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Tanya Tandon
Country Head, India
GRI Club
Caroline Zurakowski
Senior Director, Investor RelationsGRI Club
China
Tanya
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Country Head, IndiaGRI Club
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Discussion
GRI APAC Committee
Future of Offices & Workspaces
Ada
Wong
CSO & CIO
EC Healthcare
Alexandra
Crossing
Region Head Asia Pacific
CBRE Global Investors - Australia
Amit
Diwan
Senior MD and Country Head
Hines
Bevan
Towning
Head of Property
Australian Super
Chanakya
Chakravarti
Head of Indirect Strategies, Asia-Pacific
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Dr.
Sabine Schaffer
Managing Partner
Pro-invest Group
Harry
Tan
MD, Head of APAC Research, Strategic Insights
Nuveen Real Estate - Japan
Jeff
Liu
Managing Partner
Starcrest Capital Partners
Jonathan
Yap
CEO, Listed Funds
CapitaLand Financial
Kevin
Cheng
Head of Funds Management and Investments
Terraform Capital
Ng
Beng Tiong
Deputy Group CEO & Group COO
ARA Asset Management
Nikhil
Reddy
MD - Asset Management
Goldman Sachs
Patricia
Gek Hiang Goh
Executive Vice President, Head of Group Investment
Frasers Property
Raj
Menda
Chairman, Supervisory Board
RMZ Corporation
Sahil
Vachani
Managing Director & CEO
Max Estates
Sally
Franklin
Chief Operating Officer - Real Estate
Investa Property Group
Samuel
Tay
Head of Real Estate, APAC
IWG plc - Singapore
Sanjay
Dutt
MD & CEO
Tata Realty
Suat
Ghee Ong
Head of Asset Management
Allianz Real Estate
Thomas
Liu
Partner
Actis
Vinod
Rohira
CEO
Mindspace Business Parks REIT
Ada Wong
CSO & CIOEC Healthcare
Hong Kong
Ms. Wong is the Chief Executive Officer of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust, overseeing its strategic development as well as asset management and enhancement. She also spearheads the team to seek for growth opportunities, formulate acquisition and investment strategies and monitor the capital structure of the Trust, including the planning and overseeing of capital raising activities from the market. Ms. Wong has almost 20 years’ experience in local and overseas financial industry. Prior to joining the Trust, she worked at Citigroup and J.P. Morgan's investment banking division. She was honoured with the title of Best CEO by FinanceAsia in 2020 and is the Chairperson of Asia Pacific Real Estate Association Hong Kong chapter.
Alexandra Crossing
Region Head Asia PacificCBRE Global Investors - Australia
Australia
Amit Diwan
Senior MD and Country HeadHines
India
Amit Diwan is Senior Managing Director and the Country Head for Hines in India. Amit joined Hines in 2015 as the Chief Investment Officer. Prior to Hines, Amit was a Director/Partner at Piramal Fund Management for 5 years, responsible for the platform in North India which he had setup in 2010. Before his 2 year stint at Jones Lang LaSalle from 2008-2010, Amit was based in Singapore for 7 years and worked across Asia-Pacific, covering over 10 countries from Japan to UAE to Indonesia, first as a strategy consultant at Marakon Associates and thereafter as Head of Investments at GE Real Estate Southeast Asia. Amit received his BA in Economics from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and earned his Masters from IIM, Ahmedabad
Bevan Towning
Head of PropertyAustralian Super
Australia
Bevan is a Senior Property Executive with particular experience in Real Estate Investment and Real Estate Funds Management across Asia Pacific and Europe for over 35 years. Bevan was most recently Global Head of Funds at Cromwell Property Group based in their London office and prior to that held a number of Senior Executive roles in Australia in the areas of Property Investment, Development and Construction, Management, Strategic Advisory and Capital Placement. Bevan is responsible for the global unlisted property portfolio at AustralianSuper.
Chanakya Chakravarti
Head of Indirect Strategies, Asia-PacificIvanhoé Cambridge
India
Chanakya (Chan) Chakravarti is the MD for India, responsible for implementing in his territory, the investment and asset-management strategies outlined in Ivanhoé Cambridge’s annual business plan and strategic plan. He works closely with the Growth Markets team and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to put in place and consolidate strategic partnerships for major projects in India. Mr. Chakravarti is a seasoned manager with more than 27 years of experience, including over 20 years in real estate, investment and development. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2018, he was Managing Director, Global Alternatives, Asia, at J.P. Morgan Chase. Chan has previously held country management roles at Actis Capital and C&W.
