M&G Real Estate strengthens Asia acquisitions team with two new appointments

M&G Real Estate has appointed Jan Low as head of acquisitions, Asia, and Jody Neale as associate director of acquisitions, Japan. Low will be based in Singapore and will report to Jing Dong LAI, CIO and interim CEO, Asia, while Japan-based Neale will report to Ikeda Seiko, director of acquisitions, Japan.

Low will be responsible for leading the firm’s real estate acquisition activities, including sourcing and execution of core and value-add transactions across our key markets in Asia Pacific. Neale’s new role will focus primarily on investment opportunities and activities in Japan, including leading the sourcing and execution of both on and off-market transactions.

Low brings more than 16 years of real estate investment management experience in Asia. He was most recently the head of principal finance, Asia, at Macquarie Bank, where he headed the principal investment business in the region. Prior to that, Low had ventured out as an entrepreneur and was running