Discussion Participants
Alberto López Balbas
Urbania International
Andrew Screen
Cortland
Antoine AUBRY
AXA IM - Real Assets
Carlo Matta
CA Ventures
Charles Ferguson-Davie
Moorfield Group Limited
Franck Lirzin
Gecina
Gavin Neilan
Deutsche Finance International
Jaime Lacasa
ELIX
Jay Kwan
QuadReal
Jérôme Berenz
Allianz Real Estate GmbH
Joanne Cowen
Jo Cowen Capital
John Dunkerley
Apache Capital Partners LLP
Laurian Douin
BC Partners
Marco Grillo
Abitare In
Matteo Cidonio
GWM Group
Matthew Parrott
Starwood Capital Group
Paul Bashir
Round Hill Capital - UK
Ted Sheils
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
Will Gibby
Hermes Investment Management
Alberto
Alberto López Balbas
Managing PartnerUrbania International
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.
Antoine
Antoine AUBRY
Co-head Core Fund Management StrategiesAXA IM - Real Assets
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.
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
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. Prior to joining Moorfield Charlie worked in corporate finance at Lazard in the real estate advisory group. Whilst at Lazard he was part of a market leading team that advised a number of listed property companies on M&A transactions and private equity groups investing in asset-backed transactions.
Franck
Franck Lirzin
Executive Director ResidentialGecina
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.
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.
Jaime
Jaime Lacasa
Founding PartnerELIX
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.
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
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.
Joanne
Joanne Cowen
DirectorJo Cowen Capital
Jo Cowen Capital is an equity introductory platform that sits alongside Jo Cowen Architects. A driven entrepreneur with a fierce eye for detail, she established the practice in 2012. Under her stewardship, the practice has grown into a multi-dimensional BTR residential and mixed-use platform, producing significant regen projects with commercial viability through rigorous, deliverable design. Jo works with institutions and private clients on a number of high profile projects across the UK and provides thought leadership on alternative investment opportunities such as PRS, Co-Living and Co-working sectors.
John
John Dunkerley
Founder partner & CEOApache Capital Partners LLP
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.
Laurian
Laurian Douin
Managing DirectorBC Partners
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
Marco
Marco Grillo
Founder, Board DirectorAbitare In
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
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.
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.
Paul
Paul Bashir
President & COORound Hill Capital - UK
Paul is President & COO, and has over 20 years of experience in Real Estate Investment management in a wide range of operationally intensive real estate sectors including Residential, Commercial, Student housing and Hospitality. His career includes 8 years at KPMG working on global M&A, Restructuring and Transaction Service engagements worldwide. Paul later moved into an operational career, becoming COO at North Bridge Capital Partners. As President & COO - Paul has operational oversight of the entire Round Hill Capital Group and also heads up the Round Hill Group Executive Committee.
Ted
Ted Sheils
Investment Manager - Private EquityIreland Strategic Investment Fund
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.
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.
Plenary Discussions
26/11 | 14:30 - 15:30
Resi Investment Fundamentals - A Global Perspective
Beyond supply and demand challenges, lest we forget the fundamentals of the market and the wealth of value BTR offers investors in terms of risk/reward rental growth. This session will address the global macro perspectives relating to the fundamentals, with live voting and dynamic audience participation.
Andrew
Andrew Allen
Global Head - Investment Research REAberdeen Standard Investments
Andrew Allen is Global Head of Investment Research and a member of the Global real estate investment management committee. Andrew manages a team of analysts located in the US, Singapore, Norway, Germany and the UK. He is primarily responsible for the creation and dissemination of real estate investment research. Andrew joined Aberdeen in 2011 from Oriel Securities (now Stifel) where he was a partner and analyst in the real estate securities team. Previously, Andrew was a founding partner and head of research & strategy at Cordea Savills (now Savills Investment Management).
London | UK
Aberdeen Standard Investments is a brand of the investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments.
27/11 | 09:00 - 10:00
Cities' Reimagined
How can real estate professionals secure financial returns with shifting tenant demands and with cities experiencing sky high pricing, causing bottled up product development? Can the application of traditional social sciences to big data help identify shared needs across different demographics, and find an answer to what social and technological trends will influence planning and development and where to go from here?
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Designing a Better Future - Uses of big data to understand human behaviour and demographic changes to find financial returns in the late cycle
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Measuring Financial Value of Social Impact
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Shared Needs Across Different Demographics - Do generational spaces have to be more experimental to cater to actual demand?
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Impact Investment in Asset Management - Maximising space to maximise social components?
Andrew
Andrew Allen
Global Head - Investment Research REAberdeen Standard Investments
Andrew Allen is Global Head of Investment Research and a member of the Global real estate investment management committee. Andrew manages a team of analysts located in the US, Singapore, Norway, Germany and the UK. He is primarily responsible for the creation and dissemination of real estate investment research. Andrew joined Aberdeen in 2011 from Oriel Securities (now Stifel) where he was a partner and analyst in the real estate securities team. Previously, Andrew was a founding partner and head of research & strategy at Cordea Savills (now Savills Investment Management).
London | UK
Aberdeen Standard Investments is a brand of the investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments.
