The largest capital and equity marketplace for senior real estate players
13 - 14 September
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Past Editions' Keynote Speakers
Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist
Nathalie Palladitcheff, President & CEO
Laurent Clavel, Head of Research
Discussions will touch on
Finance &
Investment
Investment
Leading Real Estate Investors, Fund Managers, Lenders, Asset Owners, Developers
Real estate investors are gearing up to continue where they left off pre-pandemic. However, between supply chain disruptions, unrest and geopolitical tensions, questions arise.
ESG
Leading investors, Heads of ESG, Developers, Lenders, Asset Owners
Looking at the whole value chain, the ESG stream will have a closer look at climate and transitional risks, impacts on returns, measuring outcomes, as well as new developments and the embodied carbon elephant in the room.
Tech
CTOs, CIOs, Heads of Innovation, Data, Digital Transformation
With growing investments in private real estate tech companies and new market expectations for 2022, what does the future hold for innovation in Real Estate?
Asset Classes
Leading Investors, Asset Owners, Developers, Lenders, Operators
We will have a closer look at each asset class to understand where current opportunities lie, rental values and costs are behaving, as well as where future demand and trends are headed.
Country Specific
CEOs, Heads of RE, Managing Partners
Whether you are a domestic or inbound yield hunter, country-specific market discussions will take place in order to match capital to product, understand barriers to entry on a local level and meet the key movers and shakers.
Participants from last edition
Finance Stream
Finance & Investment
LP Appetite | Investment Cycle | State of Europe | Cross Border Investments | Opportunistic Yields | Dry Powder | Fundraising | Debt Funds | Senior Debt | Alternative Finance
Ami
Kotecha
Co-Founder & Head of Venture Investments
Amro Real Estate Partners
Anthony
Leonard
Head of International Funds
Credit Suisse
Derek
Rich
MD & Commercial RE Debt Origination
Oaktree Capital
Eric
Sasson
Managing Partner
Redtree Capital
Gavin
Neilan
Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Deutsche Finance International
Guillaume
Turcas
Managing Partner
Faro Capital Partners
Jan
Janssen
Co-Head of EMEA RE Finance
Goldman Sachs
Karim
Habra
Head of Europe and Asia Pacific
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Kirk
Lindstrom
CIO
Round Hill Capital
Lorcain
Egan
Head of Lending
Starwood Capital Group
Michael
Zerda
Head of Value Add & Debt Strategies
LaSalle Investment Management
Nadra
Moussalem
CEO
Colony Investment Management
Philippe
Deloffre
MD, Head of European RE Debt Origination
ICG Longbow France
Priscilla
Le Priellec
Co-Head Real Estate Lending Department
La Banque Postale
Rami
Badr
Managing Director
Orion Capital Managers
Tarek
Germanos
Managing Director
SFO Capital Partners
ESG Stream
ESG
Safeguarding Portfolios | Measuring Outcomes | Capital Allocation Strategies | Measuring Embodied Carbon | Regulations
Ami
Kotecha
Co-Founder & Head of Venture Investments
Amro Real Estate Partners
Assem
El Alami
Head of International Real Estate Finance
Berlin Hyp
Benjamin
Cartier-Bresson
Head of French Branch
Berlin HYP
Christian
Nickels-Teske
Head of Treasury Europe
Prologis
Daniele
Russolillo
COO & Deputy CEO
Planet Smart City
Emmanuel
Verhoosel
Managing Partner
Fluxus Ventures LLP
Etienne
Pax
Managing Director
Colony Investment Management
Federico
Bianchi
MD & Head of Asset Management for Europe
Starwood Capital Group
Luke
Dawson
Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets, Central and Eastern Europe
Colliers
Michael
Eisenkolb
Director Special Property Finance
Aareal Bank
Pierre
Leocadio
Head of Investments Europe
Oxford Properties Group
Walter
Hampel
Managing Director, Head of REF CEE
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Tech Stream
Tech & Innovation
Life-Cycle, Maturity & Markets | Portfolio Management | Building and Diversifying Innovative Portfolios | Space & Digital Transformation | AI and Big Data Analytics | CRE & Living Innovative Portfolio Building | Financial Results | Future Challenges
Bernd
Knobloch
Chairman
Continuum Capital
Chris
Zissis
CTO - Global Head of Technology
Nuveen Real Estate
Elena
Fabris
Head of Community Management
Planet Smart City
Florent
Danset
Co-Founder & CEO
Alte
Florian
Stadlbauer
Head of Technology and Innovation
Commerz Real
James
Power
Director of Digital & Technology
SEGRO
Jonathan
Avery
Head of Platform Technology and Change
Legal & General Group
Julie
Alexander
Director of Technology and Innovation
PfP - Places for People
Justus
Wiedemann
Founder & CEO
Quantrefy
Naqash
Tahir
Director - Head of Systems - Europe
PGIM Real Estate
Robbert
Heekelaar
VP, IT Architecture & Emerging Technologies
Prologis
Stephen
Walker