Dr. Sabine Schaffer
Managing PartnerPro-invest Group
Australia
Sabine is Managing Partner at Pro-invest Group with a focus on Structure & Asset Management of the funds. Sabine started her career 21 years ago at 3i where she focused on investments in FMCG and retail. Following her Master’s program at Harvard University, she joined McKinsey & Company focusing on Finance and Public Affairs in Europe and the GCC region. From 2005-2010, she worked as Director of Investments at a GCC based Private Equity firm, where she worked on the set up of a Real Estate Development Fund for newly built office buildings. At Pro-invest Group, Sabine oversees the asset management side of the business. Sabine also holds a PhD in Economics from Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Harry Tan
MD, Head of APAC Research, Strategic InsightsNuveen Real Estate - Japan
Singapore
Harry is responsible for providing strategic advice to the corporate business and clients, with respect to the Asia-Pacific market. He delivers national sector and local market forecasts in line with the business’ two pronged approach, allowing structural megatrends to be considered alongside real estate fundamentals. He is also involved in the development of portfolio strategy for existing and new funds, using both historic and forward-looking analysis.
Prior to joining the business in 2015, Harry was head of research at Grosvenor Limited, directing research on Asian property markets. Before this, he was vice president of Research & Strategic Planning at MEAG Pacific Star, and economist at JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Jeff Liu
Managing PartnerStarcrest Capital Partners
China
Jeff joined the Starcrest partnership team in 2013 and is a Managing Partner of the firm, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the real estate investment industry. Prior to Starcrest, Jeff worked with Angelo Gordon as the Managing Director for its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, overseeing investments across mainland China. Prior to Angelo Gordon, Jeff was heading up Henderson Global Investors’ real estate practice in China. Jeff gained much of his earlier experience during his tenures with CarVal Investors and Lone Star Funds in Greater China.
Jonathan Yap
CEO, Listed FundsCapitaLand Financial
Singapore
Jonathan Yap is President, CapitaLand Financial of CapitaLand Group. Jonathan oversees the Group’s fund platform which includes seven listed trusts with a total market capitalisation of approximately S$36 billion as of 31 December 2019, as well as over 20 private funds. He also oversees the Group’s India business. Jonathan is a member of the CapitaLand Executive Committee.
Kevin Cheng
Head of Funds Management and InvestmentsTerraform Capital
Australia
Kevin has extensive real estate fund management and asset management experience, having worked on portfolios in Australia, United States of America and Mainland China, and across different asset class such as retail, industrial and office. Kevin joined Terraform Capital in March 2018, as Director of Funds Management, he oversees fund operations and develop new funds, investor relations and sourcing new real estate opportunities for new funds.
Ng Beng Tiong
Deputy Group CEO & Group COOARA Asset Management
Singapore
Mr Ng Beng Tiong (BT Ng) is Deputy Group CEO and Group COO. He oversees the performance of the Group’s business units globally, and is responsible for the integration of and coordination among the various divisions in the Group. Mr Ng concurrently holds the position of Executive Chairman of the real estate management services division. In addition, he has oversight of the Group's Corporate Office, digitalization, sustainability and governance. Prior to his appointment as Group COO, Mr Ng was CEO of ARA Private Funds from 2007 to 2019, during which he grew ARA’s private real estate funds business to become a leading fund manager in Asia Pacific.
Nikhil Reddy
MD - Asset ManagementGoldman Sachs
Hong Kong
Patricia Gek Hiang Goh
Executive Vice President, Head of Group InvestmentFrasers Property
Singapore
Frasers Property Limited is multi-national owner-operator-developer of real estate products and services across the property value chain. The group has total assets of approx SGD39b as at end June 21. She assists the Group CIO in formulating and executing FPL’s investment strategies which includes identification of new markets and new businesses. In addition, Group Investment is also responsible for merger and acquisitions and making and managing strategic investments (including prop tech investments) for FPL.
Patricia has more than 15yrs of wide-ranging experience in real estate industry and knowledge in various markets and asset classes and has executed more than SGD15b worth of transactions in the last 5 years.
Raj Menda
Chairman, Supervisory BoardRMZ Corporation
India
Raj Menda is the Co-Owner & Corporate Chairman of RMZ Corp. RMZ Corp is one of the most successful South Asian real estate development firms, with an unmatched portfolio in India. The organization has developed, acquired or holds an interest in over 24 M sft. of commercial properties. Its prestigious and prolific portfolio includes over $ 3 billion in real estate assets. Headquartered in Bangalore. At RMZ, we are constantly thinking about the Future. This time it’s about the Future of Space and we have chartered our course to look at creating communities. In our new manifesto we are using technology coupled with experiences to build connected communities in our spaces.Raj is the first Indian to be on the Jury of the ULI Awards
Sahil Vachani
Managing Director & CEOMax Estates
India
Mr. Sahil Vachani is Managing Director of MVIL. He has diverse experience across various sectors including consumer durables and real estate. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in management sciences from the University of Warwick, U.K., which he completed in 2003. He started his career as an investment banker with Citigroup in London where he worked on mergers and acquisitions across the Middle East and Africa region. In the year 2004, he joined Dixon Technologies, a consumer appliance manufacturing firm, as Business Head and set up new verticals across multiple locations. In the year 2006, Mr. Vachani ventured into new entrepreneurial opportunities – setting up a trading and IT business in Pakistan and also an online educational startup.
