Rob Carnell is Head of Research and Chief Economist Asia Pacific for ING Bank. He joined ING in October 2004 and until May 2017, was working in London as ING’s Chief International Economist. Prior to ING, Rob worked as Senior International Economist for Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and as Pan Asia Economist for Schroder Investment Management. He started his career about 30 years ago as an Economist with the UK Government, working in the International Finance Directorates and Inflation and Monetary Policy units of HM Treasury. He holds First Class Honours and Masters’ Degrees in Economics.

Rob is a regular on business news channels such as Bloomberg, CNA and CNBC, and says the best bit of his job is speaking to clients, “You’re never as good at your job as you are the week after a client roadshow” (which for obvious reasons he hasn’t been doing much of recently).

Rob enjoys testing the boundaries of the dismal science. He is an ardent critic of central bank policies, and has also published on non-mainstream issues such as the economic consequences of rising obesity, green energy and climate change.

Amélie Delaunay is the Director of Research and Professional Standards for ANREV, the Asian association for investors in non-listed real estate vehicles where she leads a team of five, responsible for the development and implementation of ANREV’s Research, Market information and Professional Standards programmes in Asia Pacific, including ANREV indices, global surveys and promotion of best practices for the industry.

Amélie has more than 19 years of experience in the real estate industry and a strong real estate consulting background initially with Ernst & Young. She has been based in Asia for more than 16 years.

Educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she was awarded a post graduate degree in Urban Geography, Town Planning and Real Estate, Amélie also has an Advanced Master's Degree in Urban and Real Estate Management from ESSEC Business School in Paris. Amélie is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Kathy is an industry-leading expert with over 18 years of experience working in Hong Kong on some of the most iconic real estate projects.

As the Head of Research, Kathy has three areas of focus: to build a leading real estate database, develop leading insights and recommendations, and lead the conversation around the core real estate sectors. 

Kathy is a specialist in town planning and retail consultancy. She has led multiple retail planning projects and advised a diverse range of developers, government entities and international retailer clients in both domestic and international markets. 

Kathy joined Colliers in September 2022.  Prior to joining Colliers, she worked in Savills as the Director of Research & Consultancy where she has led and in-charge of a number of retail advisory projects in Hong Kong, including new development projects in both urban and suburban areas, revitalisation of existing retail properties and strategic retail outlet planning.

Kathy graduated from University of New South Wales with a Master in Real Estate and a Bachelor of Town Planning.

Dominic joined APG in 2013 and is a Director within the Asian Private Real Estate Team based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for sourcing new real estate investment opportunities as well as managing existing investments across Australia, China and India in sectors including offices, logistics, residential, hotels and life sciences. Dominic began his career in London with a US-based real estate private equity manager before working for Pradera in the fund management team covering European shopping centre investments.

Dominic holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Real Estate (MSc) degree from City University, London.

Investment Committee Member, USD Funds
Deputy Chairman, Membership Committee, ANREV

M.B.A. Haas School of Business - University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Business Economics and Chinese - University of California, Los Angeles 

Mr. Chi has more than 10 years of experiences in real estate fund management and investment globally. He joined KaiLong in 2016 and is responsible for fund raising and outbound investment. 

Prior to joining KaiLong, Mr. Chi was the Senior Director of Tishman Speyer’s Equity Capital Markets group where he focused on outbound investments and RMB fund raising. Prior to that, Mr. Chi was at Partners Group where he led the Greater China private real estate portfolio since 2010 and was responsible for both fund and direct investments as well as portfolio management for the Greater China region. Mr. Chi began his career in the Investment Banking Division of Deutsche Bank AG focusing on public listings and mergers & acquisitions

Leslie 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 relative value and shape investment strategies. Prior to joining Heitman, Leslie was a senior researcher and strategist at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (previously known as RREEF), a boutique Singapore-based real estate platform (Pacific Star), Standard Chartered Bank and at Jones Lang LaSalle. He has worked in Singapore and Tokyo, and speaks Mandarin.

Leslie received a BA with Honors in Political Science and History from the University of Western Australia.