Time to Step into the Trillion Pound Funding Gap?
28th November
09:30 - 18:00 | Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+0)
Credit: IM_Photo/Shutterstock
EVENT MANAGER
Kirsty Stevens
Kirsty Stevens
Partner
GRI Club
0787150599
12 years experience within conference production in infrastructure, tax, finance and real estate. Previously working with RICS for four years helping drive the global CPD rollout. I have been with GRI Club for over 4 years, from Sales Director, UK Markets Director, Content Director and now as Global Head of Content with Sales Specialty within our Europe and USA markets. Ask me about our European events,asset class specialisms and connecting wtih investors globally. BA Hons in Philosophy from Kings College London, hobbies include Rugby, Theatre Production and Time Out Tastemaker.
Matheus Campion
Director Real Estate - UKGRI Club
United Kingdom
Unique Format
Discussion format where everyone participates
In-depth industry knowledge
Networking made easy
Opening Talkshow
Opening Talkshow
The 1.5 Trillion Dollar Teaser, can Banks and Funds work it out?
Manja
Stueck
Managing Partner, Europe Debt
BGO
Duncan
MacPherson
Head of Capital Markets Europe
Starwood Capital Group
Nicola
Free
Head of CRE, EMA
Wells Fargo
Axel
Brinkmann
European Head - RBC Real Estate Capital Partners & Real Estate Corporate Banking
RBC Capital Markets
Richard
Spencer
Partner
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
-
Some of the Confirmed Attendees
Alessandro
Luca
Managing Director
Ares Management
Jai
Patel
Co-Head of Real Estate Debt
ICG
Michael
Kandarakis
Partner - Global Co Head - Real Estate
Quilvest Capital Partners
Nicole
Valmar
Senior Vice President
Cain International
Randeesh
Sandhu
Co-Founder & CEO
Precede Capital Partners
Rossitsa
Koevska
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Ali
Imraan
Head - European Real Estate Credit
KKR
Clark
Coffee
CIO
AllianceBernstein
Alex
Mackenzie
Partner & Head of Real Estate
One Investment Management
Irene
Ryan
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset Mgmt
Starwood Capital Group
Peter
Hansell
Senior Director, Real Estate Debt Strategies - Europe
Nuveen Real Estate
Tina
Pristovsek
Vice President, Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets
Oxford Properties Group
Alexander
Kraemer
Managing Director
Deutsche Bank AG
Derek
Rich
Managing Director
Oaktree Capital Management
Marina
Ambrose
Vice President
Cain International
Daniel
Pottorff
Head of Debt Investment
Tristan Capital Partners
Parm
Nijjar
Managing Director
Kennedy Wilson
Jatin
Ondhia
CEO
Shojin
Mohamad
Abouchalbak
CEO
SFO Capital Partners
Audrey
Klein
Partner
Spencer House Partners
Nicolas
Massière
Partner
Cale Street Partners
António
Pereira Dias
Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Bondstone
Marc
Fuhrmann
Managing Director
Fortress
Ben
Eppley
Partner and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt in Europe
Apollo Global Management
Michael
Shields
EMEA Head of Real Estate
ING Real Estate
Marco
Rampin
MD & Head of Debt Investments Europe
Cerberus
Deepesh
Thakrar
Senior Director Debt Finance
Oaknorth Bank
Amir
Saleem
Head of Commercial Real Estate Finance
National Bank of Kuwait France
Russell
Gould
Co-Head of EMEA Commercial Real Estate Finance
Citi Group
Hal
Shaw
Partner, Head of European Capital Solutions
KSL Capital Partners
Jeff
Fastov
Senior MD & Head of Credit Strategies
Affinius Capital
Paula
León Arias
Head of Origination CRE and Hotel Lending
Banco Sabadell
Manja Stueck
Managing Partner, Europe DebtBGO
United Kingdom
Manja Stueck is a Managing Partner at BGO. She co- founded BGO's European debt business which has invested over $6 billion of capital from institutional investors and is an active lender on commercial real estate properties located in the UK and across Western Europe. She is a member of the Investment Committee and responsible for strategic business development, fundraising, fund management, and capital markets. In her prior role Manja was European head of Lehman Brothers Global Real Estate Syndication Group.
