APREA #EmbraceEquity Leadership Forum

Christine currently serves as the Head of Research APAC at Knight Frank, a globally renowned property consultancy firm. In this capacity, she plays a pivotal role in shaping the firm's long-term business strategy by spearheading research initiatives that align with both regional and global objectives.

Christine boasts a remarkable track record of providing valuable and actionable research across diverse property sectors, including offices, industrial spaces, residential properties, student accommodations, multi-family units, and data centers. She adeptly curates and coordinates regional forecasts and market outlooks for clients, offering research-driven insights that influence commercial leasing and investment decisions.

Christine holds a Master of Arts degree in Media and Communications from the University of London and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Cornell University.

Sara Cheng is Senior Vice President to APAC’s Banking and Corporates, and is responsible for leading the overall business strategy and execution at SS&C Intralinks. Prior to joining SS&C Intralinks, Sara was the Managing Director to Twitter China and CEO of Fuji Xerox Singapore. Her strong sense of curiosity propelled her to live and work across Asia, the US and Europe while rising to executive positions at Xerox, IBM, Teradata, NCR and Procter & Gamble.

Sara is known for being a catalyst of change, who has transformed people and organizations throughout her career and is a strong advocate of workplace diversity and the development of next-generation Asian leaders.

Sara's Board experience includes: Chairlady of the Board - Fuji Xerox Singapore, Board Member - Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, and Advisory Board - Women's Forum for Economy and Society Asia.

埃丝特是一位拥有二十多年可持续发展实践经验的人士。她于2008年发布了新加坡首份可持续发展报告，并于2017年发行了新加坡公司发行的首支绿色债券。她荣获联合国全球契约组织颁发的2018年“绿色基础设施和低碳经济可持续发展目标先锋奖”，并于2023年被路透社评为“25位引领气候变化的先锋女性”之一，同时入选2023年《时代》周刊首届“商界百位气候领袖”榜单。埃丝特目前担任多个国际组织的董事会成员或顾问，其中包括：

• 世界经济论坛自然友好型城市全球委员会
• 世界绿色建筑委员会企业顾问委员会主席
• 自然相关财务信息披露工作组
• 联合国房地产责任投资原则咨询委员会
• 联合国亚太经社会可持续商业网络执行委员会
• 全球报告倡议组织（GRI）监事会
• 城市土地学会 (ULI) 兰德尔·刘易斯中心房地产可持续发展咨询委员会和 ULI 亚太净零排放委员会
• 亚太房地产协会（APREA）董事会成员兼ESG委员会主席
• GRESB基金会董事会

她创立了 Women4Green 和 Youth4Climate 网络，旨在赋能妇女和青年，让他们成为气候行动和可持续发展的倡导者。.

Jeremy Chee (Singapore) joined KKR in 2021 and is a member of the Asia Real Estate team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Chee was with Partners Group, based in Singapore, where he focused on real estate investments across the Asia Pacific region. Previously, Mr. Chee was responsible for underwriting distressed real estate and NPL transactions for Kildare Partners in London. Mr. Chee started his career at BNP Paribas Leveraged Finance Group in London. He holds a BSc in Economics and Statistics from University College London.

Shirin是贝克·麦坚时律师事务所的公司合伙人，领导其新加坡并购业务。她在亚洲、美国及其他地区的并购和私募股权交易领域拥有超过23年的经验，专注于机构房地产和资产管理交易，包括资本募集平台、合资企业、共同投资和俱乐部交易、投资组合重组和退出。过去十年，Shirin主导的交易总额超过550亿美元。.

Shirin是一位广受认可的律师，被Chambers亚太、Chambers全球和Legal 500亚太评为新加坡公司/并购领域的领先律师。此外，她还被IFLR 1000评为女性领袖，在私募股权/并购领域备受推崇，并荣登Legal 500首届亚太并购私人执业实力榜（2024）。2024年，Shirin被Best Lawyers评为新加坡年度并购律师。.

Dr. Valerie Speth is the Co-Lead APAC for the Climate Infrastructure Group which invests and manages investments and portfolio companies of the Global Renewable Power Fund 3 (4.8 Billion USD) and the Climate Finance Partnership (673 Mio. USD). As a qualified mechanical engineer, she brings more than 15 years' of experience in the renewable power sector in Europe and APAC. Prior to joining BlackRock, she was the CEO of a global wind and solar developer for APAC and hold senior leadership positions in strategy, M&A and portfolio management. Valerie was placed in the "Top 40 under 40" in 2019, 2020 and 2021 by the Capital business magazine in Germany.

Valerie holds an engineering diploma from University of Stuttgart, a Master of Engineering Management as a Fulbright Scholar from Duke University, a PhD in Business from St. Gallen University, a Personal Leadership Certificate from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an International Director Certificate from INSEAD.

Christine currently serves as the Head of Research APAC at Knight Frank, a globally renowned property consultancy firm. In this capacity, she plays a pivotal role in shaping the firm's long-term business strategy by spearheading research initiatives that align with both regional and global objectives.

Christine boasts a remarkable track record of providing valuable and actionable research across diverse property sectors, including offices, industrial spaces, residential properties, student accommodations, multi-family units, and data centers. She adeptly curates and coordinates regional forecasts and market outlooks for clients, offering research-driven insights that influence commercial leasing and investment decisions.

Christine holds a Master of Arts degree in Media and Communications from the University of London and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Cornell University.