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Members' Directory
Advisory Board
Brian Betel
Managing Partner
ASG Iberia Advisors
Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner
Azora Capital
Madrid | Spain
Is an independent asset manager, leader in Spain, which has raised over €3.7Bn of capital since its inception in 2003. Azora specializes in investments in different real estate classes, such as hotels or residential under rent, renewable energy and others
Edward Miller
VP Portugal
Round Hill Capital
http://roundhillcapital.com
+353 1902 6937
London | UK
Round Hill Capital is a fully integrated global real estate investment manager.
Henrique de Polignac de Barros
Chairman
APPII
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice President
APPII
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
João Sousa
CEO/Founder
JPS Group
José Cardoso Botelho
Managing Director
Vanguard Properties
Lisboa | Portugal
Vanguard Properties is a leading real estate developer mainly dedicated to residential and touristic projects located in Portugal.
Miguel Santana
Board Member
Fidelidade Property
https://www.fidelidade.pt/PT/particulares/Habitacao/Paginas/multirriscoshabitacao.aspx
+351 213 239 087
Lisboa | Portugal
Fidelidade Property Europe is the real estate arm of the Fidelidade Insurance Company Group. We invest in Portugal and worldwide, assuring the management of Fidelidade’s real estate portfolio.
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor Relations
Norfin
Paulo Loureiro
CEO
Louvre Capital
http://www.louvreproperties.com/
+351 211 349 157
Lisboa | Portugal
Louvre Capital is a leading real estate investment, development and asset management firm focused on residential and commercial properties in Portugal
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Pedro Lancastre
Managing Director
JLL
Pedro Vicente
Administrator/Member of the board
Habitat Invest
http://www.habitatinvest.pt/
+351 213 461 024
Lisboa | Portugal
Habitat Invest is a private real estate investment company founded in 2004. A One-stop-shop, which accompanies all stages of the project, from the identification of opportunities and negotiation to rehabilitation, sale & leasing.
Sam Mellor
Head of SREI Europe
Barings Asset Management - Munich
http://www.barings.com/
+49 89 210 256 11
München | Germany
A member of the MassMutual Financial Group, Barings keeps a strong global presence with over 600 investment professionals and offices in 17 countries.
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE Investing
Morgan Stanley
http://www.morganstanley.com
+44 20 7425 8965
London | UK
Global real estate asset manager with $43 billion of AUM – approximately 1/3 in Europe
Volkert Reig
General Director
Novo Banco
Brian
Brian Betel
Managing PartnerASG Iberia Advisors
Brian has worked for 25 years in the RE sector investing in 6 countries covering a wide range of products in Private Equity RE including CRE value add, turnarounds and residential, hotel and resort development in addition to alternative asset classes. Brian has a further specialty in debt and NPL acquisitions and workouts navigating insolvency processes to unlock value in distressed special situations. He spent 14 years in North America and Europe at a major PE fund with his final position as MD in Spain before opening the ASG Iberia office in Spain as the Managing Partner and setting up ASG Homes Propcorp as a Founding Partner currently developing multifamily residential projects in ten cities throughout Spain with 1,750 condominiums.
Cristina
Cristina García-Peri
Managing PartnerAzora Capital
Cristina García-Peri is Head of Corporate Development and Strategy for the Azora Group, an independent investment and asset management group with more than €3.7bn of equity raised. Prior to joining the Azora Group in 2011, she worked for 16 years in the investment- banking sector at both Merrill Lynch (2 years) and JP Morgan (14 years), where she held various positions in the area of M&A for 4 years and for 10 years was MD responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA. Her last two years in investment banking took place at Merrill Lynch where, in addition to continuing to lead Corporate Equity Derivatives she also was responsible for Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal.
Edward
Edward Miller
VP PortugalRound Hill Capital
Edward has 10 years of experience in Real Estate Investment and Development across a wide range of sectors and geographies. His career started at EC Harris, working across global accounts for major banking and institutional clients. Edward has been at Round Hill Capital for 5 years and now oversees day to day investment activity across Portugal.
Henrique
Henrique de Polignac de Barros
ChairmanAPPII
Henrique de Polignac de Barros is the Founding Chairman and Member One of APPII – the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors, as well as Founding Vice Presidente of the Portuguese Confederation of the Construction and Real Estate Sector. Henrique as an Economy Degree from ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management and his a 40 years experienced real estate developer.