Duncan MacPherson
Head of Capital Markets EuropeStarwood Capital Group
United Kingdom
Duncan MacPherson is a Managing Director and Head of Debt for Europe for Starwood Capital Group. In this role, Mr. MacPherson is responsible for all debt capital markets activities for Starwood Capital in Europe, including financing, foreign exchange and interest rate hedging for the Firm’s European investments. He is also responsible for originating, executing and managing debt investments for Starwood Property Trust and Starwood European Real Estate Finance. Prior to joining Starwood Capital in 2012, Mr. MacPherson spent six years at Citigroup, where he served as a Director on the commercial real estate finance team in London.
Nicola Free
Head of CRE, EMAWells Fargo
United Kingdom
Industry leader with over 20 years experience in the European commercial real estate industry with a strong and loyal network of market players. Uniquely diverse background covering loan origination, structuring, underwriting, execution, capital markets and distribution of loans and bonds via CMBS and syndication. An inspirational and dynamic group leader with a history of transforming teams to drive optimum results whilst maintaining a strong risk discipline. Passionate about developing future talent and leading diversity initiatives. A qualified lawyer.
Axel Brinkmann
European Head - RBC Real Estate Capital Partners & Real Estate Corporate BankingRBC Capital Markets
United Kingdom
Axel Brinkmann is the European Head of the Royal Bank of Canada’s Real Estate Capital Partners (RECP) group. This group provides a range of financial services including mortgage, whole-loan, mezzanine, and loan-on-loan facilities to real estate sponsors in the US, Europe, UK, and Australia. Axel is also a member of the RBC Capital Markets' European Executive Committee and manages the bank's European real estate corporate banking activities. Previously, he was part of LaSalle Investment Management's Debt Investment and Special Situations group, contributing to its establishment and growth since 2010. Axel began his career in the real estate structured finance team at Wells Fargo, working in Frankfurt and London.
Richard Spencer
PartnerGoldman Sachs Asset Management
United Kingdom
Richard Spencer is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Principal Investments Area ("REPIA") of Goldman Sachs. He oversees REPIA's credit investing activities in Europe. Richard joined Goldman Sachs in 2009 and prior to joining REPIA became co-head of the Real Estate Financing Group in Investment Banking in 2011. Prior to Goldman Sachs Richard worked in the Principal Transactions Group at Morgan Stanley.
Alessandro Luca
Managing DirectorAres Management
United Kingdom
Alessandro Luca is a Managing Director in Ares Real Estate, where he focuses on real estate debt. Prior to joining Ares in 2021, Mr. Luca was an Executive Director in the Real Estate Finance Group at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Luca holds an M.A. from the University of Oxford in Economics and Management.
Jai Patel
Co-Head of Real Estate DebtICG
United Kingdom
Jai is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Real Estate Debt.
He is jointly responsible for the day-to-day implementation of ICG Real Estate's Debt strategies and serves as an investment committee member for both debt & equity strategies.
Prior to joining ICG, Jai spent two years at Amro Partners - a real estate investment firm investing, developing and managing purpose built residential assets. As Investment Director he was responsible for acquisitions, capital raising and financing.
Prior to this he held various debt investing roles at ICG-Longbow & Barclays, starting his career at Lehman Brothers Asset Management.
Jai holds a BA in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham.
Michael Kandarakis
Partner - Global Co Head - Real EstateQuilvest Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Michael has over 27 years of experience in real estate private equity, having worked in Europe, Asia and the U.S. He started as one of the initiating members of the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds in Europe, out of London and NYC. He was then a Founding Partner of Soros Real Estate (later Grove), building up the firm’s business in Asia with close to $2.0bn in equity invested across a variety of asset classes. He is now responsible for Quilvest funds that invest in the EMEA region and a member of the firm's global Investment Committee. Michael sits at the boards of numerous investee companies. He also sits at the board of the Hellenic Public Properties Company, the largest company for management and development of public assets in Greece.
