2021 ULI Asia Pacific Summit

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Mustafa K. Abadan is a Design Partner in the New York office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Mr. Abadan spent part of his early career in the firm’s London office, before moving to New York where he currently leads several studios in a variety of practice areas, including large scale mixed-use developments and master plans; corporate and commercial office towers; residential and hospitality projec

Ahmed Aboutaleb (born 1961 in Morocco) has been Mayor of Rotterdam since 2009. Previously, he served as a State Secretary for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (2007 to 2008) and as a Vice Mayor in Amsterdam (2004-2007) for the Dutch Labour Party. At the age of fifteen, Aboutaleb came to the Netherlands for family reunification. In the mid-1980s, Aboutaleb started his career in jou

Natalie Adomait is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Renewable Power Group focused on impact investments. In this role, Ms. Adomait is responsible for sourcing, execution and asset management of the investments within Brookfield’s Global Transition Fund, with a particular focus on underwriting and execution of impact business plans. Ms. Adomait began her career at Brookfield in 2011 focused

Roddy Allan joined JLL in 2007 and in October 2019 was appointed as Chief Research Officer - Asia Pacific. In this role, Roddy leads a team of over 170 professional researchers in the region, which forms part of a network of over 400 researchers in 65 countries around the globe.

An active advocate for green building and sustainability for over two decades, Esther has been instrumental in establishing CDL’s leadership in sustainability. It is ranked top real estate company on the 2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World and is also the only CDP A-List company for both climate strategy and water security in SE Asia and Hong Kong. Key ESG initiatives she

Jaelle Ang is the CEO and Co-Founder of The Great Room, a flexible workspace operator launched in 2016. Prior to founding The Great Room, Jaelle was the Head of Real Estate Development at SET-listed Country Group Development Public Company Limited in Thailand driving the development of one of the largest mixed-use developments in Bangkok, consisting of the Four Seasons Hotel, Four Seasons Residen

Tomoyuki Ashida joined Nikken Sekkei in 1989 after completing his master’s degree at Osaka University. Specializes in architectural design. Since joining the firm, he has been in charge of projects of various sizes, ranging from several dozen square meters to several hundred thousand square meters, designed for a diversity of purposes, including large-scale mixed-use facilities, rental offices, c

Peter is responsible for CPP Investments’ global real estate portfolio which is diversified across twenty global markets and currently exceeds C$43 Billion. Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2007, Peter worked with several leading real estate companies, including Canderel, Brookfield and TrizecHahn. At various stages of his career, Peter has been based in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia.

Nicholas Brooke who has lived in Hong Kong for the last 40 years is a Chartered Surveyor by profession and a Justice of the Peace (JP) and the Chairman of Professional Property Services Limited which is a specialist consultancy, based in Hong Kong, providing a selected range of advisory services across the Asia Pacific Region. He is a recognised authority on land administration and planning matte

Nicholas Brooke who has lived in Hong Kong for the last 40 years is a Chartered Surveyor by profession and a Justice of the Peace (JP) and the Chairman of Professional Property Services Limited which is a specialist consultancy, based in Hong Kong, providing a selected range of advisory services across the Asia Pacific Region. He is a recognised authority on land administration and planning matte

Nicholas Brooke who has lived in Hong Kong for the last 40 years is a Chartered Surveyor by profession and a Justice of the Peace (JP) and the Chairman of Professional Property Services Limited which is a specialist consultancy, based in Hong Kong, providing a selected range of advisory services across the Asia Pacific Region. He is a recognised authority on land administration and planning matte

Sally Capp was re-elected Lord Mayor of Melbourne in October 2020 after having previously been elected in May 2018 and was the first woman to be directly elected as Lord Mayor. Sally’s top priority is bringing the buzz back to Melbourne and driving the city’s economic recovery following the devastation caused by the COVID pandemic. Sally is committed to helping rough sleepers get more suppo

Cha has been in the finance industry for 20+ years and established Re‐Imagining Cities Foundation under the Korea Green Building Council non‐profit umbrella. We imagine a world with 100% renewable energy, clean air and a happy and healthy environment where we can all live, work and play in harmony with nature. Cities are the problem emitting 70‐80% of the world's greenhouse gases. With inc

Ms. Charlene Chang was appointed Group Director of the Ageing Planning Office in the Ministry of Health on 1 April 2019. She oversees the development and implementation of the national ageing agenda, to bring about the national vision of opportunities, communities and a city for all ages. Prior to this, Charlene was the Senior Director (Transformation) at the Public Service Division (PSD), res

Stephen Choi is a UK-qualified Project Architect and Australian-qualified Project Manager. He co-founded not-for-profit environmental building consultancy, Architecture for Change, has been a long-time ambassador for the Living Future Institute in Australia, and is Living Building Challenge Manager at Frasers Property Australia. Stephen’s work has included the development of global environment

Leslie Chua is Senior Vice President and Director of Asia Pacific Investment Research. He is responsible for all research and analysis in the Asia-Pacific region, including assisting with new acquisitions, dispositions, and asset management of properties. Additionally, he researches trends in macroeconomics, demographics, capital markets and property market fundamentals in order to identify relat

Greg is Group Advisor on Future Cities & New Industries at HSBC Group where he works with its global client base in 63 countries and 300 cities. He is Chair of the Connected Places Catapult, The UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place-making. He is a member of the board of Transport for London and chairman of TfL’s Investment and Programmes Committee, and a member of its Fina

Sarah Cooper is Managing Director & Global Head of Real Estate Equity Sales at BofA Securities, based in Hong Kong. She is a member of the BofA Hong Kong Leadership team, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Philanthropy committee. Sarah works closely with both the research & banking side of BofA. She has worked on transactions from markets as diverse as Russia, China, India & Indonesia, as well as b

Izumi Devalier is a managing director and Head of Japan Economics, based in Tokyo. She joined the firm in September 2016 from HSBC, where she was a senior economist with primary coverage of Japan. She has also worked in the investment banking division of Citigroup in Japan. Devalier’s team was ranked No.1 in the 2020 Institutional Investor Global Fixed Income Survey. Devalier holds a Bachelor's d