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Prof. Nie Meisheng
Chairman, China Housing Industry Association
President, China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce
Prof. Nie had worked in China South-West Civil Engineering Design Institute for 18 years. From 1984 to 1986, she was sent to Rensselear Polytechnic Institute as the National Exchange Researcher. In 1991, she was pointed as the Deputy General Director of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Construction and the PHD supervisor. In 1994. Prof. Nie was appointed as the General Director of the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Construction of China and as a member of the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Construction. In 1998, she was elected as the Chairman of Housing Industrialization Office of the Ministry of Construction and the Deputy Chairman of the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Construction. From 1996, she was authorized as the Director of Water Industry Association with the China Civil Engineering Society under the Ministry of Construction of China.
Prof. Nie Graduated from TsingHua University in Water & Wastewater Engineering. |
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Dr. Zhao Hui
Director, Ministry of Construction, China
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Ni Hong
Governor, Department of Construction, Anhui Province
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Shen Keqiao
Vice Chairman and Secretary General, Shanghai Association of Industry and Commerce – Housing Industry Chamber of Commerce
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Daniel Ling
Vice President, Listings, Singapore Exchange Limited
Daniel Ling joined Listings Department of Singapore Exchange (SGX) in August 2003. He focuses on developing business opportunities for SGX in Greater China.
Daniel graduated with Honors from University of Chicago’s MBA program in 2002, and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in the United States. He started off his career in private equity in China for a US private equity firm, then moving onto management consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also ran two startup operations in technology between 1999 and 2001. Prior to joining SGX, he was an equity research analyst at Core Pacific-Yamaichi, covering property and power machinery sectors.
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Eng Kwok Seat Moey
Managing Director, Asset Backed Structured Products, Debt Capital Markets, Global Financial Markets |
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Timothy J. Grady
Managing Director, Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited
Timothy J. Grady is a Managing Director and the Head of Merrill Lynch's Real Estate Group in Asia, overseeing the Real Estate Investing (assets and private equity) and Lending business throughout Asia. Prior to joining Merill Lynch Mr. Grady worked as a Managing Director and the Head of Morgan Stanley Real Estate, Asia Pacific overseeing its real estate and non-performing asset direct investment business with primary coverage for its real estate investing banking in Asia Pacific. Prior to his joining Morgan Stanley in 2000 he worked in Thailand responsible for Lehman Brothers Principal Transaction Group's business in South Asia.
Mr.Grady has a B.S. in engineering from Massachusetts Maritime Academy and a M.S. in engineering from Columbia University.
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Mark Ebbinghaus
Executive Director, Joint Head of Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure - Asia, UBS Investment Bank
Mark Ebbinghaus is an Executive Director in UBS's investment banking division. Mr Ebbinghaus is a real estate specialist with approximately 25 years experience in the industry and approximately 9 years of service at UBS in both the Equities and Investment Banking divisions. He has been a former advisor to a number of both high profile and substantial real estate investors in Australia and prior to investment banking has been a No 1 rated research analyst covering real estate, developers & contractors, and the hotel sector.
Prior to joining UBS in 1997, Mr Ebbinghaus spent five years at JLW Advisory (a former division of Jones Lang LaSalle) where he was Head of Strategic Investment Advice for their Australian business. In this role Mr Ebbinghaus was responsible for asset allocation, strategic investment and divestment advice and asset management for a number of leading direct real estate investors and pension plans. He holds an Economics undergraduate degree (accounting and finance major) from the University of Adelaide and a Masters degree (real estate and finance major) from the University of South Australia. He holds post-graduate qualifications from the Financial Services Institute of Australia and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mark is a fellow of FINSIA, is a full member of both AIMR and the Australian Property Institute. He also holds a Real Estate Agents and Business Licence as well as being a former registered valuer in the state of NSW.
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Dr. Youguo Liang
Managing Director, Investment Research, Pramerica Real Estate Investors
Dr. Youguo Liang is the Managing Director of Investment Research and a member of the Investment Committee and Management Committee of Prudential Real Estate Investors. He earned his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Kentucky and M.A. in management and B.S. in operations research from the University of Science and Technology of China. Dr. Liang is a CFA charter holder, the President of the American Real Estate Society and international editor of Real Estate Finance.
