Shawna YANG

Shawna YANG has over twenty years of professional experience. Shawna began her career in San Francisco, USA, as an Urban Planner. She then relocated to South Korea and joined Cushman &Wakefield Seoul as a consultant.  She began her cross-border real estate investment experience with Mirae Asset Global Management as Vice President of the Investment Division. She was responsible for direct real estate investments in South-Korea, India and Hong-Kong. She thereafter re-joined Cushman&Wakefield as Head of Capital Markets advising Korean investors on US and  European real estate.  Shawna Yang joined La Française in 2016, as Investor Relations Director - Asia, and is a founding member of La Francaise’s Seoul office.  She has been instrumental in raising and investing in the European real estate market, €3bn on behalf of Korean investors.  

Shawna Yang holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a minor in Urban Planning from the University of California, Berkley and a Master in Urban Planning and Real Estate Development from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.