Colliers at 2023 CoreNet Global Summit APAC

Abhishek Bajpai is Managing Director, Occupier Services | Asia at Colliers.

Based in Singapore, Abhishek is responsible for accelerating the growth of Colliers’ Occupier Services business across Asia, in close partnership with his counterparts in Australia and New Zealand, by focusing on building scale across the region. He also collaborates closely with Colliers’ global heads of Occupier Services to harness new client opportunities and deliver innovative services, while expanding client relationships.

Abhishek has more than 20 years of extensive commercial real estate experience, including more than 15 years at Colliers, with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results across Asia. He has most recently been driving the growth of Colliers’ Enterprise Clients business in Asia and has built an enviable portfolio of both local and global Fortune 500 clients.

As Managing Director of Emerging Markets, I am responsible for expanding Colliers’ client base and identifying new business and opportunities for cross-border collaboration in partnership with the Managing Directors of our emerging markets businesses. Our emerging markets portfolio includes operations in Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Based in Singapore, I have over 22 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. 

I currently lead Colliers International’s Asia Occupier Consulting platform and Corporate Solution’s India account management hub.

I joined Colliers International India in 2008, as part of Colliers’ India ‘National Executive Team’ and was responsible for the consulting & valuation, research and business intelligence verticals. I have a multifaceted real estate experience of over 17 years that includes successfully concluding land, office and capital market transactions; hospitality operator search; undertaking consulting assignment for clients on their property decisions and authoring research papers. He has extensively worked on projects across South Asia. 

Prior to joining Colliers, I led the Consultancy and Valuation service line for north India at Knight Frank between 2005-08. I was also a research assistant at the School of Urban Planning & Architecture at MIT, USA; and started my career as an architect with Christopher Charles Benninger Architects Pvt. Ltd. in Pune.

I holds dual post-graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA. I am a regular guest instructor at the Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad since 2012. I am a member of the RICS South Asia Valuation Professional Group Board, and was part of the 3-member Colliers team that drafted “Guidance Notes for Localization of the RICS Red Book. A regular speaker at media and industry events, my opinions and thought pieces are regularly featured in print and mass media publications.

I  am senior corporate real estate professional with over 16 years of experience managing and leading multi-functional, geographically diverse project teams responsible for delivering integrated workplace solutions for leading corporate occupier.

I  had demonstrated a track record of  successful organizational transformation through change management and workplace strategy, while positioning real estate as a platform to drive workplace transformation, improve productivity and profitability, promote corporate branding and corporate culture across the Asia Pacific region.   

Andrew has  been an integral part of the Colliers International Office Leasing team for over 20 years and has worked with some of the nation’s biggest corporate, institutional and private clients.

He is considered a major transaction and pre-commitment specialist in Melbourne having been involved in an array of large scale building refurbishments and developments.

Part of Andrew's role also includes leading the successful Melbourne Office Leasing business.

Colliers International Australian Employee of the Year 2018.

Emma has 20 years’ experience in the commercial property industry. Emma brings a unique perspective to leasing because of her extensive experience as a tenant advisor and leasing manager within the corporate real estate team of  a global financial services group. Emma has a deep understanding of occupier drivers, workplace requirements and decision-making processes.

Emma has an in-depth knowledge of the Sydney CBD market and has developed strong relationships with key stakeholders including landlords, tenant representatives and major corporates.

Additionally, Emma has extensive negotiating skills including pre-construction and pre-leasing experience.

Emma is also passionate about design and the fundamental role high quality workplaces can have on a company’s brand, culture and talent attraction.

Frank commenced his career in the property industry in 1997 and has completed over 500,000sqm of transactions during this time. Frank specialises in large scale pre-commitments, asset repositioning and major building refurbishment projects.

Frank has worked hard to position himself as a leading Sydney agent with unrivalled reach across the Sydney CBD, North Sydney and Metropolitan markets. Frank has developed a strong network of contacts and provides direct access to top-level decision makers and major tenant representatives.

Frank is an intensely pro-active operator who will stop at nothing to deliver outstanding leasing results for his clients. Frank has earnt the reputation of going above and beyond when engaging target tenants through strategic engagement, creative marketing initiatives and disciplined canvassing.

Current role:

Sarah Moran is the Colliers360 lead for Australia, facilitating the delivery of our in-house technology platform to clients so that they may strategically and pro-actively plan for the future of their portfolios with data driven decision making.   This is enabled through Colliers360 custom dashboard analytics which Sarah delivers to her clients.

Previous experience:

Throughout her career at Colliers which began in 2012 on the Graduate Program, Sarah has gained experience in several areas of the business.

Having managed a large commercial property portfolio, Sarah gained in-depth knowledge and understanding of landlord and tenant needs, building strong skills in client relationship, financial analysis, and lease negotiation.

Moving into Workplace Management Services, Sarah then transitioned clients into agile based working, challenging traditional workplace models to increase productivity and employee experience.  This role was pivoted into the Project Lead for a major office building refurbishment as Sarah was able to advise with the end user employee experience in mind to ensure a successful project.

Taking on the role of QBE Account Manager following this project, Sarah oversaw the strategic direction of her client’s approach to property, working with the wider Occupier Services team to identify sites, negotiate leases and provide advice on fit out and space management programs to allow them to maximise efficiencies and save on cost.