Prior to joining Prudential, Dr. Liang was a Senior Vice President at Lend Lease Real Estate Investments and Head of Research at the Yarmouth Group, Inc. He also served as a faculty member of the Finance Department at Cleveland State University and taught real estate and investment related courses at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels.
Dr. Liang has published more than 80 research manuscripts in both academic and industry journals. He has authored papers for academic journals such as Real Estate Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, The Journal of Real Estate Research, The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management and The Journal of Financial Research. In addition to academic publications, he regularly writes articles and commentaries for influential industry newsletters and journals such as The Institutional Real Estate Letter, Real Estate Finance and Pension Real Estate Quarterly. Many of Liang’s research publications have won awards and been abstracted in The CFA Digest and PREA Research Review. In the past Dr. Liang served as managing editor of The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management and special issue editor of The Journal of Real Estate Research. He is a member of editorial boards of several academic journals and trade publications.
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Thomas W. Pulley
Managing Director, Credit Suisse First Boston Securities (Japan) Limited
Thomas Pulley is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston and is responsible for overseeing all of RECP's Asian investment activities. He is based in Tokyo.
Mr. Pulley began his career at Bankers Trust where he founded the CMBS group. Mr. Pulley was a member of Bankers Trust's Real Estate Equity Investment Committee and Management Committee. Mr. Pulley's experience in Asia and Europe includes his position as Head of Asian Principal Finance for UBS, based in Tokyo, and Head of Distressed Debt for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, based in London. Mr. Pulley has successfully invested in distressed debt and real estate assets located in Germany, Eastern Europe, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, and China.
Mr. Pulley received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Morgan A. Laughlin
Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Asia, The Royal Bank of Scotland
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Michael T. Smith
Managing Director and Head of Asia (ex-Japan) Real Estate Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
Michael joined Goldman Sachs as Managing Director and Head of Asia ex-Japan Real Estate Investment Banking in 2006 with 16 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific real estate markets. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Michael was UBS' Head of Asia ex-Japan Real Estate Investment Banking from 2000. Michael is acknowledged as a pioneer in the Asian REIT industry and serves many industry and regulatory advisory boards. Michael's transaction experience includes IPOs for the Link REIT and Mapletree Logistics Trust as well as equity capital raisings for CapitaMall Trust, AREIT and Fortune REIT.
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Brian D. Chinappi
Managing Director, RREEF Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Mr. Chinappi is a Managing Director within RREEF Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong. RREEF is the global real estate investment management division of Deutsche Bank (previously referred to as DB Real Estate). Brian is the Head of Acquisitions for RREEF’s products and clients investing in Asia, excluding Japan and India. Such investments include real properties, property developments, non-performing loan portfolios and real estate operating companies.
Prior to assuming his present role in 1999, Brian was a member of Bankers Trust's Real Estate Investment Banking Group (a predecessor group to RREEF/DB Real Estate) based in New York and Hong Kong. During his tenure with Bankers Trust, Brian completed numerous debt and equity financings and merger and acquisition assignments for clients, including REITs, public real estate operating companies and private investment partnerships. Brian joined Bankers Trust in 1994.
Mr. Chinappi received a B.A. degree in Economics from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute. |
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Phillip Mintz
Managing Director, Asian Real Estate Practice, Warburg Pincus
Philip A. Mintz joined Warburg Pincus in 2005 and is responsible for the firm's Asian real estate practice. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Mintz served as the President of General Electric Capital Real Estate Asia, based in Tokyo. At General Electric Capital, he led a business with over 300 employees that managed a portfolio in excess of $3 billion. Mr. Mintz was a Senior Vice President within General Electric Capital's Real Estate Group in Stamford, Conn., responsible for the group's strategic direction in real estate and hospitality globally. Prior to his experience at GE, he was a Director in the M&A Department at Merrill Lynch in New York. Mr. Mintz also a Mergers and Acquisitions attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP. He graduated from Duke University with an A.B. in political sciences, received a J.D. from Fordham Law School and an M.B.A. from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.
