APREA Opening New Doors for Investments in APAC: Investing in Australia

Sigrid 是亞太房地產協會 (APREA) 的首席執行官。她總部設在新加坡，負責監督協會在亞太地區的戰略方向、倡議和運營。在她的領導下，APREA 重新定位為一個專注於房地產和基礎設施的行業貿易團體。.

Sigrid 於 2019 年 1 月加入 APREA 的執行團隊。.

在加入 APREA 之前，她於 2010 年至 2018 年間擔任高纬宏 (C&W) 亞太研究與諮詢服務部董事總經理，負責研究、思想領導、策略制定和客戶管理。 在遷往新加坡之前，她在華盛頓特區工作，並領導 C&W 在中大西洋地區的美國研究小組，負責監督華盛頓特區、維吉尼亞州、馬里蘭郊區、巴爾的摩和費城地區市場研究活動的所有方面。加入 C&W 之前，Sigrid 擔任全國房地產經紀人協會 (NAR) 的資深經濟學家。在該職位上，她發展了 NAR 的辦公室、倉庫、零售、多戶住宅和國際研究計劃。.

Sigrid 是全球經濟、公共政策和房地產問題的公認專家，經常在業界活動中發表演說。 華爾街日報》、《金融時報》、彭博社、《紐約時報》和路透社等眾多全球刊物也經常刊登她對商業和住宅房地產市場的評論。此外，她還在 CNBC、彭博社、CNN、全國公共廣播電台和亞洲新聞頻道等財經網路和廣播電台多次亮相。.

Sigrid 擁有康乃爾大學 Johnson Graduate School of Management 的工商管理碩士學位，以及賓夕法尼亞州立大學的經濟學碩士學位。她是多個民間團體的成員，包括新加坡萊佛士市扶輪社 (Rotary Club of Raffles City)，她曾在該社擔任多個領導職位，並擔任新加坡克隆氏結腸炎協會 (Crohn's & Colitis Society of Singapore) 執行委員會的成員。.

Trevor Cooke is one of South Australia’s most highly regarded property and finance leaders.

As CEO of Commercial & General, Trevor has an outstanding track record in funds management and developing profitable real estate, infrastructure and securities businesses in the Asia Pacific region.

His previous roles include former Managing Director - Global Head of Real Estate Asia Pacific for UBS and Managing Director of AMP Capital Brookfield, a globally listed joint venture with $8 billion assets under management. In addition to his directorship of two Japanese real estate investment trusts with assets under management in excess of $10 billion and Executive Director (International Capital and Markets Division) of the Property Council of Australia.

Trevor has a Bachelor of Laws Hons (LLB) from the University of Adelaide and currently sits on the Board of Junction Australia and the South Australia Division Council of the Property Council of Australia.

從 2015 年到 2023 年，他擔任住友商事株式會社子公司 Sumisho Realty Management 的總裁兼執行長，並將其資產管理規模擴大至超過 7000 億日圓。他將公司的投資結構多元化，例如 SOSiLA Logistic REIT（公開交易）和 SC Realty Private REIT（私人配售），以及廣泛的獨立帳戶。.

在此之前，他在 Sumitomo Corporation 擔任重要職務，負責管理日本和美國的綜合房地產投資組合，其中包括住宅、商業和物流業。.

2024 年至 2025 年 4 月，他在 ES-CON Japan 擔任董事兼戰略事業部主管。目前他在 Fortress Investment Group 從事 J-REIT 相關業務。.

他於 1983 年畢業於京都大學，擁有建築學學士學位。此外，他還是日本的執照建築師、受人尊敬的 ARES 認證大師、APREA 董事會成員/日本分會主席，以及 RICS Japan、MEG 聯席主席 (FRICS)。.

Since joining Savills in 2008, Jacey’s role has focused on cross border investment transactions. She is currently based in the Sydney office and working with APAC and global investors.

Prior to joining the Sydney office, Jacey was based in Seoul and continues to work closely with Korean capital. Some of Jacey’s key leading projects during her time at Savills include the sales of an asset located in Beijing, China on behalf of Samsung Life Insurance, AIA Life acquisition of HQ office in Seoul CBD (first market entry) and Pontegadea first acquisition in Asia Pacific.

She also had a key role in a strategic consulting project for a Korean retailer launching in Hong Kong and Macao. Other projects include the disposal of Twin Tree Tower (Pramerica), Bundang Square (Morgan Stanley), Noon Square (Pacific Star), M Plaza (Invesco) as well as consulting on the Tesco asset portfolio in Korea (Affinity). 
Before Savills, Jacey spent over 3 years with Property Group & Site Research at Samsung Tesco.

With over 25 years in the real estate industry, Michael specialises in providing high value market intelligence for the industrial sector.

As National Head of Industrial & Logistics at Savills, Michael is responsible for industrial real estate operations and strategies across the country. As Managing Director of NSW, Michael overseas the operations of the New South Wales business.

He has successfully completed many major investment transactions, such as the sale of GIC's Australian logistics portfolio to Ascendas for AUD$1.037 billion, Equity Commonwealth Portfolio to Propertylink for AUD$303 million and Woolworths' new state-of-the-art automated distribution centre at Dandenong, Victoria for AUD$218 million.

During the course of his work he has completed more high value deals (over AUD$50 million) than any other agent in Australia. He has also received awards from Goodman and Dexus for achieving outstanding results when representing them on transactions.

His analysis reflects a deep understanding of the major players in the industrial sector, including listed and wholesale property trusts, sovereign wealth funds and syndicates.

George Rolfe is the Executive Director, Property at Plenary Group based in Sydney and is responsible for expanding Plenary’s property activities across Australia. Plenary is an independent long-term investor, developer and manager of public infrastructure with a portfolio of 71 assets under management worth more than $44 billion across Australia, Canada and the US.

He is a dedicated property professional with over 23 years of national and international experience focused on large-scale urban renewal and transit oriented developments. George held previous development and investment roles with John Holland, Lendlease and Multiplex in Australia and the United Kingdom.

George is also a member of the APREA Regional Advocacy Committee and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Australia, has completed a Corporate Finance Programme at London Business School and a Bachelor of Construction Management from the University of Technology Sydney.

Wissam是一家專注於房地產行業的企業併購合夥人，為國內外客戶提供服務。其業務尤其擅長設立法人和非法人合資企業、財團、資本合夥企業和以實物資產投資為重點的批發基金，以及實物資產的收購、處置和重組。.

Simon was a partner with Herbert Smith Freehills and KPMG. His time with KPMG included 5 years in Singapore ending in December 2018. Most of his career involved dealing with real estate transactions. He has worked with listed entities, fund managers, private equity investors, family offices and developers. In the Australian context, he was involved in the initial development of the MIT rules as an industry advocate and remained involved in their ongoing development.

He has now retired from partnership but remains a strategic consultant to KPMG, a global SWF and several proposed real estate platforms across the industrial, education, medical and debt sectors.