Further to the recent announcement of the opening of its Singapore office and the expansion into Asia, Salter Brothers announce several key hires in Singapore and Japan:

• Based in Singapore, Mr Rahul Ghai, has been appointed as Managing Director, Asia;
• Mr Ethan Quek, has been appointed Principal, Asia;
• Mr Gene Osborne, has been appointed Asset Manager, Asia;
• Mr Tokio Takai, has been appointed Associate.

Mr Ghai joins the firm from Partners Group where he was most recently, Managing Director and Regional Head of Real Estate for Europe. Prior to this, Rahul held the same role for Partners Group for Asia Pacific.

Mr Quek joins the firm from KSL Capital Partners where he was most recently Vice President. Mr Osborne joins the firm from IHG Japan where he was Director of Finance, managing assets operated by IHG/ANA. Mr Takai joins the firm from Goldman Sachs where he was an Associate.

In Japan, the firm has secured the services of:

• Tetsutaro Muraki, who as Senior Director, will oversee deal origination; and,
• Yujiro Muraki, who as Executive Director, will lead commercial and third-party deal due diligence.

Mr Tetsutaro Muraki has over 25 years of experience and has previously held senior management roles with Tokyo Stock Exchange, Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan and Frontier Management.

Mr Yujiro Muraki has over 20 years of experience and has previously worked in asset management and hospitality for Goldman Sachs and Ishin Hotels Group.

Commenting on the appointments, Managing Director of Salter Brothers, Mr Paul Salter said, “We are excited about the calibre of the team that we have assembled to launch our Asian expansion, with teams now based in Singapore and Japan. We are committed to the region with in-country teams that can leverage our existing scale in Asia Pacific. In Rahul, we have an experienced leader who we believe is the right person to grow our franchise throughout Asia.”

Mr Ghai commented, “I was fortunate to have had an opportunity to work and successfully complete a transaction with Salter Brothers and was very impressed with their capability and culture. The immediate focus of the Asia team will be identifying opportunities with our capital partners that sit within our programmatic strategies for the region.”

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