APREA Asia Pacific Market Outlook Series Hong Kong: Rise and Shine

Cathy Lai is the Business Development Lead of BMS Asia responsible for driving the firm’s business growth in Asia. Cathy has over 13 years insurance broking and advisory experience with 8 years in M&A insurance solutions and 5 years in general insurance. Prior to joining BMS, Cathy worked for global insurance broking firms leading the M&A insurance practice in Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as in a senior position in the global client practice. She specializes in insurance solutions for multinational conglomerates, banks and private equity clients ranging from operational insurance placement, insurance due diligence/review, lender’s insurance advisory to transactional risk solutions.

Sigrid 是亚太不动产协会（APREA）的首席执行官。她常驻新加坡，负责监督协会在亚太地区的战略方向、计划和运营。在她的领导下，亚太不动产协会重新定位为专注于房地产和基础设施的行业贸易集团。.

Sigrid 于 2019 年 1 月加入 APREA 的执行团队。.

在加入亚太房地产研究协会之前，她于2010年至2018年担任高纬环球（C&W）亚太区研究与咨询服务董事总经理，负责研究、思想领导、战略制定和客户管理。 在调往新加坡之前，她常驻华盛顿特区，领导高纬环球在美国中大西洋地区的研究小组，负责监督华盛顿特区、弗吉尼亚州、马里兰郊区、巴尔的摩和费城地区市场研究活动的方方面面。在加入 C&W 之前，Sigrid 曾担任全美房地产经纪人协会 (NAR) 的高级经济学家。在该职位上，她负责开发 NAR 的办公室、仓库、零售、多户住宅和国际研究项目。.

作为公认的全球经济、公共政策和房地产问题专家，Sigrid 经常在行业活动中发表演讲。 华尔街日报》、《金融时报》、彭博社、《纽约时报》和路透社等众多全球出版物也经常刊登她对商业和住宅房地产市场的评论。此外，她还在 CNBC、彭博社、CNN、国家公共广播电台和亚洲新闻频道等财经网络和广播电台上多次亮相。.

Sigrid 拥有康奈尔大学约翰逊管理研究生院工商管理硕士学位和宾夕法尼亚州立大学经济学硕士学位。她是多个民间团体的成员，包括新加坡莱佛士城扶轮社（Rotary Club of Raffles City），并在该社担任过多个领导职务，同时还是新加坡克罗恩氏症和结肠炎协会（Crohn's & Colitis Society of Singapore）执行委员会的成员。.

Roberto Versace 先生是亚太房地产协会（APREA）香港分会主席兼 APREA 公司董事，自 2021 年起担任此职。Versace 先生还是 FTSE EPRA Nareit 亚太地区咨询委员会成员，以及美国 Institutional Real Estate Inc. 的编辑委员会成员。.

从2017年至2023年9月，范思哲先生担任APG资产管理亚洲（香港）董事总经理兼亚太区上市房地产主管。在此期间，范思哲先生同时也是APG亚洲执行领导管理委员会、APG全球房地产管理委员会、APG亚太房地产管理委员会以及APG全球人力资源与文化领导委员会的成员。.

在2017年加入APG之前，Roberto曾任伦敦EII Capital Management的董事总经理兼首席投资组合经理。2010年至2015年，Roberto曾任新加坡BNY Mellon Investment Management的董事总经理兼亚洲区高级投资组合经理。加入BNY Mellon之前，Roberto曾代表RMR Advisors（波士顿）担任纽约证券交易所上市的RMR亚太房地产基金的投资组合经理，该公司总部位于澳大利亚悉尼。.

Roberto 拥有西北大学凯洛格管理学院（芝加哥）和香港科技大学的工商管理硕士学位，纽约大学斯特恩商学院（纽约市）和香港科技大学商学院（香港）的全球金融理学硕士学位，以及阿德莱德大学（澳大利亚）的经济学学士学位。.

Background 

Marcos joined CBRE in 2014 and is currently Executive Director and Head of Research for Hong Kong S.A.R. 

Marcos oversees a team of research professionals, covering key property sectors in Hong Kong. He also works closely with the China, Asia Pacific and Global Research teams to proactively drive CBRE’s ongoing objective to produce first-class industry insight, research and analysis for CBRE clients. Marcos is a member of CBRE’s Asia Pacific Research Executive Committee. 