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Peggy Yang
Associate Director, Investment Products, the Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong
Ms Peggy Yang joined the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong in 2001, responsible for supervising the authorisation of investment products and assisting in the formulation of policies. Prior to this, Ms Yang has worked for the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority and in the investment industry as a fund manager, focusing on Hong Kong, North American and Australian listed companies. She is also a CFA charter holder. |
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Xiaodong Li
Vice President, China Commercial Real Estate Association
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Matthew D. Lentz
Portfolio Manager, Fidelity International Real Estate Fund
Matthew Lentz is a research analyst and portfolio manager for Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1 provider of workplace retirement savings plans and a leading online brokerage firm. He manages Fidelity International Real Estate Fund.
Mr. Lentz joined Fidelity in 2002 and has served as a real estate investment trust (REIT) analyst. He began managing Fidelity International Real Estate Fund in January 2006.
Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. Lentz was a research analyst following REITs for Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York from 1999 to 2002. He also served as a junior associate with a regional REIT investment banking research group at The Robinson-Humphrey Co., LLC in Atlanta from 1998 to 1999. He began his career in 1996 as a business development manager for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).
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William G. Tung
Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Rockefeller Group Development Co. Ltd.
William G. Tung has directed all of the Rockefeller Group's activities in Asia Pacific as its Managing Director since 2003, including branded mixed-use developments in China and the formation of a Greater China Fund with the company's partner Sinolink Worldwide Holdings Limited.
As Chairman of Shanghai Bund de Rockefeller Group Master Development Co. Ltd., Mr. Tung heads the master development of the historic Waitanyuan project on the Bund in Shanghai, a 16-hectare mixed-use development on the banks of the Huangpu and Suzhou Rivers. The project is slated by Shanghai's municipal government as a world-class centerpiece to help celebrate the 2010 EXPO in Shanghai. The master development company is a joint venture between The Rockefeller Group/Sinolink and New Huangpu Group, a privatized government company in Shanghai that was&n bsp;designated by the People's Republic of China to participate in the project.
Before joining The Rockefeller Group, Mr. Tung was a Vice President for 10 years with Bertelsmann, the global media conglomerate, directing all its corporate real estate activities and ownership interests. Prior to Bertelsmann, Mr. Tung was an Executive Vice President and Partner with Broadway State Partners, a major property development company in the New York region, involved in all aspects of property development and valued at over US $2 billion. Earlier in his career, Tung practiced as a licensed architect with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ;and managed projects worldwide.
Mr. Tung earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University's Columbia Business School and he earned an architectural degree from Princeton University. |
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Tan Ser Ping
Chief Executive Officer, Ascendas-MGM Funds Management Limited
Mr Tan Ser Ping is the Chief Executive Officer of Ascendas-MGM Funds Management Limited (AMGM), the manager of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT).
Prior to this, he was the Executive Vice President of Real Estate Development & Investment (REDI) of Ascendas Pte Ltd. He was responsible for formulating REDI policies, strategies and plans across all country operations and developing new product offerings and markets for Ascendas.
Before joining Ascendas in 2001, Mr Tan was Senior General Manager for the Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company Ltd, Residential & Commercial Business Group. In his nearly 20 years of working experience, he also held senior positions in various banks including the Bank of America, Standard Chartered Bank and United Overseas Bank.
Mr Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) degree. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Leicester, UK. |
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Morgan Parker
President, Taubman Asia
Taubman Centers is a global leader in the shopping center industry. Taubman Asia is led by Morgan Parker, president, who drives the group's focus on owning, managing, developing and acquiring high-quality and sustainable retail real estate projects in Asia that leverage Taubman's strong retail planning, design and operational capabilities.
Formerly a vice president of Morgan Stanley, Mr. Parker was based in Tokyo where he oversaw Morgan Stanley Real Estate's retail investment and management businesses in Asia. He also served as president of Promena Retail Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley that specializes in retail asset management in Japan.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Parker was an executive with leading Australian corporate firms, Lend Lease and Macquarie Bank in Asia. During this time he was responsible for a variety of real estate investment, development, management and advisory initiatives.
Mr. Parker is a well known industry figure throughout Asia Pacific. Over the last ten years, Mr. Parker has led businesses and completed projects in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Indonesia.
He is a native of Australia and holds a Bachelor of Laws. He is a member of the International Real Estate Institute, a Board member of the Asia Public Real Estate Association, and an Advisory Board member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (Asia Pacific). |
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Patrick J. Boot
Senior Vice President, ProLogis
Patrick J. Boot, Senior Vice President of ProLogis, is a member of the Asian Operations Group and is responsible for the research and development of ProLogis markets in Asia. Additionally, he is responsible for establishing ProLogis's Shanghai office.
