In this newly created position, Johnson will report to Michael O’Brien, global head of real assets client relations and strategy. He will be based in the Hong Kong office.

Johnson joins the firm from the Hong Kong office of The Blackstone Group, where he was a managing director focused on business development activities in Asia. He previously served at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Real Estate Principal Investments and Private Equity Funds Group, with responsibility for investor relations and capital raising for pan-Asia real estate funds.