Deputy Head of Asset Management (UK), Real Estate Technology Lead
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Asset Stream
Asset Classes
Office Investments | Offices Demand/Rental Growth | Retail | Hotels | Alternative Commercial | Core Logistics Yields | Last Mile Assets | Logistics & Light Industrial Growth | Operational Residential | Affordable Housing | Multifamily & SFR Rental Growth | Fundraising for BTR
Charles-Antoine
Lussier
Senior Vice President, Residential and Hotels
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Dobrin
Staikov
CFO & Head of Capital Markets
Lion's Head
Hideki
Kurata
Managing Director France
Greystar
Jerome
Lassara
VP Development Southern Europe
Accor Hotels
João
Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
John
Wilkinson
CEO
Greenman
Jose
María Llosa
Head of Business Development - Iberia
Limehome
Mario
Lapiedra Vivanco
CIO
Neinor Homes
Michael
Neuman
Vice president, investments, Europe
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Noah
Steinberg
Chairman & CEO
WING
Paul
House
Managing Partner
Ara Venn
Samuel
Vetrak
CEO
Bonard
Stan
Kubacek
Senior Managing Director
Heimstaden
Stéphanie
Genichon
Présidente
Gefic
Thomas
Blangy
Senior Vice President
QuadReal Property Group
Yotam
Alroy
Co-Founder & Chief Business Development
Mindspace
Regional Stream
Country Specific
UK Buyers | CEE Rental Growth | Italy | Spain | Portugal Deals | Germany | Nordics Investment Landscape | Netherlands’ Urban Growth Puzzle
Adrian
Karczewicz
Head of Divestments CEE
Skanska Property Poland
Berthold
Becker
Managing Director
TSC Real Estate Germany
Cédric
Dujardin
Managing Director - France, Italy & Belgium
BlackRock
Christophe
Burckart
CEO France
Regus
Diego
Roux
Head of Transactions France
Union Investment Real Estate
Jose
María Llosa
Head of Business Development - Iberia
Limehome
Kevin
Turpin
Regional Director of Capital Markets for CEE
Colliers
Philip
Gaillard
Managing Director
HRO
Romain
Allouch
Head of RE - France & South Europe
WeWork
Sander
van Riel
Head of Continental Europe
CBRE Investment Management
Sophie
Colin-Sansier
Head of Investment & Divestment France
Generali Real Estate
Walter
Hampel
Managing Director, Head of REF CEE
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Ami Kotecha
Co-Founder & Head of Venture InvestmentsAmro Real Estate Partners
United Kingdom
Anthony Leonard
Head of International FundsCredit Suisse
United Kingdom
Anthony has more than 20 years experience in the real estate industry, in acquisitions, development and fund management.
He is Head of International Funds at Credit Suisse Asset Management and is responsible for funds and products with AuM of ca. €8bln. At CSAM he was previously Head of UK real estate. Before joining CSAM, Anthony spent 15 years at Hines.
Anthony has a BA from Oxford University, qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Derek Rich
MD & Commercial RE Debt OriginationOaktree Capital
United Kingdom
Prior to joining Oaktree in 2019, Mr. Rich was a senior advisor to Oaktree’s Real Estate group for three years. Before joining Oaktree, he was responsible for European Commercial Real Estate lending at Credit Suisse within the Asset Finance team, and served as a managing director for LNR Partners Europe. Mr. Rich began his career in commercial real estate with Goldman, Sachs & Co., before moving on to Deutsche Bank as a director and founding member of the European Commercial Real Estate Group..
Eric Sasson
Managing PartnerRedtree Capital
France
23 years of Real Estate. Education: ESTP: Engineering diplomma, MIT: M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Insead: MBA. Eric joined The Carlyle Group in 2001 as Fund Head in charge of establishing its European RE platform (from scratch). Over 12 years, he has raised and invested around 4 billion euros of equity (in 3 funds) in more than 100 transactions in 13 countries. Over this period, he had established a talented team of almost 50 people of different nationalities in 6 countries with no turnover. Prior to Carlyle, he was Head of Lasalle Investment Management continental European operations where he raised and invested several funds.
Gavin Neilan
Founding Partner & Chief Investment OfficerDeutsche Finance International
United Kingdom
Gavin Neilan is Founding Partner, Chief Investment Officer and Investment Committee Member of DFI, a pan-European private equity platform with over €3 billion AUM. The firm pursues value add and opportunistic research driven strategies seeking to generate superior risk-adjusted returns through deep value investing, capitalising on trends and transforming investments through active asset management. Gavin has over 20 years’ of industry experience as a business owner, investor, financier and lawyer. He has been involved in more than €10 billion of transactions and has experience operating in over 30 countries across Europe, America and Emerging Markets.
