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Vishnu Amble serves as a Director of GreenBear Group LLC, a single-family office founded in 2006 based in Miami, Florida and Singapore. The GreenBear Group LLC investment program has been active across private markets in developed and emerging regions of the globe, with a specific focus on spinning out and seeding emerging GPs, as well as being active investors in funds and companies focused on the intersection of infrastructure, technology and sustainability, and are members of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA).

Vishnu also serves as a Director of the family office’s foundation focused on funding access to energy, education, healthcare, and climate change solutions in South and SE Asia. Vishnu has built his 20+ year career in investments and capital markets at the intersection of Technology, Infrastructure, Energy, and Sustainability with such companies as Saudi Aramco, E.ON, The Carlyle Group and Lehman Brothers.Vishnu earned his Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.

Marc-Olivier joined the company as head of Value-Add Europe in January 2024.

Marc-Olivier has 20 years of industry experience, of which 16 years were with Pinebridge Benson Elliot covering acquisitions and asset management for Hospitality and PBSA in Europe with over €1.5bn of value.

Prior to that, he was a member of the acquisitions team at London-based Starwood Capital, where he was involved in various hotel and office projects in the UK and France. Before joining Starwood, Marc-Olivier was at Goldman Sachs in Paris, where he focused on M&A in the real estate sector.

Marc-Olivier graduated from ESSEC Business School in Paris with a specialization in Finance and Real Estate. Marc-Olivier is a native French speaker

Jingjing Bai is a Senior Advisor to bfinance since 2019, based in Hong Kong, and is responsible for multiple private markets fund selection projects in excess of 4 billion USD. In the recent years, Jingjing led several global alternative investment program covering Private Equity, Private Debt and Real Assets mandated by large corporates and family offices. Previously, she was the Head of HSBC Private Capital Advisory in Asia Pacific, and a Managing Director of Eaton Partners, oversaw the firm’s activities in the region, with a focus on Private Markets since 2007. She was one of the pioneer Venture Capital investors in China since the early 2000s, backed by MediBIC, a listed Japanese Biotech company. She started her career with Dell Computer Japan, as the Product Marketing Manager responsible for Dell’s mainstream product program. She holds MA from International University of Japan and BA from Nanjing University. She is fluent in Chinese, Japanese and English, and awarded full scholarship by the Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation（ 松下幸之助記念志財団）since 1999.

晶晶白（ジンジン・バイ）氏は、2019年よりビーファイナンスのシニアアドバイザーとして香港を拠点に活動し、40億米ドル（約5520億円）を超える複数のプライベートマーケットファンド選定プロジェクトを担当。近年は、大企業やファミリーオフィスから委託されたプライベートエクイティ、プライベートデット、リアルアセットを対象とする複数のグローバルなオルタナティブ投資プログラムを主導した。以前は、HSBCプライベート・キャピタル・アドバイザリーのアジア太平洋地区責任者、また、イートン・パートナーズのマネージングディレクターとして、2007年からプライベートマーケットを中心とした同地区での活動を統括。2000年代初頭から、日本の上場バイオテクノロジー企業であるメディビックの支援を受け、中国におけるベンチャーキャピタルの先駆者の一人として活躍。デル・テクノロジーズ株式会社で、デルのメインストリーム製品プログラムを担当するプロダクトマーケティングマネージャーとしてキャリアをスタートさせた。国際大学で修士号、南京大学で学士号を取得。中国語、日本語、英語に堪能で、1999年に松下幸之助記念財団から全額奨学金を授与された。

Smith Daley serves as a 1st Vice President, Portfolio Oversight at CIM Group, where he oversees CIM’s institutional credit fund.
Prior to joining CIM, Mr. Daley was Head of West Coast Commercial Real Estate Debt at Citigroup Global Markets. His experience also includes roles at Dubai World Trade Centre, an Investment Corporation of Dubai portfolio company and Bank Leumi.

Lisa Du is a reporter with Bloomberg News in Tokyo, where she covers finance news in Asia with a focus on Japan investing.
Previously, she spent five years covering corporate Japan for Bloomberg. In her decade-plus career as a journalist, she's also reported on the Olympic games in Tokyo and Beijing, Japan's response to the coronavirus pandemic and the opening up of China's financial system.

Lisa joined Bloomberg News in New York before moving to Tokyo, and started her career as a newspaper reporter. She holds a MA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a BA from Duke University. She speaks English, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.

Mr. Fujita has over 30 years of experience in real estate industry. He started his career at Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. with which he spent 5 years for residential condo development in Japan and over 13 years in U.S. to oversee Sumitomo Realty’s U.S. operation. He joined CB Richard Ellis Investors Japan KK in 2002 as Managing Director and he led to establish a first foreign sponsored J-REIT. After his 3 years tenure at the J-REIT, he was asked to lead its sponsor company, K.K. New City Corporation as President and representative director of its affiliates. Since 2010, Mr. Fujita oversees Japan operations as Country Manager of CBRE Global Investors Japan (Merged with former ING Real Estate Investment Management Japan K.K.) and deploys global capital in Japan as well as raises equities from domestic institutional investors for their global investments. He holds a BA from Waseda University, Tokyo.

