Singapore – 3 November 2021. The Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA) is pleased to announce that Mr. Roberto Versace has been appointed as a Director of the Company and Chairman of the APREA Hong Kong Chapter with effect from 15th October 2021.
Based in Hong Kong, Roberto is a Managing Director and the Head of Listed Real Estate Asia Pacific at APG Asset Management Asia.
A member of the APG Global Real Estate Management Team, the APG Asset Management Asia Executive Management Committee and APG’s Global People and Culture Committee, Roberto has more than twenty years of industry experience across asset management and investment banking spanning Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Sydney, and Melbourne.
Prior to joining APG Asset Management in 2017, Roberto was Managing Director and Lead Portfolio Manager at EII Capital Management in London. From 2010 to 2015, Roberto was Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager for Asia at BNY Mellon Investment Management in Singapore. Prior to BNY Mellon, Roberto was the Portfolio Manager for the NYSE-Listed RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate fund on behalf of RMR Advisors in Boston.
Roberto holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide.
Commenting on the appointment, APREA Chairman, John Lim, said: “Roberto brings to APREA a breadth of experience with a number of public and private companies and an in-depth expertise in securitization. Highly respected in the real estate field, his global experience will be invaluable to APREA as it continues to strengthen and grow its membership.”
Roberto Versace said: “I am honoured to be joining APREA at such an exciting time. I am deeply passionate about the real assets industry, and hope to contribute actively towards APREA’s role in driving the growth of the industry. I look forward to working closely with my fellow distinguished board members to achieve our vision to be the leading voice and go-to resource in the real assets industry.”
