Vicknesh R Pillay
Singapore, Singapore
Managing Director of BlueHill Asset Management, Vicknesh R Pillay has advised and raised equity for over 80 real estate projects worth EUR300mil. Having been nominated as one of the most promising entrepreneurs of 2011, Vicknesh was one of the winners of the Best Foreign Enterprise award at the 2012 SME1 Asia awards. During the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2012, Vicknesh was also awarded the most promising entrepreneur.
Graduating with a double degree from Nanyang Technological University, Vicknesh started his career in investment banking with Barclays Capital. He soon went on to start up Shenton Mortgage Advisors and Shenton Investment Group before finally discovering real estate investment opportunities in Germany.
Seeing the untapped potential of the German property market in the region, Vicknesh is one of the first movers to bring the investment opportunity to real estate agencies and institutional investors throughout Asia.
He remains as an advisor to numerous real estate agencies and European developers looking to bring investment opportunities to Asia. During Vicknesh’s career, he was also nominated as a luminary of Promising SME 500 2013 and was presented the Midas Touch Asia 2013 - Platinum Award by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.