APREA Connect China

Having worked in China, the U.S., Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia, Mr. Chen has vast and diverse experiences in real estate investment and financing, REITs, PERE fund management and asset management, real estate development, planning & design, and international business operations.

Mr. Chen is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of F.O.G. Capital & Asset Management Corp. (Fields of Gold Corp. - a real estate focused investment & asset management firm headquartered in Shanghai, China, and a Harvard China Fund partner for over 10 years) and the independent director of Yuexiu REITs (the World's first publicly listed REITs in Hong Kong in 2005 investing mainly in mainland properties). He also has been serving as the Development Head of China for a Top-10 Globally ranked real estate investment fund and as senior executive of one of the largest listed blue-chip real estate development groups in Hong Kong. He has also worked as senior architect in an international architectural firm in Boston, MA. USA.

Mr. Chen is a visiting professor at one of the top business schools in China- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). He was also a mentor for China Ren Min University’s MBA program. He teaches Real Estate and Capital Market related courses in Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University. While living in the US, Mr. Chen was a Guest Lecturer at the BAC (Boston Architecture Center), where he taught architectural design and planning studios.

Christine Wang has been working in the Foreign Direct Investments field since 2010. She has a great deal of experience on advising international clients to localize business for the Greater China market in terms of market entry strategy, company structure, licensing, business scope, regulatory compliance and international taxation.

With deep expertise in the private fund industry, Christine supports private equity (PE) and private equity real estate (PERE) firms across fund formation, fund accounting and administration support, financial and tax, payroll and compliance services as well as SPVs and portfolios management. She has been working with many asset management and private fund clients and provide tailor made solution to mid & back-office services for their business expansion in Greater China, Asia and beyond.

As head of the Greater China commercial team for fund solutions, Christine supports international asset management companies and private fund managers with market entry, business setup and operation, regional expansion. Her regulatory insight and operational expertise have empowered leading foreign and Greater China-based asset management companies and private fund managers to achieve strategic positioning and sustainable growth across regional and global markets.

21 years of experience in the financial and real estate industries across the Greater China region.

Prior to joining DNE, Mr. Chen was Senior Vice President at GIC’s Greater China Office and spent close to 9 years responsible for investment and asset management of various real estate asset classes, including residential, commercial, industrial and other new economy sectors. Before GIC, Mr. Chen worked at the real estate division of J.P. Morgan Asset Management and the department of commercial real estate at Standard Chartered Bank in both Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Mr. Yao Yuan currently serves as the General Manager of the Investment Management Department at Wing Investment, the investment entity of NewLand. Boasting extensive investment experience, he oversees the full-cycle operations of investment, financing, management and exit, with a core investment focus on shopping malls.

Previously, he worked at Shougang Fund / Shoucheng Holdings as the person-in-charge of infrastructure & real estate investment funds, and participated in multiple public REITs investments during his tenure. Shoucheng Holdings ranks among the largest industrial investors in public REITs.

He also held the position of General Manager of Investment & Management at Hopson Commercial, with a cumulative transaction volume exceeding RMB 30 billion. As the original beneficiary owner, he took part in the establishment of the largest-ever single shopping mall CMBS project in history. He has accumulated over 15 years of professional investment experience.