不動産業界での実績は30年を超える。住友不動産に入社すると、日本でマンション開発に5年間従事した後、アメリカで13年余りを過ごし、住友不動産の米国事業の責任者を務めた。2002年にシービー・リチャードエリス・インベスターズ・ジャパンへマネージングディレクターとして入社すると、外資系初のJ-REIT設立を主導した。同J-REITに3年間携わった後、そのスポンサー会社であるニューシティコーポレーションに社長として迎えられたのに加え、関連会社の代表取締役にも就任。2010年からはCBREグローバルインベスターズ・ジャパン（旧ING不動産投資顧問との合併会社）の日本事業を代表取締役社長として統括しており、外国資本を日本へ呼びこんでいるほか、国外の投資案件向けに国内の機関投資家から資本を集めている。早稲田大学卒業。

Mr. Harvey leads Cabot’s UK and European regional efforts and oversees sourcing, acquiring and developing industrial properties for all of Cabot’s strategies in the region. He is a Deputy CIO of Cabot’s Value Fund strategies and a member of Cabot’s Investment Committee. Before joining Cabot in 2008, Mr. Harvey worked at FLAG Capital Management and during a summer MBA internship, in the finance group at Boston Properties. He has a BA from Colby College and MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

Based in Tokyo, Responsible for coverage of Japanese Indirect capital flows into Global Real Estate. Over 20 years of experience, specializing in the distribution and marketing of Real Asset Funds, and institutional investors(Incl. asset managers, trust banks and local consultants) coverage in Japan.

Prior to current role, act as equity placement advisory at JLL. Prior to JLL, as a Head of Business Development department at Mercer Investment Solutions, had launched the investment management business.

Have various institutional coverage and roles at Invesco and DWS.
Worked in MUFG Bank (started professional career at Bank of Tokyo), specializing in cooperate and project finance, structuring Investment derivatives product for Banks, investing in hedge funds.

Kris is the Chief Strategy Officer for Green Street. He is a key member of the firm's Executive Team and is responsible for corporate strategy, global expansion, M&A, and channel distribution. Since joining the firm in 2012, Kris has built the commercial organization, globalized the company’s workforce, and completed multiple acquisitions. During his previous 10 years in the financial services industry he held leadership, sales, and account management positions at Charles Schwab and Churchill Management Group, and started his career at PIMCO. Kris holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine and a B.A. from Concordia University.

Hiroshi Jinno is Chief Investment Officer for International Finance Corporation (IFC) joined in June 2015. He is responsible for developing and managing strategic relationships to mobilize Japanese and global companies for strategic projects, identifying development impact by integrating public and private sector efforts, creating and materializing new opportunities for high impact and sustainable investments in the emerging markets and developing countries by engaging with the clients and sponsors. Prior to joining IFC, Mr. Jinno had extensive experience in the corporate and investment banking over the three decades. He has broad exposure and expertise to structured finance, corporate finance, capital markets, corporate restructuring, private equity investment and M&A advisory for his Japanese and global clients. He held senior management positions at leading global financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Aozora Bank and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Jinno holds a B.A. from Keio University and an M.P.P.M. from Yale School of Management.

2015年6月より国際金融公社（IFC）チーフ・インベストメント・オフィサーとして発展途上国における民間企業による投資・事業活動を支援。気候変動関連では、再生可能エネルギー、トランジション・ファイナンス、グリーン/ブルー・ボンドなどのプロジェクトを推進。IFC以前はドイツ証券投資銀行本部長、あおぞら銀行専務執行役員、J. P. モルガン マネージング・ディレクター、モルガン・スタンレー、ゴールドマン・サックスなどにおいて要職を歴任。
イエール大学 経営学修士。慶應義塾大学卒業。

Mattias Karnell is Director and Head of Sales at Teneo Partners Japan. He graduated from Stockholm University with an MA in Japanese Studies. Despite growing up outside of Japan, he possesses native-level Japanese language skills. He is a US Certified Public Accountant license holder, for which he completed his studies in Japan and in Japanese, and he is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).
In addition to overseeing the general sales effort at Teneo Partners Japan, Mattias’ core client base includes the major financial institutions (banks, trust banks, insurance companies) and asset management companies with whom he liaises in Japanese.

He leads the institutional coverage team whose primary product focus is on alternative funds, including private asset funds and hedge funds. Because of his excellent understanding of investment strategies and his fluency in both English and Japanese, both his clients and his colleagues often rely on him to provide a deeper, more nuanced insight into the funds they are reviewing.

Originally from Australia, Mattias speaks three languages fluently: English, Swedish and Japanese.

Shinji Kawano is a Head of Global Investment Department in Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance (TMNF) and spearheads its alternative investments across private equity, private debt, hedge fund and real estate. Prior to assuming the current post in 2021, he held various senior positions in real estate investment at Tokio Marine Asset Management (TMAM), an asset management arm of TMNF. Prior to joining TMAM, he worked as a portfolio manager in Tokio Marine Fire & Insurance (presently, TMNF) where he was responsible for direct real estate investments in Japan and the UK, as well as indirect real estate investments in the US.

