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As Chief Investment Officer, Brian Finerty leads Equity International’s Investments group, overseeing all investment activity and portfolio company management. Drawing from a deep network of relationships and experience in global markets, Brian is responsible for setting investment strategy and guiding the team in originating and executing deals. Brian is also a member of EI’s Management Committee and Investment Committee. Brian is a director of five EI portfolio companies: GuardeAqui, SAMHI, Decameron Hotel & Resorts, Estapar Estacionamentos, and ARG Realty. Brian earned an MBA in analytic finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA from the University of Michigan.

Sascha Klaus was appointed CEO of Berlin Hyp AG as of October 2016. He most recently worked at Hypothekenbank Frankfurt (formerly Eurohypo) as a Member of the Board of Management from 2012. At the same time, he was Divisional Board Member for non-core assets at Commerzbank. The Franco-German joined Deutsche Bank Group in 1990, moved on in 2000 to Dresdner Kleinwort, New York, where he held the position of Head of Financial Institutions−Risk Management. 2008, he returned to Europe, where, after various national & international managerial positions at the Dresdner Bank/Commerzbank Group, he was appointed to the Board of Management in the Eastern European holding company. He received a MSc degree in business administration.

Ramesh is the CEO & Country Head of JLL India. He spearheads the overall direction, strategy and growth of the Firm in the country. Having joined JLL in 1999, Ramesh has over 22 years of diversified, hands-on, professional expertise in most facets of the real estate business. He has worked across asset classes such office, retail, land, residential, warehousing and industrial, advising leading domestic and multinational owners, investors and occupiers in India. Throughout his career, Ramesh has helped clients define and deliver successful real estate projects of the highest quality. He recently completed his AMP from Harvard Business School and is a guest lecturer at IIM Ahmedabad and ISB Hyderabad.

Ankur Gupta is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Property Group and Head of Real Estate business in India, responsible for all aspects of property business in the country including strategy, investments and asset management.He has held numerous senior roles within the firm. Previously, he was a senior member of Brookfield’s property investments team in New York where he was involved in investments and financings totaling more than $25 billion including IDI Logistics, Capital Automotive REIT, Associated Estates, Rouse Properties and Forest City Realty Trust. He has overseen the establishment and growth of Brookfield’s real estate business in India through three large portfolio acquisitions more than 25 million SF.

Mauricio Varela es Ingeniero Comercial de la Universidad Católica de Chile y MBA de Stern School of Business, New York University. Sus áreas de especialidad son las finanzas y la estrategia de negocios. Prácticamente toda su carrera profesional se ha desarrollado bajo el alero de la familia Gras, liderando el desarrollo y fortalecimiento de empresas como Socovesa, Almagro y Montgras. Después de ser Gerente de Finanzas y Planificación Estratégica de la viña Montgras, gerente de Planificación y Desarrollo de Socovesa y Gerente General de Almagro, a partir del año 2010 ejerce como Gerente General de Empresas Socovesa, el principal actor de la industria inmobiliaria nacional, y director de viña Montgras.

Mr. Gutiérrez has been in the real estate sector since 1989, including President for Latin America for Prologis where he is responsible for all Brazil and Mexico related activities including operations, investments, acquisitions and industrial property development. Mr. Gutiérrez was co-founder of “Fondo Opción” (formerly G. Acción), the first public real estate company in Mexico, where he acted as Chief Executive Officer and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of Consejo de Empresas Globales. He is also a member the board of directors of Finaccess and Central de Estacionamientos. He also served as President of the AMPIP (The Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks) from 2005 to 2006.

CEO of Walton Street Capital Mexico where he has led the capital raising and investment of over a billion USD in México. Before joining Walton Street Capital he was a Senior Director at GE Real Estate in Mexico City where he realized equity investments of over USD $350 million. He previously worked as an associate at JP Morgan Securities Inc. in New York. Federico has a degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Chris is Head of Real Estate & Private Markets and a member of Hermes’ Executive Committee. Chris joined Hermes in 2010, having successfully established Australian fund manager QIC’s European office in London. Prior to that he was head of European Property at HSBC. Chris spent the majority of his career as a fund manager at Prudential, where he led the diversification of its UK real estate exposure into overseas markets in 2001.