Prior to joining ProLogis in 2003, Mr. Boot was Executive Vice President and Executive Director of Property Investment Advisors Indonesia/P.T. Sanggraha Daksamitra, a real estate development and leasing company in Indonesia. |
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Fritz Wyler
Senior Vice President, Asia Operations & Leasing, AMB Property Corporation
Fritz has been with AMB Property Corporation (NYSE: AMB) for seven years and has been responsible for overseeing its real estate development, leasing, and asset management of AMB and its affiliates across Asia. He opened AMB's Tokyo office in January 2004 as the Representative Director and from which he currently oversees AMB's operations in China, Japan Singapore and Korea. |
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William Ross
Managing Director, Head of ABS & Structured Bonds, Asia Pacific, HSBC |
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Richard van den Berg
Senior Director, Portfolio Management, ING Real Estate Investment Management Asia
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Peter Churchouse
Director, Property, Lim Advisors
Peter Churchouse is currently the lead portfolio manager for the LIM Asia Alternative Real Estate Fund. A resident of Hong Kong since 1980, Peter Churchouse has been involved in Asian property markets as a consultant, financial advisor, practitioner and investor for 26 years. Prior to joining LIM Advisors in 2004, Mr. Churchouse was a Managing Director and Advisory Director at Morgan Stanley in Asia, where he acted in a variety of roles including head of research, regional strategist and head of regional property research, since early 1988. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Churchouse established and ran a property research department and consultancy function for international property consultants, Jones Lang Wootton (now Jones Lang Lasalle) in Hong Kong.
Peter has been a frequent commentator on regional economies, markets and property for TV, radio and print media. Mr. Churchouse earned a B.A. and an M.Soc.Sc from the University of Waikato in New Zealand. |
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Edmund Ho
Director, Head of Asian Real Estate Investment Banking, Citigroup
Edmund is a Director of Citigroup and is the Head of Real Estate of Citigroup's Asian Investment Banking team. Edmund's coverage includes China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and other Asian countries other than Japan and Australia. Edmund joined Citigroup in June 2004 after spending eight years at JPMorgan / Jardine Fleming and has over 12 years of experience in corporate finance in the greater China region. Edmund has been active in pursuing REIT business in the region and has provided insights for the development of the REIT Code in Hong Kong. In December 2005, Edmund led the listing of GZI REIT which was the first REIT that caters for PRC properties.
Edmund holds a B.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the Queen's University in Canada, an MBA from the HK University of Science and Technology and is a charter holder of CFA.
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Mark Jared
Managing Director, Real Estate Development, Portman Holdings
Mark Jared is responsible for identifying, negotiating, and managing the liaison work for the company's development projects in China. He has over 18 years of real estate experience, all of which have been with either Portman or a Portman affiliate. In 2001, while representing Portman in Shanghai, he participated in a significant feasibility study for the Taiwan High Speed Rail. Prior to joining Portman Holdings full time, he was concurrently the deputy general manager and the director of marketing for Shanghai Centre, in charge of operations and revenues. From 1986 to 1990 he was the development manager for Portman Overseas during the construction of Shanghai Centre.
Mark has studied in Hong Kong and Taiwan and speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently. He is an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce. In 2002 Mark became one of the few foreigners to be appointed as a special foreign advisor to the Huangpu District Government.
Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts from Washington & Lee University. He earned an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management, and has participated in the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. |
Francis Lee Wee-Hau
Senior Director of Development, Greater China, Hilton International
Francis Lee Wee-Hau is the Senior Director of Development, Greater China, for Hilton International. Based in Shanghai, he is responsible for the expansion of the portfolio of properties under the Hilton brands in the region.
Prior to joining Hilton, Francis was a corporate finance lawyer with significant transactional experience in Sydney and Singapore. He specialized in private equity, venture capital, M&A, alliance and technology acquisition deals and represented both financial and strategic buyers, including the Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners, Allen & Buckeridge Fund, Equity Asia Partners, Coca-Cola Company, SingTel Optus and the Government of New South Wales.
