APREA India Conference

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.

Neel, an alumnus of Harvard Business School and a Masters' in Finance and Economics with a Degree in Law has about 26 years of rich business experience.

Neel heads the core real estate business and is now instrumental in setting up I.T. office parks and residential townships. He is on the Board of Chalet Hotels, hospitality division of the group, which manages seven 5‐star properties across India. He has successfully set up the brand 'Inorbit Malls' at pan India basis and Inorbit is now among the top 3 mall companies in the country.

Neel is also on the Board of 'Shoppers Stop', the country's prestigious department store chain.

He was selected as the Top 40 under 40 by Economic Times.

He chairs some of the important committees that shape key industry developments, like:

• APREA, Chairman, India Chapter.
• NAREDCO‐President, West.
• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Chairman ‐ National Committee on Real Estate and Housing.
• Advisory Board Member, SCAI (Shopping Centres Association of India)

He has been appointed by the Government of India to study and suggest changes to the Special Economic Zone policy.

He was invited by the Honourable Prime Minister of India as a member of 'Champions of Change'.

Mr. Sriram Khattar is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a batch topper from Hindu College, Delhi University. With a prolific career spanning more than 3 decades, he has discharged leadership responsibilities at the group corporate level as well as various business head positions.

Currently, as the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the Rental Business of DLF Group, he manages and is responsible for the rental portfolio for the largest real estate developer in India. Mr. Khattar provides strategic direction and leadership to the rental portfolio of ~ 44 million sq. ft. of office space and ~ 5.5 million sq. ft. of retail space across the country. He has been instrumental in creating an integrated business model, bringing together a motivated team committed to creating global benchmarks in safety, sustainability, ESG and customer centricity across the portfolio, whilst assuring the achievement of business plans.

He is the Deputy Chairman of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association – India Chapter. He is also a member of the CII National Committee on Real Estate and Housing.

Mr. Khattar has held numerous senior leadership positions with reputed organizations in India and overseas.

プロフィール

2015年からインド進出を開始し、インドにおける住宅開発プロジェクトを主な投資対象とするファンド『玄海インドインベストメント』を2019年に組成。当ファンドは本年9月より、ムンバイの分譲マンション開発（住宅の総床面積：約17,500m2）に投資を開始している。玄海キャピタル設立前は、2004年から株式会社福岡リアルティにて代表取締役社長を務め、福岡リート投資法人を組成し上場を果たす。1999年から2004年にはリーマンブラザーズにおいて同社の自己勘定不良債権及び不動産投資のリーシングを統括。それ以前は12年間三井不動産に在籍し、米国における約10億USDのポートフォリオ収益不動産のファイナンスの経験もある。

玄海キャピタルは、バリューアップ戦略を得意とするファンドマネジメント業務と専門家チームによるアドバイザリー業務を中心とした独立系不動産投資顧問会社。2006年設立、現在のAUMは約400億円。

As founder/CEO of Genkai Capital Management (GCM), a real estate investment management firm with AUM of 40B yen, Matsuo established a Japanese fund focused on development projects in India. The fund has just started investing in a multi-family project with 189K sqf. Prior to founding GCM in 2006, he originated and completed the IPO of Fukuoka REIT Corporation (J- REIT), as president of Fukuoka Realty Co., Ltd. He also has 5-year experience in the Global Real Estate Group of Lehman Brothers in Japan, and 12-year experience at Mitsui Fudosan, during which he managed about 100B yen in assets in US.

Mitchell McCallum is an Executive Director at MSCI Inc., where he’s held various roles across Asia Pacific. Based out of Sydney, he is currently serving as the Asia Pacific, Head of Private Assets for Client Coverage, Mitchell leads a team dedicated to delivering tailored solutions for institutional investors in Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate and Infrastructure. His delivery of data insights, performance, and risk measurement drives strategic decision-making for clients.

With over 15 years of experience in real assets, Mitchell was formerly, Co-Head Real Assets, Asia Pacific and Head of Australia Real Estate at MSCI. Mitchell has worked with some of the largest Asset Owners and Managers in the world and has a passion to support innovation, growth, and transparency in Private Markets.

Janhavi Seksaria has over 13 years’ experience in advising on capital markets transactions. She has advised on almost the entire spectrum of capital markets transactions, including IPOs, QIPs, rights offerings, overseas listings (including through business trust route), buybacks, yieldcos and block and bulk trades on the stock exchanges. She has also extensively advised on establishing, listing and structuring business trusts, infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs).

She has been, and continues to be, an active participant in initiatives related to the consultation process on various aspects of InvITs and REITs and collaborated with few stakeholders in making representations to various governmental and regulatory authorities, including the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Finance, Central Board of Direct Taxes, the Reserve Bank of India and SEBI.

Professional qualification

• Adarsh is a Chartered Accountant

Professional experience

• He is an Assurance Partner with member firm of EY and has been with them for over 27 years.

• He is currently the India Region FAAS Leader & Sector Leader for Real Estate.

• Adarsh currently is also a Board Member with APREA (India Chapter)

Experience and competencies

• Adarsh has over 30 years of experience and has managed large portfolio of clients across various sectors with
  significant experience in Real Estate, Infrastructure & Industrial Products and Manufacturing sector clients.

• He is a regular column writer and also active in presenting technical & emerging issues at professional & industry
  bodies like FICCI, ICAI, CREDAI, Realty+ etc.

• He has assisted clients in working through public offerings, fund raise, REIT listing, regulatory reporting for listed
  companies, data analytics and risk-based auditing.

• His clientele has provided him a wide array of experience that he utilizes in advising his clients on business,
  operational and strategic initiatives

Rachit Kothari is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group, responsible for acquisitions and strategic portfolio initiatives in India. He has played a leading role in several of its investments, divestments and financings, including the public listing and growth of the Brookfield India REIT, one of the country’s prominent real estate vehicles with over US$ 6B in AUM. In his current role, Rachit is also
responsible for managing capital strategy for Brookfield’s India office business.

Prior to joining Brookfield in 2017, Rachit worked for a global private equity firm. He received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore where he graduated with the Institute Gold Medal. He also holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.