JD Lai
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, M&G Real Estate
Jing Dong Lai (JD) is the CIO and CEO, Asia at M&G Real Estate. He started his career in M&G in October 2016 as Head of Acquisitions, APAC and Head of Japan prior to taking on his new role in 2021.
He has more than 20 years of Asia real estate markets experience, working in a number of the region’s financial hubs including Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Prior to this, he was Head of Investments at Straits Real Estate, where he managed an Asia Pacific investment mandate across multiple asset classes, both direct and indirect. He has also held senior positions at Goldman Sachs’ real estate principal investment area in Japan and Singapore, and Carlyle Asia Real Estate Partners in Hong Kong. He started his career in the International Principal Finance Group of Shinsei Bank, focusing on acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios.
JD graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University with a B.A. in Economics and International Relations.