ESR Group has promoted Josh Daitch as Group Chief Investment Officer and Matthew Lawson as Group Chief Operating Officer, effective July 11, 2023. In his new role as Group Chief Investment Officer, Josh Daitch will oversee Fund Management, Capital Raising, Research and Analytics and New Product Creation. Prior to this new appointment, Mr. Daitch was ESR Group Head of Capital & New Economy Fund Management.

Since joining ESR in 2018, he has played a pivotal role in expanding the Group's key investor relationships and in driving performance across the fund management segment. Mr. Daitch brings nearly three decades of real estate investment experience having held leadership roles across the private equity and real estate divisions in various financial institutions, including Mesirow Financial, where he founded the real estate investment management division, and the Archon Group, Goldman Sachs' real estate management subsidiary, where he was part of the original team that Goldman acquired from the J.E. Robert Companies in 1996. As part of the Group's focus on delivering operational excellence as well as simplifying and streamlining its business, Matthew Lawson, currently the Chief Financial Officer at ESR Australia, will assume the role of Group Chief Operating Officer.

In this newly created role, Mr. Lawson will actively support the Group Co-CEOs and work closely with the ESR business unit leadership in the delivery of key growth initiatives and performance across the Group. Given the Group's growing scale, he will also seek to optimise the firm's operating capabilities and deliver a more streamlined business and an enhanced cost structure. Additionally, Mr. Lawson will also oversee Information Technology, Insurance and Business Resilience and other key Group functions.

Mr. Lawson brings with him over 20 years of experience in leading global real estate investment and financial services companies across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining ESR in 2020, he was an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Limited, a leading hotel owner and operator under The Peninsula hotel brand. Before this, Mr. Lawson was a Managing Director at JPMorgan and Head of their Real Estate investment banking practice in Asia, based in Hong Kong.