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Sigrid Zialcita
CEO
APREA
Sigrid Zialcita
CEO
APREA
Sigrid is the Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA). Based in Singapore, she is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, initiatives and operations of the association across Asia Pacific. Under her leadership, APREA repositioned to an industry trade group focusing on real estate and infrastructure.
Sigrid joined APREA’s executive team in January 2019.
Prior to APREA, she served as Managing Director of Asia Pacific Research and Advisory Services of Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) from 2010 through 2018, where she was responsible for research, thought leadership, strategy formulation and client management. Before relocating to Singapore, she was based in Washington, D.C. and led C&W’s U.S. research group in the Mid-Atlantic region, overseeing all aspects of market research activities in the Washington, DC; Virginia; Suburban Maryland, Baltimore; and Philadelphia areas. Prior to joining C&W, Sigrid served as a Senior Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In that position, she developed NAR’s office, warehouse, retail, multi-family housing, and international research programs.
A recognized expert in global economic, public policy and real estate issues, Sigrid is a frequent speaker at industry events. Her commentary on commercial and residential real estate markets is also regularly featured in a wide array of global publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, New York Times and Reuters. Additionally, she has made several television appearances on financial networks and radio such as CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, National Public Radio and Channel News Asia.
Sigrid holds a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and a Master’s degree in Economics from Pennsylvania State University. She is a member of several civic groups including the Rotary Club of Raffles City in Singapore, where she has served in various leadership positions, and serves in the Executive Committee of the Crohn’s & Colitis Society of Singapore.
Using Green Street’s strategic work as well as detailed forecasts for REITs, markets, and property sectors, the presentation will discuss the best areas for alpha creation in listed real estate while also emphasizing the differentiated drivers of performance that investors tend to overlook.
Speaker
Cedrik Lachance
EVP, Director of Research
Green Street
Cedrik Lachance
EVP, Director of Research
Green Street
Cedrik is Green Street’s Director of Research, leading a global roster of over 80 real assets expert analysts, and is a member of the executive leadership team. Under Cedrik’s guidance, Green Street provides actionable capital allocation intelligence to public and private global real assets investors. The team distinguishes itself through strategic insights, a deep data science function, investment perspective on virtually all property sectors along with numerous infrastructure sectors, and within more than 400 private real estate markets. The team offers a deep public-private perspective based on covering more than 190 public real estate and infrastructure companies in about 15 countries.
During his 22-year career at Green Street, Cedrik has previously led the global REIT research team, been sector head of the U.S. retail, office, industrial and net lease sectors, was the first publishing analyst in Europe, covered companies in Canada and Australia, and managed the global Quantitative Analytics team. His breadth of experience is integral to Green Street’s success in providing ground-breaking research and analytics on all aspects of the public and private property markets as well as its growing presence in infrastructure research.
Frequently quoted in major financial media and a sought-after speaker at leading industry events, Cedrik is a past winner of the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” award in real estate, and an active member of numerous real estate organizations. Cedrik earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in History from Université Laval in Quebec.
At JLL, we take pride in doing things differently. We see the built environment as a powerful medium with which to change the world for the better. By combining innovative technology and data intelligence with our world-renowned expertise, we’re able to unveil untapped opportunities for success.
We help buy, build, occupy and invest in a variety of assets including industrial, commercial, retail, residential and hotel real estate. From tech startups to global firms, our clients span industries including banking, energy, healthcare, law, life sciences, manufacturing, and technology.
APREA is committed to making our events more environmentally responsible. We work closely with our event partners, venues, and suppliers to embed sustainability into the way we plan and execute our gatherings across the region. Our goal is to continually reduce our environmental footprint and promote responsible practices across the real assets industry.
Our key sustainability measures in our events include:
Through these steps, we aim to make every APREA event a reflection of our broader commitment to a more responsible and resilient industry.
Kemmu Kawai joined Longevity Partners Japan in September 2022 as the Country Director. Based in Tokyo, he oversees all operations and activities in Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. He brings him more than 16 years of experience in finance where he specialised in real estate and credit investments. Before joining Longevity Partners, he served as a Portfolio Manager at Norinchukin Bank and as Investment Manager at Center Point Development.
Kemmu Kawai
Managing Director
Longevity Partners