Knight Frank appoints new global real estate chief
Daniel Ding, ex-CEO of Soilbuild Construction, has almost 20 years' experience in real estate business development
Sharanya Pillai
Singapore
KNIGHT Frank Singapore has appointed Daniel Ding, former chief executive of Soilbuild Construction Group, as its new head of investment and capital markets (land, building and global real estate) with effect from Jan 1, 2020.
Mr Ding will focus on "setting up and leading a team to capitalise on the increasing opportunities in cross-border transactions, for both outbound and inbound capital looking for direct real estate investments", group managing director Wendy Tang said in a press release.
Mr Ding will report to Ms Tang and work alongside Ian Loh, head of investments and capital markets (land, building & collective sales) at Knight Frank Singapore.
Mr Ding has almost two decades of experience in real estate-related business development and investment across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.
In his most recent role leading Soilbuild Construction, Mr Ding was responsible for securing building construction contracts and civil works projects, as well as charting the company's digital transformation.
Prior to that, he formulated and executed investment strategies within the parent company Soilbuild Group Holdings. He helped to set up the management team and list Soilbuild Business Space Reit. Mr Ding also led the joint venture of the group's first investment in Myanmar and its first UK acquisition of a student accommodation asset.
"Having spent a large part of his career in the acquisition of real estate assets across various jurisdictions, we believe Daniel is well-placed to harness his understanding of the buy-side client needs and customise solutions to align the expectations of both buy and sellside parties," Ms Tang said.
