Tokyo Forum

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.

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。

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).

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。

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。

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。

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.

Dr. Michael Abel is a private equity investor with over 20 years of experience, specialised in buying and building leading real estate companies across asset classes in Europe. He is the Founder and CEO of GREYKITE, an independent European investment firm established in 2023 and headquartered in London. He oversees GREYKITE’s strategy, capital formation, and investment business, and serves as Chairman of the Executive and Investment Committees. Prior to founding GREYKITE, Michael was an Equity Partner at TPG, a leading global investment firm with ca. $239 billion of assets under management. During his decade at TPG, he helped establish TPG Real Estate’s efforts in Europe and was a member of TPG Europe’s Executive Committee and TPG Real Estate’s Investment Committee. He served as Chairman / Board Member of several portfolio companies across multiple sectors and is a Co-Founder of the stART Foundation. He holds a PhD in Management Sciences from ESCP Business School and speaks 5 languages.

Charles joined Fiera Real Estate in 2013 and was later appointed as Fiera’s Head of European Real Estate in 2022. He has responsibility for managing the European Real Estate team and the successful execution of its business strategy. As part of this remit, Charles’ team manages both Real Estate Equity strategies across Core, Value Add and Opportunistic, as well as Debt strategies, including Senior and Mezzanine. He is a global board member at Fiera and chairs Fiera Real Estate’s European Investment Committee. In addition, he sits on the board for Fiera's nine operating partners, providing strategic expertise and executive management to the growing businesses.

Prior to this, he worked in the Corporate Finance team at Ernst & Young, covering M&A, restructuring and capital raising. He also has experience at BNP Paribas Real Estate.

Charles holds an MA from University of Edinburgh and an MSc from Oxford Brookes University. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

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。

Felipe co-founded Stoneshield Capital and serves as Managing Partner of the Firm. Felipe has been investing in real and financial assets for over 15 years.

Prior to Stoneshield, Felipe was a Partner at Lone Star Funds along with Juan. He began his career at UBS Investment Bank in the M&A group and later in the Fixed Income group in London.

Felipe holds a BA in Political Economy from Georgetown University. Felipe co-founded Empieza por Educar, a sister organization of Teach for America, with a mission to promote equal opportunities in education. Felipe also supports the scholarship program for the Reina Sofia School of Music.

Jerry has over 15 years of experience in investor relations, capital raising, and capital distribution. Under Jerry’s leadership, Slate has significantly grown and diversified its global institutional investor base, and the firm’s internal Capital Raising & Investor Relations team has grown significantly to include a range of roles and functions globally. Prior to joining Slate in 2020, Jerry served as Managing Director and Head of Funds Advisory – Americas at JLL, where he was primarily responsible for JLL’s private fund advisory efforts and capital raising activities in North America. Jerry was previously a Director in the Private Capital Advisory Group at Lazard Freres, where he led distribution and maintained key relationships with general partners and real estate operators in North America. Jerry also managed fundraising efforts for North American and European real estate funds and Infrastructure funds while with Harbert Management Corporation.

Jerry holds a bachelor’s degree from Roanoke College and a MBA from Northeastern University.

Carol has ca. 14 years of European real estate experience, having focused on European real estate transactions from core to value-add strategies across all asset classes for diversified and sector specific strategies via co-mingled funds and separately managed accounts. She is currently leading a European Living value-add strategy.

Prior to joining DWS in 2011, Carol was a Manager of Investments and Investor Relations for CDL REIT Hospitality Trusts, a Singapore-listed REIT and was primarily responsible for the execution of hotel acquisitions in Singapore and Australia, and capital market activities.

Carol also spent 5 years at KPMG Canada and Singapore, leading corporate audits of blue-chip hospitality, manufacturing, retail and distribution clients in North America and financial due diligence of M&A activities in Asia.

Carol is a qualified Canadian chartered professional accountant and CFA charterholder.

Seppi is a member of Cabot’s Board of Directors and a key leader on the Investor Relations and Capital Formation team. In addition to his fundraising responsibilities, Seppi plays a critical role in shaping Cabot’s growth trajectory and implementing business strategies to drive long-term success. Seppi previously served as Cabot’s investment officer for the US Northeast, sourcing and closing acquisition and development opportunities for all of Cabot’s investment vehicles in the region.

