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Discussions
09:30-10:30
Beds, Beds & Beyond!
Resilience, pricing, and long term trends on point?
- Get on Board! - Are living trends changing? Should investors go with the flow and diversify or stick to the status quo?
- Location, location, operation! - Is success dependent on service, operational and prime urban locations these days?
- Investor Appetite - Who's investing on what and where’s the value?
- Bid & Ask Spread - Are current interest rates leaving the market risk-off or resilience knows no bounds?
Mark Allnutt
Executive Director, Head of EuropeGreystar
United Kingdom
ark Allnutt is an Executive Director and leads our vertically integrated platform in Europe, overseeing investment, development, and operations in seven markets. He works closely with our in-country leaders in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, and the UK to deliver a superior product for consumers and drive returns for investors. Since 2013, we have grown exponentially, delivering purpose-designed and thoughtfully amenitised buildings at scale for multifamily, young professional, and student housing.
Michael Pegler
Head of UKKennedy Wilson
United Kingdom
Thomas Jackson
Head of Europe, Real EstateCPP Investments
United Kingdom
11:00-12:00
Multifamily Rental
Hottest place to be or expensive cracks emerging?
Co-chairs
David BoyleNW1 Partners
Elle XuLendlease
Marcus EilersM&G Real Estate - Frankfurt
Stan KubacekHeimstaden
Hospitality Needs Living
Is pricing and demand changing the hotel sector makeup?
Co-chairs
Alexander RichesClifford Street Capital
Bernardo LazcanoActivum SG UK Advisors Limited
Daniel HermannLimehome
David KellettInvesco Real Estate
Johanna Capoani OffrediSwiss Life Asset Managers
Ryan DonnTrinity Investments
Co & Flex Living Southern Europe
Best for International value seekers or too many local entry barriers?
Co-chairs
Antón de la RicaLíbere Hospitality
Francisco GarcíaSmartRental
Rodolfo PetrosinoArdian
Multifamily Rental
Hottest place to be or expensive cracks emerging?
- Capital - To leave or not to leave the powder dry, that is the question!
- Pricing & Rental Growth - Enough demand to fuel the fire or in danger of a fizzle?
- Bubbles? - If so, where and why?
- Demographics - Is the market still deep?
David Boyle
Managing Partner
NW1 Partners
Elle Xu
Head of Acquisitions (Europe)
Lendlease
Marcus Eilers
Head of European Residential
M&G Real Estate - Frankfurt
Stan Kubacek
Senior Managing Director
Heimstaden
David Boyle
Managing PartnerNW1 Partners
United Kingdom
Elle Xu
Head of Acquisitions (Europe)Lendlease
United Kingdom
Elle Xu joined Lendlease in September 2023. Previously, she was the Investment Director at Qatari Diar Europe. In her role at QD, Elle has been responsible for originating new investment opportunities, structuring JVs, and raising debt finance for QD’s existing projects in Europe. Elle has over 15 years of experience in real estate and investment banking. Elle is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Msc in Investment Management from Cass Business School.
Marcus Eilers
Head of European ResidentialM&G Real Estate - Frankfurt
Germany
Marcus joined M&G Real Estate in June 2022 to lead the European Living strategy. Marcus brings over 15 years of Pan-European residential real estate experience to M&G Real Estate and has managed more than €8bn of residential real estate in various European countries. Prior to joining M&G Real Estate, he served as Head of Residential Asset Management at Round Hill Capital (RHC). Marcus was responsible for working together with stakeholders across its residential businesses to ensure that RHC took a consistent, high-quality approach to the active management of its residential businesses. Prior to that he served as Head of Corporate Development and Strategy at Deutsche Wohnen.
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.
Hospitality Needs Living
Is pricing and demand changing the hotel sector makeup?
Alexander Riches
Partner
Clifford Street Capital
Bernardo Lazcano
Managing Director
Activum SG UK Advisors Limited
Daniel Hermann
Chief Growth Officer
Limehome
David Kellett
Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments
Invesco Real Estate
Johanna Capoani Offredi
Deputy Director, Head of Hotel
Swiss Life Asset Managers
Ryan Donn
CIO & Head of Europe
Trinity Investments
Alexander Riches
PartnerClifford Street Capital
United Kingdom
Alex Riches is a 12 year qualified lawyer who moved into private equity real estate six years ago, becoming a Managing Director at Curzon Advisers Limited, the captive asset manager of Kildare Partners. Alex became a Partner of Clifford Street Advisors in 2023, a private equity real estate platform that manages assets with a GAV of approximately €350m. Alex is also working to establish a new fund in Abu Dhabi in 2023.
Bernardo Lazcano
Managing DirectorActivum SG UK Advisors Limited
United Kingdom
Daniel Hermann
Chief Growth OfficerLimehome
Germany
David Kellett
Managing Director, Head of Alternative InvestmentsInvesco Real Estate
United Kingdom
Johanna Capoani Offredi
Deputy Director, Head of HotelSwiss Life Asset Managers
France
Ryan Donn
CIO & Head of EuropeTrinity Investments
United Kingdom
Ryan is CIO and Head of Europe of Trinity Investments. Mr. Donn is responsible for leading Trinity’s transactional activity, including due diligence, acquisitions, dispositions, and financings. Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. Donn worked for Hotel Capital Advisers, Inc., Lehman Brothers, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a former instructor of New York University’s graduate hospitality program.
