BNP Paribas Real Estate has appointed Yo-Hann Tan, head of BNP Paribas Real Estate Asia Pacific, as CEO of its new representative office in Hong Kong.
Tan remains responsible for all of BNP Paribas Real Estate's activities across the Asia-Pacific region and reports to Etienne Prongué, head of international investment group, BNP Paribas Real Estate. Prongué in turn reports directly to Thierry Laroue-Pont, CEO of BNP Paribas Real Estate.
Tan joined BNP Paribas Real Estate in 2013 and has more than 22 years of experience in real estate corporate and financial advisory, investment capital origination, brokerage, legal structuring and fund and asset management in Asia Pacific. He has been involved in more than $5 bn (€5 bn) of real estate financing in Asia Pacific countries, including Japan.
'Year to date, the Hong Kong office has closed some €733 mln of transactions in France, Germany and the UK and have various ongoing sale/buy side mandates and consultancy projects that we expect to close in the coming months,' Prongué said.
