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Porto price growth - New found local appetite or will the optimism end in tears?
5th September, 2019
Palácio da Bolsa, Porto
Ricardo Valente
Vereador do Pelouro da Economia, Emprego e Empreendedorismo
Câmara Municipal do Porto
Ricardo Valente
Vereador do Pelouro da Economia, Emprego e EmpreendedorismoCâmara Municipal do Porto
Portugal
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Advisory Board Members
Alberto López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIA
AEXX CAPITAL
Brian Betel
Head of Direct Transactions - Iberia
Activum SG UK Advisors Limited
http://www.activumsg.com/
+44 20 3705 8130
London | United Kingdom
ActivumSG was founded by Saul Goldstein in 2007 to invest in niche opportunities in German and Spanish real estate related sectors
Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate Development
Grupo Azora
http://www.azora.es/
+34 913 106 370
Madrid | Spain
AZORA is an independent private equity styled asset manager of real assets, based in Spain but investing across Europe and the USA. It currently manages €9.2 bn of AuM (once its various vehicles committed firepower is fully invested) with Hospitality and Living representing c. 70% of this. AZORA has a value-add approach with a strong track record in pioneering new assets classes in Southern Europe and a special expertise in building fully integrated platforms in operational assets classes.
Hugo Santos Ferreira
President
APPII
http://www.appii.pt/
+351 21 387 77 49
Lisbon | Portugal
APPII represents the biggest cluster of the most significant companies with activity in the Portuguese RE Industry, such as leading development and investment companies, funds and listed companies, all asset class operators, as well as hoteliers.
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
http://www.sonaesierra.com/
+351 21 751 5000
Lisboa | Portugal
We develop, manage and invest in sustainable assets and provide investment, architecture & engineering and property management services for clients in geographies as diverse as Europe, South America, North Africa and Asia, while creating shared value for our business and society.
João Cristina
Country Manager
Merlin Properties
http://www.merlinproperties.com
+34 91 769 19 00
Madrid | Spain
MERLIN Properties SOCIMI S.A. is one of the leading RE company (Ibex 35) focused on the acquisition & management of CRE assets in Iberia.
João Pita
Senior Vice President
Round Hill Capital
http://roundhillcapital.com/
+34 913 776 803
Madrid | Spain
Round Hill Capital was founded in 2002 and is a Pan-European real estate Investor and Asset Manager.
João Sousa
CEO/Founder
JPS Group
http://www.jpsgroup.pt/
+351 217 581 055
Lisboa | Portugal
JPS GROUP has a multidisciplinary structure, capable of providing the needs for profitability of real estate assets under management.We develop projects in solid business models, with the purpose of creating sustainable and innovative profits. We have a highly qualify team, composed by more than 70 people, who work daily to achieve the levels of excellence in their projects. JPS GROUP’ integrated concept allows the company to achieve competitive values, without compromising high quality.
José Cardoso Botelho
CEO
Vanguard Properties
http://www.vangproperties.com
+351 21 581 4094
Lisbon | Portugal
Vanguard Properties is a leading real estate developer mainly dedicated to residential and touristic projects located in Portugal.
Miguel França Santana
Board Member
Fidelidade
http://www.fidelidade.pt
+351 213 239 087
Lisboa | Portugal
Fidelidade Property Europe is the real estate arm of the Fidelidade Insurance Company Group. We invest in Portugal and worldwide, assuring the management of Fidelidade’s real estate portfolio.
Paulo Barradas
CEO
Restart Capital
Paulo Loureiro
CEO
Bondstone
http://www.bondstone.com
+351 211 349 157
Lisbon | Portugal
Bondstone is a private equity real estate investment and asset management firm, investing across select asset classes and investment styles, pursuing both Equity and Debt investment strategies. With offices in Lisbon, Porto and London, Bondstone designs and implements bespoke strategic or transactional partnerships for institutional investors, family offices and high net worth individuals, seeking a reputable local partner to pursue real estate opportunities.
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
http://www.squaream.pt
+351 213 808 290
Lisbon | Portugal
SQUARE is one of the largest Real Estate Asset Management and Consulting Group in Portugal. Our 16 successful years let us proudly state that we are the only independent management company managing Open-ended Real Estate Investment Funds and the 1st contracted by large Portuguese financial groups. Our experience granted us 11% of market share and 1,4 Billion euros of assets under management*. SQUARE A.M. specializes in 3 different areas: Income Funds, Distressed Asset Funds and other vehicles.
Pedro Seabra
Partner
Refundos-Explorer
Pedro Silveira
Chairman
SIL Grupo
http://www.sil.pt
+351 210 124 500
Lisbon | Portugal
The SIL Group is a consortium of several independent companies, complementary to each other and often working in collaboration. The SIL Group has over 60 years experience in the Portuguese real estate sector.
