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Ken Wainer
Brian Welsh
Samuel Vetrak
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Global Production, Real Estate, Europe
GRI Club
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Global Production, Real Estate, EuropeGRI Club
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Discussion
Building Resilience in PBSA: Strategies & Priorities
- ESG in PBSA: What does ESG mean for the Student Housing real estate segment?
- Certifications: What options are there, how do they differ and which have received buy-in from global institutional investors?
- Increasing Resource Efficiency: Initiatives & strategies applied by managers to optimize water & non-renewable energy consumption
- ESG Policies: How are brand managers incorporating ESG into brand identity and client identification/satisfaction
- Integrating Users & Students: How have property managers and brand owners drawn upon customers to contribute to ESG initiatives?
- ESG’s Role in PBSA Investment: What are the new rules of the game when it comes to investors’ requirements & specifications?
Discussion
GRI Global Committee
Student Housing Chapter
Student Housing Chapter
Committee Chair
Ken Wainer
Founding Partner
VBI Real Estate
Committee Vice-Chair
Brian Welsh
Head of Student
Active Northumberland
Committee Vice-Chair
Samuel Vetrak
CEO
Bonard
Armon
Bar-Tur
CEO
BaseCamp Student
Cervantes
Lee
Hospitality Business Faculty
UNLV Foundation
Chanakya
Chakravarti
Head of Indirect Strategies, Asia-Pacific
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Craig
Carracher
Group Executive Chairman
Scape
Daniel
Gorzawski
Westwind Capital
Douglas
Edwards
Head of Group Equity Raising
Corestate Capital Group
Filipe
de Sá Pessoa
Head of Development Germany
AXA IM Alts
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Executive Director Residential
Gecina
Freddie
Wonnacott
Director Fund Management
M&G Investments
Harald
Hübl
Managing Director
greenturtle gmbh
Heriberto
Cuanalo
CEO
Collegiate
Ioannis
Verdelis
Chief Investment Officer
Vita Group
James
Halstead
Director Head of UK, Ireland, Spain Value Add Real Estate
BlackRock
Javier
Perez Lecumberri
Partner
Proprium Capital Partners
Jeffrey
Sújar Blanco
Managing Partner, Alternative Investments
Urbania
Josef
Preschel
Managing Director & Founder
Peninsula Investment Group
Juan
Acosta
Managing Director/ Head of Spain
Greystar
Julie
Skolnicki
Senior Managing Director
Greystar Real Estate Partners
Laura
Brinkmann
Senior Vice President
KSL Capital Partners
Leo
Hertog
Senior Portfolio Manager - Real Estate
APG
Michiel
Olland
Investment Management Director
Collegiate
Nick
Barker
Director
GCP
Nick
Hayes
Group Property Director
UNITE Group
Nimesh
Grover
CEO
Good Host Spaces
Nitin
Bhandari
CIO
LetterOne Treasury
Paul
Oliver
CEO
Curlew Capital
Russell
Petrie
Head of Student
EQT Exeter
Sean
Lyons
Partner & Co-Founder
Jackson Dearborn Partners
Stephen
Gaitanos
Managing Director & Group CEO
Scape
Stewart
Moore
Chief Operating Officer
Retirement Villages Group Ltd
Tom
Rix
Managing Director
Hines
Varun
Singh
Director - Acquisitions
Allianz Real Estate
Xavier
Scheibli
Portfolio Director
GSA
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Jessica Cooper
Chief Commercial OfficerIWBI
USA
Christian Mirabella
SVP, ESG and Global PartnershipsMindclick
USA
Stephanie Barr
Vice-President, Real Estate ESG Investment Strategy & ManagementHarrison Street
USA
Ken Wainer
Founding PartnerVBI Real Estate
Brazil
Ken co-founded VBI Real Estate in 2006 and has been involved in all of VBI Real Estate’s investments since inception. Prior to the formation of VBI Real Estate, Ken was a founding partner of Vision Brazil and was responsible for establishing the real estateprivate equity practice. At Vision Brazil, Ken was responsible for investment origination, transaction structuring, and portfolio management for investment funds with an AUM of U.S.$2 billion. Ken’s professional experience has included twenty years of investmentmanagement and M&A advisory work based in New York and São Paulo. Ken received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Brian Welsh
Head of StudentActive Northumberland
United Kingdom
Brian Welsh has over 14 years’ experience in the student accommodation and private rental sector markets. He has been responsible for the development and management of over 50,000 beds globally. Brian assumed the role of CEO of Nido Student in October 2017. Within this time, he has overseen the expansion of the portfolio from 2,000 to a pipeline of over 20,000 beds. Prior to joining Nido, Brian was Head of Operational Management at Liberty Living plc and then assumed the role of COO of Threesixty Developments and The Student Housing Company, where he oversaw the acquisition and delivery of over 17,100 beds across Europe, breaking into new PRS markets which have since become established, in particular Ireland and Spain.
