Asia Pacific Investment Spotlight

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.

Anshul Jain heads Cushman and Wakefield, India and South East Asia, and also the Asia Pacific Tenant Representation. He is responsible for developing and driving the business growth strategy in this sub- region. He has over 26 years of experience spanning the entire real estate services spectrum including commercial leasing, capital markets, tenant advisory and property and facility management. Well-versed on trends and issues impacting the real estate industry, Anshul has advised and delivered solutions to investors, developers and occupiers across the region and Europe to optimize their real estate objectives.

Amit is a seasoned Commercial Real Estate professional with last 26 years in key positions at Cushman & Wakefield and Citibank CRE, and is currently working with DLF from last 20 years.

Amit is passionate about Architecture, Real Estate Development and Business. He understands city planning and growth dynamics both in India and globally and travels widely to keep abreast of the latest. Amit utilizes his experiences & knowledge for projects feasibility, design, strategy, project value enhancement, brand management, marketing, market development, asset management, lease portfolio management, research, business analytics, customer experience and technology.

Amit has driven the entire growth of DLF’s office business PAN India from a 1.5 mn sq. ft portfolio in 2003 to about 30 mn sq. ft by 2017 in DLF Cybercity Gurgaon, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh, and Noida. He lead a dynamic team to manage corporate relationships with over 650 MNCs & top Indian and global companies. Amit has signed over 45 mn sq. ft of lease contracts – for ready-built, under-construction, and built-to-suit developments.

Amit is currently Executive Director & P&L Head for the DLF Office Business South and East region of India, driving an operational portfolio of approx. 15mn. sq. ft. of Corporate Offices, IT Parks / IT SEZs at Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, and Kolkata, and is working with new projects development of additional 10 mn sq. ft.

Amit specialises in new project conceptualisation, design and development, office interiors, and amenities planning and collaborates with the DLF Design teams on working with Indian and International architects firms like Gensler, Rockwell (USA), and M/s Hafeez on value creation in the design and development of new market development and growth.

Amit serves on the boards of various rental business companies in DLF. Also associated with industry bodies, board member/member of IFMA, National SEZ Committee, education committee with RICS, CoreNet Global, and CII Real Estate Committee.

Amit recently completed Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School (HBS -AMP) –key courses include Leadership, Strategy, Organizational performance and change management, financial management, corporate governance, digitization & AI and global business perspective.

Amar Merani is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Head of Real Assets at 360 ONE Asset, earlier known as IIFL Asset Management. Amar is responsible for the strategy, AUM growth and investments of the Real Assets business.

He leads all new fund raises, handles investor interactions, leads the team on deal selection, asset monitoring and exit strategy of Real Assets. Recently, he has also led the launch and successful fund raise of 360 ONE’s first equity fund for Infrastructure platform investments, with InvITs and infrastructure investments as the underlying theme.

Prior to joining 360 ONE Asset in April 2021, Amar was the CEO of Xander Finance, which made over 55 investments in Real Estate and Private Credit in his 9-year stint. He led new investments worth over USD $500 million, most of which were fully exited with full returns in his tenure. Amar established the team, policies, raised leverage, managed the regulatory interface, grew investments and exits. Xander Finance emerged as one of India’s leading wholesale NBFCs focused on Real Estate and maintained its track record through the credit crisis from 2018-21.

Prior to joining Xander, Amar spent 11 years at Kotak Investment Banking where, as Executive Director and Real Estate Head, he raised over USD $1 billion of equity for several of India’s topmost real estate developers as well as advised them successfully on M&A and restructuring mandates. Earlier in his tenure in Kotak, Amar was involved with various infrastructure initiatives such as monetisation of city gas distribution and LNG projects as well as the IPO of India’s private sector first fixed line telecom and data services company. Prior to joining Kotak in 1999, Amar was involved in structuring and project financing of India’s first BOT toll road project (in Vadodara Gujarat, 1997) and several new power plants, new fixed line, cellular and satellite telecom projects, ports and industrial parks in his 5-year tenure at IL&FS.

Amar is an active member in several infrastructure and real estate industry associations including APREA, GRI, IVCA and Naredco. He is an alumnus of VJTI, BE Electrical (Hons) and is an MBA from NMIMS Mumbai.