川野真治氏は、東京海上日動火災保険株式会社（TMNF）のオルタナティブ投資グループのリーダーとして、プライベートエクイティ、プライベートデット、ヘッジファンド、不動産などのオルタナティブ投資全般の陣頭指揮を執る。2021年の現職就任前は、東京海上日動の資産運用部門である東京海上アセットマネジメント（TMAM）で不動産投資のさまざまな上級職を歴任した。それ以前は、東京海上火災保険（現・東京海上日動火災保険）でポートフォリオマネージャーとして、日本と英国における直接不動産投資および米国での間接不動産投資を担当した。

As Pension Fund of Japanese Corporations’ CIO, Yoshi Kiguchi focuses on innovative investment strategies and products within the fund’s investment horizon. He has more than 30 years of experience in investment and risk management.
Before that, Mr. Kiguchi was a managing director of Russell Investments in Japan where he supervised several teams, and delivered a wide range of consulting and solutions to institutional clients, including Toyota, Fujitsu, NEC, Sekisui, Toray, and Mazda. He joined Russell as a consultant in 1998.
Prior to Russell, Mr. Kiguchi was with Sumitomo Life for 10 years. He was placed in charge of corporate strategy, equity investments and researching capital markets, including private equity, and performing quantitative risk management and asset-liability management (ALM). He received a BSc degree in Precision Machinery (Robotics) from the University of Tokyo in 1988.

日本企業の年金基金のCIOとして、木口芳氏は基金の投資期間内の革新的な投資戦略と商品に焦点を当てています。彼は投資とリスク管理において 30 年以上の経験があります。
それ以前は、木口氏は日本のラッセル・インベストメンツのマネージング・ディレクターとして複数のチームを監督し、トヨタ、富士通、NEC、積水、東レ、マツダなどの機関顧客に幅広いコンサルティングとソリューションを提供してきました。彼は 1998 年にコンサルタントとしてラッセルに入社しました。
ラッセル氏以前は、木口氏は住友生命に10年間勤務していた。企業戦略、株式投資、プライベートエクイティを含む資本市場の調査、定量的リスク管理と資産負債管理（ALM）の実行を担当しました。 1988 年に東京大学で精密機械 (ロボット工学) の学士号を取得しました。

Mr. Tomohiro Kimura leads the investment business of WTW in Japan since 2018. As an investment consultant, he has been serving a wide range of institutional investors including multi-billion(USD) pension funds to build their various investment strategies. Prior to joining WTW, he was engaged in Wealth business and also worked for KPMG as an auditor. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (B. A. Economics). He is a CFA charterholder and a certified public accountant.

Tomoko is a Managing Director, Japan Representative in Hamilton Lane, where she heads the firm’s Tokyo office. She is primarily responsible for client management and development of the firm’s client relationships in Japan. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2012, Tomoko was with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, most recently as Chief Manager in the International Credit Division. Previously, she was Senior Manager in the Structured Finance Division, where she was responsible for managing a portfolio of global private equity fund investments. She also has extensive experience in the Credit Division, having worked out of the bank’s New York and London offices. Tomoko received a B.A. from International Christian University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society Japan.

日本代表・マネージングディレクターとして、主に日本のクライアントリレーション及びビジネスディベロップメントを担当。2012年10月のハミルトン・レーン参画前は、三菱東京UFJ銀行国際審査部次長。同行で長年海外審査に携わり、同行のニューヨークやロンドン支店でも勤務。チーム長としてLBO案件審査、不良債権ワークアウト等幅広い経験を積んだ。その後、ストラクチャード・ファイナンス部の上席調査役として、5年以上に亘りグローバルなプライベート・エクイティファンド・ポートフォリオ投資のチームを率いた。
学歴等：国際基督教大学教養学部卒。CFA協会認定アナリスト。公益社団法人 日本証券アナリスト協会 認定アナリスト（CMA）

Akihiro Konishi is head of Investment Management Department at Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations, in Japanese “Kokka-Komuin-Kyosaikumiai-Rengokai” (KKR)since 2023. KKR manages the employees’ pension plan together with other entities such as GPIF, and manages other pension fund for government employees. It’s AUM is about 11 trillion yen and invest in stocks, bonds, and alternative assets.

Akihiro has more than thirty years of career in financial market and experienced a variety of transactions in private loans, samurai-bonds, syndicated-loans, shipping finance, structured finance etc. He was seconded to KKR form The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) in 2021 as head of alternative assets, and transferred in 2023. He joined DBJ in 2006 where he experienced the management of subsidiaries as a senior officer and the board member of DBJ Securities, and DBJ Asset Management. He also has a secondment experience to The National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel for two years, where he involved in pension management and launched alternative investments. Before joining DBJ, he worked at Rating and Investment Information, and The Industrial Bank of Japan. He started his professional career at The Long-term credit bank of Japan in 1991.

Akihiro graduated Keio University in Tokyo, majored in Economics. He obtained MS in finance from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo.