Co & Flex Living Southern Europe
Best for International value seekers or too many local entry barriers?
Antón de la Rica
Co-CEO at Líbere
Líbere Hospitality
Francisco García
Founder and Executive President of Smartrental
SmartRental
Rodolfo Petrosino
Senior Managing Director Head of Southern Europe
Ardian
Antón de la Rica
Co-CEO at LíbereLíbere Hospitality
Spain
Francisco García
Founder and Executive President of SmartrentalSmartRental
Spain
Francisco García López is one of the founders and executive president of Smartrental Group. Smartrental is a group of hospitality and living brands leading the spanish market for hospitality (hostel, hotels, serviced apartments) and living (flexliving, senior and student housing). Currently, we operate +4.000 beds and +5.000 in pipeline.
He is algo leading several value add investment funds in the Iberia area, with more than 300M in AUM.
Rodolfo Petrosino
Senior Managing Director Head of Southern EuropeArdian
Italy
13:00-14:00
Value Add & Opportunistic Deals
Elementary or enigmatic?
Co-chairs
Ashley MarksDea Capital
Aziz FrancisBrook Lane Capital
John GermanInvesco Real Estate
Laurent DiotHarvestate AM
Rossitsa KoevskaGoldman Sachs Asset Management
Single Family Rental Capital & Demand
Backing or lacking?
Co-chairs
Ed ElleringtonPackaged Living
Paul StockwellGatehouse Investment Management
Samantha KempeIMMO Capital
Net Zero BTR
Is there enough investor-friendly supply?
Value Add & Opportunistic Deals
Elementary or enigmatic?
Ashley Marks
Head of Capital
Dea Capital
Aziz Francis
CEO
Brook Lane Capital
John German
Managing Director, Alternative Investments
Invesco Real Estate
Laurent Diot
CEO
Harvestate AM
Rossitsa Koevska
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Ashley Marks
Head of CapitalDea Capital
United Kingdom
My role is to help grow the capital base of this dynamic Pan-European platform from its existing c. €13bn AUM focusing on sourcing equity for JVs, clubs and funds investing across sectors and risk profiles.
Dea Capital Real Estate has significant experience across the risk spectrum (from ground up development to managing core assets) and sectors (from offices and logistics to student accommodation and co-living) and has partnered with some of the industry's largest and most respected investors.
We invest in Italy, France, Germany, Iberia and Poland.
Aziz Francis
CEOBrook Lane Capital
United Kingdom
Aziz Francis is the founder of Brook Lane Capital, an Investment and Asset Management platform focusing on real estate, credit and special situations with more than €1.3Bn of gross assets under management. Previously to Brook Lane Capital, Aziz was a partner at Spinnaker Capital in charge of European EM distressed and special situations. Aziz started his career at Morgan Stanley in the principal investments team in London. He studied at HEC in Paris
John German
Managing Director, Alternative InvestmentsInvesco Real Estate
United Kingdom
John joined Invesco Real Estate (IRE) in April 2013 and is responsible for spearheading the expansion of the firm’s European residential expertise and investments in Europe. With over 26 years’ experience in the industry, John spent 12 years at Grosvenor, where he was the head of residential strategy, and at Aberdeen Property Investors as director of residential fund management. In these roles, John has raised, invested and managed c.£200m in two residential funds on behalf of UK and European institutional investors. He also has experience with the student and serviced apartment sectors. John’s extensive experience covers transactions, developments, valuations as well as asset and property management.
Laurent Diot
CEOHarvestate AM
France
Laurent Diot is CEO of HARVESTATE Asset Management. He was previously the CFO of NEXITY, leading French developer, from 2008 to early 2014. He has served as Vice President of NEXITY in charge of international operations and CEO of NEXITY International (2002-2007) and as Vice President, Business Development of NEXITY (2000-2002) in charge of mergers and acquisitions. Before joining the CGIS (Compagnie Générale d'Immobilier et de Services) in the Vivendi group as Director of Audit and Strategy (1996-2000), he served as project manager at the Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone (Générale des Eaux Group). He holds a degree from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (H.E.C.).
Rossitsa Koevska
Managing DirectorGoldman Sachs Asset Management
United Kingdom
Rossitsa is a managing director in Real Estate Investing within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she is responsible for the origination and execution of new investments for the Real Estate Credit Partners program in Europe.
Rossitsa earned a Masters degree in Management and Corporate Finance from ESSEC Business School in Paris in 2010.
Single Family Rental Capital & Demand
Backing or lacking?
Ed Ellerington
Founder & CEO
Packaged Living
Paul Stockwell
Group Managing Director
Gatehouse Investment Management
Samantha Kempe
IMMO Capital
Ed Ellerington
Founder & CEOPackaged Living
United Kingdom
Paul Stockwell
Group Managing DirectorGatehouse Investment Management
United Kingdom
Samantha Kempe
IMMO Capital
United Kingdom
Net Zero BTR
Is there enough investor-friendly supply?