Prior to joining Cabot, Seppi was a Managing Director at Hines Interests, LP in New York, where he was involved in the development, acquisition, disposition and asset management of approximately 6.75 million square feet of Manhattan office properties. Seppi holds a BA in History from Yale University.

Robert Dupree is a Principal in the Investments group, Co-Head of the Investments group and Co-Head of Infrastructure. In these roles, he leads a team focused on the composition, operations and investment priorities of CIM’s funds as well as the sourcing of investment opportunities. Prior to joining CIM Group in 2015, Mr. Dupree was a Senior Vice President at Oaktree Capital Management. Mr. Dupree earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Tomokazu Hanya is a Managing Director and Deputy Head of Real Estate Headquarters at ORIX Real Estate Corporation.
He is responsible for overseeing development and investment activities related to logistics and commercial facilities.
Since joining ORIX Corporation in 1995, he has built a 30-year professional career encompassing investments across multiple asset classes, restructurings, real estate development, asset management, and finance.

Ben Harris is the Head of Rockpoint Industrial, Rockpoint’s exclusive industrial operating partner. Prior to the formation of Rockpoint Industrial, Mr. Harris was the CEO of LINK Logistics Real Estate, Blackstone’s sole U.S. industrial platform, and prior to that served as the President of Gramercy Property Trust, a public industrial REIT and Head of US Investments for W. P. Carey & Co. Mr. Harris graduated from University of Kings College and Dalhousie University in Canada with dual degrees in Economics. Mr. Harris sits on the boards of Storage Vault Canada Inc. (TSX:SVI), Sonida Senior Living Inc. (NYSE:SNDA) and Outerspace, a privately held e-commerce fulfillment platform.

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.

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.

Takako Koizumi is the Managing Director of KONOMI, Inc., an intermediary for a variety of cross-border transactions which include M&A, real estate investment, fundraising for various overseas private funds and high-tech venture financing. Prior to her current role, she was the Chief Investment Officer for the investment management business at Mitsui Alternative Investments overseeing all the alternative investments of its clients. She has over 30 years of experience in the industry.

She started her career at Citibank in banking and M&A, after which she entered the real estate industry and worked at CBRE, GE Capital and Citibank in advisory, acquisition, securitization, and lending services. She joined Resona Bank in 2009 and became a gatekeeper for Japanese institutional investors. She then joined Tokio Marine Asset Management where she started and built their infrastructure business.

She holds a B.A. in Economics from Aoyama Gakuin University and is a Certified Real Estate Appraiser.

（株）許斐のマネージングディレクター。（株）許斐は、M&A、不動産投資、様々の海外ファンドのファンドレイズ、ハイテク・ベンチャーの資金調達等、多様な国際取引の仲介を行っている。2025年4月入社前は、三井オルタナティブインベストメンツに勤め、投資顧問業務のチーフインベストメントオフィサーとして全てのオルタナティブ投資を監督する等、オルタナティブ業界で30年以上の経験を有する。シティバンクでキャリアを‐スターとし、銀行・M＆A関連業務を経験した後、不動産業界に移り、CBRE、GEキャピタル、シティバンクで、アドバイザリー、アクイジション、証券化プロダクトの組成・運営、貸付業務等、不動産業務に幅広く従事。2009年からは、日本の機関投資家のゲートキーパーとなり、りそな銀行、東京海上アセットマネジメントで、インフラ・ゲートキーパー業務の立ち上げ、ポートフォリオ構築を行った。
青山学院大学卒業（経済学士号）、不動産鑑定士。

Joyce Lo is a Director in the Private Capital Advisory Group at Lazard and their Real Estate Specialist for the Asia Pacific region. Her experience in Real Estate Private Equity spans across various roles including capital raising, investor relations, product development in addition to direct real estate investments and asset management. Prior to joining Lazard, Joyce worked at LimeTree Capital, a Hong Kong based RE investment manager targeting under-researched asset classes where she was their Head of Business Development covering global clients. She also worked at other investment managers such as PGIM Real Estate and Palmer Capital, developing and maintaining relationships with investors across Asia Pacific. Joyce began her career at Lehman Brothers in Equity Capital Markets based in Hong Kong and progressed to be a VP and an investment professional of Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners (LBREP) in Asia. Joyce is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Michael oversees investment activities across all Cabot strategies in the East. He has a record of sourcing investment opportunities and structuring complex transactions with major institutions, development partners, and local owners/operators.

