CBRE has appointed senior Goldman Sachs real estate investment banker Paul Ryan to further propel the growth of its Capital Advisors investment banking business in Australia and New Zealand.

Mr Ryan brings nearly two decades of investment banking experience during which he has advised on over AUD$75 billion in transactions. 

In his new Sydney-based role, Mr Ryan will work closely with Stuart McCann, the Head of Capital Advisors – Pacific and Southeast Asia (SEA), to further support the growth of CBRE’s capital raising and corporate advisory / M&A services for clients in the Pacific region.

Flint Davidson, CBRE’s Pacific Head of Capital Markets, noted, “Through our Singapore-based Capital Advisors team, we’ve raised over AUD$4.2 billion in equity to facilitate AUD$9 billion in Australian transactions across multiple sectors since 2021. Having Paul based in Sydney will allow us to build on that momentum as our clients increasingly look to us to not only provide real estate expertise but capital raising and corporate advisory services.”

Mr McCann added, “Our Capital Advisors teams in the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific have been increasingly active, and we see considerable potential to further expand into this space in Australia and New Zealand harnessing Paul’s skills and financing networks.”

Mr Ryan said he was looking forward to utilising his real estate investment banking experience to provide a differentiated offering for CBRE’s clients across Asia Pacific.

“Real estate markets have entered a new era with significant variability in the underlying drivers and expected returns across traditional and alternate real estate sub sectors. Against this backdrop, a nuanced and flexible approach considering real time data to provide the right advice to clients has never been more important,” Mr Ryan noted.

“CBRE’s market leading global real estate platform uniquely positions it to assist clients in navigating changing market conditions to achieve superior outcomes across all real estate sub sectors and investment banking products, including raising debt and equity capital and corporate advisory / M&A.”