Alexander Tarlo
Founding Director
SAV Group
Alexander Tarlo
Founding DirectorSAV Group
United Kingdom
Alex is responsible for deal structuring, investment analysis and overall strategy. He has over 10 years of property experience and was one of the first investors in the Collective, exiting in 2018. Before founding SAV Group, Alex spent 4 years in Barclays Capital Financial Derivatives Division.
14:30-15:30
Next Level Hospitality Portfolios
AI + ESG = Value?
Co-chairs
Diane Daudin ClavaudNobu Hotels
Dimitri ChandoginNUMA Group
Jill Xiaozhou JuTrue North Management
Jose María LlosaSmartRental
Robin BarrasfordWyndham Halcyon
Student Housing
All hail the safety net or getting crowded?
Co-chairs
Antonio Marin-BatallerPatrizia AG
Ioannis VerdelisVita Group
Irina Stamate-RochaPatron Capital
Matt WalkerMapletree
Michael FullerBrookfield
Nadine BucklandZenzic Capital
Rob WaterhouseGSA Group
UK Resi Funding Gap
It’s only illogical!
Co-chairs
John DunkerleyApache Capital Partners
Padraig MooreAvenue Capital Group
Pranav GoelLodha Group
Shamez AlibhaiMan GPM
Tom BrownIngenious Real Estate
Tom FranceRound Hill Capital
Next Level Hospitality Portfolios
AI + ESG = Value?
Diane Daudin Clavaud
Corporate Director of Global Development for Nobu Hospitality
Nobu Hotels
Dimitri Chandogin
Co-founder/ President
NUMA Group
Jill Xiaozhou Ju
Founder / CEO
True North Management
Jose María Llosa
VP International
SmartRental
Robin Barrasford
Managing Director
Wyndham Halcyon
Diane Daudin Clavaud
Corporate Director of Global Development for Nobu HospitalityNobu Hotels
Portugal
More than 15 years of experience, across geographies and cultures, in communications, marketing strategies and business development at a global level with exposure to a various sectors and industries, in start-up businesses, SME enterprises, at governmental and consulting offices and in International Companies. Extensive public speaking experience and relationship management skills with natural influencing instincts and proven risks assessment capabilities. A methodological strategic planner with abilities to employ structured tactics in private and public sectors in complex ecosystem and fast pacing market. Innovative and entrepreneurial business personality.
Dimitri Chandogin
Co-founder/ PresidentNUMA Group
Germany
Dimitri Chandogin is a co-founder of Numa Group, the leading European digital hotel operator and technology developer. The company provides disruptive design hotels and serviced apartments for modern travelers. A trusted partner for investors, owners, and developers, NUMA uses proprietary technology-based operating solutions that largely automate operations and increase cost efficiencies and revenues. NUMA successfully operates over 3,500 units in European A-cities, including Berlin, Munich, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Oslo, and Vienna.
numastays.com
Jill Xiaozhou Ju
Founder / CEOTrue North Management
United Kingdom
Jill is currently building True North Management, a next-gen real estate platform creating a better way of living for today, tomorrow and the day after. Prior to that, Jill was the Chief Investment Officer at The Collective and was a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Prior to The Collective, she worked as Investment Director for Greystar Europe, where she sourced and managed a £1bn + student housing portfolio, and also in charge of the company’s Asia growth strategy and investor relationships. Jill received her Bachelor of Economics from Peking University, China and MBA from Harvard Business School, United States.
Jose María Llosa
VP InternationalSmartRental
Spain
Jose is leading the international growth for Smartrental. We are a group of hospitality and living brands leading the spanish market for hospitality (hostel, hotels, serviced apartments) and living (coliving, senior and student housing). Currently, we operate +4.000 beds.
He has also undertaken several business projects in the hospitality area. International MBA and Real Estate program at Instituto de Empresa business school in Madrid.
Robin Barrasford
Managing DirectorWyndham Halcyon
United Kingdom
Robin Barrasford is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Halcyon, a specialist overseas property firm based in the UK. Robin has been involved with Wyndham Halcyon Retreat Resorts for over 17 years, owning assets in France and Greece.
Student Housing
All hail the safety net or getting crowded?
- Capital - Still institutional game or pricing right for wider capital pool?
- Location - Which countries in Europe are the “popular kids”?
- Zero Carbon - Greenfield or Brownfield?
- Affordability of Tenants - Is the changing demographic of students impacting supply/ demand
- Product Innovation - Competitive advantages to portfolios or too hard to measure?
Antonio Marin-Bataller
Managing Director Pan-European Living Transactions
Patrizia AG
Ioannis Verdelis
Chief Investment Officer
Vita Group
Irina Stamate-Rocha
Partner
Patron Capital
Matt Walker
Chief Executive Officer, Student Housing
Mapletree
Michael Fuller
Managing Director - Investments
Brookfield
Nadine Buckland
CEO
Zenzic Capital
Rob Waterhouse
Transactions Director
GSA Group
Antonio Marin-Bataller
Managing Director Pan-European Living TransactionsPatrizia AG
United Kingdom
Ioannis Verdelis
Chief Investment OfficerVita Group
United Kingdom
Growing our footprint in the PBSA sector in Spain and beyond.
