WLI Singapore: Championing Change [FULL CAPACITY]

When

2021-07-22
2021-07-22T17:00:00 - 2021-07-22T19:00:00
Asia/Singapore

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    Where

    Colliers Will open in a new window Asia Square Tower 2 #19-02 12 Marina View Singapore 018961 SINGAPORE
    Complimentary for ULI members only with registration. Registration has closed due to full capacity. Please contact [email protected] to be placed on the wait list.

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    Registration has closed due to full capacity. Please contact ULI Singapore to be placed on the wait list.

    Agenda

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    2021-07-22T17:00:00 - 2021-07-22T17:30:00
    Asia/Singapore         		Registration and networking
    2021-07-22T17:30:00 - 2021-07-22T17:50:00
    Asia/Singapore         		Scene setting by the two speakers
    2021-07-22T17:50:00 - 2021-07-22T18:30:00
    Asia/Singapore         		Facilitated discussion with Q&A
    2021-07-22T18:30:00 - 2021-07-22T19:00:00
    Asia/Singapore         		Wrap-up and networking
    In addition to empowering women and their advancement in the real estate industry, the ULI Singapore Women’s Leadership Initiative also seeks to inspire more Champions of Change to address gender bias and impediments of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at work.  
     
    We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event Championing Change featuring Benett Theseira, Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific at PGIM Real Estate, and Kwek Eik Sheng, Group Chief Strategy Officer at City Developments Limited (CDL). They will each share about their respective companies' efforts towards increasing diversity, equality and inclusion. Noteworthy is PGIM’s 5-over-5 goal by 2023 – increasing diverse representation at the senior-most levels of PGIM by 5% over next five years – and CDL’s progress and achievements as a Singapore real estate company to be listed on Bloomberg’s Global Gender-Equality Index for four consecutive years. 
     
    Join us as we hear from two real estate industry leaders who have made inroads in DEI.
     
    This event will be conducted in person subject to prevailing safe management guidelines. In the event in-person events are not permitted, it will be moved online. 

    Colliers Asia Square Tower 2 #19-02 SINGAPORE

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    Speakers

    Speaker

    Benett Theseira

    Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, PGIM Real Estate

    Benett Theseira is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and head of Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Benett is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategy and oversight of PGIM Real Estate's businesses in Asia Pacific. He is also the senior portfolio manager of PGIM Real Estate's Asia Retail Fund. Benett is a member of the Global Management Council, the Global Investment Committee, the Asia Pacific Investment Committee and the Valuation Committee. Previously, Benett was head of Southeast Asia, with responsibility for PGIM Real Estate’s businesses in Southeast Asia. He also chaired the Asia Pacific Investment Committee. Before joining PGIM Real Estate, Benett was the President of MEAG Pacific Star Asia and Pacific Star Capital where he was responsible for the Investment and Fund Management business in Asia for over 6 years. During this time, he successfully launched Pacific Star’s EUR 1.2 billion Asia RE Income Fund and led more than USD 2.0 billion of real estate transactions across Asia. Prior to this, he spent 9 years with the CapitaLand group and held various roles including Managing Director, Europe and Chief Corporate and Investment Officer for the Ascott Group Ltd (CapitaLand’s then publicly listed serviced apartment arm). Benett was responsible for driving Ascott's rapid expansion and led over USD 2 billion in transactions across Asia-Pacific and Europe. Benett is a Colombo Plan Scholar and started his career with the Singapore Government in the Ministry of Law where he held the position of Assistant Commissioner of Lands. Benett is a member of the ULI Asia Pacific Executive Committee.

    Speaker

    Eik Sheng Kwek

    Group Chief Operating Officer, City Developments Limited

    Mr Kwek Eik Sheng joined CDL in 2009, covering Business Development for overseas projects before being appointed as Head of Corporate Development. Mr Kwek assumed his role as Chief Strategy Officer in 2014 and was additionally appointed Head, Asset Management in April 2016. He was re-designated to Group Chief Strategy Officer on 1 February 2018. Prior to joining CDL, he was with the Hong Leong Group of companies in Singapore specialising in corporate finance roles since 2006. Mr Kwek was appointed an Executive Director of CDL’s principal subsidiary, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Limited (M&C) – formerly known as Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc – in November 2019, having previously been appointed a Non-Executive Director of M&C from April 2008 to October 2019. He is a Non-Executive Director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited and CDL Investments New Zealand Limited, both of which are listed on New Zealand’s Exchange. He is also Chairman of Grand Plaza Hotel Corporation listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and a Master of Philosophy in Finance from Judge Business School, Cambridge University.

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