A senior, closed-doors Real Estate meeting to help ignite deal flow in Spain
Madrid
23 - 24 April
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EVENT MANAGER
Leonardo Faria
Head of Southern Europe & India
GRI Club

Leonardo
Leonardo Faria
Head of Southern Europe & IndiaGRI Club
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España GRI is an exclusive and senior Spanish & European Real Estate gathering that takes place in Madrid annually with the aim to help increase deal flow within the players in the industry.
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Some of the past attendees
Alberto
López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIA
AEXX CAPITAL
Alicia
Alvarez
Head of Real Estate Finance Spain
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Arantxa
Prado
Senior Director Capital Markets
Panattoni Europe - Madrid
Carlos
Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Managing Director Real Estate
EQT Exeter
Cristina
García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate Development
Grupo Azora
David
Iriso
Co-General Manager & CIO
All Iron Group
David
Martinez
CEO
AEDAS HOMES
Edmund
Eggins
Managing Director
Ardian
Eduardo
Boveda Damborenea
Managing Director
Victoria Asset Management
Esteve
Almirall
Partner & Global Managing Director
Node
Gauthier
Renaud
Partner
Orion Capital Managers
Gregg
Gilbert
Managing Director
PineBridge Benson Elliot
Ignacio
Pareja Sierra
CEO
Momentum Reim
Ignacio
Sagüés Guibert
Spain Director
Starwood Capital Group
Jared
Hart
Principal
Maya Capital
José
Antonio de Pedro Cuadrado
Partner
Fluxus Ventures LLP
José
Cravo
Head of Capital Markets and Investor Relations
Neinor Homes
José
Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE & Hotel Finance EMEA
Banco Sabadell
José
Manuel Lorite
Managing Director- Residential & Development
DeA Capital Real Estate Iberia
Juan
Acosta
Managing Director/ Head of Spain
Greystar
Juan
Alonso Bartolome
Managing Director
ASG Iberia Advisors
Juan
Castaño Belda
Head of RE & Hospitality
Natixis
Juan
José Vera Villamayor
Montepino Logistica
Montepino
Kevin
Cahill
Partner, Head of European Investments
Ares Management
Leticia
Fusi
Managing Director
Castlelake
Manuel
Climent
Director of Development - Spain & Portugal
Marriott International - Barcelona
Mario
Chisholm
Partner
Urban Input
Miguel
Lainez
Managing Director
Cale Street Partners
Pablo
Gonzalez
BTG Pactual
Pedro
Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Philipp
Braunfels
Managing Director & COO Jamestown Europe
Jamestown
Pilar
Valencia
Country Manager- Spain
Logicor Spain

Alberto López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIAAEXX CAPITAL
Spain
CEO AEXX CAPITAL, a Madrid/London based privately held investment firm specialised in direct lending, asset backed distressed debt and other unique special situations, primarily in western Europe. Alberto is the Co-founder of URBANIA INTERNATIONAL, a real estate private equity firm with over €1 billion under management. Mr. Lopez has been involved in over €2 billion of opportunistic, value add and debt real estate investing in Europe. Mr. Lopez received an International MBA from EM Lyon & EOI and has a Bachelor’s degree of Economics.

Alicia Alvarez
Head of Real Estate Finance Spainpbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Spain

Arantxa Prado
Senior Director Capital MarketsPanattoni Europe - Madrid
Luxembourg

Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Managing Director Real EstateEQT Exeter
Spain
Carlos Molero joined EQT Partners in November 2019. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Carlos was Head of Sourcing & Acquisitions at Activum SG, focusing on acquisitions and asset management. Prior to that, Carlos was Director of Corporate Finance within the real estate advisory division at KPMG, Head of Real Estate Single Asset Transactions at PwC and responsible for Corporate Solutions at JLL.
Carlos holds an International MBA from University Antonio de Nebrija and a Professional Certificate in International Business from University of California.
Carlos is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).
Carlos holds an International MBA from University Antonio de Nebrija and a Professional Certificate in International Business from University of California.
Carlos is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate DevelopmentGrupo Azora
Spain
Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner and Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for the Azora Group. Prior to joining Azora 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 across M&A and Equity Capital Markets, and for 10 year, she was Managing Director responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA as well as Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina holds a bachelor degree in Economics from ICADE (Spain) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (USA). Cristina is Board Member at Bankinter, a Spanish IBEX 35 banking institution, where she Chairs the Nominations and Sustainability Committee.

