Youguo Liang is the head of global research in the Real Estate and Infrastructure Department at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Dr. Liang holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Kentucky, an M.A. in management and a B.S. in operations research from the University of Science and Technology of China. He is a CFA charter holder, a Weimer School fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute, a fellow of the Real Estate Research Institute, a past chair of the Pension Real Estate Association Research Committee and the past president of the American Real Estate Society. He has published more than 100 research manuscripts in both academic and industry journals.