Ervin Yeo is Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Management, China, CapitaLand Investment, responsible for CLI’s commercial management business across China, including integrated development, retail, office, business park and logistics. He is concurrently Managing Director, North China, which covers Beijing, Tianjin and the Northeastern region. Prior to his current appointment, Ervin was Deputy CEO, Commercial Management, China. Before moving to China, Ervin was based in Singapore as Southeast Asia Managing Director for The Ascott Limited, the Group’s lodging arm, and concurrently responsible for Strategic Planning. He also served as Senior Vice President, Special Projects, supporting the Group CEO to drive and coordinate special projects across the different businesses.  Before joining CapitaLand in 2015, Ervin worked in the Singapore public sector. Across his career, Ervin has been based in Tianjin, Shanghai, New York and Washington D.C. He started his real estate journey in 2009 as part of the founding team of the Tianjin Eco-City joint venture project between Singapore and China.  Ervin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University, USA.

Wilson Chen is the Chief Executive Officer for Tishman Speyer China and oversees all aspects of operation, business development and joint venture strategy in the region. Wilson served as Chief Investment Officer for Tishman Speyer China, where he successfully launched the firm’s RMB fund platform and was responsible for capital raising, acquisition and disposition activities and portfolio management in China, as well as supporting the firm’s global fund-raising efforts. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer in 2010, Wilson worked at CBRE Global Investors, Lehman Brothers and Paul Hastings. He has extensive experience in capital markets, equity investment, senior and mezzanine debt financing, pre-IPO financing and asset management. He holds a BA in law from Nanjing University and an MS in economic law from both Martin Luther University in Germany and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Wendy Tsai is a Registered Architect with international experience and multidisciplinary expertise in retail and hospitality, residential, master planning, interior and FF&E design. Highly perceptive to the macro swings in trends and tuned into the social impacts these have on community building and demographic shifts, Wendy approaches design with a strategic planning vision, that ventures beyond the physical built environment. Leveraging wide interests and understanding diverse perspectives, she works with client teams to curate bespoke narratives and develop holistic product positioning that continually evolve and adapt with time. Having graduated with honors in Architecture at Cornell University and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Wendy went on to work in both New York and Shanghai with Leslie Gills, Rafael de Cárdenas and Neri&Hu prior to joining The Oval Partnership. Attentive to details and sensitive to both east and west traditions and values, she has led projects of considerable global influence such as Lane Crawford, MCM, Vanke, Shui On, New World Group, and Bloomberg. Wendy is an active member of Urban Land Institute in Hong Kong, and sits on the executive committee of the Young Leaders Group (YLG) and ULI NEXT. Together with her peers and mentors, she has hosted the Reinjecting Purpose into Real Estate series that aims to raise awareness, connect the likeminded, and foster opportunities for leaders in the industry and local interests groups, empowering them to come together and innovate the way we think, work, and live with resilience.

Stuart Mercier is a Managing Partner and Head of Asia, responsible for Brookfield’s Real Estate activities across Asia including business development, investment and portfolio management. He has held several roles across the organization and established Brookfield’s mainland Chinese operations.   Prior to joining Brookfield in 2012, Mr. Mercier held various investment roles within a boutique Asia real estate investment and advisory firm. He also held several positions at Oxford Properties, the global real estate platform of the OMERS pension fund.   Mr. Mercier holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Hong Kong and London Business School, where he was the recipient of the Haitong Securities “New Generation of Leaders” scholarship, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bishop’s University. Mr. Mercier serves on the board of the Canada China Business Council and is an advisory council member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Shanghai) and the Urban Land Institute (China).

James Macdonald was appointed as Head of Savills Research, China in 2007. He has the overall responsibility to ensure the successful delivery of research across mainland China, advise key clients and stakeholders of the latest market trends and future business opportunities as well as expand the adoption of technology systems and develop thought leadership.