GRI Residential Europe

November 2020

London, UK

Overview

Now in its 3rd year, GRI Residential Europe returns to unite Private Developers, Global Operators, REITs, Local Authorities, Debt Lenders, Private Equity and Institutional Investors for a series of collegial discussions to understand where the market is going to identify like minded peers in order to build relationships and business deals.

Under the theme of what’s stopping the scale up of build to rent residential becoming a Europe wide, institutionally recognised asset class, discussions will touch upon strategies for multifamily, student housing, care homes, lifestyle trends, JV’s and co-investing, price points, regional hotspots, counter cyclical trends and such others across all European markets.

Some of our past attendees

Will Gibby

Fund Manager - Global PRS

Hermes Investment Management

Matteo Cidonio

Managing Partner

GWM Group - UK

Gavin Neilan

Founding Partner

Deutsche Finance International

John Dunkerley

Founder partner & CEO

Apache Capital Partners LLP

Marco Grillo

Founder, Board Director

Abitare In

Ted Sheils

Investment Manager - Private Equity

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Alberto López Balbas

Managing Partner

Urbania International

Andrew Screen

CIO

Cortland Partners

Charles Ferguson-Davie

CIO

Moorfield Group Limited

Laurian Douin

Managing Director

BC Partners

Franck Lirzin

Executive Director Residential

Gecina

Antoine AUBRY

Co-head Core Fund Management Strategies

AXA IM Real Assets - Paris

Jay Kwan

Managing Director, Head of Europe

Quadreal

Jérôme Berenz

Head of Indirect Investments

Allianz Real Estate Germany

Paul Bashir

Managing Director & CEO Europe

Harrison Street Real Estate Capital - UK

Matthew Parrott

Vice President

Starwood Capital Europe Advisers - UK

Jaime Lacasa

Founding Partner

ELIX

Carlo Matta

Head of Europe

CA Ventures - UK

Will

Will Gibby

Fund Manager - Global PRSHermes Investment Management

In his role as Fund Manager for Global PRS, Will Gibby is responsible for implementing Hermes global real estate strategy in this space in conjunction with his wider role as Deputy Fund Manager for non domestic real estate.

Matteo

Matteo Cidonio

Managing PartnerGWM Group

Matteo has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate investments and finance sector, of which almost 10 with GWM. Prior to joining GWM Matteo was managing director of BNP Paribas, CIB division, heading the RE division for Europe ex-France and before that he held a similar role within the global RE group of Lehman Brothers. Matteo executed over €20 bn of RE transactions in Europe, including investments in offices, healthcare, retail, and residential asset classes and private and public debt and equity fund raisings. Matteo has executed over €15 bn of RE transaction in Italy, with counterparties including institutional investors, property companies, public entities, and professional investors.

Gavin

Gavin Neilan

Founding PartnerDeutsche Finance International

Gavin Neilan is a Founding Partner, Head of Investments and Member of the Investment Committee of Deutsche Finance International or DFI, a London based pan-European private equity investor with over €1.8bn AUM, which specialises in operational real estate. Gavin Neilan has 18 years’ of industry experience as a real estate business owner, investor, financier and lawyer. He has been involved in more than €5 billion of transactions and has extensive cross border expertise, having operated in over 30 markets across Europe, Americas, Africa and the Middle East.

John

John Dunkerley

Founder partner & CEOApache Capital Partners Ltd

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.

Marco

Marco Grillo

Founder, Board DirectorAbitare In

Italy

A visionary entrepreneur with a noteworthy International experience in establishing, developing and growing innovative companies. He started his career as an analyst programmer. He served as a business executive in IT and Telco US multinationals (including DELL) and, before starting up Abitare In with his business partner Luigi Gozzini, he founded and managed as a CEO two high-tech International start-ups

Ted

Ted Sheils

Investment Manager - Private EquityIreland Strategic Investment Fund

Ireland

Ted Sheils works as an Investment Manager on the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund’s Private Equity team, and since joining has focused largely on Real Estate investments by the fund, notably in the residential and commercial development aswell as the PRS sectors. Prior to joining ISIF, Ted worked for several years in Singapore in a M&A role with a large Plc. Ted is an ACA Charter holder and is M.Sc. Finance qualified.