Irina Stamate-Rocha
PartnerPatron Capital
United Kingdom
Ms. Stamate-Rocha joined Patron in 2011, with responsibilities in deal sourcing, execution, structuring, financing, due diligence and asset management of healthcare related investment opportunities. Irina was involved in the investments of Gracewell Healthcare, Badby Park and Hamberley Development. Prior to joining Patron, she worked in investment banking at Rothschild, Macquarie Capital Advisers and Fortis Bank (Brussels). Her experience includes the origination and execution of transactions for private equity and infrastructure funds. She holds a Masters in Finance degree from Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and a Bachelor in Economics from the Academy of Economics, Bucharest. Fluent in English, Romanian, French and Spanish.
Matt Walker
Chief Executive Officer, Student HousingMapletree
United Kingdom
As Executive Vice President, Europe, Matt Walker leads the property management teams in Europe and Latin America and is based in London. Matt’s responsibilities range from pre-development consulting and development lease-up through stabilized property portfolio operations as well as collaboration with investment, development and asset management teams. Matt joined CA in 2014 and has held numerous positions at CA in the US and abroad, including an expat assignment in Colombia and now London. Prior to joining CA, Matt was with EdR (Greystar) for 8 years in various property management positions across the US. Matt earned a BA in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Texas Christian University.
Michael Fuller
Managing Director - InvestmentsBrookfield
United Kingdom
Michael Fuller is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group, responsible for Brookfield’s European Core-Plus Fund. He has over 19 years of real estate experience.
Prior to joining Brookfield in 2014, Michael served as a Principal at Apollo Global Management's real
estate and non-performing loan business in London. Prior to that he was an associate at Citi Property Investors covering a wide range of European real estate transactions and worked for BFD Finance Management in Munich, Germany.
Mr. Fuller received an MBA in International Business Administration from European Business School in Germany.
Nadine Buckland
CEOZenzic Capital
United Kingdom
Nadine has more than two decades of advisory and investment experience. She co-founded Zenzic Capital, a leading provider of real estate credit, in 2013 with Tom Lloyd-Jones. Over the past decade, Zenzic has advised on over $2bn of transactions across asset-backed sectors. Zenzic Capital transitioned from being an advisory business to an investment manager over 3 years ago and now provides a range of structured financing solutions to match the needs of borrowers, across the UK and Europe. Investment strategies include opportunistic credit and development finance. Zenzic also offers the Zenzic Estate Planning Service, enabling private investors to acquire shares in established UK real-estate lending businesses, providing access to attractiv
Rob Waterhouse
Transactions DirectorGSA Group
United Kingdom
UK Resi Funding Gap
It’s only illogical!
John Dunkerley
Founder partner & CEO
Apache Capital Partners
Padraig Moore
Portfolio Manager
Avenue Capital Group
Pranav Goel
Co-CEO
Lodha Group
Shamez Alibhai
Head of Community Housing & MD
Man GPM
Tom Brown
Managing Director
Ingenious Real Estate
Tom France
Round Hill Capital
John Dunkerley
Founder partner & CEOApache Capital Partners
United Kingdom
John Dunkerley, is a founder of Apache Capital Partners and has over 25 years' experience in property and investment management. John is a qualified Chartered Surveyor and for a period of 12 years, John worked for Jones Lang Wootton and Fletcher King, specialising in UK wide investment before building London & Capital's expanding property division. In 2008, together with Richard Jackson, John established Apache Capital Partners, a business that is structured to take advantage of the current market conditions, specialising in investing on behalf of Middle Eastern investors into the UK. Apache Capital now manages in excess of £500m of assets with a pipeline which takes AUM to £1.4bn.
Padraig Moore
Portfolio ManagerAvenue Capital Group
United Kingdom
Mr. Moore is responsible for assisting with the direction of the investment opportunities for the Avenue Europe Strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Mr. Moore was the head of distressed debt research at Deutsche Bank in London. Mr. Moore received an M.A. in Economics from the University of Cambridge (2003), an M.Sc. in Financial Economics from the University of Oxford (2006), and a Ph.D. in Economics from Trinity College Dublin (2007).
Pranav Goel
Co-CEOLodha Group
United Kingdom
Pranav joined Lodha in 2007 and co-leads Lodha’s UK business. Pranav has held numerous roles within Lodha and led the expansion into London in 2013. Prior to joining Lodha, he worked with McKinsey's Toronto office, advising clients across a range of industries. In a previous life, he developed enterprise software in silicon valley. Pranav obtained an MS in Management from Stanford University and has a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi.
Shamez Alibhai
Head of Community Housing & MDMan GPM
United Kingdom
Tom Brown
Managing DirectorIngenious Real Estate
United Kingdom
Tom Brown is Managing Director of Ingenious Real Estate. He joined as head of property lending in 2016 following a 27 year career at RBS and was promoted to the Ingenious board during 2018. Tom now oversees a team of 11 and an asset backed loan book of £300m deployed across development and bridging. He is also responsible for a number of joint venture equity investments. Tom has been involved in the financing of real estate for over 20 years and has through the cycle experience across a number of asset classes.