Gemma
Gemma John
Founder & DirectorHuman City
As an anthropologist, Gemma specialises in illuminating the changing ways in which people live and work in cities, and how social value in the built environment can be delivered at a time of technological disruption. Uniquely positioned to conduct academically rigorous research, she brings her perspective to her views on different aspects of property asset management and design, including masterplanning, architecture, development, operation and social impact. She can talk on how social scientific methods inform her work across all sectors but particularly in the residential, retail and workplace sectors.
https://humancity.co.uk/
+44 771 430 0507
UK
At Human City, we help real estate investors and asset management teams, seeking to deliver social value, to create places that tap into new markets, attract and retain a wide range of tenants, and bring long-term yields.
Andrew
Andrew Allen
Global Head - Investment Research REAberdeen Standard Investments
Andrew Allen is Global Head of Investment Research and a member of the Global real estate investment management committee. Andrew manages a team of analysts located in the US, Singapore, Norway, Germany and the UK. He is primarily responsible for the creation and dissemination of real estate investment research. Andrew joined Aberdeen in 2011 from Oriel Securities (now Stifel) where he was a partner and analyst in the real estate securities team. Previously, Andrew was a founding partner and head of research & strategy at Cordea Savills (now Savills Investment Management).
London | UK
Aberdeen Standard Investments is a brand of the investment businesses of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life Investments.
Gemma
Gemma John
Founder & DirectorHuman City
As an anthropologist, Gemma specialises in illuminating the changing ways in which people live and work in cities, and how social value in the built environment can be delivered at a time of technological disruption. Uniquely positioned to conduct academically rigorous research, she brings her perspective to her views on different aspects of property asset management and design, including masterplanning, architecture, development, operation and social impact. She can talk on how social scientific methods inform her work across all sectors but particularly in the residential, retail and workplace sectors.
https://humancity.co.uk/
+44 771 430 0507
UK
At Human City, we help real estate investors and asset management teams, seeking to deliver social value, to create places that tap into new markets, attract and retain a wide range of tenants, and bring long-term yields.
Talkshow
Talkshow | 26/11 | 16:15 - 17:30
‘Red Resi’ - Welcomed intervention for social progress or choking investment appetite?
Looking at the broken housing market regulation system, and voices getting louder crying for more affordability price-points, one might wonder if there is a way to fix the mess? Rising tensions between social policies and capital markets might suggest otherwise, but are there any lessons to be learnt moving forward?
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Understanding Macro Social Trends and Political Intervention
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UK Gov Regs, Planning & LA’s - Still broke, who’s fixing it?
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UK, Europe US - What’s working, what’s worth scrapping?
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Institutional Investment - BTR consolidation wave or social impact funds ripping the market?
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Social Regulations, Rent Control - Are the risks being appropriately priced?
Andrew
Andrew Allen
Global Head - Investment Research REAberdeen Standard Investments
Andrew Allen is Global Head of Investment Research and a member of the Global real estate investment management committee. Andrew manages a team of analysts located in the US, Singapore, Norway, Germany and the UK. He is primarily responsible for the creation and dissemination of real estate investment research. Andrew joined Aberdeen in 2011 from Oriel Securities (now Stifel) where he was a partner and analyst in the real estate securities team. Previously, Andrew was a founding partner and head of research & strategy at Cordea Savills (now Savills Investment Management).
Matthew
Matthew Goodwin
Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Kent
Matthew Goodwin is an academic, bestseller writer and speaker known for his work on political volatility, risk, populism, British politics, Europe, elections and Brexit. He is Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of Kent, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House and previously Senior Fellow with the UK In a Changing Europe.
Matthew is the author of six books, including the 2018 Sunday Times bestseller, National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy, listed by the Financial Times as a politics books of the year and translated into multiple languages.
Discussions
27/11 | 10:30 - 11:30
PRS Rental Growth - Temporary institutional spike or newfound reality?
Co-chairs
Jérôme BerenzAllianz Real Estate GmbH
Jill Xiaozhou JuThe Collective
Jon HarleyOxford Properties Group
Margaret SweeneyIrish Residential Properties REIT Plc
Stanislav KubacekRound Hill Capital
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 SPA
Tom GoodallArgent Related
Víctor Pérez AriasASG Homes
Raising Capital for Development - Insatiable appetite but where’s the debt and equity?
Co-chairs
Alejandro CanoOaktree Capital Management
Andrea VanniAreli Real Estate
Gavin NeilanDeutsche Finance International
John DunkerleyApache Capital Partners LLP
Mark O’DonnellRichmond Homes
Peter ShacalisEQT Partners UK Advisors II LL
Peter PlautWimmer Family Office
Co Living vs Student Housing - Blurry lines benefitting rental sustainability or better off apart?
Co-chairs
Brian WelshThe Nido Collection
Carlo MattaCA Ventures
Dominic ButlerThe Collective Partners
Franck LirzinGecina
Gerald PaulmierGNC Co-living
Philip SauerSauer Real Estate
Ravi SharmaRespublica
PRS Rental Growth - Temporary institutional spike or newfound reality?
Jérôme Berenz
Head of Indirect Investments
Allianz Real Estate GmbH
Jill Xiaozhou Ju
Investment Director
The Collective
Jon Harley
Director- Asset Management
Oxford Properties Group
Margaret Sweeney
CEO & Board Director
Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc
Stanislav Kubacek
Managing Director
Round Hill Capital
Jérôme
Jérôme Berenz
Head of Indirect InvestmentsAllianz Real Estate GmbH
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.
