APREA Leaders’ Luncheon

Yian Wang is the Chief Investment Officer for AEW Asia Pacific, responsible for overseeing all of AEW’s commingled and direct investments in the Asia Pacific. Ms. Wang plays an integral part within the firm’s Senior Leadership Team, actively contributing to AEW’s overall strategic vision and direction. She is also a member of the AEW Asia Pacific Investment and Risk Management Committees. Based in Hong Kong, she has extensive portfolio and asset management experience across the different Asian markets in which AEW invests. Ms. Wang has worked in both Mainland China and Hong Kong with prior investment management roles including Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and Hongkong Land, a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson Group. She graduated with First Class Honors from the University of Cambridge and has an M.A., M. Eng and B.A. in Chemical Engineering and was a recipient of the prestigious Jardine Scholarship.

Michelle Ling joined the Board as Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer in January 2025. In this newly established position, Ms Ling is responsible for formulating and implementing investment and capital management strategies across the organisation. She is also facilitating the company's growth through strategic transactions.

Ms. Ling brings a wealth of expertise to the Company with over 20 years of experience in the real estate sector, encompassing both private and public domains. Prior to joining the Company, Ms Ling served as the Chief Executive Officer of Private Capital Management at Mapletree, where she was instrumental in managing and expanding the private fund business, as well as spearheading new business initiatives. Under her leadership, she has grown assets under management in private capital management to S$23 billion. Prior to her tenure at Mapletree, Ms Ling held the position of Managing Director for Southeast Asia Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs Asia.

Ms Ling began her career with the UBS Real Estate Investment Banking team in Hong Kong SAR. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Real Estate from NUS.

Natalie as Chief Executive, Singapore leads Cushman & Wakefield’s full-service platform across brokerage, projects, and facility management. She oversees a team of more than 2,000 employees from both the commercial real estate and C&W Services businesses.

While she took on the expanded role in early 2024, she has been leading the C&W Services business since 2020, managing a portfolio of 100 million sq ft, making it the largest provider of facilities management services in Singapore. 

Natalie has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate having worked across business functions and organisations. Within Cushman & Wakefield she was General Council for Asia Pacific based out of Sydney before moving to Singapore. Throughout her career, she has held leadership roles at CBRE and Macquarie Bank and contributed her legal expertise at Minter Ellison.

Natalie brings a dynamic, cross-functional, high impact approach to her work. She is passionate about creating high-performing and inclusive cultures. She has been instrumental in implementation of initiatives such as digital upskilling, disability employment, and corporate volunteering. She is also the Asia Pacific Executive Sponsor of WIN – Women’s Integrated Network, an employee resource group focused on gender equality.

Natalie is a leading voice in the industry and has been featured in leading publications such as The Business Times, Asia Business Outlook, CEO Insights Asia and has spoken at CoreNet Global Summit, Singapore Green Building Council Conference and IBEW.

Under her leadership, C&W Services has achieved numerous milestones, including becoming the first facilities management firm in Singapore to attain WELL v2 Gold certification. The company has also been recognised as a Great Place to Work for three consecutive years and received the Enabling Mark (Silver) Accreditation for its efforts in creating meaningful careers for persons with disabilities.

Most recently, the company was conferred Champion of Good – the highest honour under NVPC’s Company of Good Recognition System, in recognition of its commitment to Corporate Purpose and positive impact across People, Society, Governance, Environment, and the Economy.

In addition, C&W Services was honoured with the Tripartite Alliance Award, recognising its commitment to fair and progressive employment practices as a trailblazing employer.

She holds an Economics degree and a First-Class Honours law degree from the University of Sydney.