Tom France
Round Hill Capital
United Kingdom
16:00-17:00
Fundraising for BTR
How much equity and how much debt to satisfy the capital stack?
Co-chairs
Andrew ScreenBNP Paribas Real Estate - UK
Imogen EbbsAviva Investors Pensions Property Fund
Line VerrokenCBRE Investment Management
Randeesh SandhuPrecede Capital Partners
People & Place
Collaboration, ESG & serviced-driven assets for the win?
Co-chairs
Hala El AklOxford Properties Group
Lily WeckerMandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Sara WillardWorkable City Development
Susannah StewartPlanet Smart City
Fundraising for BTR
How much equity and how much debt to satisfy the capital stack?
Andrew Screen
Head of Residential Capital Markets
BNP Paribas Real Estate - UK
Imogen Ebbs
Head of UK Funds, Real Estate Equity
Aviva Investors Pensions Property Fund
Line Verroken
Senior Director
CBRE Investment Management
Randeesh Sandhu
Co-Founder & CEO
Precede Capital Partners
Andrew Screen
Head of Residential Capital MarketsBNP Paribas Real Estate - UK
United Kingdom
Andrew has over 25 years experience in property development and finance. He has close relationships with the banks, private equity, opportunistic and sovereign wealth funds, and sets up joint ventures between funders, developers and local authorities to fund real estate development and residential projects. At Cortland Partners, Andrew is currently seeking to invest £4bn to roll out Cortland's 10,000unit build to rent programme across the UK.
Imogen Ebbs
Head of UK Funds, Real Estate EquityAviva Investors Pensions Property Fund
United Kingdom
Line Verroken
Senior DirectorCBRE Investment Management
Netherlands
Randeesh Sandhu
Co-Founder & CEOPrecede Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Randeesh co-founded Precede Capital in 2021 as a portfolio company of Towerbrook Capital Partners. In 2022 the Company received a commitment of £1bn of new capital from QuadReal, who also acquired an equity stake in Precede.
Prior to founding Precede, Randeesh was the Co-Founder and former CEO of Urban Exposure Plc (LON: UEX), building the company over nearly two decades into the UK’s leading residential development financer and extending over £1.7bn in development finance and £3bn in real estate finance overall. In 2018 Randeesh led the company to a successful flotation on the London Stock Exchange AIM market.
People & Place
Collaboration, ESG & serviced-driven assets for the win?
- Portfolios - Diversification in light of tenant demands & demographics
- Multipurpose Asset Strategies - Short term plaster over commercial distress, or the real long term value drivers ?
- Operational Challenges - Do we need to be more strategic in our choices?
- Community - Does placemaking give a sense of belonging, strengthen ties, and enhance relationships?
- Responsibility - Should the public and private sector work together to make placemaking come true?
- Placeshifting - Should we put beds in our offices or is reconversion worth it?
- Brownfield vs Greenfield - Which one should we bet on?
- Life Sciences - New anchor for place?
Hala El Akl
Director
Oxford Properties Group
Lily Wecker
Development Director EMEA
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Sara Willard
Founding Partner
Workable City Development
Susannah Stewart
CISO - Chief Innovation & Sustainbility Officer
Planet Smart City
Hala El Akl
DirectorOxford Properties Group
United Kingdom
Lily Wecker
Development Director EMEAMandarin Oriental Hotel Group
United Kingdom
Due diligence, asset management and acquisitions for hospitality and leisure real assets
Sara Willard
Founding PartnerWorkable City Development
United Kingdom
Sara Willard brings over 30 years of investment and development expertise to urban projects, specializing in adaptive reuse, residential, mixed-use and redevelopment projects. Before founding her NYC real estate development firm in 2015, (www.workablecity.com), she managed $400M+ of investments for institutional private equity firms and developers. As a business owner, she raised $50M of equity for $150M projects in Brooklyn and now seeks redevelopment opportunities in the UK and Europe.
Susannah Stewart
CISO - Chief Innovation & Sustainbility OfficerPlanet Smart City
United Kingdom
From idea to insight to impact.
A global investor, executive, intra/entrepreneur and advisor with a career spanning all top 25 industries, 20 countries, and 5 different C-level titles- currently COO for Planet Smart City’s Thinkubator and a certified advanced sustainability practitioner- Susannah brings breadth & depth of perspective to inspire transformation, create opportunity, and monetize value where strategy, innovation, community, and sustainability converge. She has designed new markets, companies, products, and services ranging from real estate to renewable energy, luxury yachts to logistics, education to environment, consulting to city regeneration. Not just preparing for the future, Susannah can help you to define and create it.