Alberto

Alberto López Balbas

Managing PartnerUrbania International

Spain

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Urbania international. The firm’s main areas of expertise include residential development, alternative investments and real estate debt. Mr. Lopez has overall responsibility for all aspects of the business and is directly involved in the execution of all transactions – originating, underwriting, financing and asset managing properties. He is Chairman of Syllabus a first-class student living concept with over 3000 beds. Mr. Lopez oversees the real estate debt strategy, an alternative advisory lending firm focused on providing capital solutions for southern European developers with a specialized focused on the Iberian market across several assets class.

Andrew

Andrew Screen

CIOCortland

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.

Charles

Charles Ferguson-Davie

CIOMoorfield Group Limited

Charlie joined Moorfield in 2005 and sits on the Board and Investment Committee as Chief Investment Officer. As CIO he is responsible for overseeing investment strategy and portfolio construction and is closely involved in fundraising activities. Since 2005 Moorfield has raised five private equity real estate funds; four Moorfield Real Estate Funds (MREFs) together with a dedicated senior housing platform, Moorfield Audley Real Estate Fund (MAREF). Prior to joining Moorfield Charlie worked in corporate finance at Lazard in the real estate advisory group.

Laurian

Laurian Douin

Managing DirectorBC Partners

France

Laurian Douin joined BCP Real Estate in London in 2018. Previously, he spent 12 years at Altarea Cogedim, a French listed multi-format real estate development and property company, most recently as a Managing Director with responsibility for office investments, member of the group executive committee and CEO of AltaFund. Before that, he was head of Altarea Cogedim group corporate finance for 4 years until 2009, in charge of corporate development, international expansion and bank financing. Prior to Altarea Cogedim, Laurian was Director at PwC Real Estate Corporate Finance, which he joined in 2004, and previously, Manager at Andersen Real Estate Corporate Finance where he started in 1998, with a focus on M&A, financial advisory and valuation

Franck

Franck Lirzin

Executive Director ResidentialGecina

France

A Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines graduate, Franck Lirzin has held various positions with the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. His career path since 2006 has taken him to the cabinet of the French Minister for Economic Affairs, Emmanuel Macron. Previously Deputy Chief of Staff for the French Secretary of State for Industry, Digital and Innovation, Franck joined Gecina as Executive Director Residential in 2017.

Antoine

Antoine AUBRY

Co-head Core Fund Management StrategiesAXA IM Real Assets - Paris

Since 2019 Antoine is co-heading the Core Fund Management team on behalf of regulated funds and separate accounts which represents circa 14bn€ of AUM Antoine joined AXA IM – Real Assets in 2006 as a Transactions Manager, before becoming the Head of Acquisitions for the French market until 2012 and then Senior Fund Manager until 2018 with the responsibility of 2 regulated funds for a total AUM of 4.5bn€. Prior to joining AXA IM – Real Assets, Antoine held several finance (M&A, ECM) and real estate positions at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking. Antoine holds a Master’s degree in Real Estate from ESSEC.

Jay

Jay Kwan

Managing Director, Head of EuropeQuadReal

Jay Kwan joined QuadReal as Managing Director, Head of Europe in February 2018. His focus is on building the international portfolio, with an emphasis on investing in Global Cities in the U.K. and Europe. Jay was formerly an MD at TPG Real Estate, the real estate investment group of private equity firm TPG, specifically focused on European investments. Prior to joining TPG in 2016, Jay was a Partner at Grove International Partners (formerly Soros Real Estate Partners), where he spent 13 years investing in three continents across all asset classes at both the corporate and asset level. Jay began his career at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners in New York in 2001. Jay graduated with a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia NY

Jérôme

Jérôme Berenz

Head of Indirect InvestmentsAllianz Real Estate GmbH

Germany

Jerome Berenz has joined Allianz Real Estate in 2007, as part of the team reshaping Allianz real estate business into a global platform. He held positions in Finance, Portfolio Management, Risk Management and Acquisitions. Since March 2018, he is Head of Indirect Investments and oversees indirect and joint ventures investments both on a global and paneuropean basis. Before joining Allianz, Jerome worked in consulting and in private banking. He is a CFA charterholder and a RICS member.