Guillaume Turcas
Managing PartnerFaro Capital Partners
France
Guillaume has an 18-year experience in the real estate industry and is Managing Partner at FARO CAPITAL PARTNERS, a boutique real estate investment and asset management company. He held senior positions at AEW and CBRE Global Investors from 2006 to 2017. Fellow member of the RICS, Guillaume holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from ESTP School and a Master’s Degree in Finance and Real Estate from Paris Dauphine University – where he is also a teacher.
Jan Janssen
Co-Head of EMEA RE FinanceGoldman Sachs
United Kingdom
Jan is Co-Head of Real Estate Finance for the EMEA Region at Goldman Sachs. He has extensive transaction experience across asset classes including hospitality, office, logistics, retail, datacenter, cold storage assets as well as SPL/NPL portfolio financing and construction finance. He has worked in various jurisdictions across Europe. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Jan worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citi in real estate finance, securitization and investment banking.
Karim Habra
Head of Europe and Asia PacificIvanhoé Cambridge
France
Karim Habra is responsible for Ivanhoe Cambridge European platform and its future growth. He oversees all the company’s real estate operations in Europe including its development activities. Karim Habra began his career with GE Real Estate in 1998 and was given responsibility for its Central European operations in 2003, before joining JER Partners in 2008 as Managing Director, European Funds. In 2012, he joined LaSalle Investment Management as Managing Director of Central Europe before serving successively as Managing Director of France, then Head of Continental Europe.
Kirk Lindstrom
CIORound Hill Capital
United Kingdom
Lorcain Egan
Head of LendingStarwood Capital Group
United Kingdom
Lorcain Egan is Head of Lending, Europe for Starwood. Mr. Egan is responsible for debt origination and asset management for Starwood’s lending platform in Europe. Since joining Starwood in 2013, Mr. Egan has structured and executed financings totaling $1.8bn and whilst working in Capital Markets for Starwood between 2013 and 2017 he secured $4.4bn of financing for Starwood’s equity acquisitions across Europe. Prior to joining Starwood Capital, Mr. Egan was a Vice President at Barclays Bank where he worked in their Structured Property, Debt Finance team. In this team, Mr. Egan focused on originating real estate debt opportunities for Barclays. Mr. Egan holds a degree in Law & Economics from the University of Ulster.
Michael Zerda
Head of Value Add & Debt StrategiesLaSalle Investment Management
United Kingdom
Nadra Moussalem
CEOColony Investment Management
France
Nadra Moussalem is CEO Colony Investment Management. Nadra joined Colony in 2000 and has served as the portfolio manager for the Europe investment products since 2013, overseeing investments, asset management and risk management. Nadra has led over €5.1bn of equity and debt investments across 36 transactions through multiple investment strategies. He serves as Chairman of the Board of AccorInvest, and is also on the board of Carmila.
Philippe Deloffre
MD, Head of European RE Debt OriginationICG Longbow France
France
Head of Real Estate Debt in the Alternative Debt platform at BNP PAM. In his previous role, he was head of CRE debt funds at Acofi and was responsible for managing investments in commercial real estate loans in Europe since 2013. Before, he found the Debt Advisory business at CBRE France where he advised property investors on their loan issuances and restructurings, as well as financial institutions on their CRE loan sales in Europe. Philippe began his career as a structured finance banker for Commerzbank in Paris and then for ABN Amro in London. He gained experience in originating and arranging loans on various asset classes including property and NPL, and structuring CMBS and CLOs. Philippe holds a Master's degree in Corporate Finance.
Priscilla Le Priellec
Co-Head Real Estate Lending DepartmentLa Banque Postale
France
Priscilla joined La Banque Postale in 2016 to create the arrangement desk of Structured Real Estate Loans ; since 2020, she is Co-Head of the Real Estate Lending Department of the bank and has also in charge the property development financing business. She has a 10-year experience in corporate and investment banking with CaCib in New York and Paris and an above 12-year experience in origination and execution of Real Estate Lending transactions in CaCib, DekaBank and currently La Banque Postale. She also had a 4-year experience as debt advisor in Hong Kong and is professor at Edhec in Real Estate Finance since 2009. Priscilla graduated from Edhec Business School and Oxford Brookes University. She is MRICS since 2016.
Rami Badr
Managing DirectorOrion Capital Managers
United Kingdom
Rami is a Partner & MD of Orion located in London. Since joining Orion in 2002, he has been involved in acquisitions, asset mgmt and realizations for the Orion European RE Funds across Europe with a particular focus on larger corporate transactions, pan-European portfolios, debt acquisitions, restructurings, hotel & retail investments. This includes active involvement in investments such as Infracity in Stockholm, Puerto Venecia or Sotogrande in Spain, the equity participation in Société Foncière Lyonnaise or the debt acquisition & restructuring of the Spanish company Inmobiliara Colonial. Before joining Orion he was an associate at Arthur Andersen within the transaction support team, advising large corporations on their RE strategies.
