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Private, collegial conversations reserved only for GRI Chairmen’s Retreat Members (immediate No.1 or 2 in command of significant real estate organisations) and their invited guests.
We convene on the last Friday of every other month to discuss frankly pricing, disruptive and structural demands on real estate across all assets, risk profiles and regions, in a living format with a bunch of friends.
The agenda for each meeting is set and curated by our Retreat Constituents, to keep the focus on the challenges and opportunities on a peer level.
Holger Schmieding
Chief Economist Berenberg Bank
Special Guest
Dr Holger Schmieding is Chief Economist at Berenberg Bank in London. Before joining Germany's oldest private bank in October 2010 he worked as chief Economist Europe at Merrill Lynch Bank of America and at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch in London
AB Development has been successfully operating on the commercial and residential real estate markets in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. Being a CEO of the company, Alexey Blanin has 20 years of experience in development, he has developed more than 1 mn sqm of quality commercial and residential projects with a total budget exceeding USD 2 bn and net operating income amounting more than USD 500 mn. Alexey started his career in well-known international development company Hines. In 2005-2009 Alexey headed Horus Capital, one of the major players of Moscow commercial real estate market.
Audrey Klein has held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. She is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com).
Real asset investor with 20 year track record. Have built and led investment programs through direct investments, co-investments and fund investments in North America, Europe and Asia. Committed $850m+ of equity in 90+ investments in real estate, energy, mining and agriculture. Eight years of direct development experience across office, residential, hospitality, retail and mixed-use projects totalling nine million square feet.
Global Head of Real Assets, Private MarketsManulife Investment Management
Switzerland
Dr. Christoph Schumacher has been appointed as Global Head Real Estate at Credit Suisse Asset Management as of June 1, 2017. Christoph served as Managing Director at Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH, Germany, in charge of the Institutional Business and a member of Union Investment’s Real Estate Investment Committee. In January 2016, he became spokesman of the board of the German Property Federation ”ZIA Region Nord“. From 2005 to 2011, Christoph worked for Generali Real Estate, in Cologne, Luxembourg and Paris. Prior to that he was a lawyer for Linklaters in Berlin and London. He was previously a personal advisor/office manager to the minister of finance in Berlin.
Coley Brenan, Partner & Head of Europe, KSL Capital Partners. KSL is a leading private equity firm with $7.0 billion of equity capital commitments raised since 2005 and a 20-year track record of making investments exclusively in travel and leisure businesses. Through its investment vehicles, KSL has owned and operated some of the largest and most renowned hotel and resort properties in the United States and Europe, comprising 15,500 hotel rooms, 500 restaurants, 350 retail stores 250 golf courses and 630,000 members.
Dan-David Golla is one of the leading impact investment experts in Germany for investments in social infrastructure and demographic trends. As a pioneer, he constructed one of the first institutional investment funds for nursing homes and assisted living in Germany. With the foundation of AviaRent Capital Management S.à r.l. he established the company as the market leader in this asset class in Germany. During his time as CEO he also initiated the first and one of the largest investment funds for furnished apartments in Germany. Dan-David Golla decisively shaped the market and the concept of the new form of living, Microapartments. He also developed the largest kindergarten portfolio in Germany.
Starting from January 2024, he has been appointed CEO of Costim Group, an industrial group focused on real estate development and on general contracting, with real estate developments amounting to around 800 millions and a turnover of 400 millions. From 2009 to December 2023, he was Managing Director of Risanamento S.p.A, a property and development Company listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, with €1 billion of Assets Under Management and CEO of all the subsidiaries of the Group. As CEO of the subsidiaries, he sold assets for € 3.0 billion: Paris properties’portfolio for €1,5 billion, a prestigious building in New York for €0,3 billion and other Italian assets for €1,2 billion.
Ed Aldag launched Medical Properties Trust in 2003 as the world’s only real estate investment trust focusing exclusively on hospitals. Today, company assets have grown to nearly $25 billion and the number of hospital beds owned is more than 46,000. A business and finance graduate of the University of Alabama, Ed serves on the board of Children’s of Alabama, one of the nation’s leading hospitals for children, and as a director and member of the investment committee of the Alabama Children’s Hospital Foundation. He also serves as a board member of Mitchell's Place, the Birmingham Education Foundation and the American Sports Medicine Institute, and as an executive committee member of the Birmingham Business Alliance.
