Kyungmin Kim is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at Meritz Alternative Investment Management (“Meritz AIM”) based in Seoul, Korea, where he is responsible for the overall investment and asset management activities of Meritz AIM. He is a founding member of Meritz AIM which is established in 2016, where he has lead investment, fundraising, and asset management of the firm, which has now more than USD 4.8 BN of AUM across US, Europe and Asia. He has almost 20 years of oversea real estate investment experiences including direct acquisitions, joint ventures, debt investments, and indirect investment. Prior to joining Meritz AIM, he was a Vice President of Hanwha Asset Management, where he served as an Investment Manager of Hanwha’s various oversea real estate investment for more than 9 years. Mr. Kim holds a B.A from Yonsei University in Seoul, and MSRED from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sungyun Hong is Managing Director and Head of New York Life Investment Management(“NYLIM”) Korea Branch. Sung manages investor relations for both private and public investments and has played a critical role in building NYLIM’s brand as a leading provider of alternative solutions in Korea. Sung joined NYLIM in 2016 as Director to manage Korea’s alternative investments investor relations, with increased responsibility in the years since. He started his career as a Research Analyst at Hana Financial Investment. Sung then held various positions at Korea Teachers Pension Fund and Hanwha Asset Management Co. Most recently, he was a Vice President at VOGO Fund Asset Management. Sungyun earned a B.B.A. from Baruch College.

Simon has a track record of over 30 years working in international real estate investment management. Simon has worked with Founder and Executive Chairman/Chief Investment Officer Ric Lewis for over 25 years and helped found Curzon Global Partners in London in 1999. Simon set up the firm’s strategy function and led the research team as it grew globally (as part of AEW). He continues to focus on developing Tristan’s research-led investment approach.

He works closely with the firm’s investment and asset management teams, and actively participates in the portfolio management process.  He has served on the Investment Committee and has worked on every deal the firm has executed since inception. Simon also works closely on a day-to-day basis with the client development team to ensure that clients are kept fully apprised of developments in the market and the implications for strategy.

Prior to joining Curzon Global Partners, he headed DTZ’s Fund Management and Investment Strategy Group and worked for CB Hillier Parker’s investment research team.

Simon has also held a series of academic posts working as a Researcher at Cambridge University (Property Research Unit) and at Kingston University (Real Estate Faculty) in London. Simon was latterly the CBRE Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Henley Business School and still lectures occasionally at a number of universities, including at Cass Business School and Saïd Business School.

Adam Smith is Co-Head of Client Relations responsible for existing and prospective client relationships in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.

Since joining Tristan in 2012, Adam has grown the client base to include investors from China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Investors from these regions now make up over 20% of Tristan’s client base, and this growth is set to continue.

Prior to joining Tristan, Adam spent eight years with The Townsend Group, a leading global real estate adviser and investment manager with oversight of more than $180 billion of property allocations. He began his career at Townsend’s Cleveland, U.S. headquarters as an Analyst and then Associate specialising in discretionary portfolio management and investment underwriting. Adam was instrumental in Townsend’s expansion into Europe in 2009, establishing the London office along with a local senior hire.

During his tenure at Townsend, Adam analysed more than 200 distinct investment offerings from leading global investment managers. He underwrote more than 20 investment offerings, including commingled funds, recapitalizations, and secondaries, to which Townsend clients committed over $2 billion. He was also responsible for the strategic planning, portfolio management, performance measurement and client service on a number of discretionary and advisory accounts in the US, Europe and Middle East.