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Portugal GRI 2019
21 - 22 May
InterContinental Lisbon
R. Castilho 149, 1099-034 Lisbon, Portugal
R. Castilho 149, 1099-034 Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal GRI is a gathering of senior level Portuguese and international real estate investors, lenders and developers.
Featured keynote
Keynote
Portugal Real Estate Growth - Value creation or creating a bubble?
Paula
Paula Carvalho
Chief EconomistBPI
Head of BPI's Economic Studies Department since 2013, has been working in banking since 1987, with focus on financial and economic research. Expert for the Portuguese, Angola and Mozambique markets and responsible for scenarios and risk analysis over these economies, a responsibility that now holds at CaixaBank Group. Paula holds an MBA from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a degree in Economics from the same university.
Paula
Paula Carvalho
Chief EconomistBPI
Head of BPI's Economic Studies Department since 2013, has been working in banking since 1987, with focus on financial and economic research. Expert for the Portuguese, Angola and Mozambique markets and responsible for scenarios and risk analysis over these economies, a responsibility that now holds at CaixaBank Group. Paula holds an MBA from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a degree in Economics from the same university.
BPI is part of the CaixaBank Group (which holds holds 100% of BPI's capital) and is the fifth largest financial institution operating in Portugal in terms of assets (€ 30 billion), with market shares of 9.4% in credit and 9.8% in customer deposits.
Featured talkshow
Portugal - Europe’s new safe haven?
Christopher
Christopher Hütwohl
Managing DirectorCorestate Capital Advisors
Christopher Hütwohl has covered management positions in project development, asset management and investment management and was regional manager Southern Europe for Germany’s leading real estate funds from 2002 - 2014. He has headed many benchmark operations throughout Europe in the volume of more than 3bn. Euros. His former engagements include: Commerzbank AG (1995 - 2000), Fraport AG (Frankfurt Airport Authority) (2000 - 2002), Commerz Real AG (2002 - 2008), Deka Immobilien GmbH (2008 - 2014)
Paulo
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor RelationsNorfin
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.
Pedro
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
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.
Discussions
Asset Classes
Hospitality - Sustainable growth or will the market level off?
Participants
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la BlancaASG Iberia Advisors
Gregg GilbertBenson Elliot Capital Management
Offices Opportunities - Prime or new bright spots?
Participants
Alexandre SantosEstamo
João CristinaMerlin Properties
Miguel SantanaFidelidade Property
Residential Development - So much demand but where’s the equity?
Participants
Elson AngélicoMEXTO Property Investment
Hugo Santos FerreiraAPPII
José Cardoso BotelhoVanguard Properties
Luis MorenoIbero Capital Management
Nuno CoelhoRing Properties
Paulo LoureiroLouvre Capital
Pedro VicenteHabitat Invest
Hospitality - Sustainable growth or will the market level off?
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and Acquisitions
ASG Iberia Advisors
Gregg Gilbert
Principal, Head of Iberia
Benson Elliot Capital Management
Carlos
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and AcquisitionsASG Iberia Advisors
Carlos is a Director at ASG Iberia focusing on sourcing and acquisitions. Prior to joining ActivumSG group in 2015, he was the head of the PwC and also the KPMG Real Estate Transactions division from 2007 through the end of 2014. He also established the PwC and KPMG Spanish desks in Latin America. In 2004 Carlos joined Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), where he was responsible for Corporate Solutions and the Southern region in the Industrial and Logistics department. Carlos also worked for Inmobiliaria Secoplat, a Spanish residential developer and construction company. Carlos holds an International MBA from University Antonio de Nebrija and a Professional Certificate in International Business from University of California.
Gregg
Gregg Gilbert
Principal, Head of IberiaBenson Elliot Capital Management
Gregg is a Principal and Head of Iberia at Benson Elliot, a pan-European real estate private equity fund investing across all asset classes. He dedicates his time to originating and analysing new equity and debt investment opportunities across Europe, with a primary focus on Spain and Portugal. In addition, Gregg manages Benson Elliot’s current investments in Spain. Gregg joined Benson Elliot in 2011 from Colony Capital, where he worked on debt and equity investments across Europe. Earlier in his career Gregg was a consultant at ERA, advising clients on the market and financial feasibility of large-scale hotel, residential, and leisure developments across the United States, Asia,
Offices Opportunities - Prime or new bright spots?
Alexandre Santos
CEO
Estamo
João Cristina
Director
Merlin Properties
Miguel Santana
Board Member
Fidelidade Property
Alexandre
Alexandre Santos
CEOEstamo
Alexandre is CEO of Estamo since 2018. He has a large experience in banking management and worked for Banco Espírito Santo, ABN AMRO Bank and Banif. Bachelor Degree in Bank Management at Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária and Post Degree in Luxury Products & Services Marketing at Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
João
João Cristina
DirectorMerlin Properties
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
Miguel
Miguel Santana
Board MemberFidelidade Property
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.