Paul

Paul Bashir

Managing Director & CEO EuropeHarrison Street Real Estate Capital

Mr. Bashir joined the firm in 2020 and is Chief Executive Officer of Europe. In this role Mr. Bashir leads the expansion of Harrison Street’s European strategies and he is also responsible for overseeing and growing the firm’s team of professionals across the U.K. and Europe. Mr. Bashir brings over 20 years of experience in private equity real estate, operations and corporate finance to Harrison Street. Prior to joining Harrison Street, Mr. Bashir was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer at Round Hill Capital, a real estate investment and asset management firm with a global footprint. While at Round Hill Capital, he managed a business with an $8+ billion portfolio as well as a team of 260 people across 15 offices.

Matthew

Matthew Parrott

Vice PresidentStarwood Capital Group

Matthew Parrott is a Vice President in Starwood Capital Group’s London office and leads the firm’s investment activity in the UK & Ireland.

Jaime

Jaime Lacasa

Founding PartnerELIX

Spain

Jaime is a founding partner of ELIX Group. The firm manages institutional and private funds through listed and unlisted companies in Spain. He has over 15 years’ experience as a real estate professional, after having been involved in strategy consulting, and chemical & mining engineering in America and Europe. Jaime received his MBA at IESE in Barcelona and earned his Mechanical Engineering Degree from Oviedo University and Strathclyde University.

Carlo

Carlo Matta

Head of EuropeCA Ventures

Carlo heads the CA Ventures’ European platform and he is responsible for all development activity, acquisitions and operations in the region. Prior to that he had set-up and served as CEO for Actis London development platform in West Africa where he developed $500m of commercial class A assets. Between 2002 and 2010, he spent eight years as MD with Hines Europe. His time with Hines included responsibilities for the development of large mix-use scheme Porta Nuova in Milan, the pan-European Hines European Development Fund and the Hines CalPERS Spain Fund. He is a registered architect, graduated from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and received an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin

2019 Discussions Included

Past discussions

PRS Rental Growth - Temporary institutional spike or newfound reality?

Co-chairs

Jérôme BerenzAllianz Real Estate Germany

Jill Xiaozhou JuThe Collective Partners LLP

Jon HarleyOxford Properties Group - UK

Margaret SweeneyIrish Residential Properties REIT Plc

Stanislav KubacekCurrently Unaffiliated

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Next Gen BTR - Communities, Planning, Placemaking, Brand or Services?

Co-chairs

Augusto MonteSDIN Residencial

John van OostFluxus Ventures LLP

Kate FreerRealstar Group

Richard CowellBirmingham City Council

Salvatore LeggieroLeggiero Real Estate

Tom GoodallArgent Related

Víctor Pérez AriasASG Iberia Advisors

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Raising Capital for Development - Insatiable appetite but where’s the debt and equity?

Co-chairs

Alejandro CanoOaktree Capital Management - UK

Andrea VanniAreli Real Estate

Gavin NeilanDeutsche Finance International

John DunkerleyApache Capital Partners LLP

Mark O’DonnellRichmond Homes

Peter PlautWimmer Family Office

Peter ShacalisEQT Partners - UK

SEE ALL CO-CHAIRS

Co Living vs Student Housing - Blurry lines benefitting rental sustainability or better off apart?

Co-chairs

Brian WelshThe Nido Collection

Carlo MattaCA Ventures - UK

Dominic ButlerThe Collective Partners LLP

Franck LirzinGecina

Gerald PaulmierGNC Co-living

Philip SauerSauer Real Estate

Ravi SharmaRespublica

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PRS Rental Growth - Temporary institutional spike or newfound reality?

Jérôme Berenz

Head of Indirect Investments

Allianz Real Estate GmbH

Jill Xiaozhou Ju

Chief Investment Officer

The Collective

Jon Harley

Director- Asset Management

Oxford Properties Group

Margaret Sweeney

CEO & Board Director

Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc

Stanislav Kubacek

Managing Director

Currently Unaffiliated

Jérôme

Jérôme Berenz

Head of Indirect InvestmentsAllianz Real Estate GmbH

Germany

Jill

Jill Xiaozhou Ju

Chief Investment OfficerThe Collective

Jill is the Chief Investment Officer at The Collective and member of the firm's Executive Committee. Jill is responsible for the firm’s fundraising, investment acquisitions, and strategic growth internationally. Jill joined The Collective in October 2017. Prior to The Collective she worked as Investment Director for Greystar Europe, where she sourced and managed a £1bn + student housing portfolio. Jill was also in charge of the company’s Asia growth strategy and investor relationships. Prior to Greystar, Jill worked for UBS Investment Bank on its Asia cross-border M&A team in Hong Kong and Beijing.