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Alexi
Antolovich
Global Co-Head RE
Macquarie Principal Finance
Audrey
Klein
Partner
Spencer House Partners
Ben
Bianchi
Head of Europe, MD
Oaktree Capital Management
Cherine
Aboulzelof
Managing Director, Co-Head BGO Strategic Capital Partners
BentallGreenOak
Cristina
García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate Development
Grupo Azora
Emanuele
Boni
Chairman
Riva Asset Management
Eric
Assimakopoulos
Founder & Managing Partner
Revetas Capital
Gavin
Neilan
Founder, co-Managing Partner & CIO, DFI
Deutsche Finance International
Hal
Shaw
Partner, Head of European Capital Solutions
KSL Capital Partners
Irene
Ryan
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset Mgmt
Starwood Capital Group
Josef
Maximilian Vollmayr
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Limehome
Juan
Pepa
Stoneshield Capital
Loraine
Berry
VP Development UK, Europe & Middle East
Langham Hospitality Group
Margaret
Sweeney
CEO & Board Director
I•RES
MariaPia
Intini
Development & Investment Director Europe
Private Investments
Mauro
Savoia
Partner
Three Stars Capital
Nadav
Zohar
Chairman
LRC Group
Peter
Jun
Founder
ALMEA International
Peter
Noack
Managing Director
Zeitgeist Asset Management
Philip
C. Sauer
Managing Director Real Estate & Hotels
MABEL Capital
Philip
Grace
Chief Development Officer
Bob W
Philippe
Camus
CEO
Shaftesbury Asset Management Group
Randeesh
Sandhu
Co-Founder & CEO
Precede Capital Partners
Riccardo
Dallolio
MANAGING DIRECTOR & HEAD OF REALTY EUROPE
H.I.G Capital
Rossitsa
Koevska
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Seth
Lieberman
Chairman
Kvalitena AB
Stan
Kubacek
Senior Managing Director
Heimstaden
Toni
Rossi
Director
Leponte
Alexi Antolovich
Global Co-Head REMacquarie Principal Finance
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein
PartnerSpencer House Partners
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein has held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. She is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com).
Ben Bianchi
Head of Europe, MDOaktree Capital Management
USA
Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager, Oaktree Capital Mr. Bianchi is a managing director and Head of Europe for Oaktree’s Real Estate group. Mr. Bianchi joined Oaktree in 2014 and has been involved in the investment and management of its real estate funds in the United States and Europe throughout his time at the firm. Prior to joining Oaktree, Mr. Bianchi worked for Deutsche Bank AG where he held senior positions in the firm’s London, Hong Kong and New York-based real estate divisions. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Bianchi was employed by Moore Capital's MSVP Japan where he served as a senior vice president. He began his career as an associate in Goldman Sachs's Archon Group in the U.S. and Asia.
Cherine Aboulzelof
Managing Director, Co-Head BGO Strategic Capital PartnersBentallGreenOak
USA
Cherine Aboulzelof is Managing Director, Global Co-Head for BentallGreenOak's Strategic Capital Partners ("BGO SCP") and sits on its global investment committee. BGO SCP provides strategic capital by way of asset and portfolio recapitalisations, structured transactions, co investments and fund investments to GPs. Prior to joining BGO SCP platform in 2017, she has been responsible for Europe investments with two different real estate investment managers, investing across a number of real estate sectors in Europe between 2005 and 2017. She started her career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. She holds an M.B.A from INSEAD and a graduate degree from EM Lyon. She is a French, British and Lebanese citizen.
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.
Emanuele Boni
ChairmanRiva Asset Management
Luxembourg
Emanuele is the Chairman of Riva Asset Management. Riva is a Luxemburg regulated, real estate investment company with active operations in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Italy. Riva focuses predominantly on mixed-use developments, high-end residential projects and urban regeneration. It is also currently developing an interest in advanced senior living solutions.
Until March 2022 Emanuele Boni was also CEO and Board Director of CDP Immobiliare. CDP Immobiliare is 100% owned by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA and it is one of the major players in the Italian real estate market. Its mandate is to create value, sell and create joint ventures with private sector partners, whilst promoting urban regeneration across its country-wide real es
Eric Assimakopoulos
Founder & Managing PartnerRevetas Capital
United Kingdom
Eric has over 22 years of experience in the real estate sector, principally as a developer and investor. He is a US national and spent the majority of the last 15 years in Europe, initially investing in Belgium, Germany, and the Slovak Republic. Eric has completed over €1 billion of real estate transactions throughout US and Europe. In 2002, he launched and built Bifrost Investment Group (predecessor to Revetas Capital) into a leading CEE investment and asset manager. Since 2009, he has actively developed a platform to restructure and recapitalise distressed real estate in CEE, leading to the formation of Revetas Capital. Since then, Eric successfully restructured and recapitalised over €600 million worth of real estate assets in the region
Gavin Neilan
Founder, co-Managing Partner & CIO, DFIDeutsche Finance International
United Kingdom
Gavin Neilan is the Founder, Co-Managing Partner and CIO of Deutsche Finance International (DFI) a pan-European real estate private equity platform with over €4 billion AUM and offices in London, Munich, Madrid and Luxembourg. The firm focuses on thematic value add and opportunistic strategies investing through discretionary pan-European funds, co-investment vehicles and separate managed accounts. Gavin has 20+ years’ of industry experience, having been involved in more than €10 billion of transactions across Europe, America and Emerging Markets. He is a qualified lawyer, holds an MBA from INSEAD and studied law at UCL. DFI is part of Deutsche Finance Group, a privately owned global real estate investment company with over €11 billion AUM.