Jill
Jill Xiaozhou Ju
Investment DirectorThe Collective
Investment Director, Jill oversees global fund raising, investment acquisitions, and strategic growth. Having developed the largest co-living community Old Oak (546-beds), The Collective has recently launched Canary Wharf (705-beds), featuring a restaurant, swimming pool, gym, cafe and event spaces. With a global portfolio of +8,600 units secured and 20 projects in development across UK, US, Germany and Ireland, The Collective is expanding internationally to be the leading co-living provider. Prior to joining, Jill worked as Investment Director for Greystar overseeing its London student housing portfolio Chapter Living. Jill received her MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor of Economics.
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
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 DirectorRound Hill Capital
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 & CEO
LEGGIERO Real Estate SPA
Tom Goodall
CEO, Tottenham Hale Redevelopment
Argent Related
Víctor Pérez Arias
CEO
ASG Homes
Augusto
Augusto Monte
Director, CommercialisationSDIN Residencial
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
Managing Partner - 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
Founder & CEOLEGGIERO Real Estate SPA
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, 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
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 LLP
Mark O’Donnell
CEO
Richmond Homes
Peter Shacalis
Director
EQT Partners UK Advisors II LL
Peter Plaut
Executive Director
Wimmer Family Office
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
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 LLP
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.
Mark
Mark O’Donnell
CEORichmond Homes
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 Shacalis
DirectorEQT Partners UK Advisors II LL
Peter
Peter Plaut
Executive DirectorWimmer Family Office
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. Mr. Plaut's three decades of experience cover both the sell-side and buy-side as an analyst, portfolio manager, salesman and banker. Mr. Plaut operates globally sourcing, researching, negotiating and structuring capital markets transactions. He has been a lead banker on many successful capital raises, transactions, and consultative assignments with senior management teams and Boards of Directors.
Co Living vs Student Housing - Blurry lines benefitting rental sustainability or better off apart?
Brian Welsh
CEO
The Nido Collection
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
CEOThe Nido Collection
Spearheading expansion is Nido’s CEO, Brian Welsh, who joined in October 2017 and has over 12 years’ experience within the student accommodation/PRS markets across the UK and Continental Europe. Under Brian’s leadership, the Nido brand ensures it’s as ambitious as our residents, aiming to set the global standard for student accommodation as we continue to grow across the UK and Europe.
Prior to joining Nido Student, Brian was the 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 PBSA markets which have since become well established, in particular Ireland and Spain.
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
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
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.
Gerald
Gerald Paulmier
President and FounderGNC Co-living
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 Co-founder of Respublica. Respublica is a vertically integrated developer and operator of mixed use, Co Living led assets. It is developing just over 1000 beds in London as part of its first phase of growth with ambitions to scale to 20,000 beds over the next decade. Respublica has a differentiated offering focused on creating soulful and inspiring neighbourhood destinations to live, stay, work, connect and thrive. Ravi has a tech and real estate background, having previously founded and exited a B2B e-commerce platform and as CEO of high-end residential developer Elysian Homes.
27/11 | 12:00 - 13:00
UK Cities Supply & Demand- Who’s got the BTR factor?
Co-chairs
Alex MackenzieOaktree Capital
Ben TateTransport for London
Richard CowellBirmingham City Council
Saurabh SaxenaHouzen
Thibault VallaLaSalle Investment Management UK
Iberia - Flurry of pan euro funds or success found in a single city?
Co-chairs
Alberto López BalbasUrbania International
Fabrizio AgrimiVBARE
Félix Llorente SanzWilcox
Jaime LacasaELIX
Paulo LoureiroLouvre Capital
Housing with Care - From operational assets to new yields & funding solutions for investors
Co-chairs
Michael VogesARCO
UK Cities Supply & Demand- Who’s got the BTR factor?
Alex Mackenzie
Senior Vice President
Oaktree Capital
Ben Tate
Head of Property Development
Transport for London
Richard Cowell
Development Director, Inclusive Growth
Birmingham City Council
Saurabh Saxena
Director
Houzen
Thibault Valla
Director
LaSalle Investment Management UK
Alex
Alex Mackenzie
Senior Vice PresidentOaktree Capital
Alex Mackenzie is a Principal in the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies business, based in London. Before joining Blackstone, he spent five years at Oaktree Capital Management as a Senior Vice President, focusing on the acquisition and asset management of RE equity and distressed debt investment opportunities in the UK and Europe. Prior to that, he worked in Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Special Situations Group as a Vice President focused on acquisition of RE NPL portfolios and origination of high yield loans in the US and the UK. Mr. Mackenzie received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in Economic History from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude.
Ben
Ben Tate
Head of Property DevelopmentTransport for London
Ben Tate is Head of Property Development at Transport for London, with responsibility for delivering the Build to Rent development management function. Ben previously led the Crossrail over-station development team, where he delivered transactions on the OSD commercial office schemes in Central London. Prior to working at TfL, Ben was the Head of UK Airport Consultancy at Deloitte, focusing on development strategies for regional and national airports. He also worked with the London Legacy Development Corporation to deliver the planning consent for the Olympic Legacy scheme.
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.