Jon

Jon Harley

Director- Asset ManagementOxford Properties Group

Jon has over 15 years of real estate experience and has held roles in investment agency, asset management, and property asset management across a broad range of sectors. Jon joined Oxford’s Asset Management team in 2015, with responsibility for our City portfolio including assets such as MidCity Place, Watermark Place and London Wall Place. During the last 2 years he has moved to the BTR sector following the establishment of DOOR, a sector focussed co-investment platform with Delancey, which forms part of the Triangle JV, comprising DOOR, APG and Qatari Diar. Get Living are the JV’s operational partner. Jon works closely with these partners to deliver the strategy to build the UK’s pre-eminent residential rental platform.

Margaret

Margaret Sweeney

CEO & Board DirectorIrish Residential Properties REIT Plc

Ireland

Margaret is a Non-Executive Director of Dalata Hotel Group plc, Chair of the Dublin City University Business School Advisory Board & member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland. She has over 20 years of leadership experience including as Chief Executive of Dublin Airport Authority and Postbank Ireland as well as Director of Audit & Advisory services at KPMG. She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and Chartered Director of IoD UK. She holds a First Class Hons Commerce Degree from the National University of Ireland Galway and was awarded the National University of Ireland Galway Alumni Award for Business Public Policy and Law in 2009. She was named Business & Finance’s Business Person of the Month May19

Stanislav

Stanislav Kubacek

Managing DirectorCurrently Unaffiliated

Sourcing and execution of residential investments in Europe. Formerly responsible for real estate investments at BXR Partners in Prague and in London. 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.

Next Gen BTR - Communities, Planning, Placemaking, Brand or Services?

Richard Cowell will help plan this with other industries eg Ed Lister, they will launch a new book in the summer so lead this

Augusto Monte

Director, Commercialisation

SDIN Residencial

John van Oost

Managing Partner

Fluxus Ventures LLP

Kate Freer

SVP Acquisitions and Asset Management

Realstar Group

Richard Cowell

Development Director, Inclusive Growth

Birmingham City Council

Salvatore Leggiero

Founder

LEGGIERO RE

Tom Goodall

CEO, Tottenham Hale Redevelopment

Argent Related

Víctor Pérez Arias

CEO

ASG Homes

Augusto

Augusto Monte

Director, CommercialisationSDIN Residencial

Spain

Augusto Monte joined SDIN in January 2019. He is a professional with over 25 years' experience in the RE sector, and has worked in the most important RE companies in Spain, such as Inmobiliaria Osuna, Vertix Grupo Inmobiliaro, Solvia, Dospuntos, Neinor and Haya R.E. He has developed his career in business management, business development, marketing, sales and analysis. He is a tenured professor in the Master's degree of Laws degree from the University of Valencia, an MBA from the University CEU Cardenal Herrera, a Master's degree in Legal Practice for Lawyers from the University CEU Cardenal Herrera, and he is a RE Agent duly registered with the Ministry of Public Works. He is currently enrolled at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

John

John van Oost

Managing PartnerFluxus Ventures LLP

John Van Oost is responsible for the overall investment management and fundraising at Fluxus Ventures. He is the founder and Managing Partner of Captiva Capital Management. John received a BS in Economics and an MBA from KU Leuven. He is also completing a MS in Materials Science & Engineering from Stanford University.

Kate

Kate Freer

SVP Acquisitions and Asset ManagementRealstar Group

A Senior Vice President with 20 years’ real estate experience in institutions such as NHP Plc, Blackstone and now Realstar Group LLP. Involved in the acquisition of €4 billion assets over Europe in both none core and core asset classes and successful disposal of €2.7 billion of Assets. Lead the asset management and property management of over €2 billion of Assets and developed over €1bl of assets throughout Europe in her career to date. Kate enjoys creating value by managing the business plan from start to finish to maximise profit at every stage.

