Chang Wang Kin  
Founder and Former CEO, Cambridge Industrial Trust

Chang Wang Kin is the founder and architect of Cambridge Industrial Trust Management Limited which listed an industrial REIT on the SGX in July 2006.
He was the key person in the creation and listing of Cambridge Industrial Trust.  He founded the company, designed the entire REIT structure and project led the whole IPO process, including leading the various road-shows for getting in the cornerstone investors and the IPO launch.  Cambridge is the first independent REIT in Asia, whereby there is no sponsor behind the REIT and all assets are sourced from third parties.  Wang Kin pioneered the entire process and is the first and only person to achieve this.   Wang Kin is well respected within the Real Estate and REIT industry and has spoken at various seminars on REITs and Real Estate.

Wang Kin has since sold off his shares in Cambridge Real Estate Investment Management Pte Ltd, the majority owner of Cambridge Industrial Trust Management Limited, which is the manager of Cambridge Industrial Trust.  Wang Kin has since left Cambridge.

Besides the above, Wang Kin’s work experience straddles between real estate investment and corporate finance. Before setting up of Cambridge REIT, he was the CEO of an SGX-listed company.

Prior to the above, he was Director (Corporate Finance) of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd where he oversaw the initial preparatory and review work of Mapletree Investments’ REIT initiative. He was also the Director of Business Development of GE Capital Real Estate responsible for identifying real estate and real estate-related investment opportunities in various parts of Asia, including Hong Kong. Wang Kin was also the Real Estate ground lead for GE Capital’s acquisition and potential acquisition of non-performing loans in Taiwan, Korea and China. 

Before GE Capital Real Estate, he was with Keppel Land Limited where he initiated and headed Keppel Land’s project to set up a real estate fund with the Australian Mutual Provident Society of Australia for Asian distressed property assets. His early career was spent in the banking sector relating to real estate loans, investments and credit and marketing work functions in both foreign and local banks.

Wang Kin has a Masters degree in Design Studies with specialization in Real Estate and Urban Development from Harvard University and graduated within the top 2% with distinctions at the MBA program (specialization in Real Estate, Finance and Management) from Kellogg, Northwestern University.

Chin Chi Haw  
Group General Manager Bussiness Development Division, OPUS

Eng-Kwok Seat Moey
Managing Director, Asset-Backed Structured Products,
GFM-Debt Capital Markets
Debt Capital Markets, DBS

As head of DBS' Asset-Backed Structured Products team, which includes REITs and securitisations, Seat Moey oversees and supervises several teams on the advisory, structuring and execution of various REIT IPOs and secondary offerings in Singapore and other markets. Seat Moeyís extensive experience also includes structuring and originating debt and equity-linked debt issues and structured finance.

The first securitisation in Singapore (NOL Building) was pioneered by Seat Moey in 1999. She and her team also sole managed all the subsequent 6 other successful securitisations in Singapore.

As a pioneer of Singapore REITs, Seat Moey led her team in lead-managing all the Singapore REIT IPOs and secondary offerings. Together with her team, DBS acted as the sole financial adviser for CapitaMall Trust, the first Singapore RIET, and Fortune REIT, the first cross border REIT in Singapore. She and her team also pioneered the first PFPO in Thailand and Pacific Shipping Trust, first Shipping Trust in Singapore. In 2007, key transactions include CitySpring Infrastructure Trust, the first Infrastructure Trust, Ascendas India Trust (the first property Business Trust in Singapore), Parkway REIT (the first hospitality trust in Singapore) and Hyflux Water Trust (the first pure-play global water Business Trust).

Seat Moey also pioneered Moneyplus in 2000, the first rated Asset-Backed Commercial Paper programme in Singapore, which securitized a portfolio of corporate bonds and loans purchased from DBS Bank with CP financing from institutional and retail investors in Singapore.

Graham Bibby
CEO
Richmond Group

Graham Bibby has more than 20 years experience in the investment management field specializing in Absolute Returns strategies.  Since 1985 he has undertaken constant and extensive research into investment management techniques and what makes markets move.  As a result of his findings he has developed a system of investment management that utilizes a combination of fundamentals, technical analysis and investor psychology producing absolute returns in all market conditions.  He has managed portfolios for 12 years along with his research team and has attracted a lot of press interest with his Funds Optimization and Cash Management Services.  Mr. Bibby was also the Chairman of the Technical Analysts’ Society of Hong Kong from 1996 to 1998 and is fully authorized by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in the capacity as an Asset Manager and an Adviser in Securities.  He is an experienced public speaker, appearing regularly on CNBC Squawk Box and Asia Market Wrap programs.  CNN as well as BBC World regularly ask Graham to interpret key market events on various financial programmes.  He is also a regular speaker at investment Forums, and has been keynote speaker in many Fund Management Conferences throughout Asia challenging the traditional Fund Management approach.  He regularly writes for a number of the Asian financial press and publishes his own market commentaries, The Truth and Richmond Report.

Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim
UEM land

Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim, aged 50, was appointed Managing Director of UEM Land Bhd., a subsidiary of the UEM World Group, on January 1st 2006.

In his capacity as Managing Director, Wan Abdullah also sits on the boards of UEM Land’s subsidiaries.

Prior to joining the UEM World Group, Wan Abdullah was the Group Chief Executive Officer of United Malayan Land Berhad where he was entrusted with the mandate to lead a property development company listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia.

Wan Abdullah began his career in property development in 1984 as an Accountant with Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Berhad. A year later, he joined the EMKAY Group of Companies, initially as the Group Accountant and thereafter became the Group Executive Director of MKN Holdings Sdn. Bhd., the holding company for the Group.

In January 1996 he joined Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad where he rose to the position of Director of the Property Division in 2002. As Head of Property Operations, he was responsible for Kumpulan Guthrie’s vast land bank that had been earmarked for property development. This extensive land bank was owned by the three public-listed companies within the Kumpulan Guthrie stable, i.e. Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, Highlands & Lowlands Berhad and Guthrie Ropel Berhad. He was also responsible for the conceptualisation and submission of plans for the Guthrie Corridor Planned Communities (GPCC) that covered an area of 11,650 acres linked and accessed by the Guthrie Corridor Expressway.

An Accountant by training, Wan Abdullah obtained his general degree in Business Administration (majoring in Accounting) from the Bolton Institute of Technology, United Kingdom. 

Chang Tou Chen
Managing Director
Head of Investment Banking, Asia Pacific, HSBC

Tou Chen joined HSBC in 2004. Prior to that he worked for over 10 years in Citigroup Investment Banking / Schroders, in Asia and in Europe.

Tou Chen has advised on over US$30bn of M&A transactions in Asia alone.

Tou Chen has raised over US$6bn of capital for clients in Asia in the last 3 years alone.

Tou Chen trained as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse London (where he was a PEI prize-winner), and has a First Class BSc degree in Basic Medical Sciences and History of Medicine from London University.