Saurabh
Saurabh Saxena
DirectorHouzen
Founder of Houzen, A private equity oriented tech platform which delivers higher IRR% for Real Estate Private Equity and Institutional investors. Coming from a private equity background himself, Saurabh brings a top down investment mindset, and marries it with live and dynamic hyper-local data on residential asset pricing and customer demographics. Saurabh's career has included senior M&, corporate strategy roles where he led or worked on collective investment deal value of more than £20billion, working across 20+industries across Western Europe, Asia and the US. With an MBA from University of Oxford and an engineering degree from RGPV, as well as being a double certified master black belt in Lean & Advanced Statistics from Accenture.
Thibault
Thibault Valla
DirectorLaSalle Investment Management UK
12-year experience in European RE investment on both the debt and equity side: 7-year in transactions at GERE (Paris, Madrid and London offices) both equity and debt side and 5-year origination/execution role in the debt and special situations investments (construction finance and Mezzanine finance/preferred equity investment against RE assets in UK and Continental Europe). French native, fluent in English and Spanish
Iberia - Flurry of pan euro funds or success found in a single city?
Alberto López Balbas
Managing Partner
Urbania International
Fabrizio Agrimi
Managing Director
VBARE
Félix Llorente Sanz
CEO
Wilcox
Jaime Lacasa
Founding Partner
ELIX
Paulo Loureiro
CEO
Louvre Capital
Alberto
Alberto López Balbas
Managing PartnerUrbania International
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.
Fabrizio
Fabrizio Agrimi
Managing DirectorVBARE
Fabrizio Agrimi has a wide knowledge and experience of real estate industry in Spain as well as internationally. Prior to joining VBARE Iberian Properties SOCIMI in November 2017, he was Managing Director and Partner in Altan Capital, part of the Altamar Group and one of the leading international real estate investment manager in Spain. Previously he was part of the Investment team at Aguirre Newman, where he participated in the acquisition and sale of numerous real estate assets. He also worked in Milan and London in the distinguished law firm Vita Samory, Fabrini as part of the M&A, Private Equity and Financial Services team.
Félix
Félix Llorente Sanz
CEOWilcox
8000 residential units developed, 300000 m2 Logistics under development, 50000m2 retail High STREET under management, 16000m2 Houses for seniors under development, 120 Student Housing units recently open. TRAINING: • IESE - Senior Business Management Program • Bachelor of Business Administration and Management. • Technician in Business Administration and Management • Master in Financial Management • High Executive program RE Management and Valuations • High Executive degree grade: Private equity and structured finance • Executive Administration Program. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: • General Director of Grupo Wilcox • Vice President of AEDHE • Member of the Board of Directors of CEIM • Member of ULI and ICSC.
Jaime
Jaime Lacasa
Founding PartnerELIX
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.
Paulo
Paulo Loureiro
CEOLouvre Capital
Paulo Loureiro is the Founder and Managing Partner of Louvre Capital. Since inception, Louvre Capital’s principals have invested, along with their partners, more than €100 million in residential developments in Portugal. Prior to founding Louvre Capital in 2015, Paulo was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in New York, focusing on the oil and gas industry. He started his career with Schlumberger, the world’s largest oil service company, spending six years in Argentina and Brazil. Paulo received his MBA with honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and holds a Master of Science degree majoring in Maths and Physics. Paulo is a Portuguese national, fluent in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Housing with Care - From operational assets to new yields & funding solutions for investors
Michael Voges
Executive Director
ARCO
Michael
Michael Voges
Executive DirectorARCO
Michael Voges is the Executive Director of the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO), the representative body for housing-with-care providers for older people in the UK. Michael set up ARCO on behalf of its founding members in 2012, and was appointed as ARCO’s first Executive Director in August 2013. ARCO’s work is focused on tackling issues around regulation and policy, public awareness and supply of high quality retirement communities. Michael was a public sector consultant for 6 years, having previously worked as a journalist in Germany. He holds a BA in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge University, and an MSc in Comparative Social Policy from Oxford University.
27/11 | 14:15 - 15:15
Risk/Return Rental Fundamentals of BTR
Co-chairs
Charles Ferguson-DavieMoorfield Group Limited
Elle XuQatari Diar
Jesse Freitag-AkselrodGreen Street Advisors
Marco GrilloAbitare In
Michal MelaniukCordia Management
Risk Management Strategies - Overcoming bottled up development & getting ahead of the funding gaps
Co-chairs
Andrew ScreenCortland
Chris ParkerArgent LLP
José Garcia CedrunChenavari
Matteo MilanCain International
Paul WhitleyRe-Creo Developments
Peter PlautWimmer Family Office
Modular Construction - Niche cost saver or mainstream money maker?
Co-chairs
Joanne CowenJo Cowen Capital
Pat HayesBe First
Richard JacksonApache Capital Partners
Wellbeing for Resi - Future asset necessity or just a millennial crowd pleaser?
Co-chairs
Ann-Marie AguilarInternational WELL Building Institute
Risk/Return Rental Fundamentals of BTR
Charles Ferguson-Davie
CIO
Moorfield Group Limited
Elle Xu
Investment Director
Qatari Diar
Jesse Freitag-Akselrod
Managing Director
Green Street Advisors
Marco Grillo
Founder, Board Director
Abitare In
Michal Melaniuk
Head of Residential Development
Cordia Management
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. Prior to joining Moorfield Charlie worked in corporate finance at Lazard in the real estate advisory group. Whilst at Lazard he was part of a market leading team that advised a number of listed property companies on M&A transactions and private equity groups investing in asset-backed transactions.
