Sustainability & ESG Committee

Mr. Garrood is portfolio manager for Asia-Pacific and global real estate securities portfolios and has security coverage responsibility for Australia and New Zealand. He has 14 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Mr. Garrood was with UBS, most recently as a real estate securities analyst for UBS Global Asset Management, and previously as an associate director in the real estate group of UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Garrood is based in Hong Kong.

Professor Graeme Newell is Professor of Property Investment at Western Sydney University. He has over 40 years’ experience in property education and research, having received numerous research grants and his applied research has been published widely. Graeme has strong links to the property industry, both in Australia and internationally. He has been a member of APREA for many years and has done several research reports for APREA concerning Asia REITs, and the significance of real estate in Asian pension funds.

Aditya is a senior portfolio manager in ADIA’s Asia-Pacific real estate team, with primary responsibility for ADIA's investments in Indian, Japanese and Korean real estate. He has been with ADIA since July 2012. His responsibilities include helping manage the Asia Pacific portfolio and investment team. In addition to his duties as a member of the Asia Pacific team, he was chair of ADIA’s Real Estate Department’s Task Force for ADIA’s 2017 Global Investment Forum.

Immediately prior to joining ADIA, Aditya was the Managing Director for SITQ India, a real estate division of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec in Montreal, Canada. Aditya graduated from the Sri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi University with a BA in Economics, and studied at Carnegie Mellon University to graduate with an MBA degree. He is a former member of the South Asia advisory board of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and a member of the advisory board for Global Real Estate Investors (GRI India).

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.

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.

From 2024 to April 2025, he served as Director and Head of Strategic Business Division at ES-CON Japan. He is currently with Fortress Investment Group, where he is engaged in J-REIT related operations.

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).

Dr. Terence Ho Wah Chan (陈浩华博士 简介)

Dr. Chan has had close to 30 years of experience in real estate investment and finance, listed companies’ mergers and acquisitions in the regional capital market. He has participated in over 20 trophy mix-used complexes in landmark metropolis in Asia. Dr. Chan has successfully raised billions of dollars from blue chip capital such as Singapore's GIC, closing deals in the areas of private and public equity investment, corporate restructuring and asset injection, distress debt investment, bond issuance and IPO spin-off exercises. Dr. Chan is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Real Estate and Construction at the University of Hong Kong with majors in securitization, technology application and sustainable development.

Dr. Chan concurrently runs a family office - Asia Impact Investment Corporation (“AIIC”), which is sponsored by high-net-worth individuals to invest in sustainable real estate projects in China and North America as well as private equity in the segment of construction and property and financial service, particularly in the areas of digitization and green and smart solution. AIIC successfully co-invested with sovereign funds, listed companies and financial institutions in projects and corporations at an aggregate amount of over USD1.5 billion.  

Dr. Chan holds a PhD in Economics and MSc in Real Estate, and also holds a fellow professional membership in CPA Australia (FCPA) and Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors (FRICS). He also holds the Charted Financial Analyst (CFA) and the fellowship of Certificate in Finance and Technology. Dr. Chan is deeply involved in industry development and social services and is the committee chair of ESG and Sustainable Investment Committee of Hong Kong Independent Non-Executive Director Association (HKINEDA), a member of REIT Committee of Securities and Financial Commission (SFC), a member of Mainland Opportunity Committee of Financial Service Development Council (FSDC) and a member of Hong Kong Baptist University Council and Foundation. Dr. Chan has also made a remarkable contribution to the economics and technology partnership between Hong Kong and Shanghai through his deputy president role in the Hong Kong-Shanghai Economic Development Association as well as his membership in the Economic chapter of CPPCC Shanghai Municipal Committee.

陈博士拥有近30年房地产投融资及上市公司资本运作经验，其任职经历包含下列国内外顶尖资本，其中包括全球知名的高富诺集团。陈博士曾参与逾20个国际及国内一线城市综合体/商业项目，成功从战略蓝筹投资者（如新加坡GIC）募资数十亿美元用于基金管理，并完成过百亿港元的资本市场投资、企业并购重组及收购、企业发债及英美港星企业上市项目，其中涵盖公用事业、基建、建筑、房地产技术、金融服务等行业。陈博士同时在香港大学房地产及建造系担任在职副教授，研究领域包括资产证券化、科技应用及可持续发展。

陈博士现时主管由高端家族投资成立的独立家族投资办公室- 亚洲创效投资有限公司(“亚创投资”)，其投资领域主要包括大中华及北美洲地区绿色/节能低炭地产项目、从事地产/建筑科技及金融科技的私募基金、专注于绿色环保及智慧城市的企业股权。亚创投资过去五年与合作伙伴包括地区主权基金、上市公司及机构投资者共同投资额超过15亿美元。

陈博士除了拥有经济学博士及房地产学硕士学位，他亦是澳洲资深注册会计师(FCPA Aust.)、英国资深皇家特许测量师(FRICS)、美国特许金融分析师(CFA)及英国资深金融科技师(Fellow CFT)。陈博士在行业协会及社会服务亦不遗余力，包括担任香港独立非执行董事协会ESG与可持续投资委员会主席、香港证监会房托基金(REITS)委员会委员、香港金融发展局内地机遇委员会委员及香港浸会大学校董会与基金会成员。陈博士亦以沪港经济发展协会副会长及上海市政协经济小组委员身份积极为沪港两地的科技及经贸合作出谋贡献策。

David is the Senior Executive Director, Head of ESG Consulting & Sustainability Services for CBRE in Singapore and across APAC. Prior to taking on this important assignment, David held the roles of Senior Executive Managing Director, Property Management in the United Kingdom, Managing Director, Asset Services, Singapore & Southeast Asia, and Regional Director, Asset Services, Pacific. In each role over his career, David led the Sustainability business within the Asset Services & Property Management business lines. Prior to joining CBRE, David led Investment Property Management for Knight Frank in Australia.

