Jon is a Responsible Investment Manager at APG Asset Management and leads the management and integration of ESG matters for all of APG’s private market investments in the Asia Pacific region.

He joined APG in February 2020, prior to which he held several senior roles across a range of real estate companies such luxury hotel companies, global consultancies, and universities, where he was responsible for managing large and complex construction projects or leading regional sustainability change programs across Asia.

In 2019 he completed a Masters (MSt) from the University of Cambridge in Sustainability Leadership, which included a dissertation on the perceptions of climate change risk for Hong Kong based asset managers. He also has a Masters (MEng) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University and is a Chartered Engineer.

Rachel Childs is a Senior Investment Manager in abrdn’s Real Estate Multi-Manager (REMM) team, based in Australia.  Rachel joined abrdn in 2007 and currently manages a number of separate account mandates and is also responsible for fund screening and evaluations.
 
Prior to joining the REMM team in 2010, Rachel worked within the investor relations team at abrdn’s predecessor, Goodman Property Investors. Rachel holds the IMC, is a CAIA Charterholder, and graduated with an MSc in Real Estate Investment and Finance from the University of Reading.

Paul has been with PwC in Hong Kong for over 20 years, and serves as a regional representative on the PwC Global Real Estate Leadership team, bringing a strong link into the global network of experience. Paul’s principle clients include public and private real estate funds and real estate entities.  Paul also looks after other alternative asset class private funds.

Paul has extensive experience on audit and advisory services, and also on advising clients on fund start-ups, fund listings, regulatory and compliance matters and internal controls around the investing, monitoring and operational functions. Paul chairs the Professional Standards Committee of the Asian Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate (“ANREV”), and authors the PwC & ANREV Review of Investor Reporting Trends report, and co-authors the PwC & ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate Survey.

Michelle is a senior manager at PwC Hong Kong. She specialises in serving clients in the asset management industry, including asset management firms and alternative investment funds (in particular, the real estate and private equity funds). She also has experience in advising clients on fund start-ups, and regulatory and compliance matters. She also spent 2 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers UK, London office servicing UK real estate clients (including public listed companies) and private equity funds.