There is nothing quite as rewarding than being recognized for your hard work and dedication. For the CEO of Singapore’s Housing & Development Board, Dr. Cheong Koon Hean, that dream became a reality after she was bestowed with a prestigious international honor. Of course, you have to start somewhere and there are a number of real estate professionals beginning new jobs in hope they too will be honored one day. Among the notable changes, CBRE named a new Head of Research for Northern China, a Hong Kong-listed developer hired a new Assistant Director and JLL continued to bolster its Hong Kong office. Keep reading to find out more.
Dr Cheong Koon Hean was named the 2016 recipient of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) JC Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development. Dr. Cheong, the 17th Nichols laureate and the first from Asia, is Chief Executive Officer at Singapore’s Housing & Development Board (HDB). She has taken a key role in several transformative developments in Singapore during her career, including Marina Bay. The ULI JC Nichols Prize recognizes an individual whose work demonstrates a commitment to the creation of communities that reflect the highest standards of design and development.
Michael Stacy moved to the Windy City just in time to see the Chicago Cubs fall behind three games to two in the World Series. He has taken on the role of Managing Director, Brokerage for Cushman & Wakefield’s Chicago office. Regardless of the outcome, chances are Stacy will be far more successful than the Cubs in his role overseeing the office, industrial and retail brokerage services for Cushman & Wakefield in America’s third largest city. Prior to the merger with DTZ, the Chicago native was Cushman & Wakefield’s Head of Office and Industrial services for China. He also spent time at CBRE in Shanghai leading its office services team.
Tin Sun is now Head of Research, Northern China at CBRE after earning a promotion. He had spent the past two years working as Associate Research Director at the firm. The Peking University graduate will continue to operate out of CBRE’s Beijing office. Tin joined CBRE from rival JLL in 2014 where he had a two-year stint as Senior Research Manager. He also spent time with The Nielsen Company where he picked up the Best Performance Employee Award in 2010.
Victor Yin Wei has taken over as Assistant Director – M&E in the Property Development division of Imperial Pacific Holdings. He joins the Hong Kong-listed developer after a three-year journey at Shui On Development where he held the role of Senior Manager – Development Planning and Design. Imperial Pacific is currently building a massive casino and resort on the island of Saipan where it has pledged to invest a minimum of US$ 7.1 billion on hospitality projects.
Paul Dwyer has found his way to JLL’s Hong Kong Office and will assume the role of Director, Regional Lead Data Centre Services for Asia Pacific. He joins the firm from DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield where he served as Associate Director, Data Centre Advisory Group for Asia Pacific. Dwyer has also spent time at Colliers International in Hong Kong. In his new position, the Hong Kong Cricket Club supporter will be leading data centre activities for JLL in the Asia Pacific region while covering all service lines.
Pascale Dahan moved to CBRE’s Shanghai office where she will be working in sales management for Eastern China. The Canada native has been working in China for nearly six years now having been employed at Knight Frank and the Sofia Group working in tenant representation. The real estate veteran began her career in Montreal spending five years at McGill Real Estate where she worked with both local and international buyers.
Ngoc Pham has joined Stella Global Viet Nam as a Marketing and Sales Executive. She links up with the interior surfacing organization after spending a little more than a year with Colliers International in Vietnam where she worked as a marketing executive as well as a residential executive. The Saigon International University graduate earned her degree in 2015 before signing on with Colliers. In addition to its operation in Vietnam, Stella Global has offices in Singapore and Myanmar.
As usual, if you know of other China real estate professionals changing their jobs, getting promoted or just doing something exciting, please feel free to share with the rest of the community here at Mingtiandi.
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