Richard

Richard Cowell

Development Director, Inclusive GrowthBirmingham City Council

Since 2008, Richard has played a central role in the delivery of the City's ambitious growth agenda. In his current role, he leads a portfolio of specialist functions; coordinating, developing and implementing a range of complex development projects and policy initiatives focused on accelerating development and investment actively across the City. Richard remains focused on the implementation of the strategic vision of the Big City Plan, which includes the Curzon HS2 Strategy.

Salvatore

Salvatore Leggiero

FounderLEGGIERO RE

Italy

Salvatore Leggiero, class of '65, is an entrepreneur with a passion for brick and real estate finance. He adores old palaces in the centers of Italian cities of art, that he transforms in new amazing buildings, especially hotels, able to produce cash flows forever.

Tom

Tom Goodall

CEO, Tottenham Hale RedevelopmentArgent Related

Tom joined Argent in 2012 and is the CEO of the Argent Related Tottenham Hale development, leading the team which will deliver over 1.2m sqft of development including over 1,000 new homes. Prior to this Tom was responsible for the residential product at the King’s Cross development including the delivery of the Gasholders apartments. Before joining Argent, Tom worked in project management consultancy and as a practising Architect on numerous large-scale mixed-use schemes including the Shard and the London 2012 Athlete’s Village. Tom is a chartered member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and also sits on their Housing Group.

Víctor

Víctor Pérez Arias

CEOASG Homes

Spain

Consejero Delegado de ASG Homes. Previamente, desde enero de 2016, Victor ocupó el puesto de Managing Director de ASG Iberia. Antes de unirse a ASG, Víctor trabajó en CBRE España como Director de Optimización de Activos y Gestión del Desarrollo, y miembro no Ejecutivo del Consejo. Era responsable del análisis de las nuevas operaciones y la generación de nuevas inversiones "fuera de mercado" y activos con gestión y promoción. Antes de CBRE, Víctor fue Director General y miembro del Consejo de IDL Inverdolsa, grupo inmobiliario español con actividades de promoción, de inversión y construcción. Víctor ha estado involucrado en promociones por un valor de más de 500 millones de €. Comenzó su carrera en CBRE

Raising Capital for Development - Insatiable appetite but where’s the debt and equity?

Alejandro Cano

Senior Vice President

Oaktree Capital Management

Andrea Vanni

Partner

Areli Real Estate

Gavin Neilan

Founding Partner

Deutsche Finance International

John Dunkerley

Founder partner & CEO

Apache Capital Partners Ltd

Mark O’Donnell

CEO

Richmond Homes

Peter Plaut

Executive Director

Wimmer Family Office

Peter Shacalis

Director

EQT Partners UK Advisors II LL

Alejandro

Alejandro Cano

Senior Vice PresidentOaktree Capital Management

Mr. Cano joined Oaktree in 2012 from Hellman & Friedman, LLC, where he served for over two years. Prior experience includes over two years as an associate in the Investment Banking TMT team at Goldman Sachs and two years as a senior fellow at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Cano holds a B.Sc./M.Sc. in telecom engineering and a B.Sc. in mathematics from Barcelona Tech and an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is fluent in Spanish and Catalan.

Andrea

Andrea Vanni

PartnerAreli Real Estate

Mr Vanni is a Managing Director at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management for the real estate investment business (formerly RREEF Real Estate) within the Alternatives and Real Assets platform. Mr. Vanni joined the firm in June 2007. Since then he has accomplished over £2 billion restructuring of senior, mezzanine and CMBS. Previously, he worked at JP Morgan commercial mortgage group. Over the last ten years, he has completed real estate transactions with an aggregate value in excess of £8 billion in the form of equity, senior, mezzanine, distressed debt and structured finance transactions.

Gavin

Gavin Neilan

Founding PartnerDeutsche Finance International

John

John Dunkerley

Founder partner & CEOApache Capital Partners Ltd

Mark

Mark O’Donnell

CEORichmond Homes

Ireland

Mark is the CEO of Richmond Homes, the Irish residential development business ofAvestus Capital Partners. Mark has been working in private equity and real estate since 2000. He is vastly experienced in sourcing, underwriting and structuring real estate and debt-related investments, as well as capital-raising and investor relations. Since 2013, Mark has focused exclusively on residential development in Ireland and in that time Mark has led the growth of Richmond Homes into one of the most active housing and apartment developers in the Irish market operating in both the owner-occupier and PRS markets. Mark is a Commerce graduate of University College Dublin, a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Irish Taxation Institute.

