Hong Kong Leadership

Nigel Smith is the Managing Director of Colliers International’s Hong Kong Office. He is responsible for daily operations, key strategic opportunities, driving client engagement and securing new business.  Having joined Colliers in 2015 he has since turned the Hong Kong business around through a powerful combination of actionable research, innovative marketing and personalised service delivery. He is actively committed to diversity and inclusion, supporting company and community initiatives towards gender equality and wellness.

Nigel is also a member of the Asia Leadership Team.

AREA OF EXPERTISE
Being an award-winning industry specialist, Thomas is highly regarded amongst his peers and clients with over 18 years’ property investment experience. The key client focus of Capital Markets remains institutional clients, local investors and developers, family offices and private high net worth individuals as well as PRC inbound capital. 

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Thomas develops and fosters partnership and consultancy based approaches to clients, resulting in improved profitability through high client retention rates and improved business profile. 

BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Thomas has joined Colliers as Executive Director of Capital Markets in July 2019. In a way, this is a homecoming for Thomas as he was with Colliers’ Capital Markets team between 2006 and 2008.  Prior to joining back Colliers, he was with Knight Frank as Senior Director of Capital Markets, where he completed transactions of over HK$8 billion.   

Stanley is an industry-leading real estate professional with over 20 years’ experience working in Hong Kong’s property investment market. During this time, Stanley worked as an Executive Director and the former Head of Capital Markets for a competitor from 2012 to 2020 where he handled over HK$20 billion in transaction value

Stanley has a bachelor’s degree in Surveying and an MBA from the University of Hong Kong. Since completing his educational studies, Stanley has continued his professional development to become a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and RICS.

Stanley’s transactional background and core skill set includes handling tenders and auctions for major assets such as retail podiums, enbloc buildings, development sites, major shopping centres, grade A offices and luxury residential. He also has experience on property acquisitions and disposal for major developers, investors and end-users in Hong Hong, as well as overseas institutional investors.

Chris has been working within the Asian Real Estate Industry for over 15 years across Vietnam, Mainland China and Hong Kong. 

Chris brings with him deep industry experience from the Office Services business as well as the structuring, organising and managing of the sales process.

In his current role Chris oversees the agency business lines (Office, Retail, Strata title) but with a prime focus on the larger occupiers within the Hong Kong office market. 

Fiona Ngan is the Head of Office Services and she has 26 years in this field and presently focuses on leading the Hong Kong and Kowloon Office team. Her strengths include project leasing and the provision of a board range of client services, particularly in Tenant Representations. She has extensive experience in business development, real estate strategic solutions and a range of consultancy services.

Chris joined in 2018 as the Head of Kowloon Office Services and currently is Head of Landlord Representation Services.  Prior to joining Colliers, Chris was the Head of Leasing and Sales at the Hong Kong Cyberport (owned by HKSAR) overseeing all leasing matters on offices and retail space.  Before that, Chris was a Director of commercial leasing with Jones Lang LaSalle.   

John has executed significant and notable transactions since his arrival in Hong Kong in 2000. John prides himself on detailed knowledge across the entire commercial market and has special focus on the Kowloon and New Territories market, where the market tends to be more complex with a more diverse range of occupiers, wider range of properties and landlords.

Cynthia Ng is an award-winning retail services veteran with more than 15 years’ experience.  Cynthia was educated in Sydney and holds a bachelor degree in Construction Economics (Quantity Surveying) from University of Technology, Sydney.  She started her career with major developers in Sydney and has spent the last 12 years in Hong Kong with global property agencies working across all key retail sectors and high-profile fashion, F&B and international FMCG brands.

As Executive Director and Head of Retail Services, Cynthia leads the successful operation of the retail brokerage business, meeting the needs of the company and her clients, while cultivating a team with the best leasing advisory and negotiating skills.

Prior to joining Colliers, she worked in CBRE as Director of Hong Kong Retail, with a key focus on international brands entering and expanding in Hong Kong. In 2015 she won the ‘Excellence in retail services’ award from CBRE, recognising her achievements in business.

Nancy joined Colliers in 2019, she is specialising in valuation and advisory services. She is always willing to help her client and gives her professional valuation  advice on their properties, assets, plant and equipment, business and financial instruments. 

Pureanae Jang works as an Associate Director of Colliers' Valuation and Advisory Services in Hong Kong. Pureanae manages a team of eight, and her projects' geographic coverage spans across Asia Pacific, in particular Hong Kong, China and South Korea. She is commited to provide accurate and well-supported opinions of property value to assist her clients to reach their critical goal - to acquire the best asset, secure financing, close a sale, report to investors or identify unlocked potential of an asset.

Her specialisations include:

• Single-asset and Portfolio Valuations

• Appraisal Review / Management

• Discounted Cash Flow Analysis

• Feasibility Studies

• Highest and Best Use Studies

Having grown up in Mainland China and Hong Kong, Pureanae can speak, read and write in English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. With her diverse background and effective cross-cultural communication skills, she is capable of delivering portfolio valuations on a global scale. She has completed various projects in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Mongolia, Northern Mariana Islands, Singapore, Taiwan and The United States.