Ben Aiken

Managing Director | Portfolio Management
J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Ben serves as the lead portfolio manager for Strategic Property Fund Asia, an open-end, regional core strategy for J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Real Estate Asia-Pacific. He is based in Singapore and joined J.P. Morgan in 2012. Prior roles included ~9 years of investment banking with Macquarie Capital and ~7 years of capital transactions and asset management with BT Funds Management in Australia.

George Anastasiou

Head of Real Estate Australia & NZ, APAC Investment Committee Member
DWS Investments Australia Limited

George is responsible for the DWS direct real estate business in Australia. He joined DWS in 2022 and has over 17 years of industry experience sourcing and managing real estate opportunities. Prior to joining, George worked at Mitsubishi Estate Global Partners Asia, AMB Capital Partners, Savills and Deloitte in the Financial Services Department and holds a BBus in Finance & Accounting.

Hubertus Bäumer

Managing Partner
substnz Capital Partners (fka eXapital)

Hubertus Bäumer has over 20 years of experience in real estate development and investment. He co-founded substnz Capital Partners and previously led the real estate business development at Union Investment. Before that, he worked in investment management at Generali and began his career in London at IPD, DTZ, and London & Capital. He has received multiple awards for his work and education.

Dr. Marian Berneburg

Head of Alternatives
Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse Darmstadt

Dr. Berneburg, as the Head of Alternatives at EZVK, is responsible for all aspects of capital investment in real estate, infrastructure, and private equity. Previously, he gained 18 years of experience in various roles representing different institutional investors (e.g., ÄVWL, Provinzial, ProAM) and holds several supervisory board mandates.

Katrin Bernshausen

Partnerin, Financial Services - Tax Real Estate
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Katrin Bernshausen is a partner in the Financial Services Tax practice with over 15 years of experience in providing comprehensive tax advice to domestic and foreign clients. She specializes in the tax structuring of regulated alternative investment funds and alternative investments (i.e. real estate, infrastructure, private debt and private equity), addressing both inbound and outbound transactions.

David Chen

Head of Asia-Pacific
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Real Assets (Asia)

David Chen, chief investment officer & head of J.P. Morgan Asset Management–Real Estate Asia-Pacific, leads the APAC real estate investment platform. Previously, he was the head of Asset Management for Real Estate Europe and has held various senior investment roles in Real Estate Americas since joining J.P. Morgan in 1990 and is currently based in Hong Kong.

B.I. (Byungil) Chin

Head of Global Investment Team
Samsung SRA

B.I. has 14 years of global real estate investment experience. He leads Samsung SRA’s Global Real Estate Investment Team 2, managing a fund of funds for Samsung Life and raising third-party capital. He previously spent 7 years at KIC as a Senior Investment Manager. He holds a Master’s in Finance from London Business School.

Axel Drwenski

Head of Research & Strategy Real Assets
Helaba Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbh

Axel Drwenski has been leading the research and market strategy definition for all Real Assets at Helaba Invest since the end of 2022. Axel has been working in international research for 25 years and holds degrees as a Diplom-Wirtschaftsgeograph (economic geographer) and a real estate manager (EBS). He is also a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Biberach and EBS Oestrich-Winkel.

Tjarko Edzes

Chief Capital Officer
Scape

As Chief Capital Officer and member of the Scape Corporate Executive Team, Tjarko is responsible for global investor relations, capital raising, new business, funds strategy and management. Scape is Australia’s largest rental housing owner and operator, managing 44 assets (~ 24,000 apartments) across PBSA and BTR. Tjarko is a member of the ANREV Manager Advisory Council.

David Fassbender

Managing Director, Head of Japan and Senior Portfolio Manager Asia Value Partners
PGIM Real Estate

David Fassbender is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and Head of Japan, in addition to his role as Senior Portfolio Manager for PGIM Real Estate’s Asia-Pacific value add fund series. He has more than 20 years of experience in real estate across all key markets in Asia-Pacific. David is a member of the Asia Pacific Executive Committee and Investment Committee.

Gweyn Foo

Managing Director
MEC Global Partners Asia – part of Mitsubishi Estate Group

Gweyn Foo is an investment professional with over 20 years of experience in private equity, acquisitions, asset management, and business development. She started her career at Jones Lang LaSalle in Singapore, where she supported fund managers with underwriting and leasing.

