M&G Real Estate has announced the appointment of Daniel Cho (left) and Martin Seol (right), to be based in Seoul and Singapore, respectively (Pictures: M&G Real Estate)
SINGAPORE (EDGEPROP) - M&G Real Estate has announced the appointment of two senior executives Martin Seol and Daniel Cho, to be based in Singapore and Seoul, respectively.
Martin Seol joins the group as director, portfolio management, head of targeted strategy, Asia Life Fund. He is based in Singapore and reports to Kee Teck Leong, fund manager of Asia Life Fund. Seol will manage the targeted strategy in this role – M&G’s core-plus-value-add mandate. He will also work closely with the head of capital solutions, Peter Riley, to grow and deliver separate account solutions, club deals and joint ventures.
Seol joins M&G from advisory firm Coral Tree LLC and was previously the head of Asia at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Real Estate Principal Investments.
Daniel Cho has been appointed director of acquisitions in South Korea to drive the firm’s real estate investment activities in the market. He is based in Seoul and reports to Ryu Hyesik, head of Korea. He will be responsible for sourcing and executing on-and off-market transactions and structuring real estate deals to maximise risk-adjusted investment returns.
Cho was most recently with KKR’s Asia real estate team, where he managed the firm’s Korean portfolio, following stints at Mapletree, Ascendas and Macquarie Capital.