GRI Light Industrial & Logistics
Europe eSummit 2021
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20th - 22nd April
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Discussion
Some participants from the past edition
20th April | 10:00 - 11:30
Europe Logistics & Light Industrial
Continued upswing, any black swans?
- Welcome Address & Key Trends Analysis: Survey questions and audience voting followed by feedback and analysis from the fireside chat hosts
- Opening Flash Data Presentation with Q&A
- Fireside Chat: Intimate and frank conversation with our discussion hosts
- Opening Flash Data Presentation with Q&A
- Fireside Chat: Intimate and frank conversation with our discussion hosts
- COVID Impacts on Supply Chains & Turning Nearshoring into Diversified Opportunities
- E-Commerce - Demand on light industrial and logistics, follow the occupational markets - where are the new bright spots?
- What does 2021 have in store for Europe?
- Destination last mile! Investment reality vs trends
- Strategy Battle! Core, Core+, Value Add or Spec?
- Rise of JV’s - How to compete for capital and equity?
20th April | 14:00 - 15:15
Equity & Capital
Tighter and tighter or ‘spec’ marks the spot?
- Supply & Land Scarcity - How to find value in stock?
- Raising Capital For Spec Dev & BTS - Institutional appetite, debt & JVs
- Raising (Institutional) Capital - Where are capital streams coming from?
- Asset Types - Last Mile, Bog Boxes & Light Industrial; what’s the investors’ darling?
- Dry Powder - Plenty of money but nowhere to spend?
- Yields - Still competitive or overpriced?
21st April | 08:30 - 09:30
France
Core Logistics vs Light Industrial Sub Sectors, where will the money go?
- Location strategy - What’s best to optimise logistics blueprint?
- Paris Slowdown - Why are big ticket light industrial deals slow off mark?
- Speculative Supply Increase - Which logistics products suit and where?
- Letting Transactions - What’s up, what’s down?
Moderator
Laurent Vouin
Head of France / Benelux
Savills Investment Management
Christophe
Chauvard
Founder
Shared Value Partners
Jo
De Wolf
CEO
Montea
Mai-Lan
de Marcilly
Head of Transactions France & Hotels
KKR
Philippe
Rougé
Head of France
Baytree
Remy
Vertupier
MD, Co-Head of Funds & Separate Accounts
AEW
21st April, 8:30 - 9:30
CEE Market Transparency
Rents, underwriting & where to invest?
- Incoming Supply - Nearshoring boom or oversupplied playing field?
- Financing - Struggle or success?
- Which regions at what prices?
- Rental Growth - Underwriting investor confidence?
- Big Boxes vs City Light Industrial - What asset types will be the way to go?
Moderator
Harry Bannatyne
Group Head of Client Relations
CTP Invest
Christopher
Zeuner
CIO
7R
Patrick
Zehetmayr
CC Real
Pawel
Sapek
Country Head, Central Europe
Prologis
Richard
Wilkinson
Group CFO
CTP Invest
Walter
Hampel
Head of Real Estate Finance International Clients & CEE
pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Łukasz
Toczek
SVP
Griffin Capital Partners
21st April | 10:00 - 11:15
E-Commerce & Europe Expansion
Location, location vs product availability
Location, location vs product availability
- Repositioning Retail - Long term growth or short fix?
- Smart Investments - Follow the rent return fundamentals
- E commerce penetration creating demand across Europe - What opportunities to buy, sell?
- Product pricing vs availability and locations
- Strategies in saturated markets? UK, France, Germany, Netherlands?
- Spain, Italy, Czech & Portugal hidden gems?
Moderator
Sylvia Slaughter
Senior Director, Fund Management Europe
GLP
Artur
Mokrzycki
Panattoni
Ekaterina
Avdonina
Co-Founder & CEO
Mirastar
Gunther
Deutsch
MD, Head of Investment Transactions EU
Barings
Ingo
Steves
Managing Partner
BEOS AG
Joseph
Ghazal
CIO
Prologis
Raimund
Paetzmann
Independent Advisor & Keynote Speaker, - Ex Amazon, Ex Zalando
Voice of the Occupier
21st April | 14:00 - 15:00
Germany Urban Supply
Land scarcity, on-shoring & yield compression a perfect storm?
- Manufacturing Output & Investment Appetite - Out of crisis faster or more troubles ahead?
- Land Scarcity & Yield Compression - Oversupply concerns or still room to grow?
- How to handle yield compression? Expenses being driven down by German capital or still overpriced?
- Urban Logistics and Super Light Industrial Deals - Mainstream or niche opportunities?
21st April | 14:00 - 15:00
UK
Buying boom, what’s working and where?
Buying boom, what’s working and where?
- eCommerce Saturation, Nearshoring & Supply Chain Challenges
- London Deals - Pros & Cons
- Strategic Locations - Which sub sectors strong and where?
- Repurposing Distressed Retail - Quick fix for logistics boom, or long term yielding?
21st April | 15:15 - 16:15
Netherlands Yields
Expenses being driven down by domestic capital or still overpriced?