Elle
Elle Xu
Investment DirectorQatari Diar
Elle Xu joined Qatari Diar in 2014 and is the Investment Director at Qatari Diar Europe. In her role at QD, Elle has been responsible for originating new investment opportunities, structuring JVs, and raising debt finance for QD’s existing projects in Europe. Elle has over 15 years of experience in real estate and investment banking. Elle is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Msc in Investment Management from Cass Business School.
Jesse
Jesse Freitag-Akselrod
Managing DirectorGreen Street Advisors
Jesse leads Green Street's European Advisory team. He began working with Green Street in 2011 and has more than 17 years of diverse financial and investment experience, including working in mergers & acquisitions with Morgan Stanley, corporate finance with MGM Mirage and equity research with Bear Stearns. Jesse has been active in the European listed real estate market since 2005, working initially as a buyside investor for Heitman and Cohen & Steers.
Marco
Marco Grillo
Founder, Board DirectorAbitare In
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
Michal
Michal Melaniuk
Head of Residential DevelopmentCordia Management
Michal Melaniuk joined the Futureal Group as a Board Member of Futureal Management Poland and a Managing Director of Residential projects in Poland. Futureal Group is a Hungarian developer now active in other markets, such as Poland and Romania. Prior to joining Futureal Michal served at Skanska group as the President and previously as Vice-President of Skanska Residential Development Poland.
Risk Management Strategies - Overcoming bottled up development & getting ahead of the funding gaps
Andrew Screen
CIO
Cortland
Chris Parker
Head of Funding
Argent LLP
José Garcia Cedrun
Director of Real Estate
Chenavari
Matteo Milan
Principal
Cain International
Paul Whitley
Managing Director
Re-Creo Developments
Peter Plaut
Executive Director
Wimmer Family Office
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.
Chris
Chris Parker
Head of FundingArgent LLP
Chris joined Argent in 2014 and is responsible for all Capital matters across the Argent and Argent Related UK platforms. Chris has a varied background across both Corporate and Real Estate funding having previously worked in the banking sector for over 10 years.
José
José Garcia Cedrun
Director of Real EstateChenavari
José has over 13 years of real estate experience. Jose is responsible for the investment activity of Chenavari in Spain. He has acquired several NPL portfolios in exceeds of €600M in Spain and originated direct lending over a total amount of €200M. He was also board member of Merlin Properties Socimi. Prior to this, José was Director of the Investment Team at Drago Capital (a €2.7B real estate private equity manager) and participated in all the deals structured by Drago over the last decade with a total investment volume of €3.0bn predominantly in the Iberia region. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Complutense University of Madrid and a MA Real Estate Business Management from ICADE.
Matteo
Matteo Milan
PrincipalCain International
Matteo is a Principal at Cain International, and is responsible for real estate financing across Europe. Prior to joining Cain International, Matteo was Vice President of European Real Estate at Citibank, and has also held positions at Santander and RBS.
Paul
Paul Whitley
Managing DirectorRe-Creo Developments
Paul Whitley heads the Re-creo Group a property development company with both an in-house architectural studio and a construction arm.
Paul Whitley brings 40 years’ experience of acquiring sites, gaining planning consents, undertaking design, managing developments, securing pre-sales and managing the sales process.
His expertise is in the resolution of complex development issues so as to maximise the site value through planning gain. He resolves these by combining his deep understanding of the planning process with high quality design solutions.
He works in joint venture with third party investors. Their funding commitments complement our role in the sourcing, acquisition and management of the development.
Peter
Peter Plaut
Executive DirectorWimmer Family Office
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. Mr. Plaut's three decades of experience cover both the sell-side and buy-side as an analyst, portfolio manager, salesman and banker. Mr. Plaut operates globally sourcing, researching, negotiating and structuring capital markets transactions. He has been a lead banker on many successful capital raises, transactions, and consultative assignments with senior management teams and Boards of Directors.
Modular Construction - Niche cost saver or mainstream money maker?
Joanne Cowen
Director
Jo Cowen Capital
Pat Hayes
MD
Be First
Richard Jackson
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Apache Capital Partners
Joanne
Joanne Cowen
DirectorJo Cowen Capital
Jo Cowen Capital is an equity introductory platform that sits alongside Jo Cowen Architects. A driven entrepreneur with a fierce eye for detail, she established the practice in 2012. Under her stewardship, the practice has grown into a multi-dimensional BTR residential and mixed-use platform, producing significant regen projects with commercial viability through rigorous, deliverable design. Jo works with institutions and private clients on a number of high profile projects across the UK and provides thought leadership on alternative investment opportunities such as PRS, Co-Living and Co-working sectors.
Pat
Pat Hayes
MDBe First
Richard
Richard Jackson
Co-Founder & Managing DirectorApache Capital Partners
Richard has been instrumental in the rise of alternative real estate sectors in the UK, particularly Build-to-Rent, Student Accommodation and Senior Living. Richard co-founded Apache Capital Partners in 2008, which, in partnership with Moda, has a £2bn pipeline of more than 6,500 BTR homes in the UK. Richard is also a member of the IPF Residential Special Interest Group (SIG) Committee.
