Stay connected and engaged through ULI Asia Pacific Digital Programme. Our new series of webinars will feature a wide range of topics, curated by members for members. We hope you will find the sessions relevant and valuable to your work and business. Simultaneous interpretation in Mandarin and Korean will be provided during the webinar. A recording can be obtained afterwards for anyone who registers.

 

As the economic fallout from the coronavirus unfolds rapidly across the Asia Pacific, both operators and landlords are now reassessing operating strategies as they adapt to the new environment. In this webinar, we tap insights of ULI member leaders, asking how retailers are holding up, how accelerated growth in online shopping may affect business over the long term, what types of mitigation strategies are being used, and what the future holds for the entire industry.

 

George HONGCHOY joined Link Asset Management Limited, the manager of Hong Kong listed Link Real Estate Investment Trust in January 2009, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2010. Since George became CEO, Link’s market capitalisation has increased from USD USD5.4 billion to USD21.1 billion and its footprint has expanded from Hong Kong to Mainland China and Australia.

He was named one of Harvard Business Review’s 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2018 and 2019, the Country Winner in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 China Award (Hong Kong/Macau Region) and Business Person of the Year by DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards in 2015.

George gives back through numerous public service positions including being the chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (listed in Hong Kong), a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Asia-Pacific Advisory Board of International Council of Shopping Centers and a global governing trustee of the Urban Land Institute.

I partner with terrific people in the areas of Retail & bespoke manufacturing, Real Estate Consulting & Management, Management of Energy Service Stations & F&B and Floatation Tank Therapy businesses.

During my 20 years with Walmart International as president of Walmart ASIA Realty and 3 years with Taubman ASIA as president building businesses from scratch, I quickly learnt that the most important asset is always the people we work with each day. The best day in my mind is one where we learn with each other, serve our community and think outside the box on innovation and do it all in a customer centric way.

At AUS-HK Shopping Centre Consulting we provide Retail Real Estate consulting services in China using the very successful Australian planning methods that are customer centric and proven to be the best sales generators.
ARITRAA Corp is a unique Energy and F&B Management Co. based in India. Terrific focus on the people selection to work with us with the priority on women, people with physical challenges and local real people for jobs.

World Cue Sports and Cue Creator is a bespoke billiards manufacturing and sales businesses that sells globally on-line.
My Health & Wellness business specialises in Isolation Floatation Tank Therapy. Bringing balance to ones life.

 

Ariel Shtarkman is the co-Founder and Managing Director of Atom Assets, a real estate investment platform for family offices. She is also the Founder of Orca Capital, boutique advisory practice, with main focus on sourcing and structuring real estate private transactions and selective capital raising from Asian investors toward cross-border transactions. Previously, Ariel was with Citibank Real Estate Structured Finance in Hong Kong, where she structured debt instruments for real estate developers, REITs and private equity funds. Before joining Citibank, she worked in real estate private equity funds sponsored by ING Clarion in New York (covering US) and ING Real Estate Investment Management in Hong Kong (covering Asia).

Ariel holds an MBA from Columbia Business School with concentration in Real Estate, and BSc from Tel Aviv University with double major in Computer Science and Business Administration. She serves as Senior Content Advisor for ULI Asia Pacific, is a member of the ULI North Asia Executive Committee, and a founding member of Columbia Business School Alumni Network of Hong Kong. Ariel is fluent in English, Hebrew and Russian, and conversant in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. Her other activities include martial arts, travel and the integration of
technology and real estate.

 

Phil Kim is a  Board Member, Shareholder and Managing Director Asia Pacific at the Jerde Partnership, Inc. in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, focusing on Jerde’s constantly evolving Placemaking ideas that has impacted fast evolving cities, and has helped rejuvenated Asia cities with recognition of over 150 international design awards.
He also advises private and public companies on innovations in mixed-use design, retail, urban revitalization, vertical cities and building social sustainability and the value of place. Langham Place Hong Kong, Roppongi Hills Tokyo, Queens Wharf Brisbane and the Quay Quarters Sydney are some of the past and present notable projects representative of a people-based design that draws over one billion visitors to Jerde projects around the world annually in twenty countries.
As a member and volunteer for the Urban Land Institute,  he is currently a Global Governing Trustee, Co-Chair of the education program Urban Plan for Hong Kong and Asia, and a member of the Hong Kong Executive Council.