Our Team

Glass Wu

Co-Founder & CEO
A born leader with true entrepreneurial spirit, Glass is passionate about real estate and helping clients achieve their investment goals. Her continuing drive to offer the best opportunities to Hana’s clients is instilled in the company’s culture which has earned the respect and trust among clients and peers in the industry. 
 
Under Glass’s leadership, Japan Hana has become the go-to firm for Japan real estate opportunities in Hong Kong and has expanded to include international properties and alternative investments. 
 
Glass has over a decade of experience in sales and marketing and consulting in the real estate industry in both Japan and Hong Kong. A native Japanese speaker having lived and worked in Japan, she also started her entrepreneurial journey in Tokyo having established her first business there. 
 
Glass is a frequent speaker at real estate exhibitions and conferences in Asia and has appeared on Japan’s TV Asahi, TBS, Shanghai National TV and NowTV. 

Jason Lam

Co-Founder & President

With a curious mind and a passion for investing, this has led Jason from a 20-year career in banking and finance to real estate, and co-establishing Japan Hana and Hana Global Investments.

“What started as a passion to invest in real estate and help clients and peers navigate the intricacies of the Japanese property market, led to the founding of Japan Hana – a dedicated real estate company that serves to help our clients, be they individuals, family offices or funds, to gain access to the Japan property markets and provide tailor-made real estate solutions.”

With offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan Hana and Hana Investments has since become the trusted partner among investors, developers and Hana’s partnership companies. Winning high acclaim from customers and industry peers alike for their expertise and professionalism.

With over 20 years in the banking and finance field, working with some of the world’s largest institutions, property funds and investors, Jason has a proven track record of advising clients on investments and asset management, and has brought his knowledge and experience to bear working with institutions and developers at Hana.

Jason has held director positions within investment banking and markets divisions at Nomura, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and ANZ. In addition, Jason has over a decade of experience investing in real estate across different jurisdictions.

Jason holds a Master of Science in Physics from Imperial College, London.

Richard Sum

Senior Sales Manager

Richard is Senior Sales Manager and responsible for Japan Hana’s sales team in Hong Kong.

Mr. Sum has over 15 years of experience leading successful sales teams covering Hong Kong, China, Asia Pacific and US.
He is fluent in Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Mr. Sum holds a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Hiroyuki Takano

Director

Mr. Takano is the Director of Hana Global Investments’ Japan office. Mr. Takano has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry across sales, leasing, asset management and development.

He is fluent in Japanese and English.