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Deals and People December 5, 2011
J.P. Morgan Expands Global Real Assets Team in Asia
December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – J.P. Morgan Asset Management–Global Real Assets hired Rob Johnson as head of global business development for China real estate.
Reported by Tara Cantore
In this new role, Johnson will report to Michael O’Brien, global head of real assets client relations and strategy. He will be located in J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets’ Hong Kong office.
He joins the firm from the Hong Kong office of The Blackstone Group, where he was a managing director focused on business development activities in Asia. Johnson previously served at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Real Estate Principal Investments and Private Equity Funds Group, with responsibility for investor relations and capital raising for pan-Asia real estate funds.
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