Justin is a corporate real estate professional, with international experience in Australian and Hong Kong real estate markets, specialising in tenant representation, real estate advisory and transaction management.

Justin has represented businesses with lease renewals, relocations, disposals, consolidations, negotiations, make good, lease surrender advice, buy side due dilligence and acquisitions.  He has also advised clients on their corporate real estate strategies and is an Associate member of the Australian Property Institute (AAPI).

With more than 20 years tenant representation experiences in Beijing, Charles Yan has considerable experience of structuring flexible and cost-effective lease transactions for occupiers through his comprehensive understanding of occupancy strategies, negotiated complex transactions including relocations of commercial office, restructuring leases, lease renewals, expansion, subleases, surrendering, lease termination and office acquisition. 

I have over 23 years' experience in the China real estate market, working in both developers, occupiers and brokerage sides. I have worked in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijng, Shenyang, Chengdu and Xi'an. My expertise includes site selection, acquisition, disposition and portfolio strategy for occupiers, as well as development consulting, portfolio strategy, investment, project lease and sales for developers and investors. Because of my diversed experience in the industry, I have indepth knowledge in real estate policy and market dynamics in the China market, providing real insight and value to my clients. 

I started my career in residential and retail brokerage. Then start focusng on Industrial properties since 2006. In 2017, I was responsible for Colliers' West China business, covering Chengdu, Xi'an and Chongqing. In 2019, I was promoted as the Managing Director of China for Colliers, responsible for the full scope of businesses all over China. 

Martin is based in Shanghai and leads the China hub for the APAC Enterpise Clients (EC) team.

EC offers ongoing & one-off outsourcing and specialty services and technologies for enterprises with large real estate portfolios:
- occupier strategy consulting (market entry, RE strategy, location strategy & site selection, CRE org. & outsourcing model, SOP development, ESG)
- workplace strategy & change mgmt.
- account mgmt. (portfolio strategy, TM, resource secondment)
- lease admin. & technology (contract mgmt., critical date mgmt. and BI dashboards & analytics)

Martin started his professional career in 2001 in industrial supply chain management in the US and in 2006 transitioned into commercial & corporate real estate in China. He has working experience in 3 continents and can speak 4 languages (English, Mandarin, Spanish and Portuguese). He initially excelled as a commercial leasing broker (Top China performer in 2011) and since 2012, also as a manager. He remains heavily involved in client relationship management and account service delivery. 

Martin has successful track record with both Multinational companies and Chinese companies. His project experience is from across a variety of industries, asset classes (mainly office and industrial, some retail) and geopraphies (Greater China, rest of APAC, Europe, North America and Latin America); and both in transactions (leasehold and freehold) and consulting assignments.  

specializes primarily in the Yangtze River Delta Industrial Real Estate market.  main role is to assist multinational corporations and major local big companies looking for opportunities to establish themselves, expand or relocate in China and/or own or invest in the China Industrial Real Estate Market.

More than 5 years of experience in the Philippine CRE which specializes in office lease transactions and negotiations with different companies and landlords. Has experience in all angles of Office Leasing along with other areas in Retail and Industrial Leasing.

Daniel is a Senior Manager for Landlord Representation (LR) under the Office Services Team.  He started in Colliers as part of the Tenant Representation team and transitioned to his role in LR – now marketing the different projects in the Colliers portfolio.

As a Senior Manager, Daniel is tasked to provide customized solutions to accelerate the success of our clients, and fully lease out assigned projects, office spaces, buildings in partnership with developers and owners.

Throughout the leasing process, clients will be able to benefit highly from his valuable insights and recommendations providing them the service excellence Colliers is known for.

Kevin joined Colliers Philippines in May 2014, bringing with him over 6 years of experience in the real estate industry. As part of the Research and Advisory Services team, he is responsible for providing the best real estate market knowledge and property solutions for any client requirement.

Prior to joining Colliers, Kevin has been involved in project planning and development roles for major residential developers in the Philippines such as Alveo Land, Robinsons Land and DMCI Homes.

Patricia began her career in marketing as key accounts manager for a multi-line and multi account distributor and eventually assigned for trade activation for below the line marketing events. She later on was tapped to head the international partnership of a non-profit group in Taipei and spearheaded events with top firms, chambers and various gov’t. institutions.

Coming back to the Philippines she found herself in the realm of Real Estate and the rest was history. She has been in the industry for over a decade working on the various segments in the field. Effectively working with top firms in the industry servicing top fortune 500 firms.

She also pioneered one of the top serviced offices in the Philippines and grew the operations into several locations in less than 3 years with 80%-90% occupancy.

In 2021 she joined Colliers Philippines as Associate Director under the office services in which she leads her own team. Apart from this role, she heads the client engagement division and oversees various initiatives of their department.

Currently she is finishing her Master’s in Corporate Real Estate with Specialization in Workplace Solutions.

Vida joined Colliers Philippines  in December 2014 as Client Engagement Coordinator.  A highly organized and detail oriented with 11 years experience in a Customer-Service oriented industry, particularly complaints handling from people with diverse backgrounds.