Ed is the Founder and CEO of Cale Street Partners LLP (“CSP”). CSP is a European focused property investor providing senior and mezzanine debt as well as joint venture equity capital. CSP was founded in 2014 and seeded with €1.1 billion from a sovereign wealth investor with a long term, patient approach to investing. Prior to founding CSP, Ed enjoyed a 23 year career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he held a variety of leadership positions including Global Head of the Real Estate Principal Investment Area and Co-Head of European Merchant Bank. He also served as Chairman of the Global Real Estate Investment Committee and on the European Management and Mortgage Capital Committees.
Fabio Longo
Managing DirectorBain Capital
United Kingdom
Mr. Longo joined Bain Capital Credit in 2013. He is a Managing Director in the Non-Performing Loan and Real Estate team that is part of Distressed and Special Situations and is based in Bain Capital Credit’s London office. Previously, Mr. Longo was a Principal in the European Principal Finance Fund at Apollo investing in non-performing loan portfolios and real estate assets being disposed by European financial institutions. Mr. Longo started his career in the Investment Banking group at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Longo received an M.Eng. from University of Cambridge and MIT.
Florian Schaefer
Senior MDNorthwood Investors
United Kingdom
Florian Schaefer is a Senior Managing Director at Northwood and is responsible for sourcing and executing real estate equity and debt opportunities in Europe. Prior to joining Northwood Investors, Mr. Schaefer served as a Managing Director at the Blackstone Real Estate Group. During his 14 year career at Blackstone, Mr. Schaefer was based in London and Hong Kong and was involved in over $10 billion of real estate acquisitions, disposals and financings across all property types in Europe and Asia. He has been involved in the Blackstone Real Estate Group’s international expansion and most recently played a key role in leading Blackstone Real Estate’s core plus business in Asia. Mr. Schaefer received an MBA from the EBS University;
Gregorio Schneider
Managing PartnerTC Latin America Partners
USA
Gregorio Schneider is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of TC Latin America Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience in emerging markets, investing in both the public and private markets through a variety of assets and strategies, including debt, equity, distressed assets and real estate. Prior to forming TC Latin America Partners, Gregorio was Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets at Och-Ziff Capital Management, Portfolio Manager at The Rohatyn Group (TRG) and worked at Spinnaker Capital. Gregorio is a member of the EMPEA Latin America Council and the LAVCA real estate council. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the ITAM in Mexico City.
Gustavo Nicolau is an economist graduated from PUC-SP and executive MBA from Ibmec (Insper). He was financial manager of an electrical engineering company with operations in infrastructure, shopping centers, hypermarkets and industries in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. He was also financial and administrative consultant for companies related to the real estate industry and family office, focusing on strategic, corporate and succession planning areas. Developed a residential development in partnership with a major player in the real estate market and established Akylas Patrimonial in the real estate development market.
Ian Baggett (BSc (Hons) PhD) - is the CEO founder of Adderstone Group property development organisation, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Adderstone Group was founded in 1999 and is now one of the UK’s fastest-growing privately owned property businesses. Adderstone Group invests in and develops residential and commercial property, mainly in the North East of England. We are looking forward to forging direct relationships with funds or private investors seeking value in the north of England. We also now have a London office providing great value development management and construction contracting services from our North East cost base to the London market.
Ilyas Aslam
COOQuadrum Global
Cayman Islands
Ilyas Aslam is Chief Operating Officer at Quadrum Global and has been there since Quadrum’s inception in late 2013. Ilyas has over 18 years’ experience working within the investment and real estate sectors. During this time Ilyas has held various senior positions. He has established and maintained international offices as well as multi-jurisdictional corporate structures and has also managed numerous cross-border debt projects. He is a finance professional with broad Director level experience of both pan-European corporate & investment structures as well as in wider jurisdictions.
Jared is responsible for sourcing and acquiring new assets in the UK and Europe at may capital. He has over 16 years of real estate experience, having previously worked for both Thor Equities and Pears Global, where he was responsible for sourcing acquisitions, financing and asset management. Jared has been involved in an excess of £2bn real estate transactions.
Originally born in New Zealand and now a UK resident, Jared studied at Lincoln University in Christchurch where he received a B.A. in Property.