Michael came to Cabot as an Analyst in the Investment Group, having worked at Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage where he screened and underwrote over $1 billion in commercial mortgages for multi-family properties throughout the US. He holds a BA from Williams College, where he was captain of the Varsity Football Team.

Mr. Mizuno has extensive experience in global market investments (incl. proprietary trading and gatekeeping) at institutions such as Norinchukin Bank and Nomura Asset Management.
He joined Nippon Wealth Life Insurance in August 2023 to initiate and lead alternative investments (excl. private equity (PE)). Since then, he has focused on the private debt (PD) investments.
He has over 20 years of experience in various alternative asset classes (e.g., PD, PE, hedge funds, infrastructure) in addition to traditional assets. In real estate equity and debt investments, he used to manage direct investments in individual properties, and indirect investments via funds.
His expertise in fund investments includes product planning and development, portfolio management, risk management, and distribution.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Keio University.

CJ holds the position of Managing Director and Head of Japan at Fiera Asia, where he is tasked with expanding the firm’s presence in Japan and strengthening existing relationships within the market.
CJ is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the asset management industry, particularly focusing on Asia and the Emerging Markets, with a special emphasis on Japan. Before joining Fiera Asia, CJ served as a Partner at Sloane Robinson Asset Management, where he played a significant role in launching and managing emerging markets and frontier funds. Prior to that, he held the position of Managing Director at JP Morgan Asset Management, where he successfully managed a high performing long short fund. Additionally, he served as Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, overseeing emerging equity sales and sales trading. CJ’s extensive career also includes roles at James Capel, where he worked as Director for foreign equity sales in Tokyo, Japan, catering to Japanese institutional clients investing in Europe and Asia.
His educational background includes graduation from Westminster School with a Japanese Missionary Language Institute Diploma. CJ’s language proficiency is impressive, being fluent in Japanese and French, and conversational in Portuguese and Spanish.

David is the Co-Head of Real Estate Debt at ICG, and a member of the Investment Committee. He joined ICG Real Estate in 2016 and is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of ICG Real Estate's Debt strategies. Prior to ICG, David spent eight years in Santander’s real estate finance team in London where he was responsible for portfolio oversight, and also chaired one of the bank’s credit committees. Prior to Santander he held roles in the CMBS teams at JP Morgan and Bear Stearns, and started his career in 2002 as a commercial property valuer. David holds an MA in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge.

Yoshikazu Murase is a Senior Manager at an Alternative Investment Department of Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd (JPI). He is involved with real estate investment in JPI, and in charge of the domestic and global real estate portfolio of JPI since 2024.

Prior to joining JPI, he served as a Manager at Mizuho Financial Group, Inc(MHFG). During his working at MHFG he was responsible for investing real estate as a gatekeeper. At MHFG, he also engaged in underwriting and structuring a non-recourse loan for Japanese real estate as a lender.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in law from Rikkyo University.

Ai Nakagawa brings over 15 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, supporting global and Japanese companies with their real estate strategy. Ai currently manages the Tenant Advisory, Occupier Services business at Colliers International Japan K.K. a global diversified professional services and investment management company. Colliers Global is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Stock Market.

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.

Scott Paton is a Partner and Head of Business Development and Investor Relations of CrossHarbor Capital Partners LLC, a U.S. focused Real Estate Private Equity firm. Mr. Paton has spent over 25 years as an investment banker and private equity investor raising institutional capital across the capital markets and through mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining CrossHarbor, Mr. Paton was a Managing Director of Private Equity Coverage at William Blair and other growth focused investment banks. He was also a co-founding partner of CapVest and MezzVest, a London based private equity and mezzanine firm. Mr. Paton began his career in investment banking at Merrill Lynch in New York and London.

