This week a top executive and board member leaves one of Hong Kong’s best-known real estate developers, a mainland financial giant recruits a fund manager from a major US developer and a Chinese executive climbs the corporate ladder in Japan. Read on for all the details on Asia’s real estate community this week.
Anita Chan has resigned from her position as an executive director with Hong Kong-listed Goldin Properties Holdings, effective July 16th, according to a statement by the real estate developer to the stock exchange. Chan is said to be leaving her role and the company’s board “to allocate more time to her personal development.” In Chan’s absence, her duties related to property investment and management, as well as for sales and marketing, will be covered by fellow board member and executive director, Li Huamao.
Bote (Albert) Wu has joined Ping An Industrial Fund as an Executive Vice President based in Shanghai. Wu come aboard with the fund management operation after three years with US-based developer Tishman Speyer, where he served most recently as Director of Equity Capital Markets. The MBA-holder from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley also has previous experience at Fosun and Mapletree.
Zina Zhang is now head of retail consulting for JLL Japan, based in Tokyo. In her new role, Zhang is responsible for managing all client relationships with global retailers in Japan, including providing market entry consulting, location strategy and research support. The leadership position is a promotion from Zhang’s former role as an associate director with JLL’s leasing business in Japan.
Sabrina Li has joined Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions as an Associate Director, based in Hong Kong. Li will be providing region-wide leadership to the project management business of the property management firm. Before joining Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions, which is part of Canadian real estate conglomerate Brookfield, Li had spent more than five years with DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield, and its US-based predecessor Cushman & Wakefield, in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
William Du has been promoted to Assistant Manager with Hang Lung Properties in Hong Kong, where he directs business development for pre-leasing of the company’s Spring City 66 project in Kunming, Yunnan province. The graduate of The Chinese University of Hong Kong has taken his step up at Hang Lung after less than two years as a senior officer with the company. Du joined Hang Lung in 2012 as a management trainee.
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