His strengths are driving excellent client outcomes through strong leadership, strategy development and execution, galvanizing teams through implementing positive change management and continuous improvement initiatives.

David is a passionate advocate for creating an environment where people thrive, building communities and connections, integrating technology, sustainability, and people to help shape the future of the workplace and real estate.

As Head of ESG Consulting & Sustainability Services, David works with CBRE’s Investor and Occupier clients across APAC delivering on ESG Strategy, Net Zero Decarbonisation, Sustainability Reporting, GRESB, Circular Economy and Green, WELL and Smart Building Certifications. He has been recognised and respected in the industry for his leadership and is passionate about the Environment and Sustainability and building successful high performing teams.

Following the acquisition of Paia Consulting, to become Paia FROM CBRE, the Singapore hub regional team has grown to 27 professionals, with a further 74 + professionals across the wider APAC region.

David is a member of the CBRE Global Sustainability Committee. He holds an MBA from Southern Cross University and is a fellow of RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) and sits on the RICS Global Standards & Regulation board.

David is a member of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), the Institute of Environmental Management Assessment (IEMA) where is he is a registered Environmental practitioner (REnvP). David is also a Certified Environmental Impact Assessment Manager (CEIA) and Certified Carbon Management Leader (CCML). David is a member of the APREA APAC Sustainability Committee, the Australian Singapore Chamber of Commerce Green Committee, The British Chamber of Commerce Sustainability Committee, the Mckinsey Net Zero Global Committee and the ULI (Urban Land Institute) Sustainability Committee and is the CBRE member representative on the Singapore Green Building Council.

Chee Kit holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) from Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Science (Power Engineering) from National University of Singapore.

He is currently the Senior Director for Cushman & Wakefield for IFM ,Asset Services and Sustainability (Singapore and Southeast Asia).  His career history also includes more than 20 years’ experience in design, planning, operating and maintaining institutional, government and defence facilities and infrastructures, office, residential, commercial and industrial properties.

Chee Kit plays a significant role in providing strategic direction, driving growth margins, overseeing business development and delivering quality outcomes.

He is a Certified Asset Manager (IAM), Fire Safety Engineer (FSM), Singapore Certified Energy Manager (SCEM) and Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE).

Mr. Ong serves as Head of Real Estate for Asia at The Olayan Group. Based in the Group’s Singapore office, Jeff oversees real estate investments, both as a direct investor and as a limited partner in real estate funds, covering the Asia-Pacific region and Australia. Jeff has over 25 years of diverse real estate investment and asset management experience in the region. Prior to joining, Jeff was with AEW Asia for nearly 12 years, overseeing investment in Singapore and Australia. Previously, he also held positions with Asia Equity and ING Real Estate. Jeff has a bachelor’s degree in business from Monash University in Australia.

Vinamra is the Chief Sustainability & Sustainable Investments Officer at CapitaLand Investment (CLI), responsible for formulating and integrating the Group’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, policies and best practices into its business and operations, fostering a culture of sustainability, and helping to deliver long-term economic value to stakeholders. He also leads CLI’s sustainable real assets investments, including renewable energy and climate-tech venture capital.

Prior to this role, Vinamra served as the CEO, India Business Parks, CLI, where he led the development and growth of the company’s business parks portfolio in the country. Vinamra also led multiple sustainability projects across India in renewable energy and digital technologies. Before that, he headed the Corporate Strategy & Development function at Ascendas-Singbridge.

Before joining CapitaLand in 2015, Vinamra was a management consultant at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Cisco Systems and Arthur D. Little, where he specialised in growth strategy, market entry and infrastructure investments advisory in projects across Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Vinamra holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Pune and a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad in India

Josephine Yip is Vice-President, Investments & Asset Management at Ivanhoé Cambridge, a real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. She is responsible for designing and executing investment and asset-management strategies in the Asia-Pacific region. She has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry covering investments, asset management and portfolio management across varied sectors and countries in Asia-Pacific.

Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge, she was SVP, Portfolio Management at Alpha Investment Partners where she led portfolio management and capital raising activities. She was also formerly VP, Investment Management at GIC, covering Australia, South-east Asia, India and Korea over a 12-year stint. She has a wide-ranging and versatile investment track record and is well-versed in portfolio deals.

Kemmu Kawai joined Longevity Partners Japan in September 2022 as the Country Director. Based in Tokyo, he oversees all operations and activities in Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. He brings him more than 16 years of experience in finance where he specialised in real estate and credit investments. Before joining Longevity Partners, he served as a Portfolio Manager at Norinchukin Bank and as Investment Manager at Center Point Development.