About

Dennis Yeo is the Head of Investor Services and Logistics & Industrial, Asia Pacific at global commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield [NYSE: CWK]. His responsibilities include growing Cushman & Wakefield’s client relationships and extending to them our full suite of best-in-class property services. This appointment relied on Dennis’ years of experience in the property market across Asia Pacific.

Prior to leading Investor Services and Logistics & Industrial for APAC, Dennis was the Chief Executive Officer for Singapore and South-East Asia. As CEO, he had full responsibility to steer the firm’s growth in Singapore and South-East Asia, working closely with a team of corporate real estate experts to strategise new business opportunities.

Dennis brings a highly valuable combination of professional expertise and leadership experience to the firm.

He has more than three decades of experience handling corporate real estate transactions acting for multinational corporate clients, funds and institutions. His professional expertise is in Industrial and Logistics in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region, with accumulated experience dated from 1991. He is well-versed in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and is very much involved in advising corporations on matters pertaining to REITs, as well as the transaction of properties to property funds and trust. Over the years, he has built up an impressive network of clients who look to him and his team for real estate advice. His four-year tenure as Managing Director, Industrial & Logistics, Asia, at CBRE has bolstered his expertise in the growth sector. During his tenure as CBRE’s Managing Director of Asia Industrial & Logistics, Dennis has led the business to unprecedented record performance in the market.

Dennis was MD for Colliers Singapore for 22 years prior to joining CBRE. Apart from holding leadership responsibilities in the firm, Dennis was an Exco member of Colliers Asia management team, and managed the firm’s China business between 2008 and 2010.

Affiliations

• Founding Board Member, Singapore Green Building Council
  
  
• Member, Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers
  
  
• Member, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
  
  
• Member, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
  
  
• 2nd Vice President, Executive Council of Singapore Estate Agents Association (SEAA)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Estate Management, National University of Singapore