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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。.

Adam Woodward is a Managing Director and the Property/Funds Market Leader for Australia with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Sydney. He provides transaction tax and advisory services to property/real asset, corporate and private equity groups. Mr. Woodward has deep expertise providing transaction structuring, tax due diligence, transaction advisory and other advisory/compliance assistance to both domestic and large multinational groups.

With more than 24 years of experience, Mr. Woodward has acted on some of the highest profile Australian listed transactions (including advising on the full ambit of private to public transactions) and other trade sale/peer-to-peer and sponsored transactions. He has provided a full range of Australian tax services to domestic REITs/funds, global private equity groups and large listed entities.

Mr. Woodward is recognized as a leading property/fund tax expert in Australia. He has led a Tax Institute and other treasury/government law/topical submissions and acted as an advisor/independent expert on tax technical matters and disputes. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Woodward was a Senior Partner with the Transaction Tax group in EY Australia for more than seven years. He led the property/real assets tax sector across APAC, was a Co-Chair of the DE&I Committee, and was the local transaction tax leader.

Mr. Woodward earned a BBA/LLB (honours), and a master’s degree in laws (tax major) from the University of Sydney. He is a legal practitioner with a current practicing certificate, a registered Tax Agent, member of the Tax Institute of Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants and the Tax Committee of the Property Council of Australia.

Sean Keegan is a Managing Director and Australia Country Leader with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Sydney.

Mr. Keegan brings more than 25 years of experience advising private capital investors and corporate groups on all tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, tax structuring, tax due diligence processes, transaction documentation negotiation, corporate restructuring and carve-outs, distressed company situations and cross-border transactions. 

Mr. Keegan’s clients have included public and private corporations and Australian and international private equity firms that have invested in industries including consumer products, financial services, manufacturing, technology, mining, healthcare and communications. 

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Keegan was a Tax Partner with Ernst & Young.

Mr. Keegan earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce and science and a master’s degree in tax from Sydney University. He is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.