As the leader of the Latin America team, Adriano Mantesso is responsible for making RE investments locally, developing asset-management strategies and overseeing strategic partnerships for the region. Mr. Mantesso has extensive experience in the industry. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2017, he worked for five years at the investment bank BTG Pactual, where he became Partner and Head of Income Producing Properties (RE), managing what was then the largest local REIT. From 2005 to 2012, he worked for Brazilian Capital, managing private and public RE investment funds.

Tiago Angelo Alves, current role as Regus Brasil CEO. Former LatAm Managing Director of Johnson Controls & ISS, both multinational service companies, having worked also in Large corporations like Cushman & Wakefield and Grupo Semco S/A.. Graduated with MBA degree by University of California - Irvine, Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV in Sao Paulo and Degree on Mechanical engineer by Universidade do Estado de Sao Paulo – UNESP.

A Chartered Surveyor, Jo has 30 years of UK RE experience. Jo is CEO of Frogmore having joined the firm in 1994. She has been involved in the asset management and development activity for the majority of Frogmore’s transactions over the past 24 years. Jo started her career with Richard Ellis where she specialised in asset management; landlord and tenant matters; negotiating rent reviews and lease renewals, before moving to the industrial and office leasing teams Keen to promote diversity within the RE industry, Jo works actively with Pathways to Property, and supports RE Balance. Jo sits on the Fundraising Committee of Land-Aid, a charity that harnesses the property industry’s expertise to support projects working to end youth homelessness

Augusto Martins, Head of Real Estate funds at Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo (CSHG). Has 18 years of professional experience, 11 of which dedicated to real estate investment funds. Joined the team in 2017 as manager of the office portfolio and head of the operations team for the division, coming from Rio Bravo Investimentos, where he was partner responsible for the real estate department. Has been an officer of CSHG since October 2017, is a portfolio manager authorized by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), and holds the Manager Certification (CGA) of the Brazilian Association of Financial and Capital Market Entities (Anbima).

Vinamra Srivastava is the Chief Executive Officer, India Business Parks for Capitaland. Vinamra oversees investments, development, operations, asset management and strategic planning for the business parks in India, and leads the expansion and enhancement of the Group’s portfolio of assets in the country. He was previously based in Singapore heading Group Corporate Strategy & Development. He contributed to the successful Ascendas-Singbridge post-merger integration process and played a key leadership role to develop the India strategy.

Annette Kroeger is CEO of North and Central Europe at Allianz Real Estate Germany with responsibility for Allianz' RE investments within the market area of Germany, Austria, CEE, Nordics and Ireland. Having joined Allianz RE in 2009 within the investment management team, she became Head of Acquisitions in 2011 and subsequently took on further responsibilities on the asset management side. In 2015 she was appointed CEO of Allianz Real Estate Germany. She is a member of the executive committee and the investment committee of Allianz RE. Prior to joining Allianz, Annette worked for Goldman Sachs, investing on behalf of the Whitehall Real Estate Funds. Annette holds a business degree from European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

Rush Desai heads the Asia‐Pacific hub at Allianz Real Estate GmbH. He is a member of the Allianz Real Estate Executive Committee as well as the Investment Committee. Rush is leading the expansion of the Allianz Real Estate across key markets like China, India, South East Asia, Australia and Japan.

With over 20 years of University Public Private Partnerships Transaction and Development Experience, Julie has focused her career on creating dynamic mixed-use environments driven by institutional objectives. - Delivered over $5 Billion in mixed-use campus communities - Oversees $2 Billion Development Pipeline - Focused on structuring complex multi-phased student life developments for colleges and universities - Expertise in building and managing large planning, design, construction, finance and operations teams - Structures innovative project financing and implementation strategies - Regular speaker, moderator, subject-matter expert for industry organization, conferences and publications.

After having worked in various roles in various origination and coverage teams, Dr. Mayank Kaul transitioned into a Managing Director role at Citi, being responsible for risk managing the company’s real estate lending portfolio across the Institutional and Private Bank businesses for APAC and EMEA. He brings to this role more than 17 years of expertise in real estate finance in the region as well as leveraging academic knowledge gained while pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in the area of debt financing for Asia Pacific REITs.

Mr. Timmins joined Hines in 1988. He currently serves as CEO of Hines Eurasia and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr Timmins has developed, acquired and managed more than $5.0 billion of real estate. In recent years Mr. Timmins has been instrumental in establishing development and acquisition funds totalling $1.5 billion of capital targeting investments in Central and Eastern Europe and India.