Expenses being driven down by domestic capital or still overpriced?
- Is further yield compression overhyped?
- Eco-Friendly Last Mile - How much is ESG impacting investor/developer appetite?
- Pricing - Will the upwards pressure in secondary locations continue?
- Rotterdam vs Amsterdam - Which occupational market demands are steering Grade A Industrial Stock?
- Brexit Opportunities - Chance to reposition supply chains in favour for Netherland’s market?
Moderator
Bartjan Zoetmulder
Loyens & Loeff N.V.
Coert
Zachariasse
CEO
Delta Development Group
Eelco
Ouwerkerk
Head of Netherlands
Segro
James
Rushworth
CEO
European Logistics Real Estate Partners
Jan
Brouns
Managing Partner
Urban Industrial
Olle
van Alphen
Managing Partner
ARC
Pieter
Akkerman
Managing Director
Cairn Real Estate
21st April | 15:15 - 16:15
Spain, Portugal & Italy
Value add vs new developments, what are the best entry strategies?
Value add vs new developments, what are the best entry strategies?
- Strategic Locations - Last Mile Light Industrial vs Large scale sites facilitating Western EU
- Finding Value - Countries evenly matched or some more resilient?
- Cold Storage, Food, Pharma, E-Commerce and Auto - What occupational demand drivers are fuelling products and pricing?
- Capital Allocations - Challenges and opportunities
Moderator
Javier Martin
Senior Portfolio Manager
Nuveen Real Estate
Alex
Nuhi
Group Deputy Chairman
AKNO Group
Cristina
García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate Development
Grupo Azora
Ernesto
Navarro
Senior Director and Portfolio Manager - Managed Accounts
EQT Exeter
Jean-Baptiste
Blanchy
Managing Partner
Ancora Capital Partners
Joan
Vidiella
Managing Partner
Spinnia
Sebastiano
Ferrante
MD, Deputy Head of Europe
PGIM Real Estate
Valeria
Falcone
Head of Value Add Investing Europe
Barings Real Estate
22nd April | 10:00 - 11:15
Occupational Market Shifts
How is the changing landscape permanently reshaping demand?
- Customer Expectations - Innovation, Sustainability & Location
- Unique customer solutions - How might BTS help improve operational and supply chain efficiency?
- Last Touch® Logistics - Trend acceleration driven by changing consumer behaviors, but does demand justify the cost?
- Urban Logistics, A Competitive Advantage – Rents, barriers and necessities
- Highly Specialized Customer Needs - How wide is capital interest across logistics sub sectors like, light industrial, multi-level, cold-chain etc?
- Supply Chain Resilience - Bracing for future disruptions, what do customers tell us today and what trends are shaping; stock buffering, nearshoring and structural change?
Moderator
Henk Folmer
SVP, Customer Led Solutions Europe
Prologis
Alexander
Heubes
MD Europe
Frasers Property Industrial
Ben
Segelman
Global Capital Markets Head, Real Estate Solutions
DHL
Charles
Pease
Head of Real Estate Europe
GXO Logistics - UK
David
Ebbrell
CEO
M7 Real Estate
James
Markby
Logistics Capital Partners
Reda
Khatim
Managing Partner
Palm Capital
22nd April | 14:00 - 15:15
Futureproofing Through ESG
Making modern urban life sustainable through the coming decades
- Accommodating the Needs of Different Stakeholders
- What Impacts Might e-Commerce Growth Have on Sustainability?
- Understanding Labour Challenges & the Role of Investors
- Location & Asset Evolution - Assessing the potentials of commercialising ESG
- Long Term Benefits in Portfolio & Customer Retention
Moderator
Dirk Sosef
Head of Research and Strategy
CTP Invest
Allan
Busse
Managing Director
Nova Ambiente Group
Natali
Cooper
Head of Portfolio & Asset Management EU/ Managing Director
GLP
Sara
Jane Viereck
VP, Portfolio Management, Head ESG Europe
Prologis
Stephan
Schablinski
VP, GoGreen
DHL
Steven
Pringle
Director, Member Relations
GRESB
Paul Graham
ChairmanDTRE - Dowley Turner Real Estate LLP
United Kingdom
Mr. Graham FRICS has over 30 years' international experience in the real estate logistics sector. Prior to joining Gramercy, Paul headed real estate at DHL, the world's largest logistics provider, for the region Europe, Middle East and Africa. He led a front line team of 80 people with responsibility for around 3,000 facilities in 100-plus countries. Paul brings substantial occupational and business experience to Gramercy.
Ben Bannatyne
PresidentPrologis
Netherlands
Ben Bannatyne is president of Prologis Europe and chairman of the company’s European Management Executive Committee. He is responsible for Europe’s leading logistics real estate platform, which comprises 17 million square metres across 12 countries, as of 30 June 2019. Previously, Ben served as the company’s managing director and regional head for Central & Eastern Europe – a role which he held for more than seven years - with overall responsibility for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Ben joined Prologis in 2008 from JLL, where he was managing director for Central Europe. An accomplished leader, Ben brings significant real estate knowledge and expertise with more than 25 years’ worth of experience.
