YP is a Singapore registered real estate professional and concurrently General Manager at Ohana Capital Management. The latter is a global property investment arm of a Japanese holding company with the intent to expand their global property investment portfolio overseas. The focus is to pursue the right opportunities to develop small scale multi-family homes in the East Coast of US.
As a real estate salesperson since 2011, YP has secured over $43mil worth of transactions, mainly from commercial and industrial sectors. His forte is in asset enhancement for commercial conservation shophouses. His passion in properties, reading and making strategic moves and acquisitions have earned him loyal clienteles.
Prior to real estate, YP had an industrious 20-year career in a few global multinational semi-conductor and telecommunications companies. It brought him to many places, many challenges. The progressive responsibilities range from industrial engineering, demand planning, strategic planning, customer fulfillment, account management, marketing and sales.
In 2002, YP earned his MBA in Strategic Marketing with distinction from the University of Hull, UK. A year later he was recognized by the Semiconductor Industry Association (USA) President Award with the implementation of his dissertation. Prior to this, he attained the Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering with Honors in 1991 at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Through USC’s Ross Minority Program, YP hopes to garner strong friendships from fellow participants, industry experts and faculty members, and to familiarize on the intricacy with the real estate laws and regulations. Upon completion of the Program, YP intends to apply the acquired knowledge on real estate acquisition and development, implement debt structuring and equity partnership for opportunities in California. YP lives in Singapore, but hopes to move to Los Angeles one day.
Email: ypchan318@gmail.com