Dream Big
In this session will hear from some of Hong Kong’s future leaders who will share their views on what developments/improvements they envisage and would like to see in the next 10 years and beyond. A combination of innovation, creativity and inspiration can be a melting pot for success.
About the speakers
Alexandra Grierson is part of the Digital & Innovation team within Gammon Construction with experience in managing innovation at a corporate and project level, including recently leading the company to achieve one of the first Innovation Kitemark certifications in the world. She is currently supporting Gammon’s largest ever project, Hong Kong International Airport’s Terminal 2 Expansion, in its implementation of digital technologies and processes. Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 2018, Alexa worked in the UK in project management and business development roles for a global engineering consultancy, focusing on the transport and infrastructure sectors combined with innovation strategy applications. Alongside her current role, Alexa is a strong advocate for gender equality recently founding and chairing Gammon’s first Women’s Network, and she is on both the Innovation & Technology and Future Leaders Committees for the British Chamber of Commerce.
Kevin Lee is the Head of Smart Facilities Management at SOCAM Development Limited (SOCAM), a member of the Shui On Group. Prior to joining SOCAM, Kevin was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, with a focus on investing in energy & infrastructure companies in Asia-Pacific, including renewable energy and digital infrastructure. Prior to his investment career, Kevin was a management consultant at a global strategy consulting firm.
Ryan is the Head of Land and Housing Research at Our Hong Kong Foundation. He manages a team of cross-field professionals to conduct in-depth research and advise the Hong Kong Government on area of land supply, urban planning, and housing policy. He was invited as speakers at various investor forums and professional seminars, and an active commentator of the subject on newspaper, radio, and television.
He is also a member of the Hong Kong Government’s Land and Development Advisory Committee, the Executive Committee of the China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and International Chapter and the International Advisory Committee of the Research Institute for Land and Space at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before joining OHKF, he was an economist at Jones Lang LaSalle and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He holds a Master of Science degree in Economics at the London School of Economics.
Tiffany Lau is the Head of Urban Ecosystems for JLL Asia Pacific, with a base in Hong Kong. She has 17 years of experience within the real estate industry, and was the Founder and Principal of A P A R T Companies, an advisory, project management and development firm, where she focused on repositioning and redeveloping commercial real estate for clients including Hongkong Land, and YTL. Tiffany was also the Executive Director for Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hong Kong, overseeing the Hong Kong Chapter with a mission to demonstrate leadership in the responsible use of land.
About the moderator
Jeremy oversees transactions and office leasing across Asia Pacific. With his leadership team, Jeremy sets the vision and strategy for JLL Markets throughout the region, with a focus on how to innovate to meet clients’ needs with new technologies.
Jeremy’s career in commercial real estate spans three decades. After attending Marlborough College and earning a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Westminster, he joined DTZ in 1986.
In 1990, he uprooted and made the leap Hong Kong to establish JLL’s tenant representation business. He quickly expanded his role to the spearhead firm’s Asia tenant representation business. In 2003 he honed his focus on creating cohesion between local and regional service lines across Asia including greater connectivity in China, Japan, Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines.
With his deep knowledge of Asia’s emerging and established markets, he relocated to New York in 2006 to support U.S. clients seeking to export their business to Asia Pacific, and vice versa. But his home was Hong Kong, and he returned in 2009 to run the firm’s transaction business across the region, where he doubled revenue in just six years.
In his spare time, Jeremy and his wife Alex, 3 children and 2 dogs can be found wandering the hills of HK, out on the water or he is subjecting family and friends to his cooking.
More speakers to follow.
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