Carl Deppisch
Global Head Real EstateKuehne & Nagel
Turkey
Jack Cox
Head of EMEA Industrial & LogisticsCB Richard Ellis
United Kingdom
Michael Pegler
Head of UKKennedy Wilson
United Kingdom
Nick Cook
PresidentGLP
United Kingdom
Nick Cook is Chief Executive Officer of Gazeley, GLP’s platform in Europe. Nick was previously Chief Operating Officer of Gazeley where he oversaw all capital deployment, disposition and operational aspects of the business in Europe. Nick joined Gazeley in 2002 and has held several key positions including establishing Gazeley’s profitable UAE business unit and looking after Gazeley’s business in China, while maintaining a detailed involvement in all aspects of the European business. Nick is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and has 19 years’ experience in the real estate development and investment market.
Otis Spencer
P3 Logistic Parks
Luxembourg
Christian Jamison
Managing PartnerValor Real Estate Partners
United Kingdom
Christian Jamison is the managing partner of Valor Real Estate Partners LLP (‘Valor’), a pan-European industrial platform, headquartered in London, focused on urban/infill industrial and logistics properties. Founded in 2016 by Christian and his partners, Valor is a full-service development management and investment business with offices in London, Paris, Berlin & Munich. The company currently manages a 150+ asset portfolio totalling more than ten million sq ft and c. €3bn of AUM on behalf of a number of global investors.
Prior to Valor, Christian established and served as CEO of Delin Property until 2016 and previously held senior roles at JP Morgan, GE Capital and Credit Suisse.
Logan Smith
Head of European LogisticsHines
Netherlands
Logan Smith is Head of European Logistics at Hines since April 2020. Previously, he oversaw Logistics and Industrial RE with BNP Paribas Real Estate. He has 19 years’ experience in logistics RE investing in Europe and North America. Prior to BNP, he served as Head of Acquisitions and Dispositions for Prologis in Europe where he and his team sourced and executed €2.2bn of transactions. In other roles, he has served as CIO of the TPG Capital owned entity P3 Logistic Parks in Prague, and Head of Acquisitions for an affiliate of Realterm Global, based in the United States. He began his career in real estate as an Associate in the Management Development Program of Security Capital Industrial Trust in Europe, which subsequently became Prologis.
Marco Riva
CEO Crossbay, Managing DirectorMARK
United Kingdom
Marco Riva is a Managing Director and is responsible for logistics investments across Europe, as well as acquisitions and asset management in Southern Europe. Prior to joining Meyer Bergman in 2018, Marco worked for 5 years at LogiCor where he invested over €2 billion in logistics properties. Marco began his career at Goldman Sachs in Italy and graduated from the University of Bologna with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Marco speaks Italian, English and French.
Stefan Walldorf
Managing DirectorCerberus
Netherlands
Stefan Walldorf is a Managing Director in Cerberus’ European Real Estate Group and a member of the Cerberus NPL Committee, Real Estate Committee, and Real Estate Debt Committee. Since joining Cerberus in 2006, Mr. Walldorf has led a wide range of transactions in Europe, including acquisitions of commercial properties, restructurings and loan portfolios. He is currently overseeing the built-up of Cerberus’ EUR 3bn Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE) platform across Europe. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Walldorf worked in Eurohypo’s structured real estate finance division focusing on multinational and institutional clients and structuring financing transactions in commercial and residential real estate.
Thomas Karmann
Global Head of LogisticsAXA IM
France
Thomas Karmann is managing director, regional head Northern Europe. He oversees all activities of Prologis in Germany, Benelux and the Nordics. This includes new developments, customer relations and working with local development teams. He is also responsible for the performance of all operating properties in the Northern Europe. He works in close cooperation with the finance and property management departments and leasing teams regarding the leasing and re-leasing of facilities. Karmann joined Prologis in June 2012. He has over 20 years of professional experience in logistics real estate. Prior to Prologis, he worked for the international logistics real estate developer Gazeley as senior vice president for European operations for six years
Laurent Vouin
Head of France / BeneluxSavills Investment Management
France
Christophe Chauvard
FounderShared Value Partners
France
Jo De Wolf
CEOMontea
Belgium
Jo has been active in European real estate since 1997. He broadened his real estate expertise in various companies of the Belgian listed investment fund Ackermans & van Haaren. Jo has held various positions where he was responsible for the asset management of the REIT Leasinvest Real Estate and for the investment policy of the Extensa Group. He also acted as development manager for the Tour & Taxis reconversion project in Brussels. From 2006 until 2010, Jo headed the Real Estate Department of The Brussels Airport Company. Jo has been the Chief Executive Office of Montea since 2010. Under his management, the portfolio has grown from €200 million to €1.104 billion, and it continues to grow at a pace of €100 million to €150 million per year.
Mai-Lan de Marcilly
Head of Transactions France & HotelsKKR
United Kingdom
Mai-Lan de Marcilly is a Director at KKR in charge of France and hospitality. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. de Marcilly was at PGIM in London where she focused on pan-European opportunistic investments. Ms. de Marcilly also spent time at LaSalle IM, MSREF and RBS in Paris and London. Ms. de Marcilly holds an M.B.A. from ESSEC Business School, Paris.