Nicole Valmar
Senior Vice PresidentCain International
United Kingdom
Nicole joined Cain International in 2016 where she specialised in real estate equity investments. She was responsible for sourcing, underwriting and executing transactions, as well as securing financing for projects across the firm’s European real estate portfolio. In 2024 Nicole joined the real estate debt team at Cain where she brings her experience and expertise to her new role.
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.
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.
Ali Imraan
Head - European Real Estate CreditKKR
United Kingdom
Clark Coffee
CIOAllianceBernstein
United Kingdom
Clark Coffee is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of European Commercial Real Estate Debt at AllianceBernstein (AB). His previous business, Lacarne Capital, was acquired by AB in 2020 to establish the firm’s real estate debt business in Europe. Previously, Coffee was head of Tyndaris Real Estate, where he was responsible for building the business into a top-10 real estate debt fund in Europe. Prior to that, he co-headed origination for Deutsche Bank’s European commercial real estate credit business and oversaw the risk management and restructuring of more than €2 billion of troubled loans during the global financial crisis.
Alex Mackenzie
Partner & Head of Real EstateOne Investment Management
United Kingdom
Mr. Mackenzie is a partner and head of real estate at One Investment Management, a global alternative investment manager. Previously, he was a Managing Director of Oaktree Capital focused on real estate investing from its Opportunities Funds, based in London.
Irene Ryan
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset MgmtStarwood Capital Group
United Kingdom
Irene Ryan is an advisory board member of GRI Women Leading RE Europe and is a Managing Director at Starwood Capital Group. Irene is responsible for the asset management of debt investments by Starwood’s international lending platform in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Since joining Starwood Capital in 2013, Irene has managed over $14bn of loans held across multi-asset classes including loans on refurbishment and construction projects. Prior to joining Starwood Capital Group, Irene 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 worked at KPMG in Ireland and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland (FCA).
Peter Hansell
Senior Director, Real Estate Debt Strategies - EuropeNuveen Real Estate
United Kingdom
Tina Pristovsek
Vice President, Real Estate Finance & Capital MarketsOxford Properties Group
United Kingdom
Tina manages Oxford’s €3 billion European debt portfolio, and is responsible for building and strengthening relationships with Oxford’s European and global lending partners.
Alexander Kraemer
Managing DirectorDeutsche Bank AG
Germany
Global Financing & Credit Trading - Commercial Real Estate
Derek Rich
Managing DirectorOaktree Capital Management
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..
Marina Ambrose
Vice PresidentCain International
United Kingdom
Marina joined Cain International in 2017 and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting and executing debt transactions as well as monitoring the firm’s existing investments.
Daniel Pottorff
Head of Debt InvestmentTristan Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Dan is the Head of Debt Investment at Tristan. Prior to joining Tristan in 2021, Dan was Managing Director in the Debt & Special Situations team at LaSalle Investment Management where he was responsible for originating and executing transactions for the LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies fund series and several separate account mandates encompassing development finance, whole loan lending and special situations. During his time at LaSalle, Dan was directly responsible for transactions representing over €1.4bn of lending and was fund manager for the Special Situations program.
Parm Nijjar
Managing DirectorKennedy Wilson
United Kingdom
Parm is a Managing Director at Kennedy Wilson Europe, having joined the business in June 2014, and is responsible for financial analysis and deal execution focusing on the UK, Ireland and Spain, as well as being actively involved in the company’s joint venture relationships with AXA and Cain and the funds management business.
Previously, Parm worked at Deloitte for nine years within Corporate Finance and Financial Services Audit. He is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and holds a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, London.