国家公務員共済組合連合会（KKR）資金運用部長　小西昭博。
KKRはGPIFなど他の管理運用主体と共に厚生年金の運用を行うほか、主として国家公務員である組合を対象とする退職等年金給付積立金を運用しております。およそ11兆円を預かる資金運用部門の責任者として、株式、債券、オルタナティブ資産への投資を行っています。
1991年、㈱日本長期信用銀行入行。㈱日本興業銀行、㈱格付投資情報センターを経て2006年に日本政策投資銀行（DBJ）に入行した。
DBJでは、地方開発部、金融企画部などを経てDBJ証券、DBJアセットマネジメントの役員として子会社経営に携わる。2017年より2年ほど全国市町村職員共済組合連合会に出向し、オルタナティブ投資を担当。日本政策投資銀行監査役室長を経て、2021年に再び公的年金の一角である国家公務員共済組合連合会に出向しオルタナティブ投資の立ち上げを行う。2023年7月、同連合会に転籍、現在に至る。
1991年慶応義塾大学経済学部卒、2001年青山学院大学大学院国際政治経済学研究科修了　国際ビジネス修士（ファイナンス）。

Lee Levy is head of real estate debt and senior managing director for Kayne Anderson’s real estate group. Levy brings over 20 years of real estate debt experience and serves as portfolio manager for the debt platform and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, acquiring, and managing the portfolio of commercial real estate related debt and securities.

Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2024, Levy was managing director and co-head of U.S. real estate credit investing at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Before joining Goldman, Levy served as managing director and founding member of TPG Real Estate Finance, a carve out of Deutsche Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Special Situations Group. Levy oversaw $7.8bil in direct loan origination and secondary loan purchases in his combined tenure at Goldman and TPG. Levy previously held positions at Centerbridge, Morgan Stanley, and LNR Property Corp.

Levy earned a B.S.B.A. in Finance, magna cum laude, from University of Florida.

Ms Ling, as Chief Executive Officer, Private Capital Management, is responsible for managing and growing the private fund business of the Mapletree Group as well as the development of new business initiatives. She manages the Group’s stakeholder relationships with investors as well as capital partners, enabling Mapletree to scale its capital management platform globally.
Ms Ling has over 15 years of real estate investment banking experience across Asia. Prior to joining Mapletree, she was with Goldman Sachs as Managing Director, Southeast Asia Investment Banking. She was responsible for capital raising and client advisory, as well as real estate transactions across Asia.
Ms Ling began her career with the UBS Real Estate Investment Banking team in Hong Kong SAR. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Real Estate from NUS.

Private Capital Management의 CEO인 Ms Ling은 Mapletree Group의 사모 펀드 비즈니스를 관리 및 성장시키고 새로운 비즈니스 이니셔티브를 개발하는 일을 담당하고 있습니다. 그녀는 Mapletree의 자본 관리 플랫폼을 전 세계적으로 확장할 수 있도록 투자자 및 자본 파트너와 그룹의 이해관계자 관계를 관리합니다.
Ms Ling은 아시아 전역에서 15년 이상의 부동산 투자 은행 경험을 가지고 있습니다. Mapletree에 합류하기 전에는 Goldman Sachs에서 동남아시아 투자 은행 전무이사로 근무했습니다. 아시아 전역의 부동산 거래 및 자본 조달 및 고객 자문 업무 또한 담당했습니다. 그녀는 홍콩 UBS 부동산 투자 은행 팀에서 경력을 쌓기 시작했습니다. 싱가포르 국립대학 (NUS)에서 부동산 과학 학사(우등)를 취득했습니다.

Diego Lopez is the Managing Director of Global SWF, based in New York / Singapore. He is a world-renowned expert on Sovereign Wealth Funds, having acted as practitioner and advisor for many years and published several articles in leading academic journals. He has worked as an external consultant for the World Bank and the United Nations and supported the establishment or reformulation of a number of SWFs around the world.

Diego is a seasoned banker and consultant with over 17 years of experience. Prior to founding Global SWF, he spent five years building up PwC’s footprint in the SWF industry as the Director and COO of the global practice. He started his career in Santander, and spent several years in Accuracy and KPMG.

He has lived and worked in Europe, the Middle East, China, Brazil and the US. He earned his Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) after graduating in the Universities of Madrid and Milan. He is a FINRA-registered representative with Series 62, 63 and 79.

Diego is a prolific open water and ice swimmer, having raced in all seven continents including Antarctica, and acts as an ambassador for the Ocean’s recovery. He is the author of the book "Continents Seven: Values for sports, business and life, learned around the world"

Takashi Murata is based in Hong Kong, joined Warburg Pincus in 2024, and is a Managing Director, Co-Head of Asia Real Estate and Head of Japan. Tak was previously the Co-Head of Asia Pacific Private Investing and Global Co-Head of Real Estate at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (“GSAM”) and a Partner. He was a member of the Asia Pacific Management Committee and the Asset Management Real Estate Investment Committee. Tak serves on the Board of Directors for StorHub. He joined Goldman Sachs in Tokyo in 1998 as one of the founding members of the Asian Special Situations Group (“ASSG”) and was responsible for the development of the Australia and New Zealand ASSG business, assuming the role of Head of ASSG in 2018. Prior to his roles at Goldman Sachs, Tak worked at Secured Capital Corp in Los Angeles and Tokyo.