Pedro Vicente
CEO
Overseas
Portugal
OVERSEAS is the new Portuguese developer, founded in 2022. The company runs 5 projects, with 130m€ of investment.
Volkert Reig
General Director
GNB Real Estate
Lisboa | Portugal
Grupo Novo Banco Real Estate is a top-tier, leading real estate fund manager in Portugal, founded in 1992, duly registered and supervised by CMVM and Banco de Portugal, and consistently the largest and most relevant firms in the industry.
Alberto López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIAAEXX CAPITAL
Spain
CEO AEXX CAPITAL, a Madrid/London based privately held investment firm specialised in direct lending, asset backed distressed debt and other unique special situations, primarily in western Europe. Alberto is the Co-founder of URBANIA INTERNATIONAL, a real estate private equity firm with over €1 billion under management. Mr. Lopez has been involved in over €2 billion of opportunistic, value add and debt real estate investing in Europe. Mr. Lopez received an International MBA from EM Lyon & EOI and has a Bachelor’s degree of Economics.
Brian Betel
Head of Direct Transactions - IberiaActivum SG UK Advisors Limited
United Kingdom
Brian Betel is Head of Direct Assets at Activum SG and founding partner of Spanish homebuilding ASG Homes. Prior to Activum SG Brian was a Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management. In a 14 year career at Cerberus, Brian helped to open and run advisory offices in Mexico and Spain in addition to advising on investments in Canada, the UK and Germany. Prior to Cerberus Brian worked at Citibank in Mexico City and the Bank of Mexico, the central bank, selling the REO portfolios of their bad bank. Brian is also a founding partner of Tech-Stone Developments, a Spanish hotel development company.
Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate DevelopmentGrupo Azora
Spain
Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner and Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for the Azora Group. Prior to joining Azora in 2011, she worked for 16 years in the investment- banking sector at both Merrill Lynch (2 years) and JP Morgan (14 years), where she held various positions across M&A and Equity Capital Markets, and for 10 year, she was Managing Director responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA as well as Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina holds a bachelor degree in Economics from ICADE (Spain) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (USA). Cristina is Board Member at Bankinter, a Spanish IBEX 35 banking institution, where she Chairs the Nominations and Sustainability Committee.
Hugo Santos Ferreira
PresidentAPPII
Portugal
Hugo Santos Ferreira is the President of APPII – the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors and Director of the Portuguese Confederation of the Construction and Real Estate Sector. Hugo is also an Advisory Board Member of SIL – the Portuguese Real Estate Exhibition and of the Portuguese Green Business Week – Smart Cities Summit. Hugo has a Law Degree and a Master in Public & Administrative Law from the Portuguese Catholic University and was a Real Estate Lawyer at the Iberian law firm Cuatrecasas for almost 10 years up until 2014. He is also the author of several opinion articles and chronicles in the main magazines and newspapers in Iberia and other Southern European Countries.
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementSonae Sierra
Portugal
João Lélis joined Sonae Sierra in 2004 as an investment analyst, later becoming Director of the Fund Management business. As member of the executive team, current responsibilities include management of the real estate funds co-owned by Sonae Sierra, of the direct investments outside Iberia and transaction support. Prior to Sonae Sierra, João was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and also with Arthur Andersen. João completed the INSEAD – Advanced Management Programme in 2018 and the INSEAD - International Executive Programme in 2010. He also holds an MBA from the Yale University School of Management (2002) and a BS in Management from Faculdade de Economia do Porto (1997).
João Cristina
Country ManagerMerlin Properties
Portugal
João Cristina is the Portugal Director of Merlin Properties since 1 January 2018. From 2006 until that time, he held Investment Management positions at Rockspring PIM and Orion Capital Managers, all based in Madrid. He returned to Portugal, during 2014, to assume the General Manager role in SILCOGE, a leading Portuguese real estate company. He studied Finance at ISCTE and has an MBA from IE -Instituto de Empresa. Joao Specialized in acquisitions and asset management throughout the Iberian Peninsula, where he has more than 12 years’ experience. Over the last year, João has focused on increasing Merlin’s footprint in the Portuguese real estate market (acquisitions) while improving present occupational levels of the portfolio asset management
João Pita
Senior Vice PresidentRound Hill Capital
Portugal
João is a SVP at Round Hill Capital and has over fifteen years of experience in the real estate space. He is responsible for RHC’s activity in the Portuguese market. Prior to joining Round Hill Capital in 2018, João worked for Teixeira Duarte, where he was involved in multiple platforms, sourcing and developing over 5 million square feet of commercial, residential and mixed used opportunities in Portugal and Africa. João started his career working as a project manager, helping to bring forward a 1.5 million square feet of residential and office schemes in Lisbon. He holds a combined MSc in Civil Engineering and is a member of the Portuguese Chamber of Chartered Engineers.”