Jatin Ondhia
CEOShojin
United Kingdom
- Ex-investment banker now running a leading fractional real estate investment platform
- Connecting global capital with opportunities in the UK - investors in 60 countries
- Specialise in funding experienced UK property developers with junior finance - mezzanine and equity
- Launching whole loan solution in partnership with senior funding lines and family offices
- Leading a drive to collaborate with industry peers to create a pan-European marketplace for alternative investments
- A thought leader and regular keynote speaker and panel participant at industry events
- Always looking to meet like-minded individuals and entrepreneurs to do great things for current and future generations
Mohamad Abouchalbak
CEOSFO Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Mohamad is the CEO of SFO Capital Partners. He is also a member of SFO’s Board of Directors and its ESG Committee, and chairs the firm’s Executive and Investment Committees. Mohamad has been leading all aspects of the firm’s development since 2013.
With over 18 years of experience, Mohamad has been involved in more than USD15 billion of transactions in both advisory and principal roles across the real estate, hospitality and financial services sectors. Prior to joining SFO, Mohamad held positions at Kingdom Hotel Investments, JLL and Gulf Merger where he advised and acted on behalf of institutional investors and family offices on cross border transactions including mergers and acquisitions, direct investments and asset management.
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).
Nicolas Massière
PartnerCale Street Partners
United Kingdom
Nicolas Massiere is a Partner at Cale Street Partners, a real estate investment and finance firm focused on the United Kingdom, Western Europe and North America. Since its inception in 2014 Cale Street has raised €7.6bn from a single sovereign wealth investor and has provided innovative structured debt and/or equity capital solutions to investors, operators and developers in ten countries across nearly every major real estate asset classes. Before joining Cale Street, Nicolas was a member of the real estate principal group of Oaktree Capital Management in London where he focussed on pan-European direct asset and portfolio acquisitions as well as NPL and distressed debt purchases. Prior to that, Nicolas was at Benson Elliot.
António Pereira Dias
Partner & Chief Investment OfficerBondstone
Portugal
Marc Fuhrmann
Managing DirectorFortress
United Kingdom
Ben Eppley
Partner and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt in EuropeApollo Global Management
United Kingdom
Mr. Ben Eppley joined Apollo in 2013. Prior to that time, Mr. Eppley was a member of the Real Estate Structured Finance group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and prior to that was a member of the Commercial Real Estate Debt Capital Markets group at Barclays Capital. Mr. Eppley graduated from Yale College with a BA in English Language and Literature.
Michael Shields
EMEA Head of Real EstateING Real Estate
United Kingdom
Michael Shields joined ING in May 2004 and has 25 years experience in real estate lending, asset management & restructuring. Based in London, he is currently responsible for ING REF’s EMEA lending platform – lending assets totalling over €18bn. He is also international head for Real Estate, looking after clients with a global real estate reach. Prior to his current role, he led ING REF’s highly successful U.S. lending platform which he helped grow from $200m to over $7.5bn at its peak in 2008. Before ING, Michael was an originator in BHF Capital’s U.S real estate lending team and was one of the original members of Helaba’s CRE finance team in the U.S. Michael started his banking career in Chemical Bank’s real estate group in Manhattan.
Marco Rampin
MD & Head of Debt Investments EuropeCerberus
United Kingdom
Mr. Rampin is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Private Credit team. Based in London, he leads Cerberus’ origination and execution of real estate debt investments across Europe.
Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Rampin served as a Managing Director for European Debt Strategies at CBRE Global Investors and separately, as an Executive Director at CBRE Capital Advisors. From 2007 to 2015, he we was Head of European Real Estate Finance within the Fixed Income division of BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking, where he was responsible for the bank’s commercial mortgage-backed securities program and the fixed income’s legacy commercial real estate loan book.
Deepesh Thakrar
Senior Director Debt FinanceOaknorth Bank
United Kingdom
I joined OakNorth Bank a few months prior to it’s initial launch in 2015. Since then, we're proud to have lent over £8bn to support fast-growth businesses.
In 2021, I completed over 50 transactions, including several in the hospitality, leveraged finance and senior living sector.
