Mr Adrian Chui joined the Manager in March 2017 as CEO and Executive Director. He reports to the Board and is responsible for achieving ESR-REIT's fiduciary duties to Unitholders as well as managing major stakeholder relationships. His key responsibilities include setting the strategic objectives for ESR-REIT alongside the Board as well as. driving the overall business plan execution with the support of the management team.. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Chui ran the South East Asia real estate advisory division of Standard Chartered Bank ("SCB"). His overall responsibilities at SCB included structuring, fundamental analysis and approval of acquisition financing for real estate companies / REITs / Business Trusts, valuation and execution advice for mergers & acquisitions, as well as structuring, execution and investment case positioning & strategies of REIT Initial Public Offerings ("IPOs") and follow-on offerings of equity, equity- linked and debt securities across all real estate segments.. Before SCB, Mr. Chui was the Director of Real Estate, Lodging and Leisure Group at UBS Investment Bank's Singapore office, where he headed a team involved in structuring and listing of Singapore and cross-border REITs / Business Trusts and property company IPOs for Southeast Asia. His past work experience also includes a stint at Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Securities Pte Ltd, where he was the lead property research analyst responsible for Singapore listed REITs and property companies. He has also held management roles with CapitaCommercial Trust Management Limited and was part of the pioneer management team at Ascendas Funds Management (S) Limited.
