Heitman Hires White to Lead Securities in Asia

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA-The Hong Kong market is currently the strongest in the Asia-Pacific, while Japan is the most sluggish, according to Heitman LLC’s lead region portfolio manager John White. He was appointed by the company recently to oversee the firms real estate securities business, and is based here.

White is working collaboratively with Chicago-based Tim Pire, who leads the company’s North American portfolio management team, and London-based Mark Abramson, lead portfolio manager in Europe. White was formerly co-head of real estate securities for the Challenger Financial Services Group. “John has worked alongside our portfolio management teams over the past several years as part of an alliance,” said Maury Tognarelli, CEO, in a statement.