Mr. Paton received an A.B. from Harvard College and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Rob was appointed as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer – Fiera Asia in September 2023 and is a member of the Global Leadership team. He brings over 40 years of investment management experience to the firm and is now focused on growing the firm and brand internationally, from clients to partners, from new products to new teams. He continues to serve actively in his investment committee roles on multiple Fiera Credit Funds.
Rob’s career has been predominately Managing Partner of Clearwater Capital Partners, which he founded, together with Amit Gupta, in 2001 after the Asia Financial Crisis. Clearwater grew to be one of Asia’s largest credit businesses. In 2018, Fiera Capital acquired the entire business and team. Today, it is an integral part of Fiera Capital’s diverse Private Markets investment teams.
Rob has been a long-standing capital allocator since 1986, principally across the full spectrum of public and private credit. He has built, grown, and led investment teams, distribution teams, and a fully SEC–registered business for years. Rob has been and continues to be an active board member and Chair for multiple businesses.

Dan Riches is Head of Real Estate Finance with responsibility for all aspects of the business. Dan joined M&G in 2010 primarily to originate, structure and execute investments in real estate debt. Dan has been involved with the structuring and marketing of the Real Estate Debt Fund series since inception which has raised more than €3.5bn of investor commitments.

Dan previously worked in the European CMBS group at S&P Global and prior to that worked at RBS where he originated real estate finance transactions. He has been a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors since 2000 and holds an Honours Degree in Land Economics from Sheffield Hallam 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.

アンドリュー・ロドリゲス氏はPEIグループのシニア・リサーチ・アソシエイトである。東京を拠点に、日本およびアジア太平洋地域のプライベート・マーケット・リサーチを担当している。GP/LPランキング、四半期資金調達レポート、投資家レポートなどのデータプロジェクトに従事した。テンプル大学にて経済学と日本語の学士号を取得。

Gianluca Romano is the Head of Capital Raising & Client Relations at Catella, based in London. In this role, he leads the global outreach to institutional investors and plays a key role in advising on the development of new investment products. With over 25 years of experience in consulting and investment management, Luca has deep expertise in advising both institutional investors and investment managers in the real estate sector.

Before joining Catella, Luca was a Managing Director at JLL’s London office, where he held dual leadership roles—first as Global Head of Business Development for the Funds Advisory group, and later as Head of Indirect Capital Research. Prior to his time at JLL, he was a Partner at StepStone Real Estate LLP and Courtland Partners, Ltd., advising institutional investors on real estate investments. Luca began his real estate career as a Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds and ABN AMRO.

Luca holds an A.B. in Mathematics and Economics from Duke University, a Master’s in European Integration from the University of Amsterdam, and a Master’s in Economics from Miami University.

Philip Ryan has a dual role as Director of Development for Japan & Micronesia Business Unit and Global Capital Investments & Transactions for APAC, responsible for both organic and inorganic growth opportunities IHG Hotels & Resorts in region.

As a Vice President on the Pan-Alts team, Kazuki works with the Asia team to support investors’ alternative investment portfolios, primarily focusing on servicing the day-to-day investment program needs.

 Prior to joining Aksia in 2023, Kazuki was a Senior Manager of Overseas Property Investment Department at Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., LTD., where he held a fund manager role in overseas real estate fund of funds and public pension fund mandates. He was also involved in due diligence and monitoring for non-listed real estate funds, mainly in Australia. Before that, he was a Senior Manager of Corporate Planning and Public Relations at Nissay Asset Management Corporation. Prior to this, he was a Chief Manager of Investment Management at Nippon Life Realty Management Inc. Kazuki started his career at Nippon Life Insurance Company as an Assistant Manager of Real Estate Planning department.
 
Kazuki graduated from the University of Tokyo with an BS in Management.

Sasha Silver joined Redevco as Head of Global Client Group in January 2024. She is responsible for capital raising and client relations, working closely with the senior leadership to develop the company’s product offerings and external strategic partnerships. She is a member of the executive management team.

Sasha has over 20 years’ experience in capital formation and real estate advisory. Previously Sasha was a Senior Partner and Head of Client Development at Tristan Capital Partners, a European real estate private equity firm, where she led global client relations for over eight years and oversaw both equity and debt product development and fundraises closing c.€9 bn in institutional investor commitments.

Prior to Tristan, she had a 14-year career with Credit Suisse in investment banking and asset management, where she was responsible for executing over €12 bn in advisory and capital raising transactions across Europe. Within the CS Private Fund Group, a global placement agent, she led European real estate mandates and marketing coordination for five years.

Earlier in her career she worked with the Smithsonian Institution. A native of Miami Beach, Florida, Silver completed graduate studies at the Yale School of Management (MBA) and Yale School of the Environment (MF) and received her BA in Economics from Princeton University.