Apwinder Foster

Global Head of Strategy and Client Capital
Savills Investment Management

Apwinder Foster is the Global Head of Strategy and Client Capital at Savills Investment Management. She is responsible for driving the strategic priorities and continuing to seek opportunities in both pooled fund investments and segregated mandates. Apwinder has a broad range of experience, gained in senior roles at DRC Savills IM, Kennedy Wilson Europe, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch.

Benedikt Gabor

Head of Department
Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung

Benedikt has 25 years of professional experience in the real estate sector. Since July 2023 he is responsible for all global direct and indirect real estate holdings of Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung as head of real estate. Prior, he worked for more than 10 years at Deutsche Rückversicherung AG and VöV Rückversicherung KöR and previously as Senior Portfolio Manager at Catella Real Estate AG KAG and Deutsche Immobilien Leasing – Deutsche Bank Group.

Max Golopol

Vice President, International Real Estate
QuadReal Property Group

Max joined QuadReal in 2018 and serves as Vice President, International Real Estate based in Hong Kong.  He is responsible for originating, structuring, and executing real estate investments across the Asia-Pacific region.  Previously, Max worked for a California-based manager investing in multifamily assets across the U.S.   Max holds a B.Sc. from UW-Madison and an MBA from UC Boulder.

Jake Heacox

Partner
Townsend Group

Mr. Heacox joined Townsend Group in 2014 and is a Partner within Townsend’s portfolio management team with a primary focus on the firm’s secondary investment and direct real estate strategies. Mr. Heacox has helped lead investment strategy implementation and portfolio management for several open-end and closed-end real estate programs totaling approximately $3 billion of investor capital. 

Alexander Hoffmann

Senior Investment Leader
Partners Group

Alexander Hoffmann leads real estate secondary investments in APAC for Partners Group. Previously, he worked at Allianz Real Estate and SIGNA, where he co-headed real estate transactions and was the fund manager of a real estate development fund. He holds a bachelor’s degree from EBS Oestrich-Winkel and a Master in Advanced Finance from IE Business School, Madrid.

Tuan Huynh

Chief Investment Strategist DACH & Eastern Europe
BlackRock

Tuan Huynh joined the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) as Chief Investment Strategist for DACH and was previously with Deutsche Bank where he was leading global Discretionary Portfolio Management DPM and served as CIO for Europe based in Frankfurt. Before returning to Germany in 2019, Tuan spent 12 years in Singapore with a variety of different positions at DB such as CIO and DPM Head APAC.

Bernhard Karas

Managing Director, Private Capital Markets
CapitaLand Investment

Bernhard leads CapitaLand Investment’s capital raising efforts for its private equity real assets platform across Europe and the Middle East. With 24 years in financial services, he has advised top real estate firms on fund formation and raised over US$10 billion. Previously, he held leadership roles at DWS Group, Cushman & Wakefield, and M3 Capital Partners. He began his career at Lehman Brothers.

Paul Keogh

Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment

Paul Keogh is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Head of PRIME Property Fund Asia, Morgan Stanley’s flagship core fund in Asia. Paul has been based in Asia for approximately 20 years of his 28-year career in real estate. Paul is a Board member of the Asian Association of Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV), and is Chairman of the ANREV Manager Advisory Committee.

Milan Khatri

Head of Research
LINK Real Estate Partners

Mr Khatri has over 20 years' experience analysing macroeconomics and real estate markets, having formulated investment strategies that support asset allocation and secure investor capital across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. He started his career as an economist, focusing on macroeconomic research covering monetary policy, fiscal dynamics and fixed income across Europe. 

Maximilian Kube

Director
Real I.S. Australia PTY Ltd.

Maximilian Kube is Global Head of Investment Management D-A-CH of Real I.S. AG and Director of Real I.S. Australia PTY Ltd. since 2019. In his position as Director, he spent two years in Sydney being responsible for the Investment Management, Asset Management and company strategy and is involved in Australian Real Estate over a decade. His track record includes acquisitions and sales of close to 1 billion AUD in Australia, as well as the constant development of the portfolio through targeted asset management activities.