Sally Franklin
Chief Operating Officer - Real EstateInvesta Property Group
Australia
Sally is responsible for the Asset, Property and Facilities Management, Capital projects, Building Technology, Occupant Experience, Sustainability, Environment, Social Governance and Safety functions across the platform.
She has over 22 years of experience in the property industry and prior to joining Investa in 2007, she was Fund Manager for the MacarthurCook Office Property Trust, with previously held positions at Telstra, UrbisJHD and CBRE.
Sally has a Bachelor of Business Degree (Property) from RMIT, an Estate Agents Licence (Victoria and Queensland) and is a qualified AAPI valuer. She is currently completing her Masters in Finance and International Trade.
Samuel Tay
Head of Real Estate, APACIWG plc - Singapore
Singapore
Real Estate executive with over 20 years of multi-sector industry experience and track record covering investments, development, legal and asset management across all real estate asset classes including commercial office and flexible work space, hotels and leisure assets, retail, industrial and residential. Respected leader having managed and led teams across the Asia Pacific region with global companies under accelerated growth plans achieving expansion of 50% of the asset portfolio of 21.1M sqft across 8 markets, to turnaround and restructuring phases achieving cost optimization of USD360M, and structured, executed and invested over USD5B in real estate transactions. Currently Senior Vice President and Head of Real Estate APAC at IWG.
Sanjay Dutt
MD & CEOTata Realty
India
Sanjay is the MD & CEO of TRIL and Tata Housing with over 28 years of experience in the Real Estate Development and Consulting space. He is managing 20 ongoing projects across 13 cities in India, Sri Lanka & Maldives, incl. Commercial, Retail, Hospitality and Residential as well as infrastructure projects incl. 3 rope ways, 4 roadways & a Metro project in Pune.
Previously, he was CEO India Operations & Private Funds with The CapitaLand, a multinational Alternative Asset Management Company. Sanjay spent 23 years with top 3 global real estate consulting companies. He was MD South Asia at C&W (2001-2008 and 2012-2016), also CEO Business with JLL (2008 – 2012) and was one of the founder member of CBRE, India (1996-2001).
Suat Ghee Ong
Head of Asset ManagementAllianz Real Estate
Singapore
Suat Ghee Ong is Head of Asset Management at Allianz Real Estate Asia-Pacific. Before joining the company in December 2019, Suat Ghee was Vice President Asset Management at PGIM Real Estate as well as Senior Associate Director at Mapletree. She holds a bachelor‘s degree in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore.
Thomas Liu
PartnerActis
Hong Kong
Thomas was one of the founding members of Standard Chartered Bank’s Principal Finance Real Estate group in 2010 and joined Actis in 2018 when the business was acquired from the bank. He leads the teams in Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong that have completed over USD700 million in opportunistic real estate investments in China and Korea, working with leading developers and high quality operating partners.
Vinod Rohira
CEOMindspace Business Parks REIT
India
Equipped with an MBA from Booth School of Business, Chicago, and a law degree from the Mumbai University, Vinod began his career with the K. Raheja Corp, over two decades ago.
A fine example of his work philosophy has resulted in building brand ‘Mindspace’ – with the idea of establishing world-class business districts; a concept which has completely revolutionized the Commercial Real Estate sector in India.
Having led the development of Grade A commercial real estate across the country, and the listing of Mindspace Business Parks REIT on the Indian stock exchanges, his current focus is on driving the commercial business’ strategic operations with an emphasis on stakeholders’ management and business development.
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Eric Schaffer
CEO Asia Pacificessensys Ltd
Hong Kong
CEO, Asia Pacific at essensys and leads the business across the region from Hong Kong. I have worked across real estate functions and asset classes with deep experience in Asia and has structured and led over $2B USD in real estate transactions. Prior to joining essensys, Head of Real Estate Advisory for WeWork in APAC. I have also held leadership positions at multiple firms, including Cushman & Wakefield and Core Capital Asia. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and BA from Emory University.
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SVPK Raheja Corp
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