Wellbeing for Resi - Future asset necessity or just a millennial crowd pleaser?
Ann-Marie Aguilar
Director of Operations - EMEA
International WELL Building Institute
Ann-Marie
Ann-Marie Aguilar
Director of Operations - EMEAInternational WELL Building Institute
Ann Marie Aguilar earned her bachelor's degree in architecture from the New York Institute of Technology and received Chartered Environmentalist status in 2012. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, member of the Sustainability Futures Group at the RIBA and a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.
Ann Marie Aguilar joined the IWBI team in 2016, and from a base in London oversees the day- to-day activities of IWBI Europe, Middle East and North Africa. She supports the business development and technical teams and is the first point of contact for clients and design teams interested in all applications of WELL Certification.
27/11 | 15:45 - 16:30
Dublin - New darling for Global Investors’ or temporary fling?
Co-chairs
John MaxwellLioncor
John VaudinRound Hill Capital
Margaret SweeneyIrish Residential Properties REIT Plc
Mark O’DonnellRichmond Homes
Matthew ParrottStarwood Capital Group
Ted SheilsIreland Strategic Investment Fund
Experienced & Institutional Partnerships for BTR
Co-chairs
Aaron KnightPGIM Real Estate Finance
Alex HamiltonArgent Related
Kirill ZavodovGoldman Sachs International
Line VerrokenCBRE GIP
Martijn VosAPG Asset Management
Richard JacksonApache Capital Partners
Troy TomasikGreystar Europe
Demographics - Urbanisation and rental costs skewing the true fundamentals?
Co-chairs
Dimitar SavovBLD Homes
Edward BatesSTAM EUROPE
Giovanni BenucciFabrica Immobiliare SGR
Jeremy PlummerCBRE Global Investors
Leia De GuzmanOxford Properties Group - UK
Philip SauerSauer Real Estate
Dublin - New darling for Global Investors’ or temporary fling?
John Maxwell
CEO
Lioncor
John Vaudin
MD, Ireland
Round Hill Capital
Margaret Sweeney
CEO & Board Director
Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc
Mark O’Donnell
CEO
Richmond Homes
Matthew Parrott
Vice President
Starwood Capital Group
Ted Sheils
Investment Manager - Private Equity
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
John
John Maxwell
CEOLioncor
John is a Founding Director of Lioncor Developments having initially conceived the idea of establishing a new Irish housebuilder to take advantage of the gap within the Irish residential development market. He previously held the role of Head of Asset Management for Alanis, along-established leading Asset Manager, active within Ireland and other European jurisdictions. Prior to joining Alanis, John ran a pan-European Property Fund and has an extensive background in development, real estate and finance across several jurisdictions including the US, UK and Irish markets. John hold a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin.
John
John Vaudin
MD, IrelandRound Hill Capital
John has over 25 years of International RE experience, including for the last 18 years, participating in Irish RE investment, asset management and development. John is responsible for managing Round Hill’s Irish Development and Investment business. He has previously worked in real estate asset management and development for Thames Water Property, BAA Lynton and Pillar Property in the U.K. and Treasury Holdings Limited, Harcourt Developments Limited and WK Nowlan Real Estate Advisors in Ireland. A Chartered Surveyor, he is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Society of Chartered Surveyors, Ireland and a former Chair of the Society of Chartered Surveyors, Ireland, Planning and Development Division.
Margaret
Margaret Sweeney
CEO & Board DirectorIrish Residential Properties REIT Plc
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
Mark
Mark O’Donnell
CEORichmond Homes
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.
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.
Ted
Ted Sheils
Investment Manager - Private EquityIreland Strategic Investment Fund
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.
Experienced & Institutional Partnerships for BTR
Aaron Knight
Exec Director-European Debt Originations
PGIM Real Estate Finance
Alex Hamilton
Corporate Finance Lead
Argent Related
Kirill Zavodov
Executive Director
Goldman Sachs International
Line Verroken
Senior Investment Manager
CBRE GIP
Martijn Vos
Senior Portfolio Manager Real Estate
APG Asset Management
Richard Jackson
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Apache Capital Partners
Troy Tomasik
Managing Director, Investment Management
Greystar Europe
Aaron
Aaron Knight
Exec Director-European Debt OriginationsPGIM Real Estate Finance
Aaron Knight is an Executive Director within PGIM Real Estate debt origination team offering Senior, Stretch Senior and Mezz/ Pref Equity debt solutions across Western Europe. Prior to joining PGIM, Aaron worked with Eurohypo AG originating loans in Western Europe for CMBS execution. Aaron holds a double degree in commerce/ economics from The Australian National University and has attained CFA accreditation.
Alex
Alex Hamilton
Corporate Finance LeadArgent Related
Alex leads Argent Related’s Corporate Finance team which is responsible for financial analysis across the business. Prior to joining Argent Related in 2016, Alex spent 7 years in PwC’s Corporate Finance and Tax teams.