Jing Dong (JD) Lai

CEO and CIO APAC
M&G Rel Estate

JD started his career in M&G Real Estate in October 2016 as Head of Acquisitions APAC and Head of Japan prior to taking on his new role in 2021. He is the chair of the APAC Investment Committee. JD has more than 20 years of Asia real estate markets experience, working in a number of the region’s financial hubs including Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Doohyeong Lee

Senior Manager, Real Estate Investment Team
National Agricultural Cooperative Federation

Doohyeong Lee joined National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) in 2020, where he covers global real estate investments. Before NACF, he worked at Kyobo AXA Investment Managers. He began his career as a project developer at Samsung C&T Corporation in 2010. Mr. Lee holds a BA in Economics from Seoul National University and an MSc in Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics.

Jun Ho Lee

Managing Partner
Mocean Capital Advisors

Tom Lee

Co-Head of Acquisitions Asia Real Estate
KKR

Tom Lee (Sydney) joined KKR in 2021 and is the Co-Head of Real Estate Acquisitions in Asia. He is also responsible for the Real Estate business in Australia/New Zealand and the Asia Core Plus Real Estate strategy. Mr. Lee sits on the Asia Real Estate Investment Committee. Prior to KKR, he was CEO of LOGOS, a pan-Asia logistics real estate platform and served as CIO and COO at MGPA, among others.

Dr. Karsten Lieser

Chief Investment Officer | CIO
Lübke Kelber

Dr. Karsten Lieser, a seasoned investment expert with a doctorate in finance and an engineering degree, has been appointed as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Lübke Kelber Group as of January 2025. In this role, he will focus on expanding the firm’s investment management and capital raising activities. He joins the company from the investment platform substnz Capital Partners and brings a wealth of experience from his previous positions at Lehman Brothers, Lone Star Funds, and PIMCO Real Estate.

Hamish MacDonald

CIO & Head of APAC Real Estate
BlackRock

Hamish MacDonald, Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of Asia Pacific Real Estate at BlackRock, oversees strategy, operations & investments. With 25+ years in real estate, he led UK acquisitions before establishing BlackRock’s Sydney office. He began his career at Mirvac and Colliers. He holds a BCom from University of Sydney and is a Committee Member of the Property Council of Australia.

Zachary McAfee

Managing Director
BGO

Zach is a Managing Director at BGO and Portfolio Manager for BGO Asia Core Plus. Zach has been with BGO for 11 years and has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. He has worked in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Prior to joining BGO, Zach was Director of Grosvenor Fund Management Japan and Co-Head of the businesses in Japan and Greater China.

Sam McConnell

First Vice President, Portfolio Manager Australia Build-to-Rent
Sentinel

Sam McConnell is a First Vice President and a Portfolio Manager for Sentinel’s Australian BTR platform, for which he is also responsible for acquisition activities. He serves as Assistant Portfolio Manager for two of Sentinel’s US multifamily funds. He joined Sentinel in 2016 and graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Business.

Julian Menegazzo

Head of Australia Investments
LINK Real Estate Partners

Moritz Mondovits

Principal, Global Client Solutions
KKR

Moritz Mondovits (Frankfurt) joined KKR in 2021 and is part of the Global Client Solutions team. He is responsible for real estate and credit client coverage in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Mondovits was responsible for the structuring and placement of real estate debt and equity products at VICTORIAPARTNERS. Before that, he spent four years at DWS as assistant vice president in institutional investor relations.

Thomas Morizet

Co-Head of EMEA Private Assets
MSCI

Thomas is Co-Head of MSCI EMEA Private Assets. Prior to it, he was MSCI Global Head of Portfolio Services, Indexes and Data Management for Real Assets. He joined IPD in 2010 Paris and had various roles since IPD acquisition by MSCI in 2012. For 8 years, he was based out MSCI headquarter in New York.Before IPD, Thomas worked at Natixis Capital Market in New York, and KPMG in Paris. Thomas holds a MSc. in Finance & a Master in Management from EDHEC.