Tarek Germanos
Managing DirectorSFO Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Tarek is Managing Director and head of investments and asset management at SFO Capital Partners, a London-based global real estate investment management firm focused on investing in high-quality assets acquired at attractive valuations with a clear path to value creation. Tarek has previously held different positions at Orion Capital Managers in their investment team and at Goldman Sachs’ real estate team. His experience includes investing in transactions totaling over $4bn in real estate and advising on transactions financing and M&A situations in excess of $20bn. Tarek holds a diploma of Grande Ecole from HEC Paris.
Ami Kotecha
Co-Founder & Head of Venture InvestmentsAmro Real Estate Partners
United Kingdom
Assem El Alami
Head of International Real Estate FinanceBerlin Hyp
Germany
Assem El Alami is the Head of the International Real Estate Finance Sales Division of Berlin Hyp AG. As such he supervises four sales teams: Origination International Investors based in Berlin, as well as the offices in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw. Berlin Hyp's loan book accounts for approximately 25 bn EUR. Berlin Hyp provides financing for large scale property developments and real estate investments. Moreover, Berlin Hyp is member of the S-Finanzgruppe, the German saving banks group and acts as a center of competence for its 380 members. Being a law graduate, Assem has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate sector of which he has spent 10 years in France. He joined Berlin Hyp in 2010.
Benjamin Cartier-Bresson
Head of French BranchBerlin HYP
France
Benjamin Cartier-Bresson, 46, is head of Berlin Hyp representative office in Paris. Cartier-Bresson has extensive knowledge of the French commercial property market. He has specialised in property debt structuring since 2002. He is a former officer of the Royal Bank of Scotland and of Credit Suisse, where he was in charge of debt origination until 2008. More recently he held a senior position at DekaBank.
Christian Nickels-Teske
Head of Treasury EuropePrologis
Netherlands
As Head of Treasury Europe & Capital Markets, Christian Nickels-Teske is responsible for the negotiation and structuring of secured and unsecured financings for Prologis and its joint venture partnerships in Europe. In addition, Christian is arranging public capital market offerings, Bond issuances as well as executing derivative hedging instruments on behalf of the company. He has extensive experience in structuring Mergers & Acquisitions as well as development and mezzanine financings, portfolio and cross-border (Pan-European) facility structuring.
Daniele Russolillo
COO & Deputy CEOPlanet Smart City
United Kingdom
Daniele is an expert on energy and environmental services within smart urban environments, as well as on regulatory frameworks. He has over 16 years of experience managing projects in Europe, Africa and Asia and is a Senior Associate at the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy Foundation.
Emmanuel Verhoosel
Managing PartnerFluxus Ventures LLP
France
Emmanuel Verhoosel is Managing Partner at the venture capital firm Fluxus Ventures. Fluxus Ventures invests in PropTech companies and incubates innovative platforms linked to digitalisation, sustainability and new ways of living and working. He is also CEO of Square Sense, a data analytics platform. Emmanuel has 30 years of experience in real estate, investment banking and venture capital in London, New York, Paris and Brussels. He has been advising and financing leading property companies with JPMorgan, ING and Natixis. Education: Master in Finance from the London Business School, Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and law and political science degrees from the Université Catholique de Louvain.
Etienne Pax
Managing DirectorColony Investment Management
France
Etienne Pax is Managing Director, responsible for investments and strategic asset management in Europe. Previously, Etienne served as Managing Director with Richemont Group, where he set up a fund focusing on value-add opportunities in North America and Europe. He also worked for Standard Life Investments where he was responsible for acquisitions, asset management and dispositions across Continental Europe. Etienne graduated from HEC Business School in Paris and received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago.
Federico Bianchi
MD & Head of Asset Management for EuropeStarwood Capital Group
United Kingdom
Federico Bianchi is a Managing Director & Head of Asset Management at Starwood Capital Europe, based in London and responsible for the management of the European assets. Prior to joining Starwood, Federico was a Principal, Asset Management at GreenOak Real Estate (London), where he worked for 4 years with a specific focus on Spain and Italy. Previously, Federico was Italian Country Manager and a Member of the European Board of ISG; at that time he also joined the Executive Committee of ULI in Italy. Prior to that, he served as a Director of Asset Management at Condotte Real Estate and a Director at Tishman Speyer Properties, where he was overseeing deals and projects for a combined value of more than € 1.5 Bn.
Luke Dawson
Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets, Central and Eastern EuropeColliers
United Kingdom
Luke has 15 years' experience in property acquisitions and dispositions, asset management, and leadership experience. His primarily focus is on business development, leading the regional Capital Markets efforts and attracting new investors to the region. He is also responsible for strategical management of the regional teams in Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia.
