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Daniel Buaron is Chairman of First Atlantic Real Estate (FARE), re-founded by him in 2014, two years after the sale of FARE Group to the DeAgostini Group. In fact FARE Group was founded by Daniel in 1998 and was the Italian operating partner of Goldman Sachs’ Whitehall Funds until 2007. In 2005, he founded FARE SGR which became the leading Italian RE fund management firm after the merger with FIMIT SGR (2011) with over 10 billion of AuM. Prior experiences include being Founder, CEO and Vice Chairman of Tradital S.p.A. and CEO of Metropolis S.p.A.. Mr. Buaron began his career with JP Morgan. He graduated with a business degree from Università Bocconi and received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1976.

Since 2009 he is Managing Director of Risanamento S.p.A, a property and development Company with €1 bln of assets under management. He was CEO of Immobiliare Cascina Rubina owning Sesto Project designed by Renzo Piano for 963.500 sqm and is still CEO of all the subsidiaries of the Group. He sold assets for € 3.0 billion: Paris properties’ portfolio for €1,5 billion, a prestigious building in New York for €0,4 billion and other Italian assets. He is also the CEO of Milano Santa Giulia Spa, owner of Milano Santa Giulia mixed-use Development Project in Milan - 440,000 sqm to be built. Previously, he headed the Real Estate Development by IPI (Fiat Group), being Director of the subsidiaries.

Graduated with honours in Economics and Business at “La Sapienza” University in Rome, Professional Accountant and Auditor, he has nearly 25 years of experience in Real Estate and Finance, having held high level positions in the Advisory, Property, Asset and Fund Management sectors with some leading national and international real-estate players.

Co-founder of Kervis Asset Management in 2011, leading Italian Real Estate Investing Platform. Over the last years has led the acquisition and disposal of assets in excess of €1,5Bn and currently coordinates a team of 20 professionals in Milan. Member of advisory board of several real estate funds and Board Member of Casavo (Leading Real Estate I-Buyer in Italy). Previously Managing Director in Morgan Stanley, Head of European Real Estate Investing and Member of Global Investment Committee. Formerly Head of Italy for MS Real Estate Investing, a platform that reached over €10 Bn of AuM. Marco started his career in London as analyst in Morgan Stanley Investment Banking. Holds an engineering degree cum laude from Politecnico di Milano.

Mario Pellò is the Head of Real Estate, Italy of Nuveen Italian office. With over 15 years’ experience, he supervises and coordinates activities for the several Italian properties within existing funds. He is also responsible for Italian investment advisory and strategic asset management, working with leading European developers and sector specialists of the market. Mario has a degree in Economics from the University of Piacenza.

Matteo has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate investments and finance sector, of which almost 10 with GWM. Prior to joining GWM Matteo was managing director of BNP Paribas, CIB division, heading the RE division for Europe ex-France and before that he held a similar role within the global RE group of Lehman Brothers. Matteo executed over €20 bn of RE transactions in Europe, including investments in offices, healthcare, retail, and residential asset classes and private and public debt and equity fund raisings. Matteo has executed over €15 bn of RE transaction in Italy, with counterparties including institutional investors, property companies, public entities, and professional investors.

Mauro Montagner is CEO and General Manager at Edizione Property SpA. In his role, Mauro is responsible for the investment program of Edizione Property globally, as well as for the management of a €2.1 bil portfolio distributed in 16 countries. Before joining Edizione in January 2018, Mauro was CEO at Allianz RE Southern Europe, and member of the Allianz RE Executive Committee & Investment Committee. Previously, Mauro was MD at Morgan Stanley, where he served as Country Head for the RE investment activity in Italy as well as portfolio manager for a large pan-european RE fund. Prior to that, Mauro was Director at London-based Curzon Global Partners, where he was responsible for the acquisition and asset management operations in Italy.

Paolo Scordino is the Vice President Market Development of DeA Capital Real Estate SGR. A graduate in economics and business from the University La Sapienza in Rome and Master in Business Administration from St. John’s University. He was board member and CEO of Prelios SGR, Deputy Chairman of Harvip Investments, Director of Business Development, Fund Raising and IR of IDeA FIMIT and FIMIT sgr, CEO of Zero SGR, Director of IR of Lottomatica, Strategic Services and financial analyst at Ernst & Young Consultants, Assistant Financial Analyst - Equity and Emerging Markets at Bear Stearns. It’s a member of Assoimmobiliare.

Roberto Fraticelli is Director Italy at Eurocommercial Properties NV (Amsterdam). Prior experiences include the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy & Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs at the European Parliament in Brussels, the International Business Unit at Ernst & Young in Rome & the finance Department at Unilever (Elida Andrélon) in the Netherlands. Roberto is currently a committee member in several organisations (EPRA, CNCC, Assoimmobiliare). Roberto graduated in Business Economy at the LUISS in Rome and in Political Sciences at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam. Roberto also completed the Executive MBA at the Erasmus Business School in Rotterdam.

Stefano Keller graduated in Economics & Financial Markets (CLEFIN) at Bocconi University, Milan (Italy). He served as an Asset Manager at T&S - Asset Management Company of Merrill Lynch/Colony Capital - and GE Real Estate between 2002 and 2007. At that date, he joined Generali Immobiliare Italia as Chief Investment Officer and then was nominated also Key Clients Manager of the Group. At the end of 2010, he joined LFPI Italia Reim (formerly Foncière LFPI Italia) as Managing Director. As of today he is Partner of the company.