专业经验 

With over 25 years of property market experience, Marcos is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He has held various leadership positions in top global surveying firms, including CBRE and JLL, where he led Research teams in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Marcos has also led research consultancy projects for corporate occupiers and investors. In addition, he worked for a Hong Kong developer, conducting pre-acquisition financial analyses and feasibility studies for investment opportunities in local and overseas real estate markets.

Marcos possesses a profound understanding of the real estate market in the Greater China region and is well-versed in occupier trends and landlord requirements due to his strong research background in real estate agency. He is an active property market commentator in the media.

Pro Affiliations / Accreditations

• Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
• Hong Kong Licensed Estate Agent (EAA License No. E-207829)

教育

• Master of Science (Real Estate), University of Hong Kong
• Bachelor of Economics, University of Sydney

陈先生全面负责COS Capital的国际业务及跨境投资活动。自联合创立COS Capital以来，他带领团队已向美国房地产市场投入近4亿美元的股权资本，投资项目涵盖核心增值型、价值提升型及机会型等。2007年至2013年，陈先生曾任瑞银环球资产管理公司董事总经理兼大中华区全球房地产业务主管，负责管理和发展该地区的全球房地产业务及战略举措。他曾是瑞银环球资产管理公司亚太管理委员会成员，并主导成立了瑞银与金地集团的合资公司。在担任合资公司联席首席执行官期间，他成功领导推出了合资公司首支中国房地产基金，并担任该基金的首席管理人。陈先生于2003年加入瑞银集团，担任全球研究与策略主管，负责制定投资策略、进行投资组合分析，并提供私募和公开市场的经济、资本市场和房地产市场分析。他曾担任多个全球、区域和国家投资委员会及董事会成员。此前，陈先生曾在联盛房地产投资公司担任投资策略组负责人三年。更早之前，他曾在波士顿金融、SSR房地产顾问公司和MetLife房地产集团担任多个投资职位。他是亚太房地产协会董事会成员和全球华人房地产大会顾问委员会成员。他曾于2004年至2009年担任美国房地产协会董事会成员，并于2003年至2008年担任房地产研究协会顾问委员会成员。此外，在2004年至2009年期间，他还担任《房地产投资组合管理杂志》和《房地产文献杂志》的编委会成员。他拥有麻省理工学院博士学位、不列颠哥伦比亚大学硕士学位和清华大学学士学位。.

陈李健Lijian Chen 高级执行总裁

负责领导和管理东方藏山的国际及边境投资业务。自东方藏山成立以来，陈李健先生帮助团队在美国完成了约4亿美元的投资，所投项目涵盖了类核心型、增值型和机会型。陈李健先生曾于2007年至2013年创立瑞银（UBS）环球资产管理大中华区地产投资主管、总经理。自2008年起领导团队成功启动瑞银在中国的地产投资业务，完成了第一支美元中国地产基金的招募集（基金规模2.07亿美元），首创国际知名资产管理公司司与国内品牌的合作模式，并取得了优异的投资回报。陈李健先生2003年加入瑞银集团，担任全球研究与战略投资主管，负责投资策略的开发，投资组合分析的制定与实施，以及为私募和公募市场提供有关经济政策策、市场和房地产市场等方面的研究工作。他曾在多个全球性、区域性和国家级的投资委员会和董事会解除职务。此前，他在澳大利亚联盛房地产投资管理公司策略部门担任主管投资达三年级。早期，他还在波士顿金融公司和SSR房地产顾问（原美国大都会人寿保险）的投资业务部门担任多个职位。陈李健先生曾获得美国麻省理工学院精神病、加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学硕士学位和清华大学建筑学学士学位。