Michael Eisenkolb
Director Special Property FinanceAareal Bank
Germany
Michael Eisenkolb is currently Director Special Property Finance within Aareal Bank's Special Property Finance division, based in Wiesbaden, Germany. Since joining Aareal Bank he has been involved in the origination of commercial real estate investment and development loans based in Amsterdam, thereafter in Berlin and currently ou of Wiesbaden for various international markets wirh a special emphasis on logistics and retail property finance. He has extensive experience in single-country single assets loans, portfolio financings as well a cross-border financing structures.
Pierre Leocadio
Head of Investments EuropeOxford Properties Group
France
Pierre Leocadio is responsible for Oxford Properties’ French platform, including the responsibility of the asset management and leasing strategies for the existing Paris portfolio. Oxford Properties currently owns and manages a portfolio of four offices and one luxury high street retail in Paris, totalling approximately €1.5 billion of assets under management.
Walter Hampel
Managing Director, Head of REF CEEpbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Dr. Walter Hampel is a Managing Director for Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and is based in Munich, dealing with clients active in the CEE Markets as well as International clients across Europe. Walter has been active in the CEE property markets for more than twenty years, including seven years based in Prague between 1995 and 2001 as a real estate lender for Austrian and German banks.
Bernd Knobloch
ChairmanContinuum Capital
Germany
Knobloch studied Law & Business Administration and is admitted to the German Bar. From 1979 until 1991 he was a Managing Partner of Allgemeine Bautraeger GmbH Cederbaum. In 1991 he joined the Frankfurter Hypothekenbank and was Chairman of the Managing Board of Directors of Eurohypo AG until 2008. From 2006 until 2008 he was Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG. From November 2008 until August 2009 Knobloch was Member of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG. From 2009 until 2012 Knobloch was Board Member of Schörghuber Group. He is Non Executive Director of Palatium Investment Management Ltd. and Deputy Chairman of Citycon Oyj Helsinki and Gem. Hertie Stiftung. He is also Partner at Continuum Capital.
Chris Zissis
CTO - Global Head of TechnologyNuveen Real Estate
United Kingdom
Chris brings more than 20 years of technology, data & digital transformation experience in various industries around the globe. He has held a number of leadership roles that have put him at the forefront of many fintech and proptech transformations.
Chris is passionate about technology products and solutions. He's driven by:
• Providing business first digital and data solutions.
• Ensuring all stakeholders are brought on the journey to drive adoption and innovation.
• Buildings and integrating future proof solutions across products and services that scale globally.
• Developing and growing high-capability teams.
Elena Fabris
Head of Community ManagementPlanet Smart City
Brazil
Sociologist, expert in community empowerment methods and tools for social innovation. In Planet Smart City since 2018 I lead community managers teams in Brazil, India, Italy.
I deal with integrating the development of the human component in the smart city system through the design and implementation of innovative community-based services, the engagement inside the community ecosystem and facilitating the adoption of innovative solutions implemented to maximize their social impact and the benefits for inhabitants and stakeholders involved.
Florent Danset
Co-Founder & CEOAlte
United Kingdom
Prior to co-founding Alte, Florent worked in the real estate private equity division of Blackstone where he led investments across multiple asset classes in Europe. Before Blackstone, Florent launched the European real estate equity and debt investment division of Partners Group, which he joined in 2007. Florent has been involved in the sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and structuring of more than Eur 2.3 billion of capital across 25 private equity real estate transactions in Europe. Florent received an M.Sc. in Management from the ESSEC business school in Paris and is a CFA charterholder.
Florian Stadlbauer
Head of Technology and InnovationCommerz Real
Germany
Dr. Florian Stadlbauer (born 1976), as Head of Technology and Innovation, is responsible for the transformation of Commerz Real AG into a technology-centric asset manager. Mr. Stadlbauer is also a member of the supervisory board of BERGFÜRST AG and a member of the advisory board of ShareYourSpace GmbH.
James Power
Director of Digital & TechnologySEGRO
United Kingdom
James is the Director of Digital & Technology at SEGRO plc, the FTSE100 pan-European developer and owner of industrial and logistics property, with over £15 billion of AUM. James joined SEGRO in 2010 and has held several senior roles, most recently leading SEGRO’s digital and technology innovation since 2018. Prior to SEGRO, James held a series of senior positions at American Express, and before that at Deloitte Consulting, Coca-Cola Schweppes and Xerox. James has over 25 years’ experience in real estate, business and financial services in strategy formulation and execution. James is a member of various industry committees and advisory panels, with a focus on technology, innovation, and increasingly their application to sustainability.
Jonathan Avery
Head of Platform Technology and ChangeLegal & General Group
United Kingdom
Julie Alexander
Director of Technology and InnovationPfP - Places for People
United Kingdom
Justus Wiedemann
Founder & CEOQuantrefy
Germany
Justus Wiedemann is the founder and CEO of QUANTREFY, the world's first ESG implementation platform. Based on AI-supported data analysis, QUANTREFY suggests concrete sustainable and, at the same time, economic optimization measures to users for their assets - and then acts as an interface to relevant service providers for implementation. The goal of Justus and his team is to simplify central processes in ESG implementation through automation and the user-oriented design of the platform, to provide reliable decision-making bases at the push of a button, and thus to reduce implementation hurdles.