Susanne Pamin

Managing Director
CBRE Capital

Susanne Pamin is a Managing Director and Head of the Sera European Private Funds Group at CBRE Investment Banking. Susanne advises leading General Partners and operators on capital sourcing strategies, vehicle structuring and equity placement within the real estate and infrastructure sectors across EMEA. Susanne specialises in working with investors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

John Saunders

CEO and Fund Manager
LINK Real Estate Partners

Mr Saunders is responsible for overall investment strategies, portfolio management and the strategic development of Link’s investment business. He joined Link in March 2024. He is also one of the responsible officers of Link for the purposes of the SFO and a director of a number of subsidiaries of Link. Mr Saunders has over 30 years of experience in the property industry with an exceptionally strong investment track record. He was most recently at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, as Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate and Global Head of the Real Estate Client business. 

Sven Schaltegger

Senior Portfolio Manager
UBS Asset Management Switzerland AG

Sven Schaltegger is Senior Portfolio Manager & member of the IC at UBS Unified Global Alternatives – Real Estate. He has over 24 years of experience and holds a Master in Finance from the University of Zurich and is a CFA & CAIA Charterholder. He built and headed the Multi-Manager Real Estate team at Credit Suisse before its merger with UBS and worked at PwC and Partners Group earlier in his career.

Bettina Siegel

Head of Transactions Real Assets
Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH

Bettina Siegel has been serving as the Head of Transactions & Strategy Real Assets at Helaba Invest since 2021. She holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the European Business School (EBS) and a Master of Science in Real Estate from the University of Reading. With over 20 years of experience, she has been actively investing in the APAC region on behalf of German institutional investors.

Marco Simonis

Partner
Clifford Chance

Marco Simonis, lawyer and tax advisor working at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt since 2001, specializes in structuring and setting up of investment funds for institutional investors and advising on fund-related structured products and securitization transactions. He has inter alia extensive experience with real estate funds and investments in Asia under the German real estate quota.

Broderick Storie

Partner and Co-Head of Real Assets
PAG

Broderick Storie is a partner and Co-Head of Real Assets at PAG. He is responsible for supervising the operations and management of PAG’s Real Assets strategy. Prior to joining PAG, Mr. Storie was the Chief Risk and Investment Officer for real estate investment at Pramerica Real Estate Investment. He previously worked in the real estate practice of Babcock & Brown Limited, an investment management company.

Oliver Strumpf

Initiator of the AsiaConference
FondsForum-Platform

Oliver Strumpf studied business information management and real estate economics at the European Business School. In addition to start-ups, he gained professional experience at international fund and consulting companies. Since 2002, he has initiated various platforms and event formats in the institutional real estate sector. He joined HEICO Group in 2015 and was managing partner of the investment section until May 2021.

Alan Tan

Managing Director & Head of Capital Raising
CapitaLand Investment

Alan leads CapitaLand Investment (CLI)'s global capital raising team and drives new initiatives across the private equity business. Previously, he was Head of Strategic Partnerships at CapitaLand Development and VP for Special Projects at CLI. He has also held roles at Morgan Stanley, CreditEase, and Temasek Holdings.

Paul Tham

Group Chief Financial Officer 
CapitaLand Investment  

Paul is responsible for Group finance, treasury, tax, and investor relations at CapitaLand Investment. He also oversees the credit business and provides administrative oversight for the internal audit function. Before joining CLI, Paul was the CEO of Keppel REIT, managing a listed Asia-Pacific commercial asset portfolio.

Shaowei Toh

Head of Research & Strategy Asia Pacific
Savills Investment Management

Shaowei leads and coordinates the research agenda for the Asia Pacific region. He also provides an Asia Pacific perspective into the global investment and growth strategies of Savills IM. Previous roles include working for UBS and CapitaLand. He has master’s degrees in real estate and finance from the National University of Singapore and City University of New York. Shaowei is based in Singapore.

Ines Victoria Weber

Product Manager
Helaba Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbh

Ines V. Weber (B.Sc. in Real Estate Economics) is a Business Developer for Alternatives at Helaba Invest, focusing on Asia-Pacific strategies. Previously, she was an Associate at aam2core Holding and its debt spin-off aam2cred debt investments, and worked at CORESTATE Capital Group. With 10 years of experience, she specializes in fund structuring, fund concepts, and institutional investor relations.