Mr. Southergill is a Partner and Asia Head of Real Estate at Ares Management. Prior to joining Ares in 2022, Mr. Southergill was a Managing Director on the Real Estate team at KKR, Hong Kong, where he led Asia real estate acquisitions and was responsible for advancing the firm's Asia real estate investment strategy. Additionally, he served on KKR's Asia Real Estate Investment Committee, Asia Real Estate Portfolio Management Committee and India Real Estate Non-Bank Finance Company Investment Committee. Previously, Mr. Southergill was Managing Director and Head of Asia Real Estate Investing in the Global Special Opportunities Group at J.P. Morgan, where he led its proprietary, special situations-style, real estate investing business in Asia. In addition, Mr. Southergill spent the first decade of his career at Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for real estate investing projects and corporate finance advisory mandates in the United States, Europe and Asia. Mr. Southergill currently serves on the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA) Hong Kong Chapter Board, is Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute's Asia Pacific Capital Markets Council and is Co-Chair of the Real Estate Committee for the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. Mr. Southergill holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College in Economics and Political Science.

陈先生现任光大嘉宝董事兼总裁，以及光大嘉宝控股子公司EBA（北京）投资管理有限公司董事长兼首席执行官。陈先生曾任职于北京建筑设计研究院、巴克太平洋集团（洛杉矶）、雷曼兄弟旗下资产管理公司以及铁狮门中国基金。.

陈先生在房地产投资、资产管理及资本市场领域拥有超过20年的经验。他精通中文和英文。陈先生拥有南加州大学房地产开发硕士学位和清华大学建筑学学士学位。.

Mr. Jonathan Chau is Head of Capital Markets Hong Kong and Head of the Investment Property & Private Office at CBRE Advisory Hong Kong Limited.

专业经验 

Jonathan is a seasoned property investment specialist with extensive experience in commercial en‑bloc transactions, development sites, and strategic advisory for private and institutional clients. A graduate of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, he began his career with Savills (Hong Kong) Limited, starting in the Investment Department before expanding into the Commercial En‑Bloc and Development Site Sales team.

Throughout his career, Jonathan has played a key role in executing numerous market‑defining transactions. His involvement in major disposals—including 68 Yee Wo Street, Trade Square, the Merrill Lynch Portfolio, Fitfort, and 169 Electric Road—established his reputation as a trusted specialist in the Hong Kong investment market.

He later led the Projects and Business Integration (PBI) team, driving key innovation initiatives and supporting a substantial portfolio of transactions exceeding HK$35 billion. His leadership enhanced operational efficiency and solidified his standing in the investment market. Jonathan then went on to head the Investment Private Office, providing bespoke investment strategies and disposal services—including Private Treaty, Tender, and Public Auction—to High‑Net‑Worth Families, Institutional Funds, and Boutique Developers, with a strong focus on confidentiality and long‑term client relationships.

Jonathan joined CBRE Advisory Hong Kong Limited in 2020 and now serves as Head of Capital Markets Hong Kong and Head of Investment Property & Private Office.  His leadership continues to drive innovation and enhance performance across CBRE’s capital markets platform in Hong Kong. In his current capacity, Jonathan oversees the day‑to‑day operations of the unit, including client relationship management, project delivery, research coordination, and major capital transactions, while ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, bespoke advisory services across the Hong Kong property investment landscape.

Pro Affiliations / 

Accreditations

• Licensed Estate Agent in Hong Kong (License No. E-235473)

教育

• Bachelor Degree of Arts in Communication from the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Mr THAM is responsible for the Manager’s corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital transactions. He joined the Manager in April 2022. He is one of the responsible officers of the Manager for the purposes of the SFO, and a director of a number of subsidiaries of Link.

Mr THAM has extensive experience in real estate investment, management and development, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and investment banking and accounting and finance. He has held senior roles in multinational and global financial institutions, with responsibility for the execution of multijurisdictional corporate actions and with an operational remit spanning Hong Kong, Mainland China, Singapore and internationally. Prior to joining the Manager, he was an executive director of each of Lai Sun Development Company Limited and Lai Fung Holdings Limited, both are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. He has held senior positions at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Swire Pacific Group, HSBC Global Banking and Macquarie Capital.

He trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse (now known as PwC), London and is a Fellow Member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a Member of the Professional Accountants in Business Committee and was formerly the Chairman of the Registration and Practising Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute and a Member of the Finance Committee of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Mr THAM holds a Master of Engineering in chemical engineering from Imperial College, University of London in the United Kingdom.