Philippe Rougé
Head of FranceBaytree
France
Philippe has over 30 years’ experience working in senior roles in the real estate sector, including in construction, development and asset management. He joined Baytree from Quartus, a leading contractor and developer in the logistics space, where he was responsible for securing land opportunities and constructing buildings for developers and owner-occupiers. Prior to Quartus, Philippe worked for GSE and DTZ Asset Management.
Philippe is responsible for securing new opportunities in France and leading the delivery of Baytree’s secured development portfolio in this market of over 500,000 sqm of logistics space.
Remy Vertupier
MD, Co-Head of Funds & Separate AccountsAEW
France
Rémy Vertupier is Co-Head of Funds & Separate Accounts of AEW. Previously, he was the Fund Manager for AEW Europe’s LOGISTIS fund and was involved in the management of the LOGISTIS platform. Prior to this role, he was Head of AEW Europe’s Logistics Asset Management team. He joined the firm as an Asset Manager in the Office team in 2004, subsequently leading asset management for the firm’s logistics platforms. Rémy holds an MBA in finance and real estate from ESSEC Business School in Paris.
Harry Bannatyne
Group Head of Client RelationsCTP Invest
Czech Republic
Christopher Zeuner
CIO7R
Poland
Christopher is the CIO at 7R, he has over 20 years’ experience of investing in, and managing commercial real estate investments and platforms, including the closing of transactions worth EUR 3 billion. Before joining 7R, Chris was Head of Europe at Amstar, Prior to that he was head of LaSalle Investment Management’s Central European business, Managing Director at JER Partners and head of CEE acquisitions and business development at GE Real Estate,
Patrick Zehetmayr
CC Real
Czech Republic
Pawel Sapek
Country Head, Central EuropePrologis
Poland
Paweł Sapek as senior vice president and regional head for Central Europe is
responsible for the company's entire portfolio in the region (Poland, Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) with total area of 4.2 million square meters. In
addition, he will run the Polish branch of Prologis and directly supervise
operations in Hungary. He oversees the company’s investment and operating
activities including business strategy implementation, investment
opportunities identification, new developments and customer acquisition.
Richard Wilkinson
Group CFOCTP Invest
Czech Republic
Richard Wilkinson joined CTP Invest in 2018 as Group CFO and brings over 30 years of experience in real estate finance, asset management and executive oversight from his previous posts at Erste Bank. Richard’s unique central European experience guides his vision for CTP’s stable growth plan to reach a portfolio size of 10 million m2 across the 7 CEE countries where CTP is active. Since joining CTP, Richard oversaw the first sale of a portion of CTP’s portfolio of the portfolio to a 3rd party, and organized the largest industrial real estate refinancing in CEE history.
Walter Hampel
Head of Real Estate Finance International Clients & CEEpbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Łukasz Toczek
SVPGriffin Capital Partners
Poland
Łukasz Toczek is a specialist in financial modeling and adept at data analysis.
Currently, as Vice President Investments at Griffin Capital Partners,, Łukasz navigates day-to-day operations across European Logistic Investment BV (ELI), a dynamically developing logistic platform and a leading player in the Polish logistics sector with high-quality and large-scale portfolio. His key responsibilities include overseeing the platform’s development, identifying new business opportunities as well as maintaining investor relations and continuously attracting potential investors. He is also actively involved in Griffin Real Estate’s projects outside Poland. Previously, Łukasz was engaged in the development of Chariot Top Group B.V.’s portfolio.
Sylvia Slaughter
Senior Director, Fund Management EuropeGLP
United Kingdom
Artur Mokrzycki
Panattoni
Poland
Ekaterina Avdonina
Co-Founder & CEOMirastar
United Kingdom
Ekaterina is a CEO and Co-Founder of Mirastar. Mirastar is a new specialist pan-European developer, investor and manager of big box logistics assets established by Ekaterina Avdonina, CEO, and Anthony Butler, CIO, in a joint venture with M7 Real Estate. From 2010 to 2018 Ekaterina was with Delin Capital Group focused on real estate investments and raising debt and co-founded DCAM. Previously, Ekaterina was with ING Real Estate in the Netherlands. Prior to ING, Ekaterina was with GVA in Moscow focused on the execution of development projects. Ekaterina graduated with a MSc. in Real Estate from Cass Business School and received a degree in Corporate Finance and Accounting from the Finance Academy under the Russian Government.
Gunther Deutsch
MD, Head of Investment Transactions EUBarings
Germany
Gunther Deutsch is Barings Head of Transactions Europe and Managing Director at Barings Germany. He is overseeing the investment markets Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and the UK. Transaction volume executed over the last 3 years. 3 bn EUR of acquisistions and 2.25 bn EUR of dispositions. Prior to co-founding PAMERA in 2010 (before its acquisition by Cornerstone/Barings in 2014), Gunther Deutsch was founder and owner of the asset management platform Metis Asset Management GmbH in 2004. Previous to that, he spent 13 years in senior positions at Deutsche Bank (RREEF) and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in Munich, Berlin and New York.