Francis graduated in 1996 with Honors from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Law. He also graduated in 2001 with a Master of Law from the University of New South Wales, scoring straight distinctions. In addition, he holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University and has completed the Master of Business Administration and Advanced Entrepreneurship Program at INSEAD in 2004.
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Fan Wei
CEO & President, Shanghai Forte Land Co., Ltd.
Mr. Fan is one of the co-founders of Shanghai Forte Land Co., Ltd. and a director of Fosun High Technology (Group) Company Limited. Mr. Fan has extensive experience in real estate development, sales and company administration and management. He has been the recipient of Shanghai's Residential Construction Contributor's Awards for the years of 1999 and 2000. He is vice-chairman of the Shanghai Real Estate Trade Association, a council member of the Real Estate Research Centre of the Shanghai Academy of Social Science, and a member of the editorial board for Shanghai Property Association's official publications. Mr. Fan graduated from Fudan University and received a bachelor of engineering. |
Zhou Xingzeng
Chairman, Shanghai Gench Group |
David Fan
Portfolio Manager, ABN AMRO Asset Management
David Fan, CFA – David is the portfolio manager of Asia Pacific property funds at ABN Amro Asset Management in Hong Kong, where he manages over US$1bn of client asset. David has been following the Asian real estate markets and companies since 1997, previously at Citigroup Asset Management in Singapore and Security Capital in Tokyo. David graduated with honors from Stanford University where he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees.
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Lucas Jen Yuh Loh
Managing Director, China, Ascott International Management
Mr. Loh oversees the performance of Ascott's serviced residences within the China region. He will also spearhead the group's business development in the country, where Ascott plans to grow from 2,400 to 9,300 serviced residence units by 2010. Previously Mr. Loh worked as Ascott's Country General Manager – China and the group's vice president for business development & asset management.
Since Mr. Loh joined the group in 2001, he has helped Ascott build its presence in North Asia, through identifying business opportunities and forging strategic alliances with various companies. He can now harness his in-depth knowledge of the China market to lead the China team to operational excellence.
Fluent in English and Chinese, Mr. Loh holds a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University, US and a Bachelor of Science in estate management from the National University of Singapore. |
Tomio Komatsu
Executive General Manager, Shanghai Dragon Investment
Tomio Alan Komatsu is Executive General Manager, Investment Dept, for Shanghai Dragon Investment Co (SDI). Mr. Komatsu focuses on real estate investment in China across all sectors, including distressed situations and NPLs. Prior to SDI, Mr. Komatsu was a Vice President with JPMorgan and also served as Acquisition & Development Manager for an affiliate of Chase Capital Partners. Mr. Komatsu was previously with Lehman Brothers’ investment banking division based in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. Mr. Komatsu graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. |
Li Yongjie
Chairman, Shanghai Huge Chief Investment Co., Ltd. |
Ye Weiqi
President, Shanghai Huanyu Urban Investment & Development Co., Ltd. |
Guy Fulton
Vice-President, Citigroup Property Investors
Guy Fulton is a Vice-President at Citigroup Property Investors and Chief Representative of their Shanghai office and focuses on acquisitions in the greater China region for CPI Capital Partners Asia L.P. He has successfully concluded a number of commercial and residential deals in the region, most recently in Shanghai and Macau.
Prior to joining CPI Guy worked in corporate finance for Citigroup in Moscow, Russia and also has over 8 years experience in the property business, both as a Managing Director for Savills Shanghai office and as a VP in Citigroup's real estate lending and structured finance division.
He holds an MBA in finance from NYU Stern and a MA degree in Mandarin from Oxford University and speaks and reads the language fluently. |
Elisa Liu
Chief Executive Officer, Assets, Modern Investment Group, China
Prior to joining Modern Asset Group as Chief Executive Officer, Elisa Liu worked as the General Manager of Beijing Jin Mai Real Estate Development Co. Ltd, and Marketing Director of Beijing Tianya Property Development Co. Ltd. She has more than 10 years' experience in real estate, engaged in projects in Battery park, NY, a single house project in NJ, and participated in several projects in China including the Shanghai Universal Mansion, Shanghai Xinguang Tower, Shanghai Golden World Tower, VAN Palace of Beijing, Beijing Temple of Earth Tower, etc.
