Doug Smith

Managing Director, Asia

As Managing Director, Asia, Doug maintains overall responsibility for GreenGen's Asia business, including oversight of GreenGen's comprehensive energy solutions as it expands its Asia business in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.

Doug has been active in the Japanese real estate market for the past 22 years in all facets of the business, including: asset management, investment management, lending, securitization, and the REIT market. With his broad experience in a variety of domestic and international institutions, Doug is uniquely qualified to expand GreenGen throughout the Asia-Pacific region.  

Before joining GreenGen, Doug was head of Colliers' Japan investment services business, prior to which he was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group heading asset management for two Japan-focused real estate funds with a combined equity of approximately $2.5 billion.  Prior to Fortress, Doug was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and head of the bank’s real estate lending and securitization business in Japan, head of Shinsei Bank's Real Estate Finance Group, and worked at Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. establishing its real estate investment management and funds businesses. Doug has a Bachelor's degree in economics and history from University of Virginia. He is also active in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and co-chair of the Japan Sustainable Development Council.