Hidetoshi Ono recently joined Tsao Family Office (TFO) to lead their real estate investment and portfolio management in Japan. TFO was established in July 2016 to manage the assets of the Tsao family, one of Asia’s most enduring family businesses with a history that stretches over a century. The investment proceeds fund various philanthropic initiatives through Tsao Foundation and other organizations.
Hidetoshi has more than 30 years of real estate and senior management experience in abrdn, Manulife, AXA, ING (now CBRE GI), GE, and Mitsui Fudosan. Before joining TFO, he was Head of Direct Real Estate –Japan and responsible for managing 15 senior housing value- add portfolio in Japan. Prior to abrdn, Ono-san was the Managing Director, Japan Real Estate at Manulife where he was responsible for the company’s real estate investment in Japan as well as the corporate real estate needs for the life insurance operation with 100 locations nation-wide. At AXA, Ono-san was Head of Japan Core Fund based in Singapore. He was the Managing Director/Country Manager-Japan for ING Real Estate where he started their Japan Office, grew the business in four years to US$3 billion assets under management with 45 people. Ono-san holds MBA from Stanford University and graduated from Hitotsubashi University with Bachelor of Social Studies.

今般、ツァオ・ファミリー・オフィス(TFO)の日本代表に就任し、日本での不動産投資と運用の責任を担う。TFOは、1世紀以上の歴史を持つアジアでも有数のツァオフィミリーの資産を管理するために2016年に設立された｡その投資運用収益は、ツァオ財団や他の組織を通じて、慈善事業に寄附されている。
小野氏は、アバディーン、マニュライフ生命保険、アクサ、ING不動産投資顧問（現CBREグローバルインベスターズ）、GE、三井不動産にて30年以上にわたり不動産業務および上級管理職業務に従事。TFOに入社する前は、アバディーンの日本における直接不動産投資責任者として、老人ホーム15軒からなるValue-Addファンドの運用に携わっていた。その前は、マニュライフ生命保険にて不動産部長を務め、同社の日本での不動産投資の他、全国100カ所に展開する生命保険事業所のCREニーズを担当。アクサでは、シンガポールに拠点を置く日本コア・ファンドの責任者を務めた。INGリアルエステートにてマネージングディレクター兼日本地区カントリーマネジャーを務め、同社の日本オフィスを開設、4年間の在籍期間中に運用資産規模30億米ドル、従業員数45人へと事業を拡大した。スタンフォード大学にてMBAを取得、一橋大学社会学部卒業。

Christie Ou is the Asia-Pacific reporter for PERE covering the private equity real estate markets in the region. Prior to joining PERE, she covered Asia’s business market for Bloomberg Business Week Chinese and the credit market for UK based Private Debt Investor. She is a native speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin, with solid command of writing and speaking in English. Christie holds her bachelor degree at London School of Economics and a master degree in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.

Jai is Co-Head of Real Estate Debt and a Managing Director for ICG Real Estate. He rejoined the group in January 2020 and was previously responsible for ICG’s residential strategy. Since September 2023, he has been jointly responsible for the day-to-day implementation of ICG Real Estate's Debt strategies and serves as an investment committee member.

Prior to joining ICG, Jai spent two years at Amro Partners - a real estate investment firm investing, developing and managing purpose built residential assets in Europe. As Investment Director he was responsible for acquisitions, capital raising and financing.

Prior to this he held various debt investment roles at ICG & Barclays, starting his career at Lehman Brothers. Jai holds a BA in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham.

Juan co-founded Stoneshield Capital and serves as Managing Partner of the Firm. Stoneshield Capital is among the top 100 Private Equity Real Estate firms in the world with over €2.5bn of AUM.

Prior to Stoneshield, he was a Partner at Lone Star Funds, where he was involved in over €10 billion of real assets investments across Europe. Previously, Juan was at the Special Situations team in Citigroup based in London.

Juan studied at the Universidad de San Andres in Buenos Aires and holds an MBA from Babson College.

Mark is Head of Income Credit, with responsibility for both the investment outcomes and growth of our income credit business and investment strategies. He joined Qualitas in 2017 and was previously Head of the Qualitas Build to Rent Debt Fund.

With over 30 years' experience in real estate finance, he has developed a strong reputation in structuring and delivering attractive capital solutions for clients.

Before joining Qualitas, Mark worked at several of Australia’s major banks, including senior roles within the Corporate and Institutional Property division at NAB spanning over 20 years.

Al Rabil is CEO of Kayne Anderson, overseeing strategic initiatives, operations, and asset management across all of Kayne’s investment platforms.

In 2007, Rabil co-founded Kayne Anderson’s real estate private equity platform and continues to serve as CEO for Real Estate, setting strategic direction, overseeing investment activities, and leading fundraising for all real estate investments. Rabil’s time at Kayne Anderson was preceded by an almost ten-year tenure at UBS where he served as the Head of Real Estate Banking for the Americas and Europe. During his tenure there he played a key role in making UBS a market leader in both syndicated debt and large loan CMBS, consummating more than $25 billion in transactions.

