Hideto is the CEO of CapitaLand Investment (Japan), responsible for driving the growth and management of CLI’s investments, capital raising and fund management. Prior to joining CapitaLand Investment in 2023, Hideto was the Head of Global Real Estate and Co-head of Private Investment Markets in Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) from 2017 when GPIF had started investing in private real estate and built a global portfolio of about S$9 billion. Before GPIF, Hideto was with Mitsui Fudosan Group for 35 years where he held leadership roles in various major markets, including Japan, Singapore, United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA). Hideto has more than 40 years of experience in real estate, covering investment, consultancy, corporate management and cross-border business. Hideto holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics from the Yokohama National University in Japan.  He is a Certified Public Accountant (USA) and a Fellow Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK).

Akihiko WATANABE is the Head of Investment of CapitaLand Japan. In his role, he oversees investment in Japan. Akihiko has more than 18 years of experience in the Real Estate sector. Prior to joining CapitaLand in November 2021, Akihiko served as Head of Business Development at Grosvenor Japan, where he was involved in deal origination, fund raising, investor relations, acquisition and strategic partnership creation for the group. Prior to Grosvenor, he served as Associate Director of Investment and Asset Management department at JLL, where he was involved in deal origination, investor relations, acquisition and asset management. Since joining CapitaLand Japan, his team has transacted over JPY130bn in lodging assets. Akihiko started his career at Panorama Hospitality (current Morgan Stanley Capital). Akihiko graduated from Curtin University of Technology in Australia. He holds BCom in Accounting and Finance / Banking, Double Major.

Yoshiyuki HIGASHI joined CapitaLand Japan in 2022 as Head of Asset Management. He is responsible for asset management with focus on core and value-add investments in Japan. Prior to CapitaLand, He worked at a foreign-affiliated investment management company for 16 years as Head of Asset Management and involved in all aspects of Asset Management for implementing investment strategies including leasing, renewals, oversight PMs, OPEX control, reporting, refinancing, Capex and ESG. He also managed disposition activity with over JPY200 bn transaction in residential, office, retail and logistic properties. Yoshiyuki has over 20 years of experience in real estate. He graduated from Kennesaw State University in the United States with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.

Ken MARRON is the General Manager, Data Centre (Japan) at CapitaLand Investment (CLI). He is responsible for managing and expanding CLI’s data centre business in Japan. Ken has been developing data centre strategies for investment banks, insurance companies and global media content providers in Japan for over 20 years, including holding country manager positions with NEXTDC and Yondr. Before moving to Japan in 2001, Ken spent 10 years with Takenaka Komuten in London. While in Japan, Ken also expanded a real estate construction consultancy division at PTS Consulting, where he conducted site selection and due diligence on over 30 data centres in Asia Pacific. He has a keen interest is in real estate projects with challenging technology demands, including data centres dedicated to supporting car manufacturing robotic systems. Ken majored in Construction/Architecture at Cork Institute of Technology.

Takero TORIGOE joined CapitaLand Japan in 2021 as Head of Logistics and has been in charge of businesses related to logistics properties in Japan. He is responsible for expanding the portfolio of logistics properties in Japan through accumulating new development projects and acquiring completed properties. Prior to joining CapitaLand, Takero has served in Tokyu Land Corporation and has served in key investment positions in Prologis and GLP. As the CIO of GLP JREIT, he led the acquisition of assets of GLP J-REIT since the inception of the REIT and acquired approximately JPY 400 billion of logistics properties. Takero has over 25 years of experience in real estate business in Japan, such as acquisitions, finance, development (office, logistics and retail), in the public and private real estate fund and real estate developer. Takero graduated the Tokyo Institute of Technology, majoring in Social Engineering. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Seiji Mori comes with more than 30 years of experience at Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., handling the full spectrum of real estate business, ranging from office building development, JREIT fund management, single-family housing development and marketing, retail property asset management and e-commerce business, to both asset and corporate financing. Until recently, he worked at Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc. as Managing Director, CFO, Treasurer, Corporate Secretary, and Internal Auditor. Seiji has a Bachelor of Law from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, an MBA in Financial Strategy from Hitotsubashi University Business School, and a Master of Science in Business Management and Leadership from The City University of New York.

With over 20 years of experience in the alternative fund management industry, Kotaro is responsible for exploring opportunities to collaborate with strategic partners, communicating with institutional investors, and fund management as Head of Capital Markets & Business Development at CapitaLand Japan.

Prior to joining CapitaLand Japan, he worked at one of the largest trading and investment house, head quartered in Japan, where he joined straight out of university, and built up a career in the field of real asset alternative fund management, which invests in real estate and infrastructure, through product development, fundraising, individual investment, and M&A.  He has also served as a director of securities and investment management subsidiary and overseas fund management affiliates, as well as a member of the investment committee for a private investment fund. He graduated from Doshisha University with a degree in economics and holds an MBA from IE Business School.