许女士是冠军房地产投资信托的行政总裁，负责该信托的战略发展、资产管理、资产增值及投资机会。许女士是香港注册建筑师，在房地产行业拥有超过20年的经验，涵盖世界知名商业综合体的设计、规划、项目管理及资产管理。加入冠军房地产投资信托管理公司之前，许女士曾任职于香港领先的上市房地产公司，负责管理中国内地的重要投资物业。许女士毕业于香港中文大学，拥有建筑学硕士学位及社会科学学士（荣誉）学位。她是香港建筑师学会会员，并担任中国房地产商会商业地产研究会副会长。.

Mr. Hubert CHAK ("Mr. CHAK") has extensive experience in real estate and financial industries. He joined Link Asset Management Limited, the manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust, in June 2010 and was its director of finance when he left in December 2018. He was also one of its responsible officers from September 2010 to August 2018. Prior to that, he was an executive director of CSI Properties Limited from April 2007 to May 2010. He also held various senior management positions at Pacific Century group between October 1999 and February 2007 and was an executive director of Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited from May 2004 to February 2007.

Mr. CHAK holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from University of Wales (currently known as Cardiff University) in the United Kingdom.

Sarah Cooper是美银证券香港分行董事总经理兼全球房地产股票销售主管。她同时也是美银香港领导团队成员和香港慈善委员会主席。.

Sarah与美国银行的研究和银行部门均有密切合作。她曾参与过来自俄罗斯、中国、印度和印度尼西亚等多元化市场的交易，同时也活跃于传统发达市场（尤其是澳大利亚、英国、德国、新加坡、美国、香港和日本）。在移居伦敦之前，Sarah曾是澳大利亚顶尖的房地产分析师，之后又定居香港，并在香港生活了10年。.

Sarah在II的房地产销售专家中排名第#1，是全球和本地房地产投资者的信赖顾问。她是城市土地学会的全球理事，也是亚太房地产协会香港分会的理事。她担任美国银行香港慈善委员会主席，曾任亚洲GBAM女性领导力委员会联合主席。她于2001年完成了陶波铁人三项赛，执教迷你橄榄球和澳式足球，热爱家庭、旅行，并致力于减少美国银行的电子邮件数量。她已在该公司工作了20年。.

Eduard Wehry is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate. Eduard is head of Hong Kong and head of business development for Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for investor relationships and capital raising in the region. He is a member of the Asia Pacific Executive Committee.

Eduard joined PGIM Real Estate in February 2016.

Prior to joining PGIM Real Estate, he was the Asia Pacific regional head of Investors Services at CBRE global investors and a member of its Global leadership team.

Prior to this, he was regional head of Institutional Clients at ING Real Estate Investment Management. He began his career in 1995 in Investment Banking and spent 11 years working in corporate finance M&A advisory roles in Amsterdam, London and Hong Kong, with ING Barings, Baring Brothers International and ING Corporate Finance.

Eduard transferred to Hong Kong in April 2000 and has been based in Asia since, gaining broad experience in working in the different markets across the region.

Eduard holds a master of science in business administration from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

伯尼拥有超过30年的房地产和科技行业经验，是房地产数字化转型领域的领军人物，擅长运用数据打造更具竞争力和协作性的环境。目前，伯尼负责Yardi Systems在亚太地区的业务增长，现居香港，拥有会计师和经济学家资格。.

他为拥有零售、商业、工业、住宅和混合用途资产的房地产客户提供支持，帮助他们拓展业务、提高效率并更深入地了解自身业务。他的专长包括资产和投资管理、私募股权、运营改进、项目管理、财务、技术实施和合规。.

伯尼曾领导过多个大型技术项目，并在澳大利亚、美国、中东、亚洲和欧洲领导和支持过房地产科技初创公司。他发表过60多篇论文，并拥有丰富的公开演讲经验。他目前积极参与多个慈善机构的工作，致力于海洋环境保护和帮助香港的贫困人群。.

许汉克是森林物流地产的联合创始人兼首席执行官。他曾任新加坡主权财富基金淡马锡控股旗下工业及物流地产投资平台腾飞集团中国投资主管，拥有近20年的房地产投资和基金管理经验。加入腾飞集团之前，他曾担任中国东方峰会资本（中国）和波特曼集团（美国）的投资总监。他已完成并管理了总额近65亿美元的中国和美国物流、工业及综合用途地产投资交易。他拥有加州大学伯克利分校工商管理硕士学位和哈佛大学房地产设计硕士学位。.

