George Agethen

As Managing Director, Real Estate, Asia Pacific and Latin America, George Agethen is responsible for executing the investment and asset management strategies of CDPQ’s Real Estate portfolio in these two regions.

Mr. Agethen has extensive real estate experience and deep knowledge of the Asian markets. Prior to his appointment, he was Co-head, Asia Pacific at Ivanhoé Cambridge, at that time a subsidiary of CDPQ specialized in real estate. Before joining the organization in 2015, he was Senior Executive Director and Head of Alternative Investments at Ping An Trust, a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd., a public company. In that role, he was responsible for establishing a multi-asset real estate portfolio that invests globally. He also served as Executive Director for HREI (a joint venture between Harvest Funds Management and Grosvenor Group) and as Head of Business Development and Capital-raising for Harvest Capital Partners, China’s leading real estate fund managers. He previously served as Vice-President, Private Capital Markets, Real Estate, for Macquarie Capital in Asia. He also spent several years in the real estate sector in Australia.

Mr. Agethen holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Commerce and in Law and a Master’s Degree in Commerce, specializing in Finance, from University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is also a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is a Jury Member for the MIPIM Asia Awards. Over the course of his career, he has lived in Australia, Hong Kong, China and Singapore. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Cantonese.