Peter

Peter Plaut

Executive DirectorWimmer Family Office

Peter Plaut is an Executive Director at Wimmer Family Office focused on origination, researching and structuring private debt and equity transactions across a broad range of industries including specializing in real estate across the residential, office and hotel and hospitality sectors. Minimum transaction size is $100mm to well over $1 billion. Mr. Plaut is consistently recognized as a leader in the industry. Among his many achievements and awards, he was ranked as one of the Top 20 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds during the 2008 financial crisis –a recognition of his ability to manage through crisis and create positive investment opportunities in all environments.

Peter

Peter Shacalis

DirectorEQT Partners UK Advisors II LL

Co Living vs Student Housing - Blurry lines benefitting rental sustainability or better off apart?

Brian Welsh

CEO

Nido Student

Carlo Matta

Head of Europe

CA Ventures

Dominic Butler

UK Investment Director

The Collective Partners

Franck Lirzin

Executive Director Residential

Gecina

Gerald Paulmier

President and Founder

GNC Co-living

Philip Sauer

Managing Director

Sauer Real Estate

Ravi Sharma

CEO

Respublica

Brian

Brian Welsh

CEONido Student

Brian Welsh has over 14 years’ experience in the student accommodation and private rental sector markets. He has been responsible for the development and management of over 50,000 beds globally. Brian assumed the role of CEO of Nido Student in October 2017. Within this time, he has overseen the expansion of the portfolio from 2,000 to a pipeline of over 20,000 beds. Prior to joining Nido, Brian was Head of Operational Management at Liberty Living plc and then assumed the role of COO of Threesixty Developments and The Student Housing Company, where he oversaw the acquisition and delivery of over 17,100 beds across Europe, breaking into new PRS markets which have since become established, in particular Ireland and Spain.

Carlo

Carlo Matta

Head of EuropeCA Ventures

Dominic

Dominic Butler

UK Investment DirectorThe Collective Partners

Dom is responsible for sourcing and executing deals, attracting and managing capital relationships, and leads the team in London. Dom joined The Collective in March 2018, prior to which he held positions and at Queensgate Investments LLP and Nabarro LLP.

Franck

Franck Lirzin

Executive Director ResidentialGecina

France

Gerald

Gerald Paulmier

President and FounderGNC Co-living

France

Gerald Paulmier is an entrepreneur in real estate and real estate related services. He moved to real estate advisory in 2008 after working in high tech industrial sectors in product and service development, in the USA, Finland, UK, France. He first worked in the hospitality, student and senior housing sectors leading to deals such as the off-market acquisition of an office bloc with hotel permit for 150+ rooms on avenue des Champs Elysées and the signature of two forward leases totalling 250+ rooms in Paris IM. He acquired in 2014 a regional flat-share operating company aiming to scale-up its shared and community living offer and created GNC. Today, GNC has a pipeline of 1.000 beds.

Philip

Philip Sauer

Managing DirectorSauer Real Estate

Philip C. Sauer is a real estate professional with 20 years of experience in European real estate transaction. He holds a Master in Real Estate Investment & Finance from the European Business School in Germany. As Managing Director of a 80 year-old Real Estate Investment firm he is responsible for investments in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK and Spain with focus on Residential Real Estate.

Ravi

Ravi Sharma

CEORespublica

Ravi is CEO and Founder of Respublica. Respublica is a vertically integrated developer and operator of hybrid BTR and Co Living assets that deliver member's convenience, value, and community at scale. They have 1000 apartments in development with a plan to grow to 10,000 over the next decade.

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Drooms is the leading provider of data rooms in Europe, connecting professionals and information in the worlds´ real capital markets. Our mission is to drive the transformation of manual processes into smart digital workstreams by connecting data and professionals across boundaries. We are expanding our tools and services around the globe through online, direct and indirect distribution channels with our passionate people, the main driver of our success.

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