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UL Interview: Vincent Lo, Chairman of Shui On Land, on Addressing COVID-19
In mid-March, Kenneth Rhee, executive director of ULI China Mainland, spoke with ULI leader Vincent Lo, chairman of Shui On Land.
ULI Welcomes New Asia Pacific Executive Committee Members
July 16, 2020
Three real estate industry leaders have joined the ULI Asia Pacific Executive Committee, which oversees the Institute’s activities across the region. The new committee members are Khoo Teng Chye, executive director, Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore, who joins the Executive Committee as vice chairman; Jon Tanaka, managing director, co-head of Japan Real Estate Angelo, Gordon International LLC Tokyo, Japan; and Jean de Castro, new chair of ULI Philippines and CEO, ESCA Inc., Philippines. In addition, Nicholas Brooke, chairman, Professional Property Services Limited, Hong Kong, has extended his voluntary two-year term as ULI Asia Pacific Chair by another year until the end of June 2021.
“It has been a particularly challenging year due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which impacted this region first and has affected many people both personally and professionally,” said ULI Asia Pacific Chairman, Nicholas Brooke. “The resilience of ULI, which has withstood many economic cycles, has already shone through and I’m very proud that members have been eager to offer help and support, both to each other and to the Institute.”
At a global level, 38 real estate industry luminaries have been added to the roster of ULI’s Global Governing Trustees, including 11 from the Asia Pacific region: Rushabh Desai, Head of Real Estate APAC, Allianz Real Estate GmbH, Singapore; Louise Kavanagh, Managing Director, Nuveen Real Estate, Hong Kong; Xiaomei Lee, Regional Managing Principal, Greater China, Gensler, China; Stuart Mercier, Managing Director and Head of China, Brookfield Asset Management, China; Junho Pok, Head of RE Development, IGIS Asset Management Co., Ltd, South Korea; Susheela Rivers, Partner, Head of Real Estate Asia Pacific, DLA Piper, Hong Kong; Eiji Sakaguchi, President & Chief Executive Officer, CBRE K.K., Japan; Tim Wang, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Group, Hong Kong; Wei Wang, Managing Director, Ping An Group, China; Delfin Angelo Wenceslao, Chief Executive Officer, D.M. Wenceslao & Associates Inc., Philippines; and, James Wong, Executive Director, Hon Kwok Land Investment Co., Ltd, Hong Kong.
With the new leadership team in place, we look forward to being at the forefront of the real estate industry’s response to the COVID-19 crisis.