安德燊於房地產行業擁有逾二十五年經驗，並在香港工作近二十年。

安德燊自二零一零年起擔任置地公司商廈業務部董事及主管，負責處理集團於香港中環頂級物業組 合所有寫字樓的租賃事務，包括位於中環核心地帶的十二幢商廈。安德燊管理由多間位居前列的金 融機構、法律及專業服務公司等組成，並超過四百一十二萬平方呎的辦公室物業租賃。

安德燊於二零零六年加入置地公司，在此之前他在倫敦任職Nelson Bakewell 的部門總監，並曾投 身全球領先的房地產專業服務公司仲量聯行。他在英國Cluttons展開職業生涯。

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Neil Anderson has more than 25 years’ experience in the real estate industry, and hasworked in Hong Kong for nearly two decades.

He has been a Director and Head of Office Space at Hongkong Land since 2010. Neil is responsible for all the office leasing activity within the Company’s premier Central Hong Kong Portfolio, which includes 12 buildings in the heart of the Central business district. He oversees more than 4.12 million square feet of office space, leased to some of the world’s leading financial institutions, legal and professional services firms, among others.

Neil joined the company in 2006 from London, where he worked for Nelson Bakewell, as a divisional director, and has also worked at major global real estate services firm Jones Land Lasalle (JLL). Neil started his career working for Cluttons in the UK.

Neil was educated in the UK and has attended Harvard Business School, and is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the UK.

Quaiser Parvez is the CEO of Nucleus Office Parks, a premier commercial real estate asset manager in India. With over two decades of experience in real estate, capital markets, and operations management, Quaiser has led multiple businesses and projects. He bringsin a wealth of knowledge and proven leadership to his role.

Prior to joining Nucleus Office Parks, Quaiser held significant roles at Radius Developers, CBRE, and Jones Lang LaSalle, where he led various operations and projects, contributing to their growth and success. He also spent several years managing offshore operations at Arthur J Gallagher.

Quaiser is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University.

Kranti Mohan has over 15 years of experience in advising on Indian securities laws. He has advised
on almost the entire spectrum of capital markets transactions, including IPOs, QIPs, rights offerings,
overseas listings (including through business trust route), buybacks, and block/ bulk trades on the
stock exchanges. Over the last few years, he has also extensively advised on establishing and listing
business trusts, infrastructure investment trusts, real estate investment trusts and yieldcos.

Kranti is also a member of the Hybrid Securities Advisory Committee constituted by SEBI and a
member of APREA’s India Infra and InvITs Committee.

He was an active participant in the Firm’s initiatives related to the consultation process on various
aspects of Invits and REITs and collaborated with few stakeholders in making representations to
various governmental/ regulatory authorities, including the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of
Finance, Central Board of Direct Taxes, the Reserve Bank of India and SEBI.

In the past, Kranti was also a member of the committee constituted by SEBI for streamlining
disclosure standards for equity offerings and the working group on evaluating REITs of CII.

Mr Kanishk Bhatia is Head of Infrastructure at ARA, part of ESR Group. He has overall responsibility for the infrastructure funds platform including overseeing investments, new product development, key stakeholder and team management.

Mr Bhatia has almost 20 years of global infrastructure funds and private equity experience. He has led or co-led infrastructure transactions valued over US$5 billion across energy, utilities and transport sectors globally. Mr Bhatia joined ARA in 2019 to establish ARA’s infrastructure funds management business unit. At ARA, Mr Bhatia led the establishment of a US$1 billion ASEAN infrastructure fund (CAF II) with The Export-Import Bank of China, Gezhouba and China Road & Bridge Corporation as anchor investors. Previously, Mr Bhatia was instrumental in the creation of an Asia-Pacific focused captive rooftop solar and energy efficiency platform in partnership with a global energy company to leverage ARA Group’s existing real estate space.

Prior to joining ARA, Mr Bhatia was with Hastings Funds Management, a leading global infrastructure investment manager, for over 11 years. At Hastings, Mr Bhatia held various senior roles including Investment Director, Head of Asia Investments and Head of India and worked in London, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney. In these roles, he developed extensive infrastructure investment and asset management experience across different markets and sub-sectors.

Mr Bhatia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Grinnell College, USA. He also completed the Investment Management Program at London Business School.

Deepto Roy is a Partner at the Firm who specialises in projects, project finance and banking.

Deepto has wide expertise in Energy, Power, Renewable Power, Oil & Gas, Mining and Infrastructure, and represents project developers, construction contractors, banks and financial institutions.