Naqash Tahir
Director - Head of Systems - EuropePGIM Real Estate
United Kingdom
Robbert Heekelaar
VP, IT Architecture & Emerging TechnologiesPrologis
Netherlands
Stephen Walker
Deputy Head of Asset Management (UK), Real Estate Technology LeadAberdeen Standard Investments
United Kingdom
Deputy Head of Asset Management (UK), Real Estate Technology Lead, leading a team of 30 asset managers with responsibility for cross-sector assets on a UK wide basis. Stephen has carried out Fund and Asset Management positions at Aberdeen Standard Investments and has wide-ranging investment and strategic asset management experience gained in both private practice and client side positions. Stephen is Chair of ASI’s Global Proptech team and drives policy in relation to Flexible Office provision. He is also a member of the Property Investment Committee (EMEA) considering transactions and projects across the UK.
Charles-Antoine Lussier
Senior Vice President, Residential and HotelsIvanhoé Cambridge
Canada
Charles-Antoine Lussier is responsible for Ivanhoe Cambridge's investment and asset management operations for the residential and hotel sector in North America and Europe. Having worked in real estate and finance for 20 years, Mr. Lussier has acquired extensive experience in conducting negotiations and implementing investment strategies in various regions and jurisdictions.
Dobrin Staikov
CFO & Head of Capital MarketsLion's Head
United Kingdom
Dobrin Staikov serves as CFO & Head of Capital Markets at Lion's Head. Prior to this he joined AG Capital’s executive team in July 2016 after over 12 years at EBRD in London. At EBRD he developed the bank's distressed asset & non-performing loan financing and investing practice and enhanced the private-equity type business in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Turkey and North Africa. He was also part of the Deutsche Bank (London) Emerging Markets Structuring team with focus on the CEE region. He has been a board member of equity investee companies across CEE and Turkey. He holds MBA from INSEAD and is chartered certified accountant in the UK (ACCA).
Hideki Kurata
Managing Director FranceGreystar
France
Hideki Kurata is a Managing Director and leads the Greystar business in France with 4,000 student units under management. As part of the European management team, he is responsible for the overall management of the French business including investment strategy, capital relationships, acquisitions and dispositions.
He has over 20 years of experience in financial services and real estate and has previously held positions at AXA IM, GE Capital, JP Morgan and BNP Paribas.
Hideki holds a master’s degree in economics from Paris X University, is a graduate of ESCP Business School and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Jerome Lassara
VP Development Southern EuropeAccor Hotels
Italy
Jérôme Lassara is the VP Development at Accor South Europe and a Board Member of Assofranching Italy and of EFF (European Franchise Federation). As a VP Development, he is in charge of the development of all Accor brands in Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Spain & Portugal (Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel, Orient Express, The House Of Original, SLS, SO, Swissôtel , Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Pullman, Mgallery, 25 hours, Mama Shelter, Mercure, Novotel, Adagio, Ibis family, Jo&joe, Tribe, Greet) for all type of contracts (franchising, management, ownership). In the past he was the VP Development & Franchise at AccorHotels Italy, Greece, Israel & Malta (2013-9/2018), Managing Director of Novotel chain in Italy – AccorHotels Italy (2010 – 2012), etc
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementSonae Sierra
Portugal
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).
John Wilkinson
CEOGreenman
Ireland
John Wilkinson is CEO and founding member of Greenman. John has over 15 years’ experience in real estate development and investment. Since managing the company from 2005, John gained a significant expertise in the selection, funding, purchase and management of German food and non-food retail warehousing. Since forming Greenman, the company has acquired and manages real estate projects to a value of €900m including Greenman OPEN, Germany’s largest grocery focused retail RE fund. John is currently leading the execution of Greenman’s European expansion, with the target of acquiring c.€175m of grocery dominated retail real estate in France and Spain during 2020.
Jose María Llosa
Head of Business Development - IberiaLimehome
Spain
Jose is the Business Development Director of limehome, a leading European digital hospitality operator. He is responsible for the geographical growth strategy in Spain and Portugal, communication, partnerships with funds and investors and positioning the company at the intersection of real estate, hospitality and tech. Previously, Jose worked for more than 10 years in international real estate development (Brazil, Poland, Hungary, Romania) and banking (Bankinter). In addition, he has significant experience in foreign multinationals (SKF and Heinz) in the financial and strategy area. He has also undertaken several business projects in the hospitality area. International MBA by the Instituto de Empresa.