Samuel Vetrak
CEOBonard
Austria
Founder and CEO of BONARD and has over 20 years’ experience advising real estate investors, funds, developers and operators. Since 2007, under his leadership, his staff of 50 researchers and analysts operating in four offices around the world have been providing the highest level of secondary and primary in-field data, making BONARD a leading provider of independent and reliable research and solutions. Samuel, an individual member of the world's leading professional research association ESOMAR, is a frequent speaker at the major global real estate stages, attending dozens of conferences a year and sharing latest insights backed by his long-term industry experience
Armon Bar-Tur
CEOBaseCamp Student
Denmark
Cervantes Lee
Hospitality Business FacultyUNLV Foundation
USA
Chanakya Chakravarti
Head of Indirect Strategies, Asia-PacificIvanhoé Cambridge
India
Chanakya (Chan) Chakravarti is the MD for India, responsible for implementing in his territory, the investment and asset-management strategies outlined in Ivanhoé Cambridge’s annual business plan and strategic plan. He works closely with the Growth Markets team and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to put in place and consolidate strategic partnerships for major projects in India. Mr. Chakravarti is a seasoned manager with more than 27 years of experience, including over 20 years in real estate, investment and development. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2018, he was Managing Director, Global Alternatives, Asia, at J.P. Morgan Chase. Chan has previously held country management roles at Actis Capital and C&W.
Craig Carracher
Group Executive ChairmanScape
Australia
Craig co-founded Scape Australia in 2013. After a partnership at Minter Ellison Legal, he became General Counsel of Consolidated Press Holdings. Craig then made the move to the investment world, first as CEO of Arctic Capital and then as co-founder of Telopea Capital Partners. After seeing the importance and potential of student living, Craig took on the role of Executive Chairman at PAD Student Living, co-founding Scape Australia soon after. Craig is responsible for Scape Australia’s legal, compliance and investor relations.
Daniel Gorzawski
Westwind Capital
United Kingdom
Douglas Edwards
Head of Group Equity RaisingCorestate Capital Group
Germany
Douglas Edwards is Managing Director and Head of Group Equity Raising & Client Services at Corestate Capital Group. He has 35 years of experience in international real estate, with a key focus on European markets. Douglas also has proven investment & asset management credentials, with a solid background in structuring debt and equity products for real estate investors. Additionally, Douglas has a deep understanding of sourcing & closing strategies and a strong international institutional sales network. Before he joined Corestate he was Managing Director and Head of Institutional Business International at KGAL Capital and Managing Director and Head of International Clients at Corpus Sireo.
Filipe de Sá Pessoa
Head of Development GermanyAXA IM Alts
Germany
Filipe, who is based in Frankfurt, brings 15 years of experience in real estate development, investment management and design.
He will be responsible for leading AXA IM Alts’ development activity across Germany, as well as further expanding the business and strengthening AXA IM Alts’ network of partners.
