KKR, a global investment firm that manages investments across multiple asset classes, has appointed Rob Yang as its new managing director and head of Greater China in its real estate team.
Based in Hong Kong, Yang will be responsible for sourcing investments and building KKR’s real estate platform in China.
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He will also work alongside the real estate team’s managing director Bryan Southergill to strengthen the firm’s regional real estate investment strategy across the region.
He will join in the new role on 1 June 2016, and will report to global head of KKR Real Estate Ralph Rosenberg and KKR Asia managing partner Joseph Bae.
Yang most recently served as a managing director in the real estate group at The Blackstone Group in Hong Kong. Previously, he served as a member of The Carlyle Group’s real estate team in Hong Kong.
"We are very excited to have an investment professional and real estate expert of Rob’s caliber join our Asia team. His track record and expertise will be a great asset to KKR and will better enable us to pursue compelling opportunities in Greater China and further our strategic goal of building a leading real estate platform in Asia," Bae said.
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