Singapore – 20 May 2025. The Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA) is pleased to announce the following Chapter Board appointments effective immediately:
| Chapter Board Member | Title & Company | Chapter Board |
| Akihiro Asano | President & Chief Executive Officer Kenedix Real Estate Fund Management, Inc. | Japan |
| Ritwik Bhattacharjee | Chief Executive Officer Embassy REIT | India |
Akihiro Asano joined the Development and Construction Division of Mitsubishi Corporation in April 1994, and was seconded to Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc. He transferred to the Real Estate Investment Advisory Department of Kenedix, Inc. in January 2004. He was appointed as an Outside Director of Mitsui & Co., Logistics Partners Ltd., in January 2009.
After serving as Executive Officer, General Manager of Strategic Investment Team 1 at Kenedix, Inc., he became Director and COO, General Manager of Retail REIT Division at Kenedix Real Estate Fund Management, Inc., in September 2014. He was additionally appointed as Executive Director of Kenedix Retail REIT Corporation in October 2014.
Since 2020, he has been transferred to the Finance & Accounting Department of Kenedix, Inc., and in March 2020, he was appointed as Director, Head of Finance & Accounting Department (Responsible for General Administration & Human Resources Department). From March 2021, he served for three years as Senior Executive Officer CFO, Head of Finance & Accounting Department (Responsible for General Administration & Human Resources Department) at Kenedix, Inc.
In March 2024, he was appointed as President & CEO of Kenedix Real Estate Fund Management, Inc., a position he currently holds.
Ritwik has been associated with the REIT since its listing and was a founding member of the team that helped list Embassy REIT in 2019. He last held the position of Chief Investment Officer at Embassy REIT.
Prior to joining Embassy REIT, Ritwik spent over 12 years as an investment banker at global firms, including Nomura, Citi, UBS, and JPMorgan. As an investment banker, Ritwik has worked on numerous REIT and real estate capital markets and advisory transactions in New York and Singapore.
Ritwik holds a BA on Economics from Middlebury College, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