Koji Someno is a Manager of Real Asset Fund Investment Division and Private Equity Fund Investment Division of Alternative Investment Department at Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company. Since joining Dai-ichi Life in 2017, he has been in charge of infrastructure investments and private equity investments. Prior to that, he spent about 13 years at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB), where he was involved in the investments in private equity, infrastructure, real asset and venture funds. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business and Commerce from Keio University.

A seasoned asset management professional with over 20 years of experience in marketing and sales, specializing in real estate (including REITs), alternatives, mutual funds, infrastructure funds, and private funds. Originally from China and residing in Japan for over 25 years, fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and English. Currently working at Regalo Capital, a boutique real estate asset management firm based in Tokyo, with a focus on hotels, multi-family properties, and greenfield projects.

Managing Director, Private Market Investment Department, GPIF, since July 2018.

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.

2016年3月GPIF入社、2016年10月よりオルタナティブ投資室副室長、2018年7月よりオルタナティブ投資室長（現、オルタナティブ投資部長）　

2014年4月～2016年2月：三井住友アセットマネジメント。外部委託運用グループを経てオルタナティブ投資グループヘッド。国内年金基金顧客向けに主に海外オルタナティブ投資案件の発掘、紹介を主導

2007年9月～2014年3月：三井住友銀行。投資開発部、投資銀行統括部にてプライベートエクイティ投資、インフラファンド組成、グループ資産運用業務企画等に従事

2006年11月～2007年8月：マスミューチュアル生命保険。チーフ・ポートフォリオ・マネージャーとして、一般勘定におけるクレジット投資、各種ファンド投資等に従事

1987年4月～2006年10月：住友信託銀行。ロンドン支店勤務を含め、海外のクレジット投資業務、PEファンドモニタリング等に従事。

1987年3月一橋大学商学部卒業、2002年ロンドンビジネススクールInvestment Management Programme修了

Joseph Vullo is Head of Real Estate, Europe, taking up this role in 2024. Joseph is responsible for shaping, developing and implementing the overall strategy for European Real Estate asset management. In his role, he is overseeing the management of investment portfolios to achieve optimal returns within defined risk parameters.  
Joseph joined Columbia Threadneedle as an Asset Manager in 2000, becoming Head of Asset Management in 2008 and Head of UK Real Estate in 2020.
Before joining the company, he worked in a private practice at Drivers Jonas, advising a mixture of private investors and property companies.
Joseph holds a diploma in Estate Management from the College of Estate Management, Reading, and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

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.

Megumi Watanabe has been dedicated to the field of real estate investment since joining Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in 2007. She began her career managing domestic real estate fund investments through the bank’s proprietary account. Since 2011, she has served as a gatekeeper for domestic pension funds and corporate clients, overseeing real estate portfolio strategies and investment governance. Her responsibilities include the selection and ongoing management of domestic private funds, private REITs, and global real estate funds. With nearly two decades of experience, Ms. Watanabe brings deep expertise in both domestic and global real estate markets, offering valuable insights into institutional investment trends and portfolio management.

Junichi Yonezawa started his career at The Norinchukin Bank in 2003, first working in corporate lending. In 2008, 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 Zenkyoren Asset Management.

2021年4月より農林中金全共連アセットマネジメントにおいてオルタナティブ投資を統括。それ以前は、2003年に農林中央金庫へ入庫、2008年よりクレジット・オルタナティブ投資関連部署および米国拠点において、証券化商品、企業クレジット、プライベートエクイティファンド、不動産エクイティファンドへの投資に従事。

Yuki Yoshinaga is a Senior Manager at Japan Science and Technology Agency ("JST"). As an early member of the real estate and infrastructure team, he has played a key role in developing JST’s real estate investment strategies since 2022.

Prior to joining JST, Yuki worked at an edtech startup, where he was responsible for financial operations, including fundraising activities and financial planning. He began his career at Norinchukin Bank, where he managed investments across a broad range of asset classes, from listed equities to credit and alternative investments. In his most recent role at the bank, based in London, he oversaw the bank’s real estate investments and lending initiatives across Europe.

He holds a BA in commerce from Hitotsubashi University in Japan and an MBA from INSEAD in France.