Elisa received her M.A in economics in City College of New York. She is also a Registered Property Sales Manager and a Registered Property Broker in the U.S. |
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Hubert Shea
Director and General Manager, Hutchison Whampoa Property Shanghai
Hubert Shea is a General Manager with Hutchison Whampoa Property in Shanghai, overseeing investment, development and management of a real estate portfolio consisting of prestigious office, residential, commercial, and hotel developments. He has over 17 years of real estate experience and participated in several projects in Asia including Westgate Mall (Shanghai), Century Avenue Project (Shanghai), Pacific Plaza (Qingdao), and Menara Genesis (Kuala Lumpur), etc.
Hubert graduated with Honours from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Philosophy. In addition, he holds a Master of Studies from Oxford University and is now completing the Doctor of Business Administration at University of Newcastle. He has also participated in management programmes in marketing strategy, real estate investment, financial analysis and corporate restructuring at Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, Tsinghua University, and the LSE.
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Dr. Lim Lan Yuan
President, Singapore Institute of Surveyors & Valuers
Dr Lim has some 35 years of extensive experience in property business involved in valuation, property management, training and consultancy. He is a licensed appraiser and currently the President (Valuation & General Practice Division) of the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV), President of the Association of Property & Facility Managers (APFM) and Chairman of the Accreditation Board, Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies (SAEA). He also sits as a tribunal member in the Valuation Review Board, Strata Titles Board and the Appeals (Land Acquisition) Board which handle valuation disputes in Singapore.
Dr Lim has been a consultant to a few UN agencies, and is currently Chairman of the World Association of Valuation Organizations (WAVO) and Secretary General of the Asean Valuers Association (AVA). Dr Lim is a Justice of the Peace.
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Stephen Fung
Honorary Secretary, Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate
Stephen Fung holds a public and professional duty as the Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Institue of Real Estate. His academic qualifications are Fellow of Chartered Institute of Housing, England (FCIH), DMS (HK Polytechnic University/HKMA) and Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate (FHKIRE). He was also a Registered Real Estate Broker of Toronto Real Estate Board, Toronto, Canada between 1990-1994.
Stephen’s 36-year work experience has been enhanced from Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong Land, China Light & Power, Shui On Group, Century 21 Landstars, Colliers Jardine, FPD Savills, CITIC Pacific, China Resources, etc. Commercial Properties under my pioneer management/operation in China, consist of Teem Plaza, Guangzhou, Jin Mao Building (Pudong, Shanghai), CITIC Square (SH), the Mixc & CRC Building (Shenzhen) and ZGC Shopping Mall (BJ. Currently he works as an Associate Director of TCBL Consulting Limited. His major job portfolio includes Zhongguancun Shopping Mall daily operation management as Senior Operation Director of Beijing Science Park Development Co., Ltd. and consultancy services for other built and would-be built projects all over China. |
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Gordon Fairclough
Reporter, Wall Street Journal Asia
Gordon Fairclough is a senior staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in Shanghai, China.
Mr. Fairclough joined Dow Jones & Company in 1994 in Bangkok, Thailand, as a correspondent for the Company's Far Eastern Economic Review, Asia's premiere business magazine. He began working for The Wall Street Journal in 1997 as a staff reporter, covering various subjects, including the tobacco industry.
He joined the Seoul bureau of The Wall Street Journal in 2003, and covered Korean economic and political affairs as well as regional security issues and the North Korean nuclear crisis. He moved to Shanghai in February 2006.
Before coming to Dow Jones, Mr. Fairclough worked for the Hartford (Connecticut) Courant and the Associated Press.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Mr. Fairclough graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned his master's degree from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, where he received the Christian A. Herter Prize for Outstanding Scholarship. In addition, Mr. Fairclough was a Luce Scholar.
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David Liu
Managing Director, China Commercial Real Estate (ChinaCRE) Inc.
As the Managing Director and Co-Founder of ChinaCRE Inc., David brings many years' experience in information technology and investment management. David held senior-level positions in leading academic, IT and investment institutions including the University of California, Sun Microsystems, Intel, eNet and Bank of America.
David has a Ph.D. and Masters in Management Science from Stanford University. Besides a professorship at the Guanghua Management School of Peking University, he serves as a Vice Director of the E-Government Institute at Shanghai Jiaotong University.
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