Jon Rickert was Head of European Private Debt at Man Global Private Markets (‘Man GPM’), focusing on commercial and residential real estate debt. Prior to joining Man GPM in 2019, Jon was a managing partner at Renshaw Bay, which was later sold to GAM. Before that, he spent 15 years at JPMorgan, where he was one of the original members of their direct origination team, served as head of the real estate structured finance business in EMEA and ran both the EMEA special situations investing business and the UK residential mortgage business. Jon holds a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Louisville School of Law.
Josh Cleveland
PartnerStepStone Group
United Kingdom
Mr Cleveland is a founding partner of StepStone Real Estate and oversees its activities in the EMEA. Mr Cleveland is member of the company’s board, investment committees and executive committee. At Clairvue, he was focused on originating and executing investments in the US and Europe. Before Clairvue, which he is a founding partner, he was a director at Liquid Realty Partners, an investment manager focused on real estate private equity secondaries. He has also served as a vice president at Capital Dynamics, a Swiss-based private equity manager, and worked in the debt capital markets divisions of Credit Suisse First Boston & Bank of America. Josh received a BA from University of South Carolina.
Lars von Lackum joined LEG Immobilien AG as Chief Digital Officer January 1, 2019 and took over as Chief Executive Officer of the Group on June 1, 2019. He was previously with ERGO Group, Munich RE‘s primary insurance operations, as Chief Executive Officer for the Global LPI activities. Before that, Lars was Deputy CEO and CFO of Corpus Sireo Group and responsible for all private equity clients of the firm. Lars is a graduate of the university of Cologne, is a German Tax Consultant and holds an US CPA.
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.
Mohamad is the CEO of SFO Capital Partners. He is also a member of SFO’s Board of Directors and its ESG Committee, and chairs the firm’s Executive and Investment Committees. Mohamad has been leading all aspects of the firm’s development since 2013.
With over 18 years of experience, Mohamad has been involved in more than USD15 billion of transactions in both advisory and principal roles across the real estate, hospitality and financial services sectors. Prior to joining SFO, Mohamad held positions at Kingdom Hotel Investments, JLL and Gulf Merger where he advised and acted on behalf of institutional investors and family offices on cross border transactions including mergers and acquisitions, direct investments and asset management.
Neil Hasson joined Investcorp in 2016 from Macquarie Group, where he was responsible for the firm’s European real estate lending business. Prior to Investcorp, Mr. Hasson spent seven years at Citi Property Investors, where he was Head of Europe and Chief Investment Officer of CPI Capital Partners Europe. He started his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., followed by four years at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette where he was a Managing Director. Mr. Hasson holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and a MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Nitin has over 25 years of rounded investment experience spanning private equity, private debt, capital markets and M&A. From 2013-2022, Nitin was Head of Direct Investments at L1 Treasury, responsible for all private equity, private debt and special situations investments within L1 Treasury. From 2013 -2019, Nitin was also a Partner in Pamploma Capital Management responsible for private debt and special situations in the credit opportunities fund. Prior to that, Nitin led the European Real Estate and Principal Finance businesses of Nomura and Bear Stearns. Nitin started his career at SG Warburg & Co (now part of UBS) in M&A.
Former Corporate Banker who rose to Executive level before leaving the industry in 2006. Led two high performing transacting teams that became market leaders in PFI and Real Estate. Member of the Bank’s Credit and Investment Committees and held Board positions in Housebuilding, Real Estate and Hotel & Leisure sectors. Became CEO of a pan European Property Company where she implemented a major restructure before moving to set up the UK office for a European Private Equity company. Formed Greyfriars in 2008 as a co-investing advisory business, working with US funds and HNWI sourcing debt and equity opportunities in the UK Real Estate sector. Greyfriars were the lead financial advisor on the delivery of a £300M Regional PRS portfolio.
Pedro Silveria is the chairman of SILCOGE, Group SIL's main development company, was founded in 1949. SILCOGE is currently developing over 250000 sqm of property in greater Lisbon area
Philipp has 20 years' experience in real estate and NPL principal investing across Europe. He joined Castlelake, a global private investment firm with AUM of c. USD15bn, in 2017 and acts as Co-Head of the European Assets Team. Prior to his current role he was a Partner at Benson Elliot where he started in 2009. Previously he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, managers of the Whitehall Funds within the real estate principal investment area (REPIA). He started his career with Goldman Sachs in London in 2000 and played a leading role in the acquisition of over €6.0 billion of property assets.
