Board moves in Shenzhen and Tokyo lead this week’s review of personnel moves around Asia, with China Resources Land adding a former government official to its board and a Mitsubishi Estate sponsored REIT getting set to renew its leadership. Also making the list are fresh appointments at a Frasers Property sponsored REIT and at Google.
China Resources Land announced on 28 October that it has appointed Xu Rong as an executive director on its board with effect from that same date. Now 55, Xu joined the property development division of state-owned China Resources Group in January of last year after having previously served as deputy director of the Shenzhen Planning and Land Resources Committee in China Resources’ home city. Xu is also joining the company’s executive committee as part of the same transition.
Japan Real Estate Investment Corporation notified the Tokyo stock exchange on 31 October that its executive director, Jo Kato (pictured), along with supervisory directors Hiroaki Takano and Miyuki Aodai has tendered his resignation, effective from the closing of the REIT’s annual unitholders meeting on 11 December. The three directors have all been proposed by the manager of the Tokyo-listed trust’s to be reappointed to their roles at the meeting. Better known as JRE, Japan Real Estate Investment Corporation is sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate.
Frasers Hospitality Asset Management said on 30 October that it has appointed former HSBC banker Chang Tou Chen to an independent, non-executive director position on its board with effect from 1 November. Chang is joining the board of the manager of Frasers Hospitality Trust after having earlier served on the board of the manager of Frasers Commercial Trust before it was merged into what is now Frasers Logistics and Commercial Trust. The 55-year-old served 11 years with HSBC as part of a 20-year banking career.
Mark Gladu has joined Google in Singapore as strategic negotiator with the company’s data centre acquisition team, according to a LinkedIn update. Gladu picked up his Google credentials this past month after nearly a decade with JLL in Shanghai and later Singapore, where he had served most recently as a senior director with the company’s logistics and industrial capital markets team covering the Asia Pacific region.
Edmund Eng has signed up with Singapore investment firm Kimen Group as an associate director, according to a LinkedIn update. Eng came on board with the investor and developer this past month after more than seven years with CapitaLand, where he had served as a vice president with responsibility for business community development with the company’s mainland China division.
Tony Ho has joined RSM Group in Hong Kong as a partner with the financial consulting firm’s business advisory division, according to a LinkedIn update. Ho jumped to RSM after spending five years as a director with the valuation and advisory department at property consultancy’s Hong Kong office. The Indiana State University graduate also has experience with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Former Shangri-La Hotels executive Gavin Weightman has shifted to Tokyo to take on the role of chief operating officer with hotel management firm Section L in the Japanese capital. Weightman is stepping into his new duties after nearly 22 years with Shangri-La, where he had worked most recently as vice-president for operations in Southeast Asia, while also serving as general manager of the company’s The Palawan at Sentosa integrated development in Singapore.
Ryan O’Sullivan is now part of the Knight Frank team, with the veteran corporate real estate executive now serving as head of operations and solutions for the property consultancy. Working in a role split between Melbourne and Singapore, O’Sullivan jumped to the UK firm after just over two years with CBRE in Singapore, where he had been a senior director servicing the company’s Google account.
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