and other corporate finance transactions, primarily focusing in the energy, property and infrastructure industry sectors.

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Christie Ou is the Asia-Pacific reporter for PERE covering the private equity real estate markets in the region. Prior to joining PERE, she covered Asia’s business market for Bloomberg Business Week Chinese and the credit market for UK based Private Debt Investor. She is a native speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin, with solid command of writing and speaking in English. Christie holds her bachelor degree at London School of Economics and a master degree in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.

크리스티 오우 PERE 아태담당 리포터는 아시아 지역의 사모부동산시장을 취재하고 있다. 당사 이전에는 Bloomberg Business Week Chinese에서 아시아의 기업시장과 영국의 PDI (Private Debt Investor)에서 크레딧시장을 담당하였다. 만다린어와 광둥어 원어민이며, 영문 기사 작성 및 회화에 능통하다. 런던정치경제대학교(LSE)에서 학사학위를, 홍콩대학교에서 저널리즘 전공 석사학위를 수여하였다.

PEREのアジア太平洋担当記者。アジア太平洋地域のプライベート・エクイティ不動産市場を担当する。PEREの入社以前は、ブルームバーグ・ビジネスウィーク・チャイニーズにてアジアのビジネス市場を担当した他、英国を拠点とするプライベート・デット・インベスター誌にてクレジット市場を担当。広東語と北京語を母語とし、英語でのライティングや会話が堪能。ロンドン大学経済政治学院にて学士号、また香港大学にてジャーナリズムの修士号をそれぞれ取得。

Kyung is Head of Korea for Shelter Rock and CEO of Cayuga Partners, a real estate advisory firm specializing in cross-border transactions, and brings over 20 years of global real estate experience in capital raising, and fund management both in the U.S. and Asia.
Most recently, he served as Managing Director at IGIS Asset Management responsible for raising capital from domestic and international institutional investors and managing the firm’s institutional commingled funds.
Prior to joining IGIS Asset Management, he worked at various firms in various regions such as Samsung Life Insurance, Mirae Asset Global Investments (S. Korea), Aviva Investors (Singapore, New York), Fidelity Investments (Boston) and Beacon Capital Partners (Boston). He has extensive experience in the global private equity and debt industry both as a general partner and limited partner.
Mr. Paik earned his Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from Korea University and Master’s degree in Real Estate from Cornell University.

With an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Linguistics from NYU and after a four-year solo trip around the world, Chelsea Perino first discovered her love for advertising in Cape Town, South Africa. There, Chelsea spent two years running all things marketing related for an experiential marketing startup, before returning to New York to complete her MA in Public and Organizational Relations. Since then Chelsea has worked in advertising both in New York and most recently in Seoul, South Korea, leading digital strategy for a global mobile communications brand. Now based in Hong Kong, Chelsea is the Managing Director, Global Marketing & Communications at The Executive Centre, Asia’s leading premium flexible workspace provider. Chelsea is passionate about organizational culture and believes that creating a dynamic and collaborative working experience positively affects team morale, productivity, and fosters community. Through a newly developed global marketing strategy and complete re-brand, her goal is to establish The Executive Centre as the leader in workspace experience, community and corporate-culture facilitation.

Noor has more than 40 years of experience in a broad range of services within the wealth management and financial services industries, spanning across various industry segments. NQ International formulates custom-designed leadership development strategies to help corporate leaders and family offices develop the capabilities needed to achieve their strategic objectives.

Her previous positions held, all based in Singapore with regional/global responsibilities, include being Director and Head, Business Development (South East Asia), The Citigroup Private Bank, Director, Business Development (South East Asia), GE Capital and Deputy Managing Director, Rabobank Asia Ltd.

Mr SAUNDERS is responsible for overall investment strategies, portfolio management and the strategic development of Link’s investment business. He joined Link in March 2024. He is also one of the responsible officers of Link for the purposes of the SFO and a director of a number of subsidiaries of Link.

Mr SAUNDERS has over 30 years of experience in the property industry with an exceptionally strong investment track record. He was most recently at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, as Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate and Global Head of the Real Estate Client business. He sat on the Real Estate Global Executive Committee and was also a voting member of the Real Estate Global Investment Committee. Mr Saunders was, in addition, the sole Portfolio Manager for the Asia Value Add Fund Series (currently Fund V in the series) and was previously the Portfolio Manager for BlackRock’s Asia Core Fund I (Asian Spezialfond).

He joined BlackRock through its merger with MGPA in 2013 when he was the firm’s Chief Executive Officer of Asia and the Portfolio Manager of their Asian Property Funds series. Prior to joining MGPA, he worked for CLSA between 1999 and 2007, running their regional property research effort and was instrumental in starting their Asian Property Fund in which he served as an investment committee member. Prior to that, he worked at Hongkong Land from 1994 to 1998 where he was involved with the development and leasing of a number of landmark projects in Singapore and other Asian countries.