David Iriso
Co-General Manager & CIOAll Iron Group
Spain

David Martinez
CEOAEDAS HOMES
Spain
David Martínez has over 20 years’ professional experience in the real estate sector. He has been responsible for projects such as Cuatro Torres, Valdebebas and Operación Chamartín. 2013 - 2016 MD Distrito Castellana Norte (BBVA) 2010 - 2013 CEO of Valenor 2005 - 2013 CEO Valdebebas 2002 - 2005 Managing Director of Cuatro Torres Business Area (Urban Development Entity) David Martínez holds a Civil and Structural Engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and an Executive MBA from IESE business school. Furthermore, he is a lecturer on the IE Master’s Programme in Real Estate Development and a member of the Spanish Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Edmund Eggins
Managing DirectorArdian
Spain
Edmund Eggins joined Ardian Real Estate in 2019 with ten years of real estate experience. Prior to joining Ardian, Edmund was a Director at Inmobiliaria Colonial. Prior to that, he was a Director at Axiare Patrimonio. He started his career working at Savills where he spent five years in the Capital Markets team.

Eduardo Boveda Damborenea
Managing DirectorVictoria Asset Management
Spain

Esteve Almirall
Partner & Global Managing DirectorNode
Spain
Esteve leads all Node Iberian efforts, which are organized across three departments: development, operations and capital markets. He has extensive experience in coliving, multifamily and vacation rentals and previously worked at Starcity, Airbnb and VTS. Esteve has a degree in Finance from New York University.

Gauthier Renaud
PartnerOrion Capital Managers
United Kingdom

Gregg Gilbert
Managing DirectorPineBridge Benson Elliot
United Kingdom

Ignacio Pareja Sierra
CEOMomentum Reim
Spain
Ignacio is a founding partner of Momentum REIM and responsible for business development since 2008. He studied Law at ICADE and Business Administration at UNED and has a Master in SME Management from EOI and a Master in Real Estate Management from ICADE. From 2004 to 2012 he has been a Postgraduate Professor at ICADE. In 2000 he began his professional career in the RE consultancy division of Arthur Andersen, and after years of experience in the sector he held the position of CEO in Grupo Gesfesa and Deputy Managing Director in Grupo Vemusa, RE companies focused on residential and tertiary development business. MOMENTUM was born in 2008 with the conviction that the change of cycle would generate good opportunities for the RE business.

Ignacio Sagüés Guibert
Spain DirectorStarwood Capital Group
Spain
Ignacio Sagüés Guibert is responsible for Starwood Capital Group's Iberia office and has been since February 2020.
Ignacio has 18 years of real estate experience. Previously, Mr. Sagüés was in charge of the sales and lettings at Axa Real Estate Investment Managers, with a total of $3 billion of assets under management.
During his six years at Axa, Mr. Sagüés was in charge of both the commercial asset strategy team and the sales processes across Iberia.
Prior to his time at Axa, Ignacio spent eight years at Cushman & Wakefield occupying different senior positions and completing relevant transactions across Iberia.

Jared Hart
PrincipalMaya Capital
United Kingdom
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.

José Antonio de Pedro Cuadrado
PartnerFluxus Ventures LLP
Spain
Jose is Partner at Fluxus Ventures since April 2020. Prior to that, he co-founded Fluxus Ventures, Commuty Asset Management in 2016 focused on developing and managing value-added funds. With more than €200M of AUM of track record, he has focused his career on innovative usages such as coliving and coworking. Developing the first coliving assets in Spain in 2018, operated by Urban Campus. Currently, he, along with the Fluxus team, focuses on launching new funds to invest in coliving and managing residential with a strong focus on ESG & digital transformation.
He holds an MsC in Industrial Engineering degree with a major in Structural Engineering - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. And B. Architecture - École Nationale d’Architecure Paris.

José Cravo
Head of Capital Markets and Investor RelationsNeinor Homes
Spain
José is the head of the Investor Relations area, after joining the company in September 2020.
With an extensive experience in the investment banking field, before joining Neinor Homes he led the real estate analysis team within Banco Santander, as well as previously he worked at Haitong Bank, for the group companies in this same sector for both Spain and Portugal.
José has a degree in Economics from the Portuguese University Nova SBE and completed his training with a Master's degree in Finance from the Portuguese Catholic University.

José Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE & Hotel Finance EMEABanco Sabadell
Spain
José-Ignacio Tramuns is the Head of CRE Finance EMEA at Banco Sabadell. He joined Banco Sabadell in 2006 as a member of the Structured Real Estate Finance team, and afterwards was the CIO-Real Estate in BanSanbadell Inversión, with more than €1 billion under management. Prior to joining Banco Sabadell, he gained experience in Real Estate and Private Banking in firms such as Aguirre Newman and Morgan Stanley. He graduated in Economics with an MBA from ESADE Business School.

José Manuel Lorite
Managing Director- Residential & DevelopmentDeA Capital Real Estate Iberia
Spain

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.

Juan Alonso Bartolome
Managing DirectorASG Iberia Advisors
Spain

Juan Castaño Belda
Head of RE & HospitalityNatixis
Spain
Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas, bachelor en International Business por la Universidad de Northumbria, en Investigación y Técnicas de Mercado y cuenta con un MBA en ICADE y PDD de IESE. Desarrollará funciones ejecutivas con nuevos clientes y será el responsable de negociar las operaciones de financiación del banco, por encima de 50 millones €. Hasta ahora era director ejecutivo de Real Estate & Hospitality de Natixis para España y Portugal. Con 18 años de experiencia, desde su incorporación a en 2007 ha participado en proyectos de financiación de operaciones por valor de más de 5.000 millones €. Con anterioridad trabajó como analista en las áreas de riesgos y financiación de proyectos de BBVA e ICO en Madrid.

Juan José Vera Villamayor
Montepino LogisticaMontepino
Spain

Kevin Cahill
Partner, Head of European InvestmentsAres Management
United Kingdom
Mr. Cahill is a Partner and Head of European Investments in Ares Real Estate, where he focuses on European real estate equity. He also serves as a member of the Ares Real Estate Global Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2013, he was a Director at AREA Property Partners. Previously, Mr. Cahill was an Associate at Citigroup Capital Markets. Mr. Cahill holds a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) in Business.

Leticia Fusi
Managing DirectorCastlelake
United Kingdom

Manuel Climent
Director of Development - Spain & PortugalMarriott International - Barcelona
Spain
Marriott International has appointed Manuel Climent Rosillo as Director of Development for Spain and Portugal to develop the different brands of the company. Mr. Climent most recently served as Global Development Director at Palladium Hotel Group, where he was responsible for leading PHG´s development efforts for all brands across EMEA, USA and the Caribbean region. Previously Head of Transactions at JLL Spain & Portugal where he executed transactions in exceeds of €1.1Bn, worked as well as Expansion Manager at Hotusa Hotels Group across the CEE region. Mr. Climent began his professional career as financial product consultant and hedge fund analyst, after studying Business Administration in Madrid and Dublin.

Mario Chisholm
PartnerUrban Input
Spain
Mario invested in Urban Input Asset Management in 2014 having previously worked with them as a local operating partner and asset manager when he was investing in Spain. Since starting his career, Mario invested in over €3bn of real estate transactions via equity or debt across Europe and across multiple asset classes, having worked at Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Och-Ziff and Benson Elliot. Mario holds a MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Manchester and speaks 5 languages. Mario sits on the board of listed retail REIT Tander Inversiones and UNIQ Residential as well as a number of PropTech ventures. Until the sale to AXA, Mario sat on the board of NYSE-listed REIT, Northstar Realty Europe.

Miguel Lainez
Managing DirectorCale Street Partners
United Kingdom
Miguel Lainez is a Principal at Cale Street Partners, a real estate investment and finance firm focused on Western Europe and North America. Since its inception in 2014 Cale Street has raised €3.6 bn from a single sovereign wealth investor and has provided innovative structured debt and/or equity capital solutions to investors, operators and developers in 8 countries across nearly every major real estate asset class. Before joining Cale Street, Miguel was a member of Goldman Sachs EMEA Real Estate and Leisure M&A team.


Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
Portugal
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.

Philipp Braunfels
Managing Director & COO Jamestown EuropeJamestown
Germany
Philipp Braunfels is the Chief Operating Officer of Jamestown Europe and Managing Director of Jamestown Latin America. Upon joining Jamestown, he worked across different departments in Germany, the U.S. and spent six years building and leading Jamestown's Latin America investment platform out of Bogota, Colombia. Mr. Braunfels graduated Cum Laude from Maastricht University with a Master of Science in International Business Finance and holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business Economics.

Pilar Valencia
Country Manager- SpainLogicor Spain
Spain
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