As the Deputy General Manager of China Overseas Commercial Properties CO., Ltd. (COCP), Angel Tang leads the assets management and leasing effort of COCP’s 6 million-square-meter Grade A office buildings across China and overseas, with her 14 years’ experience in the field of commercial real estate. 

As a flagship of the global commercial office asset management brand, COOC(China Overseas Office Capital)was established under Tang’s leadership, it has catapulted COCP’s Office assets business segment into a new phase of comprehensive brand development.

COOC has become one of the largest single ownership office building development brands in China, developing and operating Grade A office buildings across nearly 30 cities.

In order to capture the new trend of work style, smart working brand-OFFICEZIP was established to create a new office ecosystem with a variety of supporting formats for life and business, forming an ecological value circle with complementary customers and products with COOC, Officloud and Officare.

Edmund Ho is the Regional Head of Commercial Real Estate, Greater China & North Asia, for Standard Chartered Bank. With a team of 30 plus bankers based in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul, he manages the bank’s Commercial and Investment Banking business targeting highly selected group of property developers and property institutional investors in the regions. Edmund’s business scope comprises loans (corporate and project levels), leverage financing (bridge and acquisition finance), capital markets (bonds and bank syndications), corporate advisory (M&A and private placement), and balance sheet management (transaction banking and financial markets/hedging). Edmund is also responsible for managing the bank’s real estate loan exposure in the regions he covers.

Edmund has over 25 years of corporate banking and investment banking experience. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in June 2009 after heading Citibank’s Real Estate Investment Banking franchise in Asia Pacific as a Managing Director. Prior to Citibank, Edmund was a Greater China investment banker at JP Morgan and Jardine Fleming. Edmund has a BSc degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) and an MBA from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Edmund is also a chartered holder of CFA.

Wilfred is Co‐Chief Operating Officer & Head of Equities of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX). He is also Chief Executive of HKEX’s wholly‐owned subsidiaries, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited.

Previously, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Beijing Gao Hua Securities Company Limited, and Chairman of its wholly‐owned subsidiary, Qian Kun Futures Co Ltd. Prior to that, he was Head of Credit Structured Products for Asia at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
Mr Yiu served as a governor for the board of the Dalian Commodity Exchange in China from 2015 to 2017.

Mr Yiu is a member of the Securities Compensation Fund Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission, and a member of Education and Development Committee of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. He is also a member of the Supervisory Committee for the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong,

Mr Yiu is an adjunct professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also an advisory board member of Research Institute for Business of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, and Professional Fellow of the Honours Academy of the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.

Mr Yiu earned a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Roberto Versace 先生是亚太房地产协会（APREA）香港分会主席兼 APREA 公司董事，自 2021 年起担任此职。Versace 先生还是 FTSE EPRA Nareit 亚太地区咨询委员会成员，以及美国 Institutional Real Estate Inc. 的编辑委员会成员。.

从2017年至2023年9月，范思哲先生担任APG资产管理亚洲（香港）董事总经理兼亚太区上市房地产主管。在此期间，范思哲先生同时也是APG亚洲执行领导管理委员会、APG全球房地产管理委员会、APG亚太房地产管理委员会以及APG全球人力资源与文化领导委员会的成员。.

在2017年加入APG之前，Roberto曾任伦敦EII Capital Management的董事总经理兼首席投资组合经理。2010年至2015年，Roberto曾任新加坡BNY Mellon Investment Management的董事总经理兼亚洲区高级投资组合经理。加入BNY Mellon之前，Roberto曾代表RMR Advisors（波士顿）担任纽约证券交易所上市的RMR亚太房地产基金的投资组合经理，该公司总部位于澳大利亚悉尼。.

Roberto 拥有西北大学凯洛格管理学院（芝加哥）和香港科技大学的工商管理硕士学位，纽约大学斯特恩商学院（纽约市）和香港科技大学商学院（香港）的全球金融理学硕士学位，以及阿德莱德大学（澳大利亚）的经济学学士学位。.