Hal Shaw
Partner, Head of European Capital SolutionsKSL Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Hal Shaw is a Partner at KSL Capital Partners where he serves as Head of European Capital Solutions and
is based out of London. Hal joined KSL in 2007 as a Summer Associate with the Private Equity Team.
During his time at KSL, Hal has invested across the capital structure ranging from senior and mezzanine
debt originations to acquisitions and has played a lead role in the formation and subsequent growth of
KSL’s Capital Solutions strategies. Hal is a member of KSL’s Equity Investment Committee, Credit
Investment Committee and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committee.
Irene Ryan
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset MgmtStarwood Capital Group
United Kingdom
Irene Ryan is a Managing Director at Starwood Capital Group, London office and is responsible for the asset management of debt investments by Starwood’s lending platform in Europe Since joining Starwood Capital in 2013, Ms. Ryan has managed the portfolio of loans held across multi-asset classes and European jurisdictions originated by Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD) and Starwood European Finance Real Estate Finance (SWEF: LN). Prior to joining Starwood Capital Group, Ms. Ryan worked in a real estate focussed bank in London, holding a variety of lending roles from origination to loan restructuring and recovery. Before that, she gained her chartered accountancy qualification (ACA) while working at KPMG in Ireland.
Josef Maximilian Vollmayr
Co-Founder and Managing DirectorLimehome
Germany
Dr. Josef Vollmayr is Co-Founder and Managing Director of limehome, a 2018 founded, radically tech-driven hospitality concept. Within less than 2 years the company grew to over 120 employees, operates around 100 locations in Germany, Austria, Spain and Netherlands in over 40 cities. In Series-A they received more than 25 Mio funding from HV Ventures, Lakestar, Picus and GGC.
Previously, Dr. Josef Vollmayr worked for 5 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company with a focus on growth strategies for consumer industries and private equity. He is author of research articles, lecturer for statistics, CRM and empirical research methods at several universities and invests as a business angel in tech start-ups.
Juan Pepa
Stoneshield Capital
Spain
Loraine Berry
VP Development UK, Europe & Middle EastLangham Hospitality Group
United Kingdom
Loraine Berry has over 30 years of experience in Business Development as well as in Operations, Sales and Marketing in the hospitality real estate industry. In her current capacity of VP Development – UK, Europe & Middle East at Langham Hospitality Group (LHG), she is responsible for the company’s strategic expansion in the respective regions for the Group's luxury Brands. Prior to joining LHG, she also held numerous executive roles in other reputable international hotel companies such as Marriott International, Accor and Hilton in places such as London, Switzerland and Hong Kong.
Margaret Sweeney
CEO & Board DirectorI•RES
Ireland
Margaret is CEO and Board Director of IRES REIT, Ireland’s leading private rental residential owner and operator with €1.5bn of assets. She is Chair of the Dublin City University Business School Advisory Board and is a former Non-Executive Director of Dalata Hotel Group plc, Birmingham Airport, Dusseldorf and Hamburg Airports, HSBC Security Servicces Ireland DAC. She has over 20 years of C Level and board director leadership experience She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and Chartered Director of IoD UK.
MariaPia Intini
Development & Investment Director EuropePrivate Investments
Netherlands
Mariapia Intini is Development and Investment Director at citizenM hotels, where she is responsible for securing new acquisitions in target cities in Europe. Prior to joining citizenM, she was Associate Director at Cushman & Wakefield’s EMEA Hospitality, where she valued over €1.5bn worth of single assets and portfolios (including NPLs) across Europe, and, before then, Senior Consultant at Colliers International’s EMEA Hotels. She started her real estate career at the global architectural firm Design International. She is a MRICS Chartered Surveyor and holds a Master’s Degree in Hotel Real Estate Finance from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, NY, when she completed a rotational programme at Marriott International’s US HQs.
Mauro Savoia
PartnerThree Stars Capital
Italy
Mr. Savoia has over 20 years of experience in finance and real estate and closed deals for over Euro 8 billion covering capital markets, M&A, real estate and structured debt. He is Chairman and CEO of Three Stars Capital Partners. Mr. Savoia also headed Merrill Lynch Real Estate Finance in Italy. Before then, Mr. Savoia worked at Morgan Stanley, in M&A, Securitization and Real Estate. He also spent 3 years at Dresser Industries in Houston (TX). Mr. Savoia graduated from Università Cattolica Milan and was awarded with Premio Gemelli as “Best Graduate of the 1995 Class”. He also holds an MBA in Finance from HBU in Houston (TX).
Nadav Zohar
ChairmanLRC Group
United Kingdom
Nadav has 20 years of experience in Real Estate and investment
banking, M&A and advisory work. He was Morgan Stanley’s Head of
Israel investment banking office and served as the European Banking
Operations Officer in London. Nadav was also the COO of Delek
Global Real Estate plc. He served as the Chairman of Soluto Ltd and is
currently the Chairman of Ownera which is a digital trading platform.
He continues to serve as Board Member on a number of company
boards, public and private. Nadav holds and MSc in Finance from the
London Business School and an LLB in Law.
