International real estate investment manager Savills has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer, Asia-Pacific. It is the latest in a series of changes as the firm seeks to strengthen its capabilities in the region.
In her new role, Tammy Kuan will lead the Finance and Operations teams in Asia-Pacific. She will have overall responsibility for fund finance, covering financial reporting and control, financial due diligence on new deals, working with the Savills Investment management (Savills IM) group teams on tax structuring, tax compliance, debt origination and treasury management.
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In addition she will take on an Operations responsibility, principally in areas such as risk and compliance across Asia-Pacific the firm said in a note to finews.asia. Prior to the new role Kuan was Financial Controller of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Asia
«Tammy is a highly accomplished professional capable of delivering a robust and experienced financial perspective to support new fund launches. Her expertise will be invaluable in helping Savills IM’s continued growth and expansion in the Asia-Pacific region,» said Michael Flynn, Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific at Savills IM.
As of 31 March 2016 Savills IM managed 17 billion euros of assets. Its Asian presence includes offices in Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore.