Deepto has advised on some of the largest and most complex infrastructure transactions in India. Some of his prominent deals include advising Allianz Capital Partners in their acquisitions of an anchor stake in India’s first private invit, the IndInfravit Trusts, advising China Light & Power in relation to their acquisition of three transmission projects from the Kalpatru Group, advising State Bank of India, IDBI and ICICI Bank in relation to restructuring of the 2400 MW Dabhol Power Project at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra; advising the syndicate of banks led by ICICI Bank and Axis Bank for INR 50 million and USD 35 million foreign currency financing of GMR’s Delhi International Airport Limited.

Deepto regularly advises clients on dispute resolution and regulatory issues. Deepto has recently advised an international asset management major in relation to the acquisition of Indian Solar and Other Renewable assets of a multinational renewable energy major. Deepto has appeared before arbitration tribunals; regulatory commissions such as the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission; Several High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Abhilash is a Senior Vice President at IndoSpace and heads the Asset Management function. IndoSpace is India’s largest investor, developer, and manager of industrial and logistics real estate with a total portfolio size of over 58 million square feet across 52 projects in 11 cities.

In his current role at IndoSpace, Abhilash oversees performance of three development private equity funds and a Core vehicle with total investments of over USD 3Bn and is responsible for driving portfolio strategy, operations, property valuations, monitoring and optimizing asset performance. Abhilash has wide ranging experience of over 16 years in the real estate industry involving investments, asset management, driving buy side and sell side due diligence and managing investor relations.

Prior to joining IndoSpace, Abhilash was associated with JP Morgan Chase, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services and Citi Markets. He holds a Masters in Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelors in Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering.

In his role as Group Chief Investment Officer, Josh Daitch oversees Fund Management, Capital Raising, Research and Analytics and New Product Creation. Prior to this new appointment, Mr. Daitch was ESR Group Head of Capital & New Economy Fund Management. Since joining ESR in 2018, he has played a pivotal role in expanding the Group’s key investor relationships and in driving performance across the fund management segment. Mr. Daitch brings nearly three decades of real estate investment experience having held leadership roles across the private equity and real estate divisions in various financial institutions, including Mesirow Financial, where he founded the real estate investment management division, and the Archon Group, Goldman Sachs’ real estate management subsidiary, where he was part of the original team that Goldman acquired from the J.E. Robert Companies in 1996.

Mr. Daitch received his master of business administration degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor of business administration degree with high distinction from the University of Michigan.​

Mr Kosei Hatakeyama is the Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of MC Digital Realty (MCDR) since April 2023, overseeing all management matters. Prior to joining MCDR, Mr Hatekayama served as the Head of Strategy Planning, Urban Development Division, and General Manager of Real Estate Business Department at Mitsubishi Corporation. He successfully rebalanced and optimized global real estate investment portfolios valued at $4 billion, while assuming the role of a board director for both US and Japan-based subsidiaries. From 2019 to 2022, Mr Hatekayama played a key role in corporate planning at Mitsubishi Corporation's Tokyo headquarters. Reporting directly to the company's president, he contributed to managing company-wide investment portfolios worth a $100 billion. Prior to that, as the President of MC Aviation Partners Americas in Irvine, CA, from 2015 to 2019, Mr Hatekayama provided executive leadership and oversaw all company-related matters.

Patrick is CEO of Private Equity Alternative Assets at CapitaLand Investment (CLI), responsible for driving the growth of CLI’s private equity business in alternative assets such as digital infrastructure, private credit, renewable energy, and other investment strategies that will expand CLI’s unlisted funds business.

Prior to joining CLI in 2021, Patrick was Managing Partner and Head of Asia at Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), overseeing Brookfield’s investment and asset management activities in Asia across real estate, infrastructure, renewable energy and private equity. Over the course of his 12-year career with BAM, Patrick also served as Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield’s global construction company and Managing Director of an Australian natural gas transmission and distribution portfolio. He also previously held senior positions in the infrastructure financing and development sector in Canada.

Patrick has over 20 years of investment and operational experience in alternative assets across North America and Asia Pacific.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada) and Certified Professional Accountant (United States).

Mr. Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO of ANAROCK Capital Advisors, is a visionary entrepreneur with professional excellence and experience of over 20 years in real estate investments. In his past role, Shobhit led the Capital Market division of JLL India with aplomb. Having handled many marquee transactions, Shobhit has been instrumental in leveraging Indian real estate to the global capital market platform.