Kirill
Kirill Zavodov
Executive DirectorGoldman Sachs International
Kirill is an executive director in the real estate team of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. The team invests in real estate platforms, real estate assets, loans and loan portfolios, and structured equity. He is responsible for evaluating, underwriting and executing new acquisitions, as well as working with management teams and partners to implement change within portfolio companies. He holds a PhD in financial economics from the University of Cambridge.
Line
Line Verroken
Senior Investment ManagerCBRE GIP
Line is a Senior Investment Manager within the CBRE Global Investment Partners team. Based in Amsterdam, she is responsible for performance, strategy, and investment decision making of European focused portfolios. Line is also a member of the investment team with a special focus on residential and alternative living sectors. She is responsible for sourcing, undertaking due diligence and executing new investment opportunities in the region, as well as investment monitoring and disposal.
Martijn
Martijn Vos
Senior Portfolio Manager Real EstateAPG Asset Management
As Senior Portfolio Manager Martijn sources, underwrites and manages corporate and private RE investments for APG’s European Real Estate portfolios, predominantly in the residential, retail and hotel sub-sectors. Martijn as a principal investor has a successful track record built up over the last 14 years. Martijn has completed investments and divestments in numerous RE funds, assets, platforms, companies and JV’s with an investment value in excess of Euro 9.5 billion. He currently manages a portfolio of investments with an equity value of in excess of Euro 2.5 billion. Martijn has been a keen supporter and early backer of the UK PRS market for the past 6 years.
Richard
Richard Jackson
Co-Founder & Managing DirectorApache Capital Partners
Richard has been instrumental in the rise of alternative real estate sectors in the UK, particularly Build-to-Rent, Student Accommodation and Senior Living. Richard co-founded Apache Capital Partners in 2008, which, in partnership with Moda, has a £2bn pipeline of more than 6,500 BTR homes in the UK. Richard is also a member of the IPF Residential Special Interest Group (SIG) Committee.
Troy
Troy Tomasik
Managing Director, Investment ManagementGreystar Europe
Troy Tomasik is a Managing Director for Greystar, responsible for its UK Investment business including acquisitions and portfolio management. Since joining Greystar in 2013, Troy has led the acquisition and asset management of over £4.5 billion of assets and development opportunities; including 30,000 beds of student accommodation and 2,000 residential units. Prior to joining Greystar, Troy worked in consulting with the Cadmus Group, where he focused on energy efficiency and water related issues for private and public clients. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and business management from Taylor University.
Demographics - Urbanisation and rental costs skewing the true fundamentals?
Dimitar Savov
CEO
BLD Homes
Edward Bates
Managing Director
STAM EUROPE
Giovanni Benucci
CEO
Fabrica Immobiliare SGR
Jeremy Plummer
Global CIO
CBRE Global Investors
Leia De Guzman
Associate Director, Investments - Europe
Oxford Properties Group - UK
Philip Sauer
Managing Director
Sauer Real Estate
Dimitar
Dimitar Savov
CEOBLD Homes
Dimitar Savov is the CEO of BLD Bulgaria - the fastest growing residential real estate development company in Bulgaria. Having a financial and banking background, throughout the years Mr. Savov has taken managerial positions in leading Bulgarian real estate companies specialized in office and vacation development and consultancy. Mr. Savov is also a Member of the Board of Directors of AG Capital – the largest real estate holding in Bulgaria.
Edward
Edward Bates
Managing DirectorSTAM EUROPE
STAM Europe is a Paris based real estate investment management
company with €2billion of assets under management. Edward is
responsible for setting the strategy of the company as well as being
involved in the capital raising, acquisitions and asset management. He has developed and invested capital in more than 50 transactions totaling approximately €5 billion. Prior to joining STAM, Edward was a Sr Principal and Co-Head of Real Estate at Doughty Hanson&Co. Before that, he was a founding member of Orion Capital Managers and served as an Investment Director. Edward, has over 25 years of real estate investment experience in Europe and the USA. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, where he majored in Mathematics and Economics.
Giovanni
Giovanni Benucci
CEOFabrica Immobiliare SGR
Lawyer, with a solid experience and an outstanding track record in the real estate sector. He has been general director and, subsequently, Vice President of Sorgente SpA, Lately he has been appointed CEO of Domus Italia SpA. During his professional career he has also been Director of Futura SpA, head, in the liquidation phase on a mandate by Bank of Italy, of Sicilcassa SpA (management of NPLs for 4 bln €) and Law professor at the University of Palermo.
Jeremy
Jeremy Plummer
Global CIOCBRE Global Investors
Jeremy is Global Chief Investment Officer, CBRE Global Investors. His international real estate career began in 1988 and he joined CBRE Global Investors in June 2006 following the acquisition by CBRE Global Investors of Oxford Property Consultants (OPC), of which he was co-founder. Other roles to date have included European Managing Director of Security Capital Group Inc and Global Head of Real Estate for SPP (now renamed Alecta).
Leia
Leia De Guzman
Associate Director, Investments - EuropeOxford Properties Group - UK
Leia is an Associate Director on Oxford’s European and Asia Pac Investments team. Since joining Oxford’s London office in 2016, Leia has executed C$8.4Bn of transactions across the UK, France and Germany and also worked on a transaction in Singapore. More recently, Leia has worked on follow-on opportunities associated with the newly-formed Delancey Oxford Residential (DOOR) multifamily co-investment platform in the UK. Prior to this, Leia worked on Oxford’s Investments and Finance team in Canada for several years. Leia holds a CFA and BCom / BSc from Queen’s University in Canada.