Ingo Steves
Managing PartnerBEOS AG
Germany
Joseph Ghazal
CIOPrologis
Netherlands
Joseph Ghazal is Regional Head Northern Europe and has the overall responsibility for ProLogis' operations in Scandinavia Benelux Germany Austria and Switzerland. In the years before Joseph was heading the Benelux and the Middle East operations where his r
Raimund Paetzmann
Independent Advisor & Keynote Speaker, - Ex Amazon, Ex ZalandoVoice of the Occupier
Germany
Raimund is a Corporate Real Estate professional with 25 years experience in all sectors of Real Estate. Starting his career 1991 he has worked for a “medium sized enterprise” with a portfolio across all asset classes, he has worked 3 years for Union Investment and continued with 14 years’ tenure at Amazon Europe. Here he has been part of an amazing success story witnessing a growth from 600 million USD net sales to around 130 billion USD in 2016, building the most advances ecommerce logistic network for Europe. In September 2017, he has started as Vice President Corporate Real Estate for the number one European ecommerce Fashion platform Zalando SE in Berlin. Since June 2018 he is also Vice Chairman of the Committee on Logistics Properties
Danilo Hunker
Head of GermanyArrow Capital Partners
Germany
Danilo Hunker is responsible for managing the local office in Berlin and driving investment strategy and asset management for Germany. Danilo has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate in Germany. He is former Head of Germany at Valad Europe /Cromwell Property Group, where he was responsible for the investment and asset management of a combined portfolio of up to €1bn, working very closely with some of the world’s largest private equity businesses. Danilo holds an MBA in International Real Estate from Bauakademie Biberach and a Bachelor of Commerce (Real Estate) from the university of applied science in Berlin and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Florian Stöbe
Head of Investment ‑ GermanyVerdion GmbH
Germany
Florian heads up the Frankfurt office team and leads Verdion’s investment activity in Germany. A member of the Investment Committee, he is responsible for sourcing and executing Verdion’s value-add investment strategy and the urban logistics development programme. He is regularly called on to speak to the industry about our focus on brownfield regeneration. Joining Verdion in 2020 from DEKA, where he was Senior Investment Manager, Florian has over 18 years’ high-level experience in the German logistics real estate market with previous senior roles at Catella and CBRE.
Hendrik Staiger
Board MemberBEOS AG
Germany
Born in 1964. Degree in physics from the Technical University of Berlin. Until 1997 Research. 1997-1999 Redevelopments in Berlin. 1999-2005 Managing partner of the Linie Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG. Since 2005 BEOS AG as head of acquisitions - since 2016 board member. Since 2009 Lectures at IREBS, DVFA, University of Wuppertal, TU Berlin, etc. Since 2017 head of crenet Deutschland e.V. Since 2019 Head Industrial & Logistics Swiss Life Asset Managers Germany. Since 2020 director BEOS Logistics GmbH
Klaus Stodick
Referent City Logistik / CSRUPS
Germany
I have been with UPS for more than 14 years now. I started in the operation 2006 as a Trainee, became PR and marketing representative in 2007 at the German headquarter in Neuss and was deputy spokesperson for the company for more than 10 years. I specialized in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and communication and somehow logical I became representative for Sustainability and City Logistics topics for Germany in 2017. Ever since I am connecting internal and external stakeholders who are in charge of City Logistics questions and try to find tailored solutions for the so called Last Mile Delivery in a variety of cities within Germany and Austria.
Max Kreuter
MD Capital Markets GermanyPanattoni
Germany
Max Kreuter holds the position Managing Director Capital Markets Germany. Max is responsible for investor management and relationships including capital sourcing and structuring for the Panattoni platform particularly in Germany and across Europe. Max Kreuter has 18 years experience in real estate investments. He joined Panattoni from PGIM where he worked 14 years in their Munich and London office. Max held various positions with PGIM including Executive Director and fund manager for a Pan European Open Ended fund, a Value Add fund and a globally investing German special fund. Max holds a MSc in Business Administration and Economics from University of Regensburg.
Mark Bowden
Executive DirectorCaisson IO
United Kingdom
Mark is a founding partner of Caisson and sits on its Management Committee which oversees the overall business direction of the firm. Mark oversees Asset Management. Mark commenced his career with Houston Lawrence, the specialist Covent Garden surveying firm, in 1993 he was involved in the development of Industrial Securities, a joint venture between Houston Lawrence and Marcol specialising in development and asset management of industrial properties throughout the UK. Mark joined The iO Group (subsequently TeeslandiOG, now Valad Property Group) in 1998 to work in the UK asset management team progressing in 2001 to the establishment of a European Asset Management platform.
Andrew Smith
Strategy DirectorLondonMetric
United Kingdom
Andrew is Strategy Director at LondonMetric and a member of the Executive Committee. Andrew joined LondonMetric in May 2014 from The British Land Company PLC where he worked for nine years and was a senior member of the retail team and Head of Investment Portfolio Management across its portfolio.