Raj Menda is the Co-Owner & Corporate Chairman of RMZ Corp. RMZ Corp is one of the most successful South Asian real estate development firms, with an unmatched portfolio in India. The organization has developed, acquired or holds an interest in over 24 M sft. of commercial properties. Its prestigious and prolific portfolio includes over $ 3 billion in real estate assets. Headquartered in Bangalore. At RMZ, we are constantly thinking about the Future. This time it’s about the Future of Space and we have chartered our course to look at creating communities. In our new manifesto we are using technology coupled with experiences to build connected communities in our spaces.Raj is the first Indian to be on the Jury of the ULI Awards
Renaud Haberkorn is Managing Partner and Member of the Executive Board of Eurazeo where he heads the pan-European Real Asset Division. Eurazeo SE is one of the largest European listed investment company with more than €6Bn of AUM. Renaud has over 20 years of experience in the real estate private and public equity industry across Europe. Renaud started in London at the Real Estate Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs. Subsequently, he joined Soros Real Estate Partners and then became a founding partner of Grove International Partners. Finally, and prior to joining Eurazeo, Renaud was appointed CEO of Société de la Tour Eiffel, a French REIT.
Sameer Dalamal is a partner at Cale Street Partners, a real estate investment and finance firm focused on the United Kingdom, Western Europe and North America. Since its inception in 2014, Cale Street has raised €7.6bn from a single sovereign wealth investor and has provided innovative structured debt and/or equity capital solutions to investors, operators and developers in ten countries across nearly every major real estate asset classes and in multiple currencies. Before joining Cale Street, Sameer spent 10 years at Och Ziff in London, where he was most recently the head of European commercial real estate credit. Prior to that Sameer was at Deutsche Bank in the European commercial real estate group for 6 years.
Stefan is a founding partner of 4 Friends Investment Group (4FI) and responsible for the general strategy, acquisition and structuring as well as member of the investment committee. 4FI is a privately held investment manager with a focus in the sectors health & lifestyle and real estate combining both platform and corporate investments. Through different subsidiaries 4FI has acquired real estate in continental Europe in excess of 700mn EUR and has invested into five different platforms. Prior to 4FI, Stefan founded ACREST Property Group, Germany’s largest non captive retail asset manager and worked for companies such as TishmanSpeyer or Tenkhoff Properties. He is an active member of ULI and ZIA.
Mr. Rossi graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan; he then obtained a Master degree in administration and control from the Milan Business School. He worked for a tax-consulting firm, then joined an international industrial group in Milan and subsequently became director of an advisory company specialized in hedge and long term investment funds. He has also been Member of the Board of some investment firms.
President and Chief Operating OfficerHarbert Management Corporation
USA
Travis Pritchett is President and Chief Operating Officer for Harbert Management Corporation (“HMC”), an investor in alternative investment strategies. Travis is a member of HMC’s senior management team with management responsibility for HMC’s global real assets group consisting of four platforms - European value add real estate, US value add real estate, US Seniors Housing, and Infrastructure. Travis received a BS from Davidson College and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.
Tyler is the Founder and CEO of Seaforth Land. He has over 30 years of international real estate experience across Asia, North America and the UK in property development, investment banking, principal investment, and investment management. He is a passionate and vocal proponent of good design, sustainability, diversity, and transparency in our industry. Tyler was ranked #35 in the “Estates Gazette 2014 Power List 50” as one of the 50 most influential people in the UK property industry.
Yuri Babin is a Chief Investment Officer and Head of Capital Markets for Wainbridge International. Prior to that he was a Director of Strategic Partnerships at Russian Direct Investment Fund, a $40 billion sovereign wealth fund of the Russian Federation. Before that he spent more than 10 years as an investment banker in London with J.P.Morgan and Morgan Stanley. He holds Bachelor of Laws degree from Moscow State University, LL.M. from Cornell Law School, andMBA from Insead.
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Christian Dalzell
Founder & Managing PartnerDalzell Capital Partners
USA
Founder and Managing Partner of Counter Management LLC, Dalzell Capital Partners LLC, The Keppoch Group LLC and Counter Culture PHL LLC. Counter Management is a vertically integrated owner, investor and manager of multifamily and mixed-use properties in specifically targeted markets.
Christian Dalzell co-Founded and is the Managing Partner of Dalzell Capital Partners a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment and property management platform that currently owns and operates nine (9) multifamily and mixed-use properties located in Center City, Philadelphia. Over his 24 year career, Mr. Dalzell has successfully closed 535 unique transactions with an aggregate notional total of more than $62.5 billion.