Mario Lapiedra Vivanco
CIONeinor Homes
Spain
Michael Neuman
Vice president, investments, EuropeIvanhoé Cambridge
France
After graduating from HEC Paris in 2008, Michael worked for 5 years at Unibail-Rodamco, in the office team. There, he held the position of senior investment and asset manager and was in charge of a ~1.5Bn€ portfolio in Paris and its region. Since 2014, Michael is Vice President, investments at Ivanhoé Cambridge Europe, and is responsible for sourcing and implementing investment activities in offices, retail, logistics and other classes of assets across major capital cities of Europe. Michael is also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Noah Steinberg
Chairman & CEOWING
Hungary
Wing’s Chairman & CEO, and shareholder. Has worked in CEE since 1990, and held the position of Wing’s Chairman & CEO since the company’s establishment in 1999. During this time he was tasked with the establishment of Wing, management of the company’s integrated investment and development activity, its office, retail, industrial, hotel and residential projects and services portfolio as well as its international expansion in Poland via its stake in ECHO Investment where he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Graduated from Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University – BA) and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna – MA). Speaks English, Hungarian, French, German and Spanish.
Paul House
Managing PartnerAra Venn
United Kingdom
Managing Partner and co-founder of our Commercial Real Estate business. Before joining Venn in 2013, Paul spent over 20 years with Citigroup, heading Citi’s European Real Estate business. Paul has a wealth of experience in loan origination, transaction structuring, advisory and loan distribution. Paul benefits from an extensive list of key relationships with sponsors and market participants, and has led a number of landmark transactions including the largest hotel deal in Europe. Paul started his career with Citi in 1993 in Canada, before moving to Citi New York, and then to Citi in London in 2000. Paul is a member of the CFA Institute and holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada.
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
Stan Kubacek
Senior Managing DirectorHeimstaden
Czech Republic
Sourcing and execution of residential investments for Heimstaden in Germany, Central Europe, France and Finland. Formerly responsible for residential investments in Europe at Round Hill Capital. Prior to this, he was an investment banker in the Goldman Sachs’ European real estate team in London. Stan holds a master’s degree in Finance and Business Strategy from Sciences Po University in Paris.
Stéphanie Genichon
PrésidenteGefic
France
Thomas Blangy
Senior Vice PresidentQuadReal Property Group
United Kingdom
Thomas joined QuadReal as Vice President, International Real Estate in May 2019. He forms part of the investment team which is focused on building the international portfolio, with an emphasis on investing in Global Cities in UK and Europe. Thomas joins QuadReal having spent eight years at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) in London, where he was originally hired as an Analyst and was promoted to Vice President prior to joining QuadReal. At MSREI, he was a part of the pan-European acquisitions team, where he invested in Western Europe and CEE. Prior to MSREI, Thomas spent a year as an investment analyst for AEW Europe’s real estate private equity fund. Thomas graduated from HEC Paris with a specialisation in Economics.
Yotam Alroy
Co-Founder & Chief Business DevelopmentMindspace
Israel
Mr. Alroy co-founded Mindspace, a flex space operator with over 33 locations in Europe and the US, serving the entire spectrum from start up to the largest companies in the world. Yotam currently serves as Chief of Business Development. Prior to co-founding Mindspace, Mr. Alroy had several executive business development roles at Roboteam and SHL Telemedicine (SWX: SHLTN). During his career he served as a consultant for AYRAD Investments, a single-family office focused on high tech investments. Mr. Alroy holds a BA in Law & Business Administration from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and an EMBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. He resides in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan area, with his wife and two children.
Adrian Karczewicz
Head of Divestments CEESkanska Property Poland
Poland
As Head of Divestments at Skanska’s commercial development unit in CEE, Adrian is responsible for sourcing buyers and conducting transaction processes in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. While working at Skanska, Adrian has divested over 40 office buildings totaling almost EUR 2 bn. He has also expanded Skanska’s clients portfolio by 15 new buyers. Moreover, Adrian was involved in the sales process of Skanska’s asset in London and Helsinki. Adrian started his professional career in 1997 at Gerald Eve International. He went on to work for Knight Frank and GE Capital Golub Real Estate. Prior to joining Skanska in 2013, he worked for Echo Investment as the director responsible for the company’s asset divestments.
Berthold Becker
Managing DirectorTSC Real Estate Germany
Germany
Since April 2018: Managing Director of TSC Real Estate Germany GmbH; 2013 – 2018: Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Operations, JLL Retail Asset Management GmbH & Acrest Property Group, 2008-2013: Managing Director & Head of Asset Management of Internos Global Investors KAG; 2008: Associate Director, JLL Asset Management GmbH; 2006-2007: Deloitte & Touche, Manager RE Advisory; 2005-2006: Site Acquisitions Manager, Bauhaus München GmbH (Munich based RE developer) 2000 – 2005: Technical Project & Development Manager, Nixdorf Consult 1993-1998: Dipl.-Ing. Architect 2005-2007: International Real Estate Management MBA 2010 – 2011: Real Estate Investment & Finance (ebs).
