España GRI

Mr. Brush is co-founder and CIO of Merlin properties, a Spanish diversified REIT with over €12.5 billion of assets. He has over 35 years’ experience as a real estate professional both in the US and Europe.During his 20-year tenure at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank Real Estate, Mr. Brush founded the Real Estate Opportunistic investing division, where he was Global Head and CIO of the business for 13 years and supervised the completion of over 200 transactions consisting of real estate asset acquisitions, equity investments, corporate recapitalizations and distressed loan portfolio acquisitions with an enterprise value in excess of $70.0 billion.

1997-2001 – Education at CUNEF, Major in Finance. 2001-2003 – Lehman Brothers, Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions, London. 2003-2008 – Crédit Agricole CIB, Associate Director, Project and Acquisition Finance, Madrid. 2009-2016 – Crédit Agricole CIB, Managing Director, Head of Real Estate and Hotel Group Spain, Madrid

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.

Mark is a Partner in Baupost’s Private Investment Group, focusing on real estate investments in Europe and the United States. Prior to joining Baupost, Mark served as an investor, asset manager, lender and workouts officer at Apollo Real Estate Advisors, Wexford Management, The Yarmouth Group and Citicorp Real Estate. Mark received his MBA from Columbia Business School and studied architecture at the Yale Graduate School of Art and Architecture. He earned a B.A. with a major in architecture from Columbia College.

Head of Investment Operations of CBRE Global Investors in Spain and Portugal. He's more than 18 years’ experience in RE investment management, financial management, corporate finance and management consulting. He's responsible for the Iberian business activities, managing a portfolio of EUR 3 bi invested in retail, logistic, offices and student housing. His past experience includes senior positions in asset and financial management of large RE portfolios. Before joining CBRE Global Investors (formerly ING RE), he worked for 6 years in the consulting industry: McKinsey & Co. and Andersen Consulting.He's a double degree in Business Adm (major in Finance) and Law by ICADE (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas). He's CFA charterholder since 2006.

Laurence Rapp is the Chairman of Castellana Property Socimi which focuses on the retail sector. He is the former Chairman of the South African Reit Association. Prior to joining the real estate industry some seven years ago, Laurence’s career was focused on investment banking.

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.

Ms Perez Liz, based in Madrid, is the Managing Director of Kennedy Wilson Spain and has almost 20 years of investment banking, real estate and capital markets experience throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Wilson, she was a Managing Director of Banco Santander’s restructuring unit for medium size corporates, and had previously played different roles at PwC, and Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in London . Over her career, Ms Perez has intervened in the completion of more than 25bn in European real-estate related transactions, including equity, direct lending, mezzanine, securitisation, and restructuring work.

Alberto is a Vice President at Brookfield Asset Management, where he’s responsible for sourcing, underwriting, structuring and executing real estate investments in Southern Europe. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2016, Alberto had worked since 2014 for H.I.G. Capital as part of the distressed and real estate principal investment team in Madrid. Previously he had worked for UBS Investment Bank, with roles both in London and Madrid, where he gained significant expertise in M&A, equity and debt transactions across several sectors, asset classes and jurisdictions.

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 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.

Ms Perez Liz, based in Madrid, is the Managing Director of Kennedy Wilson Spain and has almost 20 years of investment banking, real estate and capital markets experience throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Wilson, she was a Managing Director of Banco Santander’s restructuring unit for medium size corporates, and had previously played different roles at PwC, and Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in London . Over her career, Ms Perez has intervened in the completion of more than 25bn in European real-estate related transactions, including equity, direct lending, mezzanine, securitisation, and restructuring work.

Mr. Brush is co-founder and CIO of Merlin properties, a Spanish diversified REIT with over €12.5 billion of assets. He has over 35 years’ experience as a real estate professional both in the US and Europe.During his 20-year tenure at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank Real Estate, Mr. Brush founded the Real Estate Opportunistic investing division, where he was Global Head and CIO of the business for 13 years and supervised the completion of over 200 transactions consisting of real estate asset acquisitions, equity investments, corporate recapitalizations and distressed loan portfolio acquisitions with an enterprise value in excess of $70.0 billion.

Dilip is Cadena's Managing Director for Spain and in this capacity responsible for all aspects of Cadena's property development and investment activities on the Iberian Peninsula, having worked in Spain for 22 years. Prior to joining Cadena, Dilip held senior positions with US developer Hines and was Managing Director of Canadian investor and developer TrizecHahn Spain. Dilip holds undergraduate and post graduate degrees in Economics and Land Economy and an Advanced Certificate in innovation, management and technology from the MIT Sloan School of Business. He is a UK trained Chartered Surveyor, a member of the Urban Regeneration Council of the Urban Land Institute Europe and a partner of the business think tank the Círculo de Empresarios.

8000 residential units developed, 300000 m2 Logistics under development, 50000m2 retail High STREET under management, 16000m2 Houses for seniors under development, 120 Student Housing units recently open. TRAINING: • IESE - Senior Business Management Program • Bachelor of Business Administration and Management. • Technician in Business Administration and Management • Master in Financial Management • High Executive program RE Management and Valuations • High Executive degree grade: Private equity and structured finance • Executive Administration Program. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: • General Director of Grupo Wilcox • Vice President of AEDHE • Member of the Board of Directors of CEIM • Member of ULI and ICSC.

Jordi Sans is General Manager of Volumetric. Member of the family owners.Since 1999 leads real estate division of Grup Volumetric, and with his team of professionals has developed 270,000 sqm of land and built 437,000 sqm, mainly residential. He has also managed refurbishment projects, logistics, commercial and office buildings. In 2006 he started up partner companies in Poland, Romania and Hungary recruiting local management teams and adapting to each country the systems and working philosophy of the group. In those countries we have built 1,150 homes. Under his management Volumetric has developed projects continuously since 2000.

Walter de Luna holds a PhD in economics and business finance from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), a degree in Law and Business Administration from Comillas Pontifical University (ICADE E3) and is an associate professor at the IE Business School. Earlier in his career, he was the CEO of Acciona Inmobiliaria. Prior to this, he was the General Director and Board member of SAREB from its creation in November 2012.Most of his career has been within ING, and he has been General Director of ING Real Estate for Spain and Portugal. At the beginning of his career he worked in different companies of Corporación Mondragón in the area of corporate finance.