Mr. Brian Chinappi

With almost three decades of experience working in the Asian real estate market, Brian joined Actis in 2018 as a Partner through the sale of Standard Chartered Bank’s Principal Finance Real Estate group, a business he founded in 2010. Based in Hong Kong, Brian heads up Actis’ Real Estate & Data Centers business, leading a team of investment professionals focused on delivering returns through understanding the interplay between global themes and micro market dynamics and emphasising strategic, hands-on operations and management. Under his leadership, the business has invested across both the traditional and alternative property sectors and has demonstrated an ability to identify secular trends, to position itself for first or early mover advantage. Digitalization has become a dominant focus of the business which began investing in data centers in 2016. Through its hands-on operating ethos, the business has established relationships with market leading operating partners and management teams across its footprint. Before joining Standard Chartered Bank, Brian spent sixteen years at RREEF, the real estate investment management arm of Deutsche Bank, primarily based in Asia. Brian started his career with Bankers Trust’s real estate banking group based in New York. He holds a degree in economics from Georgetown University.