Sheds lead this week’s look at personnel moves from around Asia as JD.Com reshuffles leadership of its logistics management unit. Also making the news is a management shift connected to a mainland developer privatisation and some new independent leadership for Hong Kong-listed Wang On Properties.
JD Logistics announced on 13 November that Wei Hu resigned from his roles as executive director, chief executive officer and authorized representative of the company, with effect from that day. Hu had served as chief executive of the logistics management division of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com for more than two years and is said to be taking on new responsibilities within the group. JD Logistics has yet to name a successor as CEO.
Hong Kong-listed developer Minmetals Land informed the stock exchange on 13 November that He Jianbo has resigned from his roles as executive director and chairman of the board of the state-owned Chinese firm. He’s resignation is said to be part of the company’s standard rotation of its leadership and comes after parent company China Minmetals last month proposed to privatise its real estate development unit.
Hong Kong’s Wang On Properties said in a statement to the local bourse on 14 November that it has appointed Natasha Ho Nga Ling as an independent, non-executive director on its board with effect from that date. Now 47, Ho has served as president of the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and International Chapter since 2020 and has been a Hong Kong convention ambassador for the Hong Kong Tourism Board for the same duration.
Kathleen McCarthy Baldwin announced on LinkedIn this past week that she is leaving her role as global co-head of real estate with Blackstone after 15 years with the fund manager. In a statement, McCarthy thanked company leaders Stephen Schwarzman and Jon Gray while stating that she will stay with the New York-based firm through the end of the year before taking on unspecified new challenges.
Cushman & Wakefield said on 13 November that it has appointed former Colliers executive Dom Fredrick Andaya as country head for the Philippines. After more than 18 years with Colliers in Manila, Andaya is now in charge of C&W’s business across the Southeast Asian nation. In the same statement Cushman & Wakefield also announced new leadership for its project management and office leasing teams in the Philippines.
Greenberg Traurig has added some new team members to its growing Singapore office, with the US law firm announcing this past week that Ashok Lalwani (pictured) and Chi Pan have joined its roster in the Lion City. Lalwani joins from Baker McKenzie with a specialisation in capital markets and corporate law, while Pan focused on corporate law while previously serving with Goodwin. Both are now shareholders at Greenberg Traurig.
Real estate fund manager Avatar Capital Partners continues to expand its team with the company led by Angel Li and Ueda Ryuta adding a former Morgan Stanley executive to its Tokyo operation. Airi Tomihara joined Avatar this month as an analyst after more than a year in a parallel role at Morgan Stanley, according to a LinkedIn update. The graduate of Beijing’s Tsinghua University and the University of Pennsylvania also has previous experience with Bank of China and the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies.
HSBC informed the Hong Kong stock exchange on 11 November that it has appointed Wei Sun Christianson as an independent, non-executive director on its board of directors with effect from 1 January. Christianson served as co-CEO for Asia Pacific before her retirement from the investment bank in 2022, and has served most recently as an advisor to the US finance giant. Christianson also previously served as chief executive of Morgan Stanley China from 2006 through 2022.
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