Brining over a decade of expertise in real estate investment and development, Jay specialises in deal sourcing, financial modelling, feasibility assessments, due diligence, and execution. His portfolio spans residential, office, hotel, industrial park, township, and senior housing projects across Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, China, and other Southeast Asian and Central Asian countries.
Jay is a recipient of the 2019 REDAS Gold Award and holds an FMVA certification from the Corporate Finance Institute. He has passed CMFAS 4A Exam as the pre-requisite to CMS licencing requirement to provide corporate finance advisory services.
Prior to Cistri, Jay held roles at Surbana Jurong, Bright Ruby Family Office, and Country Garden, contributing to his extensive industry insight.
Key achievements:
- Led 3 development project transactions worth over 1.2 billion USD in GDV.
- Facilitated 2 commercial property transactions exceeding 1.3 billion USD.
- Managed 4 commercial properties with AUM surpassing 1.5 billion USD.
- Advised on 9 development projects valued at over 2.8 billion USD in GDV.
Some of Jay’s projects include:
- Singapore, 16 Collyer Quay Transaction Execution
- Sydney, Hilton Hotel Transaction Execution
- Indonesia, Alam Sutera Residential Land Transaction Execution
- Indonesia, BSD Serpong Indonesia Residential Land Transaction Execution
- Indonesia, West CBD Joint Venture Project Deal Execution
- Vietnam, Trung An Eco-Food Park Master Development Advisory
- China, Shenzhen Airport T3 Mix-use Development Advisory
- Philippine, New Clark City Master Development Advisory
- Laos, feasibility study for a mix residential & commercial development in Vientiane
- Australia, Market study for Perth Food Bow project
- Singapore, Commercial feasibility study for ABI plaza potential acquisition
- China, Development advisory & feasibility study for SJ Capital on Shanghai CBD rejuvenation
- Singapore, Development advisory & feasibility study on SJ’s in-house senior assisted living development