During his 17 years stint at JLL, he created a robust platform focussing on client delivery and positioned JLL as India’s market leader in Capital Markets. With equal intensity and expertise, Shobhit also oversaw JLL’s hospitality business and helped various large hospitality chains with Asset Monetisation and Fund Raising. His in-depth knowledge about the sector and deep-rooted relationship with developers and capital providers have resulted into multi-billion dollar deals.

At ANAROCK Capital, Shobhit will steer the strategic direction through the various investment verticals to ensure that ANAROCK’s core philosophy of technology enabled investor-centric decision-making continues to serve the best interest of it’s clients.

Education

• Diploma in Financial Management, NMIMS Mumbai (2003 - 2004)
• Masters in Planning (Urban Planning), SPA New Delhi (1998 - 2000)
• Bachelor of Engineering (Construction), CEPT Ahmedabad (1993 - 1998)

Affiliations

• Member, Institute of Town Planners India (ITPI) Regis. No. 2002/40
• Member, National Committee on Construction Finance set up by CREDAI
• Member, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

With 30+ years’ experience dedicated to real estate and technology, Bernie is a leader in digital transformation in real estate and using data to create a more competitive and collaborative environment. Currently responsible for the growth of Yardi Systems in Asia Pacific, Bernie lives in Hong Kong and is a qualified accountant and economist.

He supports real estate clients with Retail, Commercial, Industrial, Residential and Mixed-Use assets, helping them to grow their operations, create efficiencies, and gain better insight into their business. His expertise includes asset and investment management, private equity, operations improvement, program and project management, finance, technology implementation and compliance.

Bernie has led large-scale technology projects, as well as led and supported Proptech start-ups, across Australia, the USA, Middle East, Asia and Europe. He has over 60 publications to his name, and extensive public speaking experience. He is actively working with several charities focused on the marine environment and child education in Hong Kong and China.

Previously the Managing Director and Head of APAC Client Coverage at MSCI, Jack possesses over 20 years of leadership in the financial industry. Prior to MSCI, Lin was previously head of South Asia at Amundi. He also led and managed teams in global asset management, including as Head of Asia Pacific and Co-CEO International at US-based Janus Capital and Managing Director in Asia at Franklin Templeton, where he helped open offices in Japan, Vietnam, China and Korea. His expertise in green capital markets has helped teams drive efforts to deliver sustainable investing solutions.

Ms. Kate Loh is the Vice President, Head of Development, APAC of Blueground. She is responsible for driving the expansion of Blueground in the Asia Pacific region through strategic

partnerships such as Franchise, Management and JV. Prior to this, Ms. Kate Loh held various roles in major hospitality companies such as Pan Pacific Hotels Group, Marriott

International, Starwood Asia Pacific and Oakwood Asia Pacific. Ms. Kate Loh has extensive experience in serviced apartments, branded residences and hotel development, development planning, feasibility, and project management. She has sourced and negotiated deals for portfolio expansion across APAC, especially for expansion in new markets.

Ms. Kate Loh holds a Masters in Management of Hospitality from Cornell University and a Masters of Engineering from Imperial College of London.

Shai is the co-lead of JLL's Japan Capital Markets - International team where he covers the firm’s strategic clients and international institutions investing in, or looking to invest in Japan.

Prior to that, Shai was a Senior Vice President at GENKAI Capital Management--a  Japanese Asset and Fund Management Firm where he was investing throughout the capital stack in commercial real estate in Japan, South Asia and the US.

Shai Started his real estate career at a New York Investment Bank where he was involved in, well over, 12$US Billion in CRE debt and equity transactions.

Upon returning to Japan, Shai joined a global advisory firm where he pursued tenant representation, land acquisitions, equity raise, portfolio management and investment sales opportunities.

In addition, Shai is an adjunct professor at Temple University and previously at New York University.

Shai is PhD candidate at Tokyo City University and holds a master’s degree in real estate finance & Investment from New York University and a BA in Management & East Asian Studies (graduated Magna Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University.

Shai is a New York licensed real estate salesperson (inactive).

Kim is the Regional Director for Southeast Asia in STR, a premium data benchmarking, analytics and marketplace insights provider for the global hospitality industry. STR is a division of CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the commercial and residential property markets.

Kim is a digital marketing professional with over 20 years’ experience within the hospitality industry. She has assisted independent hotels and hotel chains grow their revenue through their website development, traffic and revenue generation, channel distribution and reputation management combined with market intelligence and data analytics.