Mr. Rabil graduated Cum Laude with a BA from Yale University and later earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

Andrew Rodriguez is a Senior Research Associate at PEI Group. Based in Tokyo, he is responsible for private markets research in Japan and the greater APAC region. His experience includes contributing to several data projects such as GP/LP rankings, quarterly fundraising reports and investor reports. Andrew graduated from Temple University Japan with BA degrees in Economics and Japanese Language.

Neil Slater became CEO of Redevco on 1 October 2023, running one of Europe’s largest private real estate businesses. Neil was previously the Global Head of Real Assets & Global Head of Real Estate, leading a large global real assets business with circa GBP 50bn invested across the equity, debt, and listed space. During Neil’s tenure he was also the Chief Executive Officer & Representative Director of abrdn’s Japanese business, moving to Tokyo in summer 2015 to open and build out an investment management business.

Neil joined abrdn (then Standard Life Investments (SLI)) in 2011, leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for product structuring, tax, legal and cross asset debt financing. Neil developed and fund managed SLI Real Estate’s investor loan platform and had responsibility for circa GBP 600m of capital across mandates.
Previously, Neil spent over 6 years in Switzerland with Man Group where he had responsibility for a multi-billion USD debt book in addition to leading the team structuring Man’s equity derivative products & OTC derivatives, fund financing and custodial structures. Neil was responsible for the commercial creation of various alternative assets funds, structuring solutions and delivered to market single and multi-strategy global and regional alternative asset products for the Asian, Middle Eastern and South American markets.

Neil is an English qualified solicitor. Neil received his MBA (Finance) with distinction from Manchester Business School in January 2007 and has a Master’s degree from St. Andrews University (1999). Neil completed MIT’s Advanced Management Programme in February 2019.

Seth R. Sulkin is President and CEO of Pacifica Capital K.K., a Tokyo-based developer of hotels and commercial properties with more than 30 years of real estate investment experience in Japan. He is also CEO of Pacifica Hotels G.K., a franchisee operator of Marriott and IHG hotels. In October 2017, he developed and opened Moxy Tokyo Kinshicho, the first lifestyle hotel in Japan. He is also the developer of Fairfield by Marriott Osaka Namba, Holiday Inn & Suites Shin Osaka, Moxy Kyoto Nijo and Courtyard by Marriott Hiroshima, expected to open in 2027.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Sulkin is a member of the Executive Committee of ULI Japan. Fluent in Japanese, he received a master’s degree from Stanford University’s Center for East Asian Studies and attended the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama.

Taiyo joined NBIM in August 2015 and is responsible for Asia’s real estate investments. Prior to joining NBIM, he was a Director at Aetos Japan focusing on investment in Japanese real estate. Previous experience includes Morgan Stanley, where he was part of the real estate securitization team. Taiyo started his career at JP Morgan in the real estate financing and investment banking division. He holds a BA from Waseda University.

タイミ大洋氏は、ノルウェー中央銀行投資管理部門（NBIM）のヘッドオブアジア。2015年8月にNBIMに入行し、アジアの不動産投資を担当。NBIM以前は、エートス・ジャパンの取締役として日本の不動産投資を担当。モルガン・スタンレーでは不動産証券化チームに所属。JPモルガンの不動産金融およに投資銀行部門でキャリアをスタートさせた。早稲田大学にて学士号取得。

Ayaka has joined Japan Science and Technology Agency (“JST”) in April 2022 as the Head of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investments, where she is responsible for planning, executing and monitoring the Real Estate and Infrastructure investment of Japan’s university fund. Prior to joining JST, she had spent over 14years at Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments (“MAI”), where she was Managing Director of product management and responsible for real asset alternative investments strategies. Prior to MAI, she had worked for JP Morgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd. and Bank of America Securities Japan Co., Ltd. for several years respectively. She holds BA in Laws from the University of Tokyo.

アヤカは、2022 年 4 月に不動産・インフラ投資部長として科学技術振興機構 (「JST」) に入社し、日本の大学基金の不動産・インフラ投資の計画、実行、監視を担当しています。 JST に入社する前は、三井物産オルタナティブ インベストメンツ (「MAI」) で 14 年以上勤務し、プロダクト管理のマネージング ディレクターとして、実物資産オルタナティブ投資戦略を担当していました。 MAI に入社する前は、JP モルガン証券株式会社とバンク・オブ・アメリカ証券株式会社にそれぞれ数年間勤務していました。彼女は東京大学で法学の学士号を取得しています。

Samuel is a seasoned investment professional who leads the capital markets and investment activities for DHL Supply Chain's Real Estate Solutions (RES) business in Asia Pacific.
RES is a end-to-end global logistics developer, leveraging on the logistics expertise and scale of DHL Supply Chain. To date, the RES team has completed over EUR 1.1 billion of logistics developments in Asia Pacific with a strong development pipeline in the coming years.

Managing Director, Private Market Investment Department, GPIF.

Joined GPIF in March 2016, from Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management (‘SMAM’), where he led a newly established team that developed investment opportunities in the alternative space for clients mainly in Japanese pension industry.

