APREA Malaysia Conference

Sigrid is the Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA). Based in Singapore, she is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, initiatives and operations of the association across Asia Pacific. Under her leadership, APREA repositioned to an industry trade group focusing on real estate and infrastructure.

Sigrid joined APREA’s executive team in January 2019.

Prior to APREA, she served as Managing Director of Asia Pacific Research and Advisory Services of Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) from 2010 through 2018, where she was responsible for research, thought leadership, strategy formulation and client management.  Before relocating to Singapore, she was based in Washington, D.C. and led C&W’s U.S. research group in the Mid-Atlantic region, overseeing all aspects of market research activities in the Washington, DC; Virginia; Suburban Maryland, Baltimore; and Philadelphia areas. Prior to joining C&W, Sigrid served as a Senior Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In that position, she developed NAR’s office, warehouse, retail, multi-family housing, and international research programs.

A recognized expert in global economic, public policy and real estate issues, Sigrid is a frequent speaker at industry events.  Her commentary on commercial and residential real estate markets is also regularly featured in a wide array of global publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, New York Times and Reuters. Additionally, she has made several television appearances on financial networks and radio such as CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, National Public Radio and Channel News Asia.

Sigrid holds a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and a Master’s degree in Economics from Pennsylvania State University. She is a member of several civic groups including the Rotary Club of Raffles City in Singapore, where she has served in various leadership positions, and serves in the Executive Committee of the Crohn’s & Colitis Society of Singapore.

Graduated with Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Property Management from University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia, KT has about 23 years of experience in real estate professional services in Malaysia.

Before assuming the role of the Director of Knight Frank Johor Branch in 2023, KT headed the Agency and Transactions businesses in another leading international property consultancy firm, she focused on servicing corporate clients in expansions, divestments, relocations and tenancy renewals. She has successfully concluded sales and leases of various types of property including residential, commercial, industrial, office space and development lands via Private Treaty, Expression of Interest and Tender exercises. She also involved in Research and Consultancy works and Project Marketing of various types of property.

KT is a Registered Valuer, Estate Agent and Property Manager with the Board of Valuers, Appraisals, Estate Agents and Property Managers Malaysia, currently chairs PEPS (Johor Branch) and is a member of RISM, MIEA and MIPFM.

Mr. Heng Wai Mun is the Chief Executive Officer of YTL Data Centers, where he spearheads the organisation’s strategic vision and operational excellence in the rapidly evolving data center landscape.

Before joining YTL Data Centers, Mr. Heng also held leadership roles at Singtel, ST Engineering, and Google. With over 18 years of experience in this field, Mr Heng is a prominent veteran in the industry, who is technically proficient with a sharp business acumen.

He is an alumnus of Stanford University, holding both Bachelor and Master’s Degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business from INSEAD.

Renee is Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) tax co-leader specialising in Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (Gi3) practice in Deloitte Malaysia.

Renee has more than 10 years of experience in both the private and government sectors in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) facilitation, having previously served as an Investment Promotion Officer with a Malaysian federal agency dedicated to attracting investments in technology and global business services (GBS) industry. During her tenure, she led the development of digital FDI strategy tailored for Greater China market. Her responsibilities included crafting investment strategies, forging strategic partnerships, generating leads, and organizing trade missions.

She has extensive experience interacting with C-level executives from prominent technology firms, Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 companies, unicorns, and multinational corporations. She still actively participates in discussions with the government on foreign direct investment (FDI) policies related to the technology sector.

Renee Ho 何雪玲

德勤马来西亚税务部门的科技、传媒和电信（TMT）行业联席领导人/总监

Renee 是德勤马来西亚科技、媒体和电信（TMT）税务领域的联合负责人，专注于全球投资与创新激励（Gi3）业务。

Renee 拥有超过10年的私营和政府部门招商引资的工作经验，曾在一家马来西亚联邦机构担任投资促进官员，致力于吸引技术和全球商业服务（GBS）行业的投资。在任职期间，她主导了专门为大中华区市场量身定制的数字外资（FDI）战略的发展。她的职责包括制定投资策略、建立战略合作伙伴关系、获取潜在客户以及组织贸易代表团。她在与知名科技公司、财富500强、福布斯2000强企业、独角兽公司和跨国公司高层管理人员互动方面拥有丰富经验。目前，她仍积极参与与政府讨论有关科技行业外资政策的相关事宜。