Peter Jun
FounderALMEA International
Netherlands
Peter is founder of ALMEA International. Prior to ALMEA, Peter co-founded Arminius in 2006, Arminius organised private equity funds and co-investment vehicles with equity commitments from university endowments, pension funds and family offices and transacted on over €6 billion of transactions exclusively in Germany. Prior to Arminius, Peter was at Lone Star Europe and a partner in Lone Star Fund V. Additionally, Peter served as a Supervisory Board Member of Allgemeine HypothekenBank Rheinboden AG, (Corealcredit Bank AG). Prior to Lone Star, Peter was with The Praedium Group in New York and Lehman Brothers in London.
Peter Noack
Managing DirectorZeitgeist Asset Management
Czech Republic
Peter Noack is co-founder of ZEITGEIST Asset Management. Today ZEITGEIST has over 50 projects under management with a total investment volume of ca. 800 mio Euro. ZEITGEIST with offices in Prague, Warsaw and Berlin, is a Real Estate Developer and Asset Manager for private and institutional investors in Germany and Central Eastern Europe. Prior to ZEITGEIST, Peter worked in institutional real estate in Germany, Central Eastern Europe and Turkey for HOCHTIEF Development and Rödl & Partner in Germany and Czech Republic. He is registered as licenced attorney at law in Germany and Czech Republic and holds a Law degree from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.
Philip C. Sauer
Managing Director Real Estate & HotelsMABEL Capital
Germany
Philip C. Sauer is a real estate professional with more than 30 years of experience in European Real Estate transaction. He holds a Master in Real Estate Investment & Finance from the European Business School in Germany. He currently is a Board Member of the 85 year-old Real Estate Developer 'Sauer Real Estate' (www.sauer1936.com). He furthermore is the founder of the Coliving brand PHNX (www.phnx.me) in addition to acting as Managing Director Real Estate & Hotels at Mabel Capital.
Philip Grace
Chief Development OfficerBob W
United Kingdom
A Real Estate professional, member of the RICS with a background in Coworking, Coliving and Hospitality.
Expanding across Europe Bob W. One of Europe's fastest growing Tech Enabled 1-90 day stay Serviced Apartment operator. Operating in Nine Countries including UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Norway, Finland, Greece, Netherlands.
We sign Master Leases, Management Agreements and work with Investors, developers to secure funding and develop assets from 25 to 200 apartments in core European countries. Backed by some of Europe's best known VC companies and UHNW family offices.
Philippe Camus
CEOShaftesbury Asset Management Group
Luxembourg
CEO of the Shaftesbury Asset Management Group (SAM Group), Philippe has over 35 years experience in Continental European real estate. The Group is actively seeking acquisitions in Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg.
Randeesh Sandhu
Co-Founder & CEOPrecede Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Randeesh co-founded Precede Capital in 2021 as a portfolio company of Towerbrook Capital Partners. In 2022 the Company received a commitment of £1bn of new capital from QuadReal, who also acquired an equity stake in Precede.
Prior to founding Precede, Randeesh was the Co-Founder and former CEO of Urban Exposure Plc (LON: UEX), building the company over nearly two decades into the UK’s leading residential development financer and extending over £1.7bn in development finance and £3bn in real estate finance overall. In 2018 Randeesh led the company to a successful flotation on the London Stock Exchange AIM market.
Riccardo Dallolio
MANAGING DIRECTOR & HEAD OF REALTY EUROPEH.I.G Capital
United Kingdom
Riccardo is Managing Director and Head of the H.I.G. Realty in Europe. He is located in H.I.G.'s London office and is responsible for investment origination, transaction structuring and oversight of the European portfolio.
Rossitsa Koevska
Managing DirectorGoldman Sachs Asset Management
United Kingdom
Rossitsa is a managing director in Real Estate Investing within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she is responsible for the origination and execution of new investments for the Real Estate Credit Partners program in Europe.
Rossitsa earned a Masters degree in Management and Corporate Finance from ESSEC Business School in Paris in 2010.
Seth Lieberman
ChairmanKvalitena AB
United Kingdom
Seth is Chairman of the Board of Kvalitena AB (publ.), and an Investment Advisory Committee Member of EQT Real Estate Funds I & II and a Board Member of Stendörren AB. Seth is also Chairman of several Kvalitena portfolio companies including Huski Chocolate and Svenskt Industriflyg AB. Previous senior positions include: Advanced Capital (CIO Real Estate), UBS Investment Bank (MD & Commitment Committee Member), Hypo Real Estate (Joint MD), Lehman Brothers International (ED), Credit Suisse Praedium Funds (Principal) & GE Capital (Director). He was an Executive Committee Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe (2014 – 2016) and ULI Global Audit Committee Member (2015 – 2016). Seth earned a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University.
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.
Toni Rossi
DirectorLeponte
Luxembourg
Mr. Rossi graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan; he then obtained a Master degree in administration and control from the Milan Business School. He worked for a tax-consulting firm, then joined an international industrial group in Milan and subsequently became director of an advisory company specialized in hedge and long term investment funds. He has also been Member of the Board of some investment firms.
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