Before seconded to SMAM from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (‘SMBC’) in late 2014, he took a leading role to develop new investment opportunities in the private equity investment market in Asia-Pacific region for the bank and also led a team to establish an infrastructure fund dedicated to Indian market with an Indian local bank and a global infrastructure investor.

Before moving to SMBC in 2007, he worked for a Japanese subsidiary of MassMutual Life Insurance (‘MMJ’) as a chief portfolio manager, leading MMJ’s investment activities in corporate bond, securitization products and various alternative fund investment markets.

He started his professional career at Sumitomo Trust & Banking (now renamed as Sumitomo Mitsui Trust & Banking) in1987 and long served in the credit investment business area, where he accumulated experiences in corporate, project, municipality and emerging market financing as well as securitization bond/loan investment opportunities in global market, at the bank’s Tokyo head office and its London Branch. During the time, he led analysis for financing infrastructure privatization project in Australia in early to mid ‘90s and developed experience in infrastructure financing in various markets since then.

Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, with Bachelor of Commerce in 1987. Completed Investment Management Programme at London Business School in 2002.

She joined Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) in 2018 as a product manager of global alternative investments, primary covers global real estate and farmland investments. As a gate keeper of pension funds, she has been involved in a number of commingle funds and SMAs managed by global/Japan domestic asset managers. Before joining MUTB, she was working at Moody’s Japan K.K as a credit analyst for 11 years engaged in real estate finance and consumer/SME credit securitization programs. She took a lead analyst role in CMBS and ABS transactions. More recently, she worked at a Japan domestic private equity firm and experienced various roles such as IR, fund raising and fund accounting.

2018年にグローバル・オルタナティブ投資ファンド担当としてMUTBに入社、現在は主に不動産投資や農地投資をカバーしている。年金基金のゲートキーパーとして数多くのコミングルファンドやセパレートアカウントに関わっている。ムーディーズ・ジャパンにて不動産ファイナンス、消費者・中小企業クレジット証券化プラグラムのクレジットアナリストとして11年間の経験がある。リードアナリスト（格付主担当者）としてCMBSやABS案件に携わっていた。その後、国内PEでIR、ファンドレイズ、ファンド会計などを経験した。

Born in Australia, Zoe Ward first moved to Japan in 2006 and began working in the real estate industry in 2008. In 2014, she founded Japan Property Central KK, a licensed real estate brokerage in Tokyo that helps inbound investors with opportunities in Japan’s property market.

Daisuke Yamagami is in charge of Real Assets investments at ORIX Life Insurance Corporation. Since joining ORIX Life in 2021, he has been leading the growth of the real estate portfolio.

Before joining ORIX Life, he was in Daido Life Insurance Company for 15 years where he invested in various products there, including real estate, credit and corporate loan.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Doshisha University. He is a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts of Japan (CMA).

Mr. Yamashita is a Managing Director and representative director for Fortress in Japan. Prior to joining Fortress in 2008, Mr. Yamashita was in Morgan Stanley’s Real Estate Securitized Product Group where he led financings involving corporate restructurings, a management buyout, land acquisitions, pre-REIT bridge financing, and other real estate-related transactions. From 1984 to 2005, Mr. Yamashita worked at the Development Bank of Japan (“DBJ”) where he led primary deals in Japan in the spaces of real estate finance as well as project finance. He received a B.A in economics from Hitotsubashi University in 1984 and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

From 2015 to 2023, he served as the President & CEO of Sumisho Realty Management, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, and expanded its AUM to over ¥700 billion. He diversified the firm's investments in structures such as SOSiLA Logistic REIT(publicly-traded) and SC Realty Private REIT(privately-placed) alongside a broad spectrum of separate accounts.

In 2024, Joined ES-CON JAPAN Ltd., a leading vertically integrated, diversified developer and currently responsible for overseas investment and asset management business. Earlier, at Sumitomo Corporation, he held pivotal roles and managed a comprehensive real estate portfolio in both Japan and the US, encompassing residential, commercial, and logistics sectors. He graduated from Kyoto University in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in architecture. Also, he is a licensed architect in Japan, an esteemed ARES Certified Master, APREA Board Member/Japan Chapter Chairperson and RICS Japan, MEG Co-chairperson (FRICS).

2015 年から2023 年まで住友商事のグループ会社である不動産住商リアルティ・マネジメント株式会社の代表取締役社長を務め、同社の成長を牽引。同社は、上場物流REIT『SOSiLA 物流リート投資法人』や非上場総合REIT『SC リアルティプ ライベート投資法人』、さらに複数の不動産ファンドの運用を手掛け、その運用資産残高は 7 千億円を超える規模にまで成長。

2024 年に株式会社日本エスコンにジョインし、現在、海外投資とアセットマネジメントビ ジネスを担当。それ以前は、住友商事にて日本および米国にて住宅、オフィス、商業、物流等幅広いセクタ
ーにて不動産開発及び投資事業を推進 1983 年京都大学卒、一級建築士、ARES 認定マスター、APREA ボードメンバー兼日本支部会 長、RICS ジャパンMEG 共同会長(FRICS)

Kota Yasumura, Senior Director, Private Sector Investment Finance Division1, Private Sector Partnership and Finance Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA). Kota is responsible for originating new projects through Private Sector Finance Operation in Asia. He has 19-year experiences in international development finance including secondment to Asian Development Bank(ADB). He received a BA in Political Science from Waseda University, an EMBA from Ateneo de Manila University, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Doctor of Economics from Saitama University.