In 2020, I won the Corporate Banker of the Year Award at Insider Media’s South East Dealmaker Awards, having completed 30 transactions in the South East that year.
Before joining OakNorth Bank, I spent almost 13 years at Santander where I was a Relationship Director originating and structuring deals for businesses with up to £50m turnover.
Amir Saleem
Head of Commercial Real Estate FinanceNational Bank of Kuwait France
France
Amir Saleem is an experienced banking executive currently serving as the General Manager of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) in France. He has a robust background in financial services, with over two decades of expertise in banking, including roles in risk management, corporate banking, and strategic planning. Amir holds an MBA from the University of Leicester and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Punjab. His leadership at NBK focuses on enhancing the bank's presence in Europe, driving growth, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Russell Gould
Co-Head of EMEA Commercial Real Estate FinanceCiti Group
United Kingdom
Russell is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the EMEA CRE Finance team, business at Citigroup, focusing on origination, underwriting and distribution of senior and mezzanine debt. Over an 12 year career in commercial property finance Russell has expertise in loan underwriting, proprietary / special situation investing, CMBS bond and junior debt trading and underwriting & risk management across Europe and all traditional and operating asset classes
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.
Jeff Fastov
Senior MD & Head of Credit StrategiesAffinius Capital
USA
Jeffrey F. Fastov, Senior Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager- Credit Strategies. Mr. Fastov is responsible for establishing, overseeing and implementing Affinius Capital’s strategic direction with respect to all credit initiatives. Prior to joining Affinius Capital in 2013, Mr. Fastov was Co-head of Credit Suisse’s Real Estate Finance and Securitization Group. Prior to Credit Suisse, he founded Oasis Real Estate Partners, a capital markets advisor to foreign and domestic financial institutions, private equity funds and other significant real estate credit market participants. From 1992 to 2009, Mr. Fastov was with Goldman Sachs, where he ultimately served as Co-head of the commercial real estate lending business.
Paula León Arias
Head of Origination CRE and Hotel LendingBanco Sabadell
Spain
Book your stay at the Four Seasons London at Park Lane with a reduced rate.
Four Seasons London at Park Lane
Access the website:
CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
Use the Code: GRINOV28
*Available for
attendees only
attendees only
Become a Sponsor
Contact our team to find the sponsorship and exposure opportunities that best fit the strategy of your company.
Sponsorship opportunities
Include your information below to apply for sponsorship opportunities
Sucessful Registration! Our team will reach out soon to proceed with the next steps.
Pan European Club Partner
Club Partners
Industry Partners
Warsaw | Poland
With the largest commercial real estate team in Europe and one of the biggest worldwide, CMS is well positioned to help investors, funders, developers, landlords and occupiers navigate all aspects of the real estate market and maximise their assets. Whatever the size and scope of your project or deal, with almost 800 real estate lawyers in 46 countries we have the resources to meet your needs quickly and efficiently, offering expert advice. We have been active in real estate in our markets for decades, so we understand the culture, the economic context, the local legal context and the history.
http://www.cliffordchance.com
+44 20 7006 1000
London | United Kingdom
We are one of the world's largest law firms with significant depth and range of resources across five continents. As a single, fully integrated, global partnership, we pride ourselves on our approachable, collegiate and team based way of working.
We always strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, which include corporates from all the commercial and industrial sectors, governments, regulators, trade bodies and not for profit organisations. We provide them with the highest quality advice and legal insight, which combines the Firm's global standards with in-depth local expertise.
http://www.jll.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7493 4933
London | United Kingdom
For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with annual revenue of $20.9 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 103,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.
Brazil
Com mais de 20 anos de experiência, somos uma consultoria especializada em potencializar os resultados das empresas dos mercados imobiliário e de infraestrutura. Atuamos com soluções 360º nas áreas de gestão de pessoas e de estruturação de processos organizacionais.
REAL ESTATE
This eMeeting is exclusive
for Premium members
for Premium members
This event is exclusive for GRI members.