Diederik Schol
KKR
United Kingdom
Nick Cripps
Head of Capital Markets UK & Director Capital Markets EuropePanattoni
United Kingdom
Paul Weston
Regional Head -UKPrologis - West Midlands
United Kingdom
The world has changed since I started my career in the industrial and logistics sector over 25 years ago. Today, e-commerce and technology have completely re-shaped the landscape for industrial and logistics property, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the need for customers to work with a trusted partner who will take the time to understand their business needs and build a long-term relationship.
As Regional Head of Prologis UK I lead a highly experienced and dedicated team of professionals who are passionate about providing our customers with state-of-the-art buildings, in the best locations, across our network of Prologis Parks, which we own and maintain. They are also passionate about delivering first-class customer service.
Bartjan Zoetmulder
Loyens & Loeff N.V.
Netherlands
Coert Zachariasse
CEODelta Development Group
Netherlands
Coert believes in the power of innovation and knows better than anyone how to convert a vision into solid plans that result in sustainable returns. For Coert, Cradle to Cradle® is the guiding principle for giving future generations something valuable. His unstoppable belief in Human Centered Design results in buildings where labor productivity is demonstrably higher than in comparable office buildings. Coert was voted the most influential sustainable real estate professional in the Netherlands in 2013 and Fortune Magazine sees him as one of the world's 25 top eco-innovators.
Eelco Ouwerkerk
Head of NetherlandsSegro
Netherlands
As Head of SEGRO Netherlands, Eelco Ouwerkerk is responsible for the overall operation and development of SEGRO in the Netherlands. Previously, Eelco held the position of Transition & Innovation manager at HOMIJ Technische Installaties bv. Within HOMIJ Eelco was responsible for the strategic development and implementation of concepts and applications in the field of energy transition, digitization and circularity. He has also worked for Slavenburg’s Bouwbedrijven BV and Vailog Nederland B.V., a SEGRO Group Company. In these positions, Eelco has gained a great deal of expertise in the realization of large real estate projects, including warehouses. With his technical insight he translates the needs of the market into future-proof buildings.
James Rushworth
CEOEuropean Logistics Real Estate Partners
United Kingdom
James has over 27 years’ experience in the RE sectors, 21 of which he has been an investor. He was previously European Fund Manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments where he opened the continental office in Paris in 2007. His transaction history includes; funding in excess of 1,300,000m2 of logistics developments across Europe, acquired > €1bn of assets since 2014 and supporting €300m of logistics sales in Germany, France and the Netherlands since 2016.
Jan Brouns
Managing PartnerUrban Industrial
Netherlands
Olle van Alphen
Managing PartnerARC
Netherlands
Olle Van Alphen studied business economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In 1999 he began his career in the real estate division of JPMorgan in London. At JPMorgan, Mr. Van Alphen was responsible for a large number of real estate transactions throughout Europe. In 2005, Mr. Van Alphen returned to the Netherlands to work for ABN Amro as Head of Real Estate Structured Finance. From 2006 to 2009, he worked at HSH Nordbank as a Head of HSH Asset Management. Since 2009 Olle van Alphen has worked as part of the Management Boar at ARC Real Estate Partners, formerly known as Annexum Internacional.
Pieter Akkerman
Managing DirectorCairn Real Estate
Netherlands
Javier Martin
Senior Portfolio ManagerNuveen Real Estate
Spain
With more than 15 years’ real estate experience, Javier has been responsible for several assets, from Shopping Centres and Retail Parks to Logistic Warehouses, with a total GLA of 303,000 sqm, c. €400m AUM and c. €35m annual rent. He is responsible for Investment and Asset Management of Logistic assets, sourcing new investment opportunities in Spain and Portugal and leading the transaction process for logistics funds and mandates. Prior to joining the company in 2014, Javier was Property Manager at Cushman & Wakefield. He also worked for EXA and Negocenter, managing office assets. Prior to that, Javier was a Facility Manager for British Telecom in Spain. He started his professional career at Deloitte as a Financial Controller.
Alex Nuhi
Group Deputy ChairmanAKNO Group
Italy
Alex Nuhi is Group Deputy Chairman of the AKNO Group (www.aknogroup.com), a leader in the development and construction of logistics business parks for the past 50 years.
With more than 16 years of experience, Alex has played a key role in the Group’s growth and expansion into multiple countries and sectors.
To date, AKNO operates across Europe and North America with an existing portfolio of over 1,000,000 sqm in logistics and commercial assets (office and hospitality), plus an additional 2,500,000 sqm in the pipeline.
Alex holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Università Bocconi and a MBA from SDA Bocconi
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.
Ernesto Navarro
Senior Director and Portfolio Manager - Managed AccountsEQT Exeter
United Kingdom
Ernesto is a Senior Director at EQT Exeter, managing our Logistics Managed Accounts in Europe, which includes an existing portfolio of €5B across 10 European countries. He joined EQT Exeter in 2021, and brings over 14 years of experience in Logistics Real Estate across Europe and Mexico.
