SC Capital Partners Group has appointed four senior executives to strengthen its team in the Asia-Pacific region. They are Man Yik ( M.Y. ) Chiu as managing director and head of asset management for its Real Estate Capital Asia Partners ( RECAP ) series of opportunistic funds; June Kim Kyoung Joon as executive director for its Japan Hospitality Fund ( JHF ); Justin Cham as investment director; and Jester Perez as research director.

From left: M.Y. Chiu, June Kim, Justin Cham, and Jester Perez

Based in Hong Kong, M.Y. Chiu will focus on managing RECAP investments across the region. He joins from CapitaLand Investment Management where he was responsible for overseeing all assets in the value-add fund, including the development and execution of asset enhancement plans.

Prior to joining CapitaLand, Chiu spent 13 years with LaSalle Investment Management where he was head of asset management for Greater China.

He has over 33 years of experience in the real estate industry.

Based in Tokyo, June Kim will focus on acquisition, value enhancement and realization activities for JHF. She was previously with EGW Asset Management as a director of asset management of hotels for five years, where she worked on asset management of the hotel portfolio across Japan, and supported hotel acquisition process, hotel development and developed relationships with Korean institutional investors.

Kim has over 17 years of experience in the Japan real estate industry.

Based in Singapore, Justin Cham is involved in various acquisitions, asset management, value enhancement and realization activities of the firm.

Prior to joining the firm, he spent over six years with Keppel Capital and Keppel DC REIT, where he was last head of investments, global.

Based in Singapore, Jester Perez oversees internal research across the firm’s strategies, covering the Asia-Pacific market.

Perez joins from Lendlease, where he worked for 10 years, overseeing the research in Asia and providing research house views and strategic insights. Prior to Lendlease, he spent five years at Jones Lang LaSalle in Sydney as a research manager.