Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Link REIT) has appointed three senior executives to its management team: Ronald Tham as chief corporate development officer, Haiqun Zhu as managing director for mainland China, and Kenny Lam as chief investment officer for strategic investment.

Tham and Lam report to chief executive officer George Hongchoy, while Zhu reports to chief financial officer Kok-siong Ng, who has the overall executive responsibility for the mainland market. In April, Link appointed Greg Chubb as chief operating officer – international.

Tham is responsible for the group’s corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital transactions.

He has extensive experience in real estate investment, management and development, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and investment banking and accounting and finance. Prior to joining Link, he was an executive director of Lai Sun Group and has held senior positions in multinational and global financial institutions, namely Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Swire Group, HSBC Global Banking and Macquarie Capital, with responsibility for the execution of multi-jurisdictional corporate actions and with an operational remit spanning Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore and internationally.

Zhu oversees Link’s mainland operations and is responsible for asset management, leasing, operation and other work relating to commercial and corporate function. His role also supports the identification and execution of merger and acquisition opportunities.

Zhu has extensive experience in real estate set-up and expansion, commercial and operational asset management, asset enhancement and capital management. Before joining Link, he was a partner and vice-president at SCPG, a member company of Vanke Group. He had also served as deputy general manager, chief investment officer, chief operating officer and executive director of SCPG Capital since joining the company in 2003. Prior to that, he worked at Shenzhen International Trust & Investment, where he was involved in finance and investment-related matters.

Lam is responsible for strategic investment, mergers and acquisitions and portfolio management.

A real estate investment veteran, Lam was senior managing director, Asia chief investment officer and head of Asia transaction at Manulife Investment Management – real estate. Prior to that, he was chief manager of direct investment at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, responsible for its global real estate investment portfolio. Earlier in his career, he held real estate investment and investment banking roles at Ping An Real Estate, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Citigroup Global Markets.

Meanwhile, Eric Yau has stepped down from his role of chief strategy officer for sabbatical, after a tenure of 12 years.