Hugo
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice PresidentAPPII
Hugo Santos Ferreira is the Executive Vice President of APPII – the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors and Director of the Portuguese Confederation of the Construction and Real Estate Sector. Hugo is also an Advisory Board Member of SIL – the Portuguese Real Estate Exhibition and of the Portuguese Green Business Week – Smart Cities Summit. Hugo has a Law Degree and a Master in Public & Administrative Law from the Portuguese Catholic University and was a Real Estate Lawyer at the Iberian law firm Cuatrecasas for almost 10 years up until 2014. He is also the author of several opinion articles and chronicles in the main magazines and newspapers in Iberia and other Southern European Countries.
João
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementSonae Sierra
João Lélis joined Sonae Sierra in 2004 as an investment analyst, later becoming Director of the Fund Management business. As member of the executive team, current responsibilities include management of the real estate funds co-owned by Sonae Sierra, of the direct investments outside Iberia and transaction support. Prior to Sonae Sierra, João was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and also with Arthur Andersen. João completed the INSEAD – Advanced Management Programme in 2018 and the INSEAD - International Executive Programme in 2010. He also holds an MBA from the Yale University School of Management (2002) and a BS in Management from Faculdade de Economia do Porto (1997).
João
João Sousa
CEO/FounderJPS Group
Formado em Direito, pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, o CEO da JPS GROUP, Dr. João Sousa, iniciou o seu percurso profissional aos 23 anos, na área empresarial e dos negócios. Foi com estes primeiros passos e contacto com o mundo profissional, que soube que exercer Direito não era uma opção e decidiu enveredar pela área à qual se estava a dedicar com tanto afinco. Como tal, começou a fazer o seu percurso na consultoria de investimento financeiro e imobiliário, percurso esse que veio, mais tarde, a dar origem à fundação da JPS GROUP. Um dos períodos de tempo deste percurso foi passado no estrangeiro, em múltiplos negócios em África, pelos países da América do Sul e na Ásia.
José
José Cardoso Botelho
Managing DirectorVanguard Properties
Experienced investor in Real Estate. Since the end of 2015, focused in the setup and management of Vanguard Properties, a leading developer, focused on residential and touristic projects. Currently the group has 16 projects under development located in Lisbon, Oeiras, Comporta and Algarve. Vanguard’s is currently leading the consortia that will acquire the real estate funds of Comporta Investment Fund. Since 1988, José has been involved in multiple ventures notably in retail, real estate, technology (software, heading systems, medical, etc.). Significant expertise in Real Estate, Funding, Negotiation and Venture Capital. Undergraduate in Management with expertise in Finances. MBA in International Management.
Miguel
Miguel Santana
Board MemberFidelidade Property
He graduated in Civil Engineering from IST, Lisbon in 1988 and started his career at Proman, Centro de Estudos e Projectos, SA, in the Structural Design Department, with special emphasis on participation in the stability projects at Quinta de Carvalhais of Metro Rotunda II, cold storage centers in the Azores. Among many other residential and industrial projects design. Recently, he has been a member of Hagen Imobiliária SA Board for approximately 2 years. Currently and for the last 6 years he is Board Member of Fidelidade Property Europe, SA., a company 100 % held by Fidelidade Companhia de Seguros, managing all Real Estate Investments of the Insurance Group.
Paulo
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor RelationsNorfin
Paulo Barradas is a Managing Director at Norfin SGFII and heads the M&A and investor relations department. He has more than 22 years of experience in the international investment banking industry, of which the last 6 years in London as Head of M&A at Haitong Bank. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A for Energy and Infrastructure and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Espírito Santo Investment Bank.
Paulo
Paulo Loureiro
CEOLouvre Capital
Paulo Loureiro is the Founder and Managing Partner of Louvre Capital. Since inception, Louvre Capital’s principals have invested, along with their partners, more than €100 million in residential developments in Portugal. Prior to founding Louvre Capital in 2015, Paulo was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in New York, focusing on the oil and gas industry. He started his career with Schlumberger, the world’s largest oil service company, spending six years in Argentina and Brazil. Paulo received his MBA with honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and holds a Master of Science degree majoring in Maths and Physics. Paulo is a Portuguese national, fluent in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Pedro
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
55 years, married 2 sons From 2002 - 2017 Square Asset Management - Partner; 1,5 Billion under management in all sectors for retail and institutional clients : Managing the highest Portuguese performance balanced portfolio over the last 8 years in a row according to MSCI/IPD; from 1990 - 2000 ESAF Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros SGPS - Real Estate Managing Director Investments: Portugal, Brazil, Russia.