Junichi Yonezawa started his career at Norinchukin Bank in 2003, first working in corporate lending. Later, he moved to the Credit Investment Division, where his responsibilities included managing securitized products, LBO loans, corporate bonds, and mid-market loan fund investments. He then moved to the Alternative Investment Division, where he focused on private equity and real estate equity fund investments. Since 2021, he has been responsible for all alternative investments at Norinchukin Asset Management.

Horie is Co-founder and CEO of CSR Design Green Investment Advisory, Co., Ltd., which focuses on ESG advisory in the real estate and infrastructure sectors as well as research on green buildings and sustainable finance. He graduated from University of Tokyo and holds an MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Horie served as a member of global Advisory Group of UNEP FI Property Working Group, and currently, he is a member of global Real Estate Advisory Committee of PRI. Horie has also participated in many governmental committees on ESG organized by Japanese MLIT and other ministries as a member or chairperson.

Akihisa Hoshino joined the Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (current "Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited") in 1992. Since 2005, he has been a fund manager in the pension fund management department and in charge of investing entrusted money into domestic and overseas real estate private funds, private REITs etc. Before that, he experienced real estate brokerage operations and pension fund management operations related business in the real estate sector. He was also seconded to Nippon Building Fund Management Ltd. which is a J-REIT asset management company. He is a real estate appraiser, a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA), an ARES Certified Master, and a Certified Financial Planner(CFP). He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (BA in Law).

Atsuko Iino joined the Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited in 1990. Following that she worked for the Mizuho Research Institute, before joining the Sony Corporation in 2003. As the senior manager of Sony's Finance Division, she managed pension assets and liability for Sony and its group subsidiaries. She also served as the chief investment officer of Sony's Pension Fund, and the General Manager of Sony's group subsidiaries.
She has been working for the National Pension Fund Association since October 2015 and is a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan, Board member of the Pension Academy of Japan and member of the Nippon Finance Association. She received her MBA in Finance from Hitotsubashi University and a BSc from Tokyo Women's Christian University.

Taro Ogai is the Head of Investments, International at WTW. He has advised pension funds regarding asset allocation, manager selection and fund governance. Recently, he is working in a variety of role supporting major Japanese companies regarding corporate governance, globalization and M&A.

His experience prior to joining Towers Watson includes management consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc., global equity portfolio manager and foreign exchange trader at Industrial Bank of Japan.

Mr. Ogai earned his MBA at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and completed his undergraduate degree at University of Tokyo (B.A. Economics). He is a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan (CMA).

Nami Sera joined IDERA in 2018. Her role in IDERA were investor relations, fund raising and portfolio management. Ms. Sera started her career at Haseko Corporation, then joined acquisition division of AIG Global Real Estate, where she completed over JPY 450 bn of acquisitions in various asset types. Ms. Sera was then appointed as Managing Director, in charge of fund raising and investor relations, where she raised 3 discretionary funds and several non-discretionary funds. She also supervising finance and legal functions. Prior to IDERA, she was at Bureau of Urban Development, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Ms. Sera holds BA in Commerce from Waseda University and MBA from Simon School, University of Rochester.

2018年当社入社。投資家ファンドマネジメント部門において海外投資家対応を担当。長谷工コーポレーションを経て、AIGグローバルリアルエステートに入社。アクイジション部門において、約4500億円のオフィス、住宅など様々アセットタイプへの投資実績を持つ。その後、ファンドマネジメント部門のマネージングディレクターに任命され、複数の不動産ファンド及び３本のブラインド型ファンドの組成を主導。国内外の投資家対応を担当すると同時に、取締役として経理部門、法務部門、業務部門を統括。当社入社前は東京都都市整備局に勤務。早稲田大学にて商学士号、ロチェスター大学サイモンビジネススクールにて経営学修士号（MBA）を取得。

Kazunari Yaguchi is a Senior Executive Officer, Head of Real Estate Investment Department of Japan Post Bank. He is responsible for all real estate related investments across the globe by the bank. He joined Japan Post Bank in March 2016 and established its Real Estate Investment from scratch. Now the bank invests sizable capital in all 4 quadrants composed of public-private and equity-debt.

Kazunari has over 20 years of experience in real estate space in both equity and debt investments. Prior to Japan Post Bank, he was an executive director responsible for real estate investment in the Asset Finance Department of Development Bank of Japan (“DBJ”). During his 23 years at DBJ, he originated more than $10 billion of commercial mortgage loans and acquired more than $3 billion of properties. He established its real estate asset management subsidiary which became one of the largest private real estate fund managers in Japan. He received LLB Law from Tohoku University, Japan, and Masters in Finance from London Business School, UK. He is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.