João Sousa
CEO/FounderJPS Group
Portugal
Formado em Direito, pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, o CEO da JPS GROUP, Dr. João Sousa, iniciou o seu percurso profissional aos 23 anos, na área empresarial e dos negócios. Foi com estes primeiros passos e contacto com o mundo profissional, que soube que exercer Direito não era uma opção e decidiu enveredar pela área à qual se estava a dedicar com tanto afinco. Como tal, começou a fazer o seu percurso na consultoria de investimento financeiro e imobiliário, percurso esse que veio, mais tarde, a dar origem à fundação da JPS GROUP. Um dos períodos de tempo deste percurso foi passado no estrangeiro, em múltiplos negócios em África, pelos países da América do Sul e na Ásia.
José Cardoso Botelho
CEOVanguard Properties
Portugal
Experienced investor in Real Estate. Since the end of 2015, focused in the setup and management of Vanguard Properties, a leading developer, focused on residential and touristic projects. Currently the group has 16 projects under development located in Lisbon, Oeiras, Comporta and Algarve. Vanguard’s is currently leading the consortia that will acquire the real estate funds of Comporta Investment Fund. Since 1988, José has been involved in multiple ventures notably in retail, real estate, technology (software, heading systems, medical, etc.). Significant expertise in Real Estate, Funding, Negotiation and Venture Capital. Undergraduate in Management with expertise in Finances. MBA in International Management.
Miguel França Santana
Board MemberFidelidade
Portugal
He graduated in Civil Engineering from IST, Lisbon in 1988 and started his career at Proman, Centro de Estudos e Projectos, SA, in the Structural Design Department, with special emphasis on participation in the stability projects at Quinta de Carvalhais of Metro Rotunda II, cold storage centers in the Azores. Among many other residential and industrial projects design. Recently, he has been a member of Hagen Imobiliária SA Board for approximately 2 years. Currently and for the last 6 years he is Board Member of Fidelidade Property Europe, SA., a company 100 % held by Fidelidade Companhia de Seguros, managing all Real Estate Investments of the Insurance Group.
Paulo Barradas
CEORestart Capital
Portugal
Paulo Barradas is a Managing Director at Norfin SGFII and heads the M&A and investor relations department. He has more than 22 years of experience in the international investment banking industry, of which the last 6 years in London as Head of M&A at Haitong Bank. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A for Energy and Infrastructure and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Espírito Santo Investment Bank.
Paulo Loureiro
CEOBondstone
Portugal
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
Portugal
55 years, married 2 sons From 2002 - 2017 Square Asset Management - Partner; 1,5 Billion under management in all sectors for retail and institutional clients : Managing the highest Portuguese performance balanced portfolio over the last 8 years in a row according to MSCI/IPD; from 1990 - 2000 ESAF Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros SGPS - Real Estate Managing Director Investments: Portugal, Brazil, Russia.
Pedro Seabra
PartnerRefundos-Explorer
Portugal
Joined Explorer in 2012 and currently is the Partner in the Real Estate Business Area. He worked at CBRE in Madrid in 1987 and opened the Portuguese office in 1988, leading it until 2012. Pedro has a degree in Systems Engineering from Instituto Superior de Matemáticas Aplicadas and a master in Finance and Company Financial Management from ISCTE-INDEG. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and appraiser certified by the CMVM.
Pedro Silveira
ChairmanSIL Grupo
Portugal
Pedro Silveria is the chairman of SILCOGE, Group SIL's main development company, was founded in 1949. SILCOGE is currently developing over 250000 sqm of property in greater Lisbon area
Pedro Vicente
CEOOverseas
Portugal
Pedro Vicente is OVERSEAS CEO. OVERSEAS is an independent "committed to green" developer, based in Lisboa, Portugal, focused on ESG, nZEB buildings, electric mobility, branded and luxury real estate. The company was incorporated in 2022 and has currently 5 projects, with an investment of 130M€.
Pedro has a large experience in the real estate market in Portugal, through companies like EPUL - Empresa Pública de Urbanização de Lisboa (state owned company), Level Constellation (Chinese real estate fund) and Habitat Invest (top 5 real estate developers in Portugal). Pedro is Vice-President of APPII (Real estate investors and developers Portuguese Association).
Volkert Reig
General DirectorGNB Real Estate
Portugal
Volkert is presently President of the Board of Directors of Novo Banco Real Estate and has over twenty years of international experience in M&A, private equity and real estate. Prior to joining Grupo Novo Banco (GNB), Mr. Reig served as a Managing Director for Hudson Advisors. Mr. Reig Schmidt has a Master in Law from the Universidad San Pablo CEU and is admitted to practice in the Madrid Bar Association. Volkert is fluent in Spanish, German and English and has a basic knowledge of French and Portuguese.
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