Prior to joining EQT Exeter, Ernesto was the Head for Logistics and Industrial at Round Hill Capital, where he was responsible for the management and growth of the €500m logistics platform at RHC during 2 years. Ernesto previously spent 3 years in the Pan-European Acquisitions team at Logicor, sourcing and executing on investments in several geographies across Europe.
Jean-Baptiste Blanchy
Managing PartnerAncora Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Jean-Baptiste is Co-Founder of Ancora Capital Partners, an independent logistics real estate investment specialist capitalising on structural and cyclical trends.
Joan Vidiella
Managing PartnerSpinnia
Spain
Joan is the Managing Partner of Spinnia, a leading real estate investment manager mainly focussed in Spain, Portugal and México, sourcing, executing and managing opportunities for a broad base of international institutional investors in the industrial/logistics and hospitality sectors, eventually coinvesting in the opportunities.
Through his 30-year career of real estate investment and development experience in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East, Joan has been active across various asset classes including industrial, office, mixed use, and residential, totalling a track record of almost €4 Bn of investments.
Joan holds a BA (UB, Barcelona), and an MBA-MIM (ESADE, Barcelona).
Sebastiano Ferrante
MD, Deputy Head of EuropePGIM Real Estate
Germany
Sebastiano Ferrante is managing director at PGIM Real Estate and head of Germany and Italy. Based in Frankfurt, Sebastiano is responsible for a global platform of specialized products for German investors and the strategic growth of the business in Italy. He is also a senior portfolio manager of PGIM Real Estate's European Value Partners Fund. Sebastiano is a member of the European Investment Committee and serves on the European Executive committee.
Valeria Falcone
Head of Value Add Investing EuropeBarings Real Estate
Italy
Valeria Falcone is Managing Director for Barings Real Estate, a member of Mass Mutual Financial Group, based in Milan and covering the role Portfolio Manager for Barings Europe Value Add Fund and Italy Country Head. Since she joined Barings covered the role of Managing Director and Real Estate Country Head for The Carlyle Group for 11 years, where she had served also as Managing Director of Carlyle Real Estate SGR and board member for several spv vehicles across Europe. Prior to joining Carlyle, Valeria Falcone was with Pirelli & C. Real Estate (now Prelios), one of the largest Italian Real Estate Company with various roles. Prior to that Valeria Falcone was with CityBank as Project and Operational Manager and in Astrim as a Project Manager
Henk Folmer
SVP, Customer Led Solutions EuropePrologis
Netherlands
Henk Folmer is Senior Vice President, Customer Led Solutions Europe at Prologis. Since 2003 Henk has managed the global distribution space needs of several of Prologis’ largest and most strategic European customers – logistics service providers, technology, automotive and e-commerce companies. In addition, he provides access to new customers and helps secure built-to-suit transactions. Before joining Prologis, Henk was a global business development manager at Kuehne & Nagel and Director of Strategy and Business Development for Royal Schiphol Group. Henk's experience covers strategy, business development, marketing, industrial real estate development and customer relationship management.
Alexander Heubes
MD EuropeFrasers Property Industrial
Germany
Alexander Heubes is the Managing Director Europe for Frasers Property Industrial. Alexander joined the multi-national industrial and logistics market leading business in April 2020. In Europe, the business currently manages approx. € 1.7 billion (AUM) which corresponds to approximately 1.5M sqm as at 30 September 2020 The European business is managed from offices in Amsterdam, Cologne and Munich. Previously, Alexander spent almost 13 years with Prologis, a U.S. owner/developer of logistics real estate. Today he is leading the European team of over 60 employees at Frasers Property Industrial,focusing on providing market-leading solutions for customers, portfolio management and sustainable growth through new developments and acquisitions.
Ben Segelman
Global Capital Markets Head, Real Estate SolutionsDHL
United Kingdom
Ben is an experienced property professional having worked on both the principal and advisory side of the commercial property markets in the UK, Europe and within the Emerging Markets. He has a deep knowledge of fund and asset management (UK and Europe) and investment management (UK, Europe and CEE region). Within the Emerging Markets, Ben has managed equity and debt funds and sought to develop and attract new business opportunities globally through mergers and acquisitions.
Charles Pease
Head of Real Estate EuropeGXO Logistics - UK
France
Charles is a chartered surveyor who has been working in the industrial, logistics and technology sectors of commercial real estate for the last 28 years across Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has worked for several international companies including Deluxe Entertainment, SEGRO, General Electric and Walt Disney and for the last 18 months has been with XPO Logistics where he heads up Real Estate for Europe. Leading a team of ten people he manages over 4.5 million square metres of logistics and transport space in 15 countries.
David Ebbrell
CEOM7 Real Estate
United Kingdom
David Ebbrell is the Chief Executive Officer for M7 Real Estate. He is responsible for sourcing new properties across Europe. Prior to co-founding M7 in 2009, David was a Fund Director at GPT Halverton where he was responsible for Funds with a combined value of €600m. These included BIP (which invested in German and Dutch multi-let industrial property) and DAF (which invested in Dutch multi-let industrial office properties). As Fund Director, David had responsibility for acquisitions, portfolio performance, client reporting and asset management strategy. He was also responsible for many of the acquisitions made by the Halverton Babock Industrial fund; his primary responsibility being the German and French acquisitions.
