Mr. Garing was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of the Manager on 3 September 2018. In his role as CEO, he collaborates with the Board to define the strategic direction of SERT and works closely with the management team to ensure alignment with the stated investment strategy. He is responsible for the overall day-to-day management and operations of SERT, partnering with the investment, asset management, finance, investor relations, legal, risk, and compliance teams to achieve SERT’s strategic, investment, regulatory, sustainability, and operational goals.
Mr Garing has over 25 years of investment management, financial markets and accounting experience in the global real estate industry. Prior to his appointment to the SERT Manager, he was most recently the Chief Capital Officer of Stoneweg Property Group, where he was a member of the global leadership team and responsible for capital management and fund raising for capital markets. A proven capital markets manager, investor and analyst, Mr Garing was previously a Managing Director of Bank of America (formerly Bank of America Merrill Lynch) APAC and Bank of America Australia. He was the global head of real estate research and the Chair of the bank’s APAC Recommendation Review Committee, managing around 130 equity analysts who evaluated and analysed approximately 1,200 companies spanning several asset classes and industry sectors across 12 APAC countries.
Prior to that, he held several senior roles at leading financial advisory firms and investment banks, including Bell Potter and Babcock & Brown. Notably, he was a Managing Director of UBS Australia, where he was also Co-Head of Global Real Estate Research.
Mr Garing holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) degree from the University of New South Wales and is a Fellow of CPA (Australia). He is a member of the Executive committee and the Promotions sub-committee of REITAS and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and The Hong Kong Institute of Directors.