Cédric Dujardin
Managing Director - France, Italy & BelgiumBlackRock
France
Cédric Dujardin est nommé depuis Septembre 2019 Managing Director dans l’équipe Investissement Immobilier de BlackRock. Basé à Paris, il sera en charge de la gestion des fonds immobiliers de BlackRock en France, Italie et Belgique, sous la responsabilité de Justin Brown, Head of Real Estate Europe. Cédric Dujardin dispose de près de 20 ans d’expérience dans l’immobilier et la gestion de fonds, avec une expertise liée à l’impact environnemental et sociétal des actifs immobiliers. Avant de rejoindre BlackRock, il était Directeur des opérations immobilières pour la France, la Belgique et le Luxembourg chez DWS. Il avait précédemment été Directeur Investissements Europe chez Ivanhoé Cambridge et occupé différentes fonctions chez Gécina.
Christophe Burckart
CEO FranceRegus
France
Christophe Burckart, est Directeur Général France de IWG, leader mondial des espaces de travail flexibles et innovants. A ce titre, il est en charge de conduire les activités opérationnelles et la profitabilité des marques du groupe telles que Regus et Spaces et siège au conseil de surveillance de Stop&Work, autre réseau de tiers lieux innovants, dont IWG est actionnaire majoritaire. Il est également responsable de définir et de mettre en œuvre les initiatives de croissance, s’associant à des acteurs-clés du marché au travers de partenariats stratégiques. Diplômé de l’Institut Supérieur de Commerce, Paris il a développé sa carrière dans le secteur de l’informatique au sein d’IBM, Compaq, Compaq, HP, Dell et d’Honeywell Safety Products.
Diego Roux
Head of Transactions FranceUnion Investment Real Estate
France
Jose María Llosa
Head of Business Development - IberiaLimehome
Spain
Jose is the Business Development Director of limehome, a leading European digital hospitality operator. He is responsible for the geographical growth strategy in Spain and Portugal, communication, partnerships with funds and investors and positioning the company at the intersection of real estate, hospitality and tech. Previously, Jose worked for more than 10 years in international real estate development (Brazil, Poland, Hungary, Romania) and banking (Bankinter). In addition, he has significant experience in foreign multinationals (SKF and Heinz) in the financial and strategy area. He has also undertaken several business projects in the hospitality area. International MBA by the Instituto de Empresa.
Kevin Turpin
Regional Director of Capital Markets for CEEColliers
Czech Republic
Kevin has been working in the commercial real estate industry in the field of property market research and consultancy for over 16 years. Kevin manages a team of analysts covering up to 17 numerous markets across the CEE region and is responsible for the delivery of market research and insights to both Colliers clients and its business lines. Kevin and team research and advise on all market sectors with a key focus on Offices, Retail, Industrial & Logistics, Residential and Investment. Kevin's previous roles have been in the HR consultancy, Information Technology and Public sectors, where he has gained valuable international experience working closely with people, technology, business and finance.
Philip Gaillard
Managing DirectorHRO
France
Philip B. Gaillard is a Managing Director of HRO. Since joining in 1997, he has been instrumental in developing, leasing and selling many of HRO's projects in the Paris Region. Philip holds an AB degree in Economics and MBA in Real Estate, both obtained from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Since 1997, HRO has been a key player in Europe's dominant cities developing over 600,000 m² of offices occupied by some of the world's leading corporations. HRO provides a full range of advisory and asset management services to institutional clients
Romain Allouch
Head of RE - France & South EuropeWeWork
United Kingdom
Sander van Riel
Head of Continental EuropeCBRE Investment Management
Netherlands
Alexander van Riel is the Regional Head of Continental Europe within the CBRE GIP team. Based in Amsterdam, Alexander is responsible for the relationship and portfolio management of clients, investment sourcing, selection and monitoring of investments in Continental Europe. He is a member of the CBRE GIP Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Alexander has been in the European property investment industry since 1999. He took up his current role in June 2006. Prior to joining CBRE Global Investors, Alexander was an Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Achmea in Amsterdam and Aberdeen Property Investors in Stockholm. Alexander holds a Masters degree in Spatial Science from Rijks-Universiteit Groningen and is a CFA charter holder.
Sophie Colin-Sansier
Head of Investment & Divestment FranceGenerali Real Estate
France
Sophie Colin Sansier joined Generali Real Estate as the Head of Investment and Divestment in 2014. Prior to this date, she has developed a consolidated experience during more than 15 years in the real estate market, holding senior positions such as Head of Investments in Beacon Capital Partners France and in charge of development, disposals and renovations for third parties at Bouygues Immobilier. She graduated from the ESSEC and holds a Master’s degree in economics and in finance.
Walter Hampel
Managing Director, Head of REF CEEpbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Dr. Walter Hampel is a Managing Director for Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and is based in Munich, dealing with clients active in the CEE Markets as well as International clients across Europe. Walter has been active in the CEE property markets for more than twenty years, including seven years based in Prague between 1995 and 2001 as a real estate lender for Austrian and German banks.
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