Pedro
Pedro Lancastre
Managing DirectorJLL
Pedro Lancastre is the Managing Director of JLL Portugal since July 2011. Pedro has 17 years of experience in the Real Estate sector. He started in 2001, as an Investment Consultant of the Lisbon Capital Markets team at CBRE, where he acted in the acquisition and sale of a number of properties.
In 2004, he moved to Sonae Sierra as Deputy Director of New Business in Portugal where he was responsible for the conception of new shopping centres and retail parks. Pedro started his career in 1995 in the Portuguese Bank industry where he performed different roles in two different Portuguese Banks (BCP and BPI) until 2001.
Pedro
Pedro Silveira
ChairmanSIL Grupo
Pedro
Pedro Vicente
Administrator/Member of the boardHabitat Invest
Pedro Vicente is a board member at Habitat Invest, overseeing the BBB, sales, marketing, business development and operations departments at the company. He has developed his activity at the real estate industry as head of legal and marketing and asset manager of a state-owned company- EPUL. He evolved to level Constellation, a Chinese real estate fund from Shanghai, operating in Portugal. He is the co-founder of the Portuguese Institute for Corporate Governance and member of the advisory committee. Habitat Invest is privately-held and an independent real estate investment company, founded in 2004, with investments in urban rehabilitation and new born projects. Projects underway in 2019 represent an investment greater than €300 million.
Sam
Sam Mellor
Head of SREI EuropeBarings Asset Management - Munich
Managing Director, Head of SREI Europe, previously worked at Chenavari as Partner, Real estate.
Shamik
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE InvestingMorgan Stanley
Shamik is based in London and part of the MSREI acquisition and asset management team, working on sourcing, negotiating and managing investments for MSREI across all European jurisdictions, with additional responsibility for the UK. Before joining MSREI, Shamik was based in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, investing in roads and infrastructure in South America for a global investor. Shamik is also a chartered structural engineer. Shamik received a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA in Finance with distinction from the London Business School. Shamik is a Portuguese national, and has lived and worked in Europe, South America, North America and Asia.
Volkert
Volkert Reig
General DirectorNovo Banco
Volkert is presently President of the Board of Directors of Novo Banco Real Estate and has over twenty years of international experience in M&A, private equity and real estate. Prior to joining Grupo Novo Banco (GNB), Mr. Reig served as a Managing Director for Hudson Advisors. Mr. Reig Schmidt has a Master in Law from the Universidad San Pablo CEU and is admitted to practice in the Madrid Bar Association. Volkert is fluent in Spanish, German and English and has a basic knowledge of French and Portuguese.
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Iryna
Iryna Lyulchuk
Club ExecutiveGRI Club
Melina
Melina Peña
Production DirectorGRI Club
Thiago
Thiago Alves
Head of RE Iberia & ItalyGRI Club
Thiago is part of the GRI senior management team in Europe and leads the UK & Ireland, Spain & Portugal real estate relationships in Europe. His extensive & varied career has seen him manage & deliver large-scale national & international events, project manages the delivery of a number of luxury publications in the UK & UAE, providing first class service to his clients. Educated at university level & well travelled, he has begun his career in the medical profession to then start his creative profession in Events, Marketing & Publishing. Thiago is very engaged with international development projects and is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish & English.
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Industry Partners
Mumbai | Maharashtra | India
JLL is India’s premier and largest professional services firm specialising in real estate. With an estimated revenue for FY 2018-19 expected to be approx. INR 4,000 cr, the Firm is growing from strength to strength in India. The firm has an extensive presence across 10 major cities (Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Coimbatore) and 135 tier II & III markets with a cumulative strength of more than 11,000 professionals. It provides investors, developers, local corporates and multinational companies, a comprehensive range of services including leasing, capital markets, research & advisory, transaction management, project development, facility management and property & asset management across asset classes: commercial, residential, industrial, retail, warehousing & logistics, hospitality, land, healthcare, senior living and education.
APPII represents the biggest cluster of the most significant companies with activity in the Portuguese RE Industry, such as leading development and investment companies, funds and listed companies, all asset class operators, as well as hoteliers.
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