Prior to joining AXA IM Alts, Filipe spent nearly five years at MPC Capital, where he held various senior roles including Head of Acquisitions and Development for Micro-Living and Real Estate Investment Director. He also previously held the role of Acquisitions & Development Manager at DC Developments.
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Executive Director ResidentialGecina
A Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines graduate, Franck Lirzin has held various positions with the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. His career path since 2006 has taken him to the cabinet of the French Minister for Economic Affairs, Emmanuel Macron. Previously Deputy Chief of Staff for the French Secretary of State for Industry, Digital and Innovation, Franck joined Gecina as Executive Director Residential in 2017.
Freddie Wonnacott
Director Fund ManagementM&G Investments
United Kingdom
Harald Hübl
Managing Directorgreenturtle gmbh
Austria
Harald Hübl is Managing Director of greenturtle gmbh working with developers & HNWIs in real estate, energy, and start ups. Prior to that, he acted as Investment Director for value one group, a European developer, operator where he expanded the student housing platform in a JV with TIAA/nuveen. Before that he headed Corporate Finance and Real Estate Finance at Bawag PSK (a Cerberus owned bank in Austria). He spent nearly ten years in London at GE Capital as leader in European Healthcare Leveraged & Real Estate Finance, M & A and infrastructure investment.
Heriberto Cuanalo
CEOCollegiate
United Kingdom
Eri is a recognised expert in the development and management of high quality student accommodation schemes, with over 12 years of senior experience in the sector, and has worked on over 500 student accommodation projects.
Ioannis Verdelis
Chief Investment OfficerVita Group
United Kingdom
Growing our footprint in the PBSA sector in Spain and beyond.
James Halstead
Director Head of UK, Ireland, Spain Value Add Real EstateBlackRock
United Kingdom
James Halstead, Director, is a member of BlackRock's Real Estate Team. He is responsible for sourcing and managing value add and opportunistic real estate investments in the UK, Ireland and Spain. Prior to joining BlackRock Mr. Halstead was a director at MGPA and lead Transactions team working on opportunistic pan-European acquisitions. Before this he practised as a corporate real estate lawyer at Berwin Leighton Paisner. He holds an MBA from London Business School and LLB from University of Southampton.
Javier Perez Lecumberri
PartnerProprium Capital Partners
USA
Javier is a Partner at Proprium Capital Partners, L.P. where he is focused on leading new investments in Europe as well as overseeing management of the legacy SSF III European portfolio. Javier serves on the board of Monthisa Real Estate and on the advisory committee of the Casati Fund. Prior to joining Proprium, Javier worked for the real estate investment management platform of Deutsche Bank (formerly RREEF) since 2011 where he focused on analyzing new opportunities and managing the existing investments of the Global Opportunistic Fund II. As a member of the opportunistic team, Javier played a key role in the refinancing or restructuring of more than €1 billion in debt facilities and the acquisition of €500 million of assets.
Jeffrey Sújar Blanco
Managing Partner, Alternative InvestmentsUrbania
Spain
Josef Preschel
Managing Director & FounderPeninsula Investment Group
USA
He has been both an Investor and Developer of residential and mixed-used projects across Latin America and the South Eastern US. While working in Latin America, Josef identified a significant regional housing deficit, which he saw as a great opportunity to create value by investing in the residential development space; therefore, in 2005 he co-founded Peninsula with Mauricio Levitin. At Peninsula, Josef is responsible for overseeing investments, portfolio allocation in Mexico, Panama and Colombia, and managing investor relations. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the different funds of the firm.
Juan Acosta
Managing Director/ Head of SpainGreystar
Spain
Prior to joining Greystar, Mr. Acosta worked within CBRE’s Global Investment Partners (“CBRE GIP") as well at ING Real Estate, where he was responsible for sourcing, acquisitions and portfolio management across Continental Europe. Since joining CBRE GIP in 2011, Juan has been responsible for the acquisition and management of over €2.5bn of assets including €1.5bn of residential and student housing opportunities throughout Continental Europe. Juan started his career in 2003 at PwC Argentina in the advisory practice before joining ING Group in 2007. Juan received his MSc in International Finance at Amsterdam University.