Residential Development - So much demand but where’s the equity?
Elson Angélico
General Director & Partner
MEXTO Property Investment
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice President
APPII
José Cardoso Botelho
Managing Director
Vanguard Properties
Luis Moreno
General Manager and Senior Partner
Ibero Capital Management
Nuno Coelho
Partner
Ring Properties
Paulo Loureiro
Managing Partner
Louvre Capital
Pedro Vicente
Administrator/Member of the board
Habitat Invest
Elson
Elson Angélico
General Director & PartnerMEXTO Property Investment
Portuguese and Angolan Citizen, son of a diplomat’s family, studied Fashion- and Interior-Design at "Créapole l’École de Création et Management" in Paris. After his studies and living and working for international luxury brands in Paris for almost 15 years, he was living in New York, Thailand, Bali, Zurich, Singapore, Seoul and Lisbon. He was consultant for different Hotel Projects in Asia as well as various international Projects in the Fashion and Design Industry. Elson is Founder Member and Member of the Supervisory Board of MEXTO Holding AG and responsible for the acquisition of new projects and the Strategic Management of the different SPVs and Projects. He speaks fluently Portuguese, French, English, Spanish and German.
Hugo
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice PresidentAPPII
Hugo Santos Ferreira is the Executive Vice 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.
José
José Cardoso Botelho
Managing DirectorVanguard Properties
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.
Luis
Luis Moreno
General Manager and Senior PartnerIbero Capital Management
Luis Moreno holds a degree in Business Administration from Complutense University of Madrid and is professor at ESIC Business School. He was Head of Strategy and Business Development in Acciona Inmobiliria and previously he was Head of Loan Portfolio at SAREB. Luis spent more than 20 years in banking, where he held among other positions Head of Risk Management at ABN AMRO Bank Spain and Head of Debt Restructuring at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Nuno
Nuno Coelho
PartnerRing Properties
Nuno Coelho is partner of Ring Properties, a Real Estate company based in Portugal and an investor in several Real Estate projects in Brazil. Nuno Coelho is electrical engineer with 2 MBAs in Management and Real Estate and speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese. He is entrepreneur since before gradutation and acted as a commercial head of Multinationals until he decided to gather the acquired knowledge to pursue his own goals becoming an specialist in identifying good real estate opportunities to investors, partners and himself in the right market time.
Paulo
Paulo Loureiro
Managing PartnerLouvre 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 €75 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 holds a MS degree (Diplome de Grande Ecole), majoring in Maths and Physics, and received his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Paulo is a Portuguese national, fluent in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Pedro
Pedro Vicente
Administrator/Member of the boardHabitat Invest
Pedro Vicente is a board member at Habitat Invest, overseeing the BBB, sales, marketing, business development and operations departments at the company. He has developed his activity at the real estate industry as head of legal and marketing and asset manager of a state-owned company- EPUL. He evolved to level Constellation, a Chinese real estate fund from Shanghai, operating in Portugal. He is the co-founder of the Portuguese Institute for Corporate Governance and member of the advisory committee. Habitat Invest is privately-held and an independent real estate investment company, founded in 2004, with investments in urban rehabilitation and new born projects. Projects underway in 2019 represent an investment greater than €300 million.
New Trends
Lisbon vs. Secondary Cities - Competing or complementary strategies?
Participants
Abel MascarenhasIFRRU2020
Diogo Ivo CruzInvest Lisboa
Henrique ValeAntecâmara
João PitaRound Hill Capital
José Ignacio Tramuns PladellorensBanc Sabadell
Pedro LancastreJLL
Rui CoelhoInvest Lisboa
Sidnei CosmeVerus Real Estate
Tiago Violas FerreiraViolas Ferreira
Tomas SuterMEXTO Property Investment
Student Housing - Gateway into other resi alternatives or gatekeeper of investor’s appetite?
Participants
Alberto López Balbasby Urbania
Edward MillerRound Hill Capital
Ricardo KendallSmart Studios
Lisbon vs. Secondary Cities - Competing or complementary strategies?
