M&G Real Estate expands its business with two new appointments for its Asia acquisitions unit.
M&G Real Estate named Jan Low as head of acquisitions, Asia, and Jody Neale as associate director of acquisitions, Japan, according to a statement.
Low reports to M&G Real Estate’s chief investment officer and interim chief executive Jing Dong Lai while Neale reports to Ikeda Seiko director of acquisitions, Japan.
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Low has 16 years of real estate investment management experience in Asia and joins from Macquarie Bank where he was most recently its Asia head of principal finance. Previously, he had also held senior positions with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing.
Neale has experience across global investment management firms including independent advisory Conray alongside Goldman Sachs, AMP KK, Deutsche Bank and Secured Capital Japan where he focused on estate, distressed loan portfolios, renewable energy and secured lending across various investment platforms in Japan.
«The appointments reflect our ambition to expand our operations and services in the Asia region as well as capturing the growing opportunities for strategic acquisitions as the region looks ahead to pandemic recovery,» said Lai who was promoted to his new role earlier this year.