Mar 17, 2021
Summary: In this episode the Propcast talks to
Jordan Kostelac from JLL Asia and Helen Lam from Lendlease about
the unhidden truths of working in PropTech Asia.
The
Propcast is by Louisa Dickins, co-founder of LMRE the leading
Global PropTech recruiter brought to you in partnership with UK
PropTech Association, The UK PropTech Association is a membership
organisation to drive the digital transformation of the property
industry. This show will focus on connecting the Proptechs, real
estate funds and VC’s globally…and get everyone talking about
innovation of the build to rent environment.
About Our Host
Louisa Dickins
Louisa started her career in property working at a well-known
estate agency in London. Realising her people skills, she moved
over to Lloyd May to pursue a career in recruitment. She now is a
Director at LMRE, who are a specialist recruitment firm driven by
PropTech and recruitment professionals, and Louisa oversees their 5
core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and provides a constructive
recruitment platform to the new disruptors in real estate. Louisa
is also on the board of Directors at UK PropTech Association
(UKPA).
About LMRE
LMRE believe there is a better way to recruit. LMRE focus on a more
comprehensive, client led focus delivering exceptional talent to
the right place at the right time. They are passionate about the
industry and passionate about people's careers. LMRE spend time
with each client to become and an extension of the business, and
their transparency and core values help them grow with the sector.
LMRE simplify recruitment and innovate with our clients and evolve
the people driven, PropTech community.
About Our Guests
Jordan Kostelac
As
JLL’s director for Proptech in the Asia Pacific, Jordan has been
tasked with driving technical innovation within the firm and for
their clients. He is also concurrently the co-founder and creative
lead for home-grown cider brand NEONOTIC! and a founding partner of
HK Walls, a non-profit arts organisation that aims to create
opportunities for local and international artists which is best
known for its annual street art festival held during Hong Kong’s
art month each March. In Jordan’s mind, JLL’s path towards becoming
a technology firm specialising in real estate must start with
becoming an advisory firm first.
Helen Lam
Helen has over 19 years experience in property and development
environments in Asia and Australia including 15 years in Commercial
& Retail Property Management, Investment and Mixed-use/Urban
Regeneration projects across Asia Pacific Regions. Helen has been
in Asia for over 9 years in various senior roles leading highly
successful transformation projects, developments, acquisitions,
strategic management, and commercial projects. Helen has a strong
knowledge of technical, operational, legal, and commercial aspects
of the businesses. Track record of success in innovation, change
management, leadership, governance, systems implementation and
strategies around commercial and retail opportunities.
Helen’s current role oversees the Development Operations and
innovation teams for Lendlease. She is primarily responsible for
managing the process of governance, corporate innovation and change
management. This means not only supporting people as they originate
and execute new ideas, driving consistent standards for the
existing portfolio of urban regeneration projects but also
recognising solutions to be researched, tested and integrated into
the way they work.
Resources mentioned
LMRE website www.lmre.co.uk
UKPA website www.ukpa.com
JLL
Asia Pacific website www.jllapsites.com/research/geographies/asia-pacific
Lendlease website www.lendlease.com
Insights From This Episode
•
That urgency and that just instinct to act when something is almost
existential is really what drives progress more than sitting back
and waiting until we find what we think is the smoothest path –
Jordan Kostelac
•
There will be macro thinkers and there's micro thinkers, and the
job right now is to pull both of them together to actually tangibly
deliver the micro projects, but have the macro view–
Helen Lam
•
You need to harvest an ecosystem that needs to be nurtured as a
community to make progress in the industry – Helen
Lam
•
That veil of secrecy that existed between asset holders and the
tenants is much more thin than it used to be. So of course, we're
trying to make sure that technology supports better analysis and
more sophisticated transactions – Jordan
Kostelac
• I
think the most interesting trend is where we're taking human senses
and then applying computing specifically to look for a certain
things using those senses – Jordan
Kostelac
• I
always encourage younger women in my teams to essentially get out
there on the construction site. The reality is, if you don't
actually put yourself out there, then it won't change –
Helen Lam
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