Executive Briefing Series: Real Estate Market Outlook

Yardi’s Executive Briefing Series is an exploration of current real estate market trends and the economic outlook within the Asia Pacific region. With the series taking place twice a year, we hope to uncover shifts and movement within the real estate industry to provide a better understanding of where we are and what we should focus on moving forward.

This is your opportunity to network with peers and get insights into the trends and challenges that global commercial real estate faces in the year ahead. Discussions are joined by industry experts from MSCI and Cushman & Wakefield, and will focus on different geographies within Australia. 

Ben Martin-Henry
Head of Real Assets Research, Pacific
MSCI

(Both sessions)

Ben is Head of Private Assets Research and Senior Strategic Advisor for the Pacific at MSCI, leading action-oriented insights across major and emerging property sectors.

With over 15 years’ experience in Australia and the UK, he specialises in investment analysis, research, strategy, and product development, with expertise in property performance metrics, macroeconomic data interpretation, and financial markets.

Ben began his career at IPD in London (now MSCI) before moving to Sydney as Lead Client Consultant for Asia Pacific. He then spent five years at CBRE as Head of Capital Markets, Office & BTR Research before joining RCA as Head of Analytics for the Pacific, which MSCI acquired in 2021.

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Sean Ellison
National Economics & Forecasting Manager
Cushman & Wakefield

(Sydney only)

Sean Ellison is Cushman and Wakefield’s National Economics & Forecasting Manager for Australia, working out of the Sydney office. He is responsible for modelling and forecasting the performance of various asset classes, providing economic commentary, and contributing to broader thought leadership output.

Sean has more than a decade of experience in the property and financial services sectors in Asia and Australia. Prior to joining Cushman and Wakefield, Sean was a Senior Economist with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in Singapore and Sydney, responsible for producing RICS’s research output. Prior to this Sean worked as a strategist in the Hong Kong and Singapore financial services industries, where he advised global institutional investors on strategies for Asian equity, foreign exchange, fixed income, commodity and derivative markets. Sean also modelled and maintained forecasts across asset classes and provided a top-down analysis of major economic events. He did his undergraduate work at Brock University in Canada, and graduate school at the City University of Hong Kong as well as Johns Hopkins University in the United States.

Lin Lee
Senior Strategic Research Analyst
Cushman & Wakefield

(Melbourne only)

Lin Lee is Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Strategic Research Analyst, based in Melbourne. He is responsible for conducting strategic research and developing market insights on commercial real estate, while also contributing to the company’s thought leadership output on real estate trends across Australia.

Lin has a decade of experience in the property and financial sectors in the Asia Pacific. Before joining Cushman & Wakefield, he was a valuer, overseeing rating valuations for the City of Melbourne and other municipalities in Victoria. Prior to this, Lin spent several years in corporate and investment banking across Asia, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, cross-border financing, and investment projects. He played a pivotal role in facilitating high-value financing for major infrastructure developments across Southeast Asia. Lin holds a degree in Economics from The Ohio State University, USA, and a Master’s degree in Property from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Bernie Devine
Senior Regional Director, Asia Pacific
Yardi

(Both sessions)

With 30+ years’ experience dedicated to real estate and technology, Bernie is a leader in digital transformation in real estate and using data to create a more competitive and collaborative environment.

Currently responsible for the growth of Yardi Systems in Asia Pacific, Bernie lives in Hong Kong and is a qualified accountant and economist.

He supports real estate clients with Retail, Commercial, Industrial, Residential and Mixed-Use assets, helping them to grow their operations, create efficiencies, and gain better insight into their business. His expertise includes asset and investment management, private equity, operations improvement, program and project management, finance, technology implementation and compliance.