People
Stuart Gibson
Stuart Gibson is co-founder and co-CEO of ESR, the Asia-Pacific real estate investment and development group. He co-founded Redwood, a logistics property company, before its 2016 merger with e-Shang formed ESR. Gibson has more than 37 years of real estate development and investment experience in Asia, including over two decades in Japan's industrial property market.
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Career
Gibson co-founded and led Redwood before joining forces with e-Shang to create ESR. Since 2016, he has served as co-CEO, overseeing the group's operations and business development alongside co-founder Jeffrey Shen. ESR's current leadership roster continues to list both founders as co-CEOs, with Brett Robson serving as independent board chair after his appointment in 2025.
Focus
ESR's business includes logistics and industrial property, data centres, and other real asset strategies across Asia-Pacific and additional global markets. Gibson's career has been closely tied to industrial and logistics real estate, particularly in Japan. His co-CEO remit now extends across the wider group, which combines development, investment, and fund-management activities.
The Redwood-to-ESR merger is a defining corporate milestone in Gibson's career. ESR's biography describes the merger history and his leadership responsibilities; it does not assign every asset or fund decision to him individually.
Related Pages
- Investor People Hub
- National Investor Benchmarks Hub
- ESR Group
- Jinchu Shen
- Jeffrey Perlman
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