Julie Skolnicki
Senior Managing DirectorGreystar Real Estate Partners
USA
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.
Laura Brinkmann
Senior Vice PresidentKSL Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Leo Hertog
Senior Portfolio Manager - Real EstateAPG
Netherlands
Responsible for sourcing, negotiating, executing, managing and ultimately also disposing European private real estate investments including residential, student housing, retail, offices and hotels in amongst others the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
Currently managing more than € 1.2 billion equity in Pan-European student housing, Dublin residential development and Iberian shopping centres. In my capacity as a representative of APG, I sit on various boards, investment committees and advisory committees of the portfolio investments.
Michiel Olland
Investment Management DirectorCollegiate
United Kingdom
Michiel Olland, is an Investment Management Director at Collegiate AC and an Executive Director of BCRE - Brack Capital Real Estate Investments N.V. He is also the principal of MO Real Estate BV, an investment, capital and finance services firm based in the Netherlands. Between 1992 and 2012, he has had Executive Director roles in the international real estate sector, most importantly as global co-head of RE investments with APG Asset Management, Managing Director of Bouwfonds Property Finance International (an ABN Amro subsidiary) and as a real estate lender at ING Group.
Nick Barker
DirectorGCP
United Kingdom
Nick is a director of Gravis. He is the co-lead manager of the GCP Student. Nick joined Gravis from Schroders where he worked for eight years, ultimately as head of alternatives for the real estate business and a member of the fund management team for the Schroder UK Real Estate Fund. Nick has over sixteen years investment experience having previously also worked at Cushman & Wakefield and JLL. Nick graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in Investment & Finance in Property. Nick is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Nick Hayes
Group Property DirectorUNITE Group
United Kingdom
Nick heads up the Groups property business and is responsible for all aspects of Unite's real estate activities including property development, asset management and investment. He joined Unite in 2007 and has held a number of roles within the business. Nick sits on the Unite Students Executive Committee and is also a member of the BPF Student Accommodation Committee.
Nimesh Grover
CEOGood Host Spaces
India
Nimesh has over 24 years, experience in successful investing across multiple asset classes. He has extensive experience in working closely with founders and other shareholders in growing companies, setting up teams and delivering results to all stakeholders like clients, shareholders, etc. He has worked in marquee organizations like IDFC Alternatives, Citi Property Investors and UBS Global Real Estate in senior roles. At IDFC Alternatives he was one of the early investors in India to identify the opportunity of investing in income producing office assets, he also ideated the opportunity to create an independent student housing company.
Nitin Bhandari
CIOLetterOne Treasury
United Kingdom
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.
Paul Oliver
CEOCurlew Capital
United Kingdom
Paul is currently CEO of Curlew. He has over 40 years’ experience in development and investment management in both the UK and Europe. He has been at the forefront of the establishment of unlisted property funds since 1991. He spent the 1980′s leading development teams on predominantly shopping centre schemes, following which, he moved to head up Dusco alongside Chairman Dik Dusseldorp, founder of Lend Lease plc. Paul then established Equity Partnerships promoting and managing collective investment schemes, which merged with the Teesland Group in 2000. In 2002 he launched Teesland plc on the London Stock Exchange, building funds under management to €6.5 billion before sale to Valad in June 2007.
Russell Petrie
Head of StudentEQT Exeter
United Kingdom
Sean Lyons
Partner & Co-FounderJackson Dearborn Partners
USA
Sean is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. His primary areas of focus in The Student Housing sector include fundraising, investor relations, and marketing. Sean has over 20 years of experience including the last 16 as a real estate broker and principal participating in well over $1 billion in real estate transactions. Sean started his real estate career with Marcus & Millichap in 2003, eventually founding his own brokerage company, Triad Real Estate Partners, in 2010. Moving to the principal side, Sean went on to found JDP where he utilizes creative marketing and an extensive network to build a portfolio of real estate and relationships within the Student Housing space across The United States.
