Valerie Mantot-Groene is the APAC Regional Managing Director and Interim Country Head for Singapore. Valerie leads the firm’s growth and  performance across the APAC region. She brings more than 20  years' experience in the alternative asset management industry both on the advisory side and the asset servicing side. During her career she has advised and assisted financial institutions, family offices, SWFs, asset managers in the structuring and operation of their cross border investments in real estate, private equity, infrastructure, venture capital and private debt across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Valerie is a qualified Lawyer with a broad ranging set of skills and experience, she is the chairwoman of Alfi in Southeast Asia. She is regularly invited as speaker to conferences or mentors in some professional youth development programs.

Andrew Moore is Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate at Schroders Capital, the private assets arm of Schroders Group plc, one of the largest and longest established independent global investment management companies in the world, with almost US$1trn of AUM. Schroders Capital invests in direct real estate across all asset classes in the most developed and liquid markets in Asia, creating value with our “hospitality approach” - treating every property as its own business – by re-positioning, physical improvement, rebranding and active management. The company currently deploys capital from relatively small closed-end limited partnership funds, which enables it to offer co-investments to its institutional investors from the US, Europe and Asia.

Andrew began his career in London in 1987 as a graduate with Edward Erdman Chartered Surveyors, moving to Nelson Bakewell the following year, where he became Associate Director. He moved to Asia with Jones Lang Wootton in 1993, taking on responsibility for office projects including The Peninsula’s tower extension in Kowloon and Jardine’s new development in Ho Chi Minh City. Andrew joined Jardine Fleming in 1995, as portfolio manager with the pan-Asian fund JF Asian Realty Inc, managing investments in Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Australia. In 2000, together with David Holdsworth and Singuz Lo, Andrew co-founded Pamfleet in a management buyout of the JF platform. The business built a successful track record as an operating partner, originating, co-investing and asset managing value-add real estate investments, with its notable transactions in Hong Kong including Vicwood Plaza, Kowloon City Plaza, Nexxus Building and KoHo. Pamfleet raised its first co-mingled blind pool discretionary fund in 2011. In 2020, as Chief Executive of Pamfleet, Andrew led the firm in its merger with Schroders.

Andrew has an Honours Degree in Urban Land Administration from the University of Portsmouth (1987) and a Masters, with Distinction, in International Real Estate from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2005). He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. Andrew is a member of ANREV’s Manager Advisory Council.

Christopher joined DWS in 2016 and has 31 years of industry experience. Prior to his current role, Christopher served as Head of Real Estate, Korea and CEO, DWS Asset Management (Korea) Company Limited. In his previous position, he was responsible for the further expansion of the Korean real estate and Alternatives platform applying his deep local knowledge and expertise in cross-border transactions. Prior to joining DWS, Christopher served as Representative Director and Head of Korea at Orion Partners (now Aberdeen Standard Investments), where he was responsible for the firm’s commercial real estate funds. Prior to that, he was a Managing Partner at Ikogest Asia, where he established a platform for Korean institutions to invest in transparent overseas markets following the Global Financial Crisis. Before that, he was Regional Director at LaSalle Investment Management, where he helped establish the firm's Asia platform in Singapore. He then founded and led LaSalle Investment Management's Korea office and served as its Representative Director and CEO. Earlier in his career, Christopher acquired and developed significant office, retail and residential properties throughout the United States, on behalf of major Asian investors following the U.S. Savings & Loan Crisis.
 
Christopher holds a BA in Economics from Northwestern University

Jason is the Vice President of Client Coverage at MSCI. He is responsible for expanding client relationships across Asia and provides clients with the full suite of MSCI offerings to support their investment decision.

Prior to MSCI, Jason was a Director of Account Management at Real Capital Analytics where he worked with some of the largest asset owners, asset managers and banks across Asia Pacific in using the RCA solution to support their investment research and analysis.

Before that, he was the investor relations lead at CDL Hospitality Trust, a SGX-listed Hospitality REIT. He has an Honours degree in business administration from the National University of Singapore and is a CFA charterholder.