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.
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Julia Haugg
Production ManagerGRI Club
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Kirsty Stevens
Head Conference Production - EuropeGRI Club
I have over 10 year's experience in conference production; 7 of which have been in the real estate, venture capital and private equity sectors. I am particularly passionate about BTR, light industrial, global geopolitical and social disruption. At GRI Club, I lead our production team across Europe to develop meaningful events and club meetings for our members.
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Colliers International is an industry leading global real estate company with more than 16,000 skilled professionals operating in 66 countries, providing full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers and investors on local, national and international basis. Services include brokerage sales and leasing (landlord and tenant representation), real estate management, valuation, consulting, project management, workplace solutions, project marketing and research. We provide our services across the following core sectors and across many other specialised property including, offices, retail, hotel, industrial and logistics.
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The Duff & Phelps Real Estate Advisory Group (REAG) provides real estate advisory services tailored to meet the requirements of specific jurisdictions and aims to develop and increase the value of individual assets or properties. REAG has a network of over 750 professionals across Europe. Duff & Phelps is the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor with expertise in complex valuation, dispute and legal management consulting, M&A, real estate, restructuring, governance and regulatory consulting. The firm’s more than 2,000 employees serve a diverse range of clients from offices around the world.
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Aaron
Aaron Knight
Exec Director-European Debt OriginationsPGIM Real Estate Finance
Aaron Knight is an Executive Director within PGIM Real Estate debt origination team offering Senior, Stretch Senior and Mezz/ Pref Equity debt solutions across Western Europe. Prior to joining PGIM, Aaron worked with Eurohypo AG originating loans in Western Europe for CMBS execution. Aaron holds a double degree in commerce/ economics from The Australian National University and has attained CFA accreditation.
Alberto
Alberto López Balbas
Managing PartnerUrbania International
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.
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.
Alex
Alex Hamilton
Corporate Finance LeadArgent Related
Alex leads Argent Related’s Corporate Finance team which is responsible for financial analysis across the business. Prior to joining Argent Related in 2016, Alex spent 7 years in PwC’s Corporate Finance and Tax teams.
Alex
Alex Mackenzie
Senior Vice PresidentOaktree Capital
Alex Mackenzie is a Principal in the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies business, based in London. Before joining Blackstone, he spent five years at Oaktree Capital Management as a Senior Vice President, focusing on the acquisition and asset management of RE equity and distressed debt investment opportunities in the UK and Europe. Prior to that, he worked in Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Special Situations Group as a Vice President focused on acquisition of RE NPL portfolios and origination of high yield loans in the US and the UK. Mr. Mackenzie received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a BA in Economic History from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude.
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.
Andrew
Andrew Allen
Global Head - Investment Research REAberdeen Standard Investments
Andrew Allen is Global Head of Investment Research and a member of the Global real estate investment management committee. Andrew manages a team of analysts located in the US, Singapore, Norway, Germany and the UK. He is primarily responsible for the creation and dissemination of real estate investment research. Andrew joined Aberdeen in 2011 from Oriel Securities (now Stifel) where he was a partner and analyst in the real estate securities team. Previously, Andrew was a founding partner and head of research & strategy at Cordea Savills (now Savills Investment Management).
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.
Ann-Marie
Ann-Marie Aguilar
Director of Operations - EMEAInternational WELL Building Institute
Ann Marie Aguilar earned her bachelor's degree in architecture from the New York Institute of Technology and received Chartered Environmentalist status in 2012. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, member of the Sustainability Futures Group at the RIBA and a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.
Ann Marie Aguilar joined the IWBI team in 2016, and from a base in London oversees the day- to-day activities of IWBI Europe, Middle East and North Africa. She supports the business development and technical teams and is the first point of contact for clients and design teams interested in all applications of WELL Certification.
Augusto
Augusto Monte
Director, CommercialisationSDIN Residencial
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
Ben
Ben Tate
Head of Property DevelopmentTransport for London
Ben Tate is Head of Property Development at Transport for London, with responsibility for delivering the Build to Rent development management function. Ben previously led the Crossrail over-station development team, where he delivered transactions on the OSD commercial office schemes in Central London. Prior to working at TfL, Ben was the Head of UK Airport Consultancy at Deloitte, focusing on development strategies for regional and national airports. He also worked with the London Legacy Development Corporation to deliver the planning consent for the Olympic Legacy scheme.
Brian
Brian Welsh
CEOThe Nido Collection
Spearheading expansion is Nido’s CEO, Brian Welsh, who joined in October 2017 and has over 12 years’ experience within the student accommodation/PRS markets across the UK and Continental Europe. Under Brian’s leadership, the Nido brand ensures it’s as ambitious as our residents, aiming to set the global standard for student accommodation as we continue to grow across the UK and Europe.
Prior to joining Nido Student, Brian was the 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 PBSA markets which have since become well established, in particular Ireland and Spain.
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
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. Prior to joining Moorfield Charlie worked in corporate finance at Lazard in the real estate advisory group. Whilst at Lazard he was part of a market leading team that advised a number of listed property companies on M&A transactions and private equity groups investing in asset-backed transactions.
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