James Markby
Logistics Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Reda Khatim
Managing PartnerPalm Capital
United Kingdom
Reda Khatim is the Managing Partner and founder of Palm Capital. Palm Capital is a pan European real estate investment firm, with offices in London and Madrid. Palm Capital invests in various thematic strategies including European logistics, Office 4.0 and special situations. Prior to starting Palm, Reda was a founding principal of Citigroup Property Investors European opportunistic fund, €1.2bn pan European fund. He previously worked with Lonestar Funds in Europe and held various positions at Credit Suisse and Lazard. Reda holds a MBA from Harvard Business School.
Dirk Sosef
Head of Research and StrategyCTP Invest
Netherlands
Allan Busse
Managing DirectorNova Ambiente Group
United Kingdom
Allan has over 28 years’ experience in environmental consultancy throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Allan specialises in multi-site, multi-national property transaction support services and was instrumental in developing our unique environmental risk assessment and management service for clients with significant property portfolios across Europe. Within Nova-Ambiente Allan focuses primarily on business and product development and is currently spear-heading the drive to assist clients with meeting their sustainability commitments.
Natali Cooper
Head of Portfolio & Asset Management EU/ Managing DirectorGLP
United Kingdom
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Sara Jane Viereck
VP, Portfolio Management, Head ESG EuropePrologis
Netherlands
Sara Jane Viereck, VP, Portfolio Management, currently serves as the Venture Manager for Prologis UK Logistics Venture. Since transferring to the Amsterdam office from San Francisco in 2007, she has been directly involved in launching and managing both the Prologis Targeted European Logistics Fund and Europe Logistics Venture 1, and also served on the PELP fund management team.
Before joining Prologis in 2004, Ms. Viereck practiced audit at Arthur Andersen and KPMG. Ms. Viereck holds a MA of Professional Accounting and a BSc in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business, and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant by the state of California.
Stephan Schablinski
VP, GoGreenDHL
United Kingdom
Steven Pringle
Director, Member RelationsGRESB
Netherlands
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Adolfo Favieres
Managing Director, Country Head SpainBlackrock - Spain
Spain
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+34 91 788 9400
Madrid | Spain
Barings is a US$284+ billion global asset management firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs of its clients.
Alfredo Girón Nanne
Commodus Real Estate Capital
Germany
Allan Busse
Managing DirectorNova Ambiente Group
United Kingdom
Allan has over 28 years’ experience in environmental consultancy throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Allan specialises in multi-site, multi-national property transaction support services and was instrumental in developing our unique environmental risk assessment and management service for clients with significant property portfolios across Europe. Within Nova-Ambiente Allan focuses primarily on business and product development and is currently spear-heading the drive to assist clients with meeting their sustainability commitments.
https://www.nova-ambiente.com/
+44 20 7929 7888
London | United Kingdom
Specialist Environmental, and Technical advisory business to the real estate industry.
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- Active asset / portfolio management and performance reporting.
- Meeting investment and sustainability / ESG mandates.
-Integrate risk assessment and management / resilience strategies into operational planning throughout the property lifecycle.
- Working with our bespoke online collaborative environmental management / data platforms
Andreas Trumpp
Head of Research EuropeColliers International - Germany
Germany
Germany
Savills IM is an international real estate investment manager with 17 offices worldwide and total assets under management of approximately EUR 20.75 billion as of December 2019. The German team of approximately 80 real estate professionals.
Anita Simaza
FounderAS Real Estate
Netherlands
Founder of AS REAL ESTATE since 2020, a pan European advisory for Logistics & Industrial real estate, connecting developers, investors, owner-occupiers and advisors with cross border capital. Anita was previously Head of Logistics & Industrial Europe at BNP Paribas Real Estate, responsible for coordinating investment activities for the company in the sector and working on pan European and single country transactions. Prior to this, Anita was Director European Valuations at Prologis in Amsterdam, responsible for all valuation related workflows across Europe. Anita worked earlier with Knight Frank in London in the European Valuations team and qualified as MRICS with Savills in Exeter in the residential development department.
Amsterdam | Netherlands
AS REAL ESTATE is an independent advisory firm specializing in Logistics & Industrial real estate in Europe. We connect developers, investors, owner-occupiers and advisors with active buyers, specializing in cross border capital.
Anna Pandey
Head of Real Estate InvestingRussian Direct Investment Fund
UAE
http://rdif.ru/
+7 495 644 3414
Moscow | Russia
The fund was created in 2011 on the initiative of the President and the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. In all transactions, RDIF acts as a co-investor with major international investors, playing the role of a catalyst in attracting direct investment in Russia. The Russian private equity fund has invested more than 1.8 trillion rubles, of which 180 billion rubles are funds of the RDIF and more than 1.6 trillion rubles are funds of partners.
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