Stephen Gaitanos
Managing Director & Group CEOScape
Australia
Over 10 years real estate investment, private equity and investment banking experience in Australia, Europe and the Middle East. Extensive expertise in investing in hard asset backed and operational real estate, acquisitions, developments and disposals, private and public M&A, restructuring, work out, capital raising and investment structuring in public and private markets. Experience in a broad range of sectors including student accommodation, residential, education, healthcare, leisure & hospitality and core / social infrastructure. Over the last five years Stephen has been focused on the global student accommodation sector with particular focus on the Asia Pacific.
Stewart Moore
Chief Operating OfficerRetirement Villages Group Ltd
United Kingdom
Tom Rix
Managing DirectorHines
United Kingdom
Tom joined Hines in 2017 to lead the living operations team. Tom has over eight years’ experience in the sector and has previously held senior management roles with international operators such as Greystar and iQ Student, managing large portfolios across the UK with a focus on operational excellence. In 2019 Tom was appointed Managing Director, with overall responsibility for all Hines Living operations in Europe.
Varun Singh
Director - AcquisitionsAllianz Real Estate
Singapore
Varun Singh is a Director in Allianz Real Estate Asia Pacific and heads the India & Southeast Asia business. Prior to joining Allianz in 2019, Varun was leading Singapore real estate acquisitions for JPMAM. He was directly involved with and led investments in Singapore across all sectors for JPMAM’s flagship Strategic Property Fund Asia, an open-ended core fund focused on Asia Pacific gateway cities. Previously, Varun spent 9 years investing in Indian real estate market focused on equity and debt investment opportunities. Varun graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and received his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Xavier Scheibli
Portfolio DirectorGSA
United Kingdom
Since 2018, Xavier Scheibli is Portfolio Director at GSA, based out of Frankfurt. He has more than 17 years of experience in multiple RE sectors, both on the equity & debt sides. In his current role, he’s responsible for managing portfolios of PBSA assets in Germany & UK, maintaining a close relationship with all players in the capital stack. Prior to GSA, Xavier was a Director at LNR/Hatfield Philips, leading NPL underwriting activities in Continental Europe & the firm’s co-investment opportunities. Before joining LNR in 2013, Xavier served as VP at Hudson Advisors & held posts in the RE division of UBS Wealth Mgt, where he was involved in fund structuring, acquisitions & distributions to high net worth individuals & inst. investors.
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Co-Founder & CEOEnertiv, Inc.
USA
Connell is the Co-Founder & CEO of Enertiv, a connected SaaS platform that brings together modern software tools to digitize operations and provide real-time visibility into the performance of critical infrastructure for commercial real estate portfolios.
He’s responsible for driving the company vision, growing the team, and managing key client accounts and investor relations. Under his leadership, Enertiv was recently featured as the Most Fundable Company in the US in Entrepreneur Magazine.
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Enertiv is a connected SaaS platform that brings together modern software tools to digitize operations and provide real-time visibility into the performance of critical infrastructure for commercial real estate portfolios.
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Jonathan Burrows
CEOASK4
United Kingdom
Jonathan is the founder and CEO of ASK4. Having identified an opportunity to use business-class telecommunications infrastructure to deliver industry leading broadband to residential users in the multi-tenant buildings, Jonathan launched ASK4 back in 2000. Today the company delivers super-fast broadband, managed WiFi, IPTV, VoIP telephony, IoT and value-added services to over 250,000 users in the UK and Europe.
Jonathan is an active early-stage investor with interests in PropTech and online services.
http://ask4.com/
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Sheffield | United Kingdom
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Austria
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Lithuania
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