Abel Mascarenhas
President of the Executive Board
IFRRU2020
Diogo Ivo Cruz
Project Director
Invest Lisboa
Henrique Vale
Partner
Antecâmara
João Pita
Real Estate Development Director
Round Hill Capital
José Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE Finance EMEA
Banc Sabadell
Pedro Lancastre
Managing Director
JLL
Rui Coelho
Executive Director
Invest Lisboa
Sidnei Cosme
Director
Verus Real Estate
Tiago Violas Ferreira
Partner
Violas Ferreira
Tomas Suter
Partner
MEXTO Property Investment
Abel
Abel Mascarenhas
President of the Executive BoardIFRRU2020
O Eng.º Abel Mascarenhas preside à Comissão Diretiva da Estrutura de Gestão do IFRRU 2020, órgão máximo de direção desta estrutura de missão, criada especificamente para gerir este instrumento financeiro. Para além de assumir a responsabilidade pela representação institucional, coordena as áreas de auditoria, sistemas de informação e pagamentos. Com reconhecida experiência na área financeira, tecnológica e de coordenação, contribui ativa e empenhadamente para o planeamento, conceção e a execução da estratégia de implementação do IFRRU 2020.
Diogo
Diogo Ivo Cruz
Project DirectorInvest Lisboa
Diogo Ivo Cruz is Project Director at Invest Lisboa, Lisbon’s Investment Promotion Agency.
MSc in Integrated Environmental Studies by University of Southampton and MBA by AESE Business School, Diogo has had a diverse career ranging from scientific research to environmental project management and co-founder a technological start-up.
Now, at Invest Lisboa, Diogo has been deeply involved at the promotion of Lisbon as an investment destination and supporting investors throughout the decision-making process, by offering advice, providing information, promoting partnerships, and enabling projects.
MSc in Integrated Environmental Studies by University of Southampton and MBA by AESE Business School, Diogo has had a diverse career ranging from scientific research to environmental project management and co-founder a technological start-up.
Now, at Invest Lisboa, Diogo has been deeply involved at the promotion of Lisbon as an investment destination and supporting investors throughout the decision-making process, by offering advice, providing information, promoting partnerships, and enabling projects.
Henrique
Henrique Vale
PartnerAntecâmara
Henrique Vale é Partner na ANTECÂMARA desde 2015, onde coordena o departamento comercial e integra a equipa de project management, tendo participado diretamente no desenvolvimento de projetos das mais variadas dimensões, sobretudo na cidade do Porto. Com formação em Gestão, pela Universidade de Aveiro, o seu percurso profissional integra experiencias em empresas dos setores das telecomunicações e do imobiliário, tendo colaborado vários anos com grupo PT Comunicações. Atualmente, além da sua ligação à ANTECÂMARA, está ligado a várias iniciativas relacionadas com o mercado imobiliário no norte de Portugal.
João
João Pita
Real Estate Development DirectorRound Hill Capital
João is responsible for RHC’s development projects in Portugal and has over ten years of real estate experience. Prior to joining Round Hill Capital in 2018, João worked for Teixeira Duarte, where he was involved in the development of over 3 million square feet of commercial, residential and mixed used development 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 Portugal. He holds a combined MSc in Civil Engineering and is a member of the Portuguese Chamber of Chartered Engineers.
José
José Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE Finance EMEABanc Sabadell
José-Ignacio Tramuns is the Head of CRE Finance EMEA at Banco Sabadell. He joined Banco Sabadell in 2006 as a member of the Structured Real Estate Finance team, and afterwards was the CIO-Real Estate in BanSanbadell Inversión, with more than €1 billion under management. Prior to joining Banco Sabadell, he gained experience in Real Estate and Private Banking in firms such as Aguirre Newman and Morgan Stanley. He graduated in Economics with an MBA from ESADE Business School.
Pedro
Pedro Lancastre
Managing DirectorJLL
Pedro Lancastre is the Managing Director of JLL Portugal since July 2011. Pedro has 17 years of experience in the Real Estate sector. He started in 2001, as an Investment Consultant of the Lisbon Capital Markets team at CBRE, where he acted in the acquisition and sale of a number of properties.
In 2004, he moved to Sonae Sierra as Deputy Director of New Business in Portugal where he was responsible for the conception of new shopping centres and retail parks. Pedro started his career in 1995 in the Portuguese Bank industry where he performed different roles in two different Portuguese Banks (BCP and BPI) until 2001.
Rui
Rui Coelho
Executive DirectorInvest Lisboa
Since 2009, Executive Director of Invest Lisboa, Lisbon’s investment promotion agency, a partnership between Lisbon City Council and the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce & Industry with support from AICEP and Lisbon South Bay. Startup Lisboa Business Incubator Board Member since 2012. Ireland Portugal Business Network Board Member since 2017. Awarded “Real Estate Person of the Year” by Magazine Imobiliário in 2016. Advised Frankfurt and Offenbach as a ULI international expert’s group member. BSc in Management; Executive Training in Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Articles published in important Portuguese newspapers.
Sidnei
Sidnei Cosme
DirectorVerus Real Estate
Visionary nature, entrepreneurial spirit and drive for innovation. During the last 25 years created memorable experiences that redefine urban living with expertise in every aspect of development, acquisitions, management, finance, marketing and sales.