Mr SAUNDERS is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. He holds a Diploma in Surveying from the United Kingdom’s College of Estate Management.

Nur Farahbi Shaari is the Senior Vice President and Head of Global Real Estate and Asset Management at Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), one of Malaysia’s largest fund management companies, with assets under management exceeding RM300 billion. PNB's portfolio encompasses strategic investments in Malaysia's leading corporations, global equities, private investments, and real estate.

Farahbi has over thirteen years of expertise in developing and executing value-creation strategies across diverse investment portfolios, with a distinct focus on real estate and strategic investments. During her tenure, she has adeptly managed investment transactions, negotiated cross-border deals, and navigated complex corporate finance structures. Her practical experience across the investment life cycle has significantly contributed to PNB's success in the dynamic investment landscape, particularly in the post-pandemic period. Farahbi's leadership has been instrumental in driving the growth of PNB’s real estate investment portfolio and delivering sustainable value to stakeholders. At present, she is also a Director and member of the Sustainability Committee of the Board of Sime Darby Property, a public-listed and leading property developer in Malaysia.

William Shaw is Head of Real Estate, Asia Pacific in the Investment Management department of Zurich Insurance Company. Based in Hong Kong, he recently joined Zurich group from Aberdeen Standard Investments in Singapore, where he was Head of Direct Real Estate for Asia Pacific. Zurich’s global real estate team manages USD 18.5bn focusing on direct investments in multiple sectors in core, core-plus and value-add strategies in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. Bill has a master’s of business administration from the University of California at Berkeley and a degree in Urban Development from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Stephen joined ICG in 2022 from ARA Private Funds where he was the Head of Value Add & Opportunistic Real Estate at ARA and oversaw investment and asset management activities. In addition, he was the lead portfolio manager for ARA’s flagship Asia Real Estate Partners Fund series.

Prior to joining ARA, Stephen worked in the private equity real estate divisions at JP Morgan Asset Management as a Managing Director and Morgan Stanley (MSREF), respectively, where he focused primarily on leading opportunistic strategies around the Asia-Pacific region.
Stephen holds an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Kian Sin is the Head of Real Estate Investment at AIA Investment Management. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for driving and implementing the expansion of AIA Group's real estate investment strategies globally. Kian Sin has over 26 years of experience in indirect and direct real estate investments, across global insurer, real estate developer and fund management platforms. Kian Sin previously held fund management roles with LaSalle Investment, Aviva Investors and Aberdeen Asset Management where he was responsible for their indirect real estate investments in the Asia Pacific region. Kian Sin also held positions with Mapletree Investments and Prudential Financial.

Guelda Voien is the editor of PERE Deals, PEI Media's newest real estate title, which combines actionable news and analysis with a targeted transactions database. She joined PEI in 2024 after serving as market features editor for fine art news and market data hub Artnet. Earlier, she was a deputy editor at Green Street News, covered commercial real estate for outlets including Debtwire and The Real Deal, and served as a senior editor in the culture section at the New York Observer.

Sarah Winbur is a Senior Portfolio Manager for Real Estate at APG Asset Management Asia. She joined APG in Hong Kong in 2018. Sarah relocated to Singapore in January 2023 to help build out APG’s new office, with a specific focus on South and Southeast Asia.

Sarah is responsible for executing investment and asset-management strategies in the Asia-Pacific region, with coverage across Australia, China, India and Japan. She has a wide-ranging investment track record within Real Estate, across mainstream sectors (office, residential and retail) and alternative sectors (such as data centres and private debt).

Sarah has over 12 years’ experience in the real estate and funds management industry. Prior to joining APG, Sarah was Assistant Portfolio Manager for Savills Investment Management in both Hong Kong and London, covering asset and portfolio management. Sarah holds a Masters in Real Estate, Economics & Finance (with Distinction), a First Class Honours from the University of Durham and is a Chartered Surveyor.

Josephine Yip is Vice-President, Investments & Asset Management at Ivanhoé Cambridge, a real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. She is responsible for designing and executing investment and asset-management strategies in the Asia-Pacific region.
She has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry covering investments, asset management and portfolio management across varied sectors and countries in Asia-Pacific.
Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge, she was SVP, Portfolio Management at Alpha Investment Partners where she led portfolio management and capital raising activities. She was also formerly Vice-President, Investment Management at GIC, covering Australia, South-east Asia, India and Korea over a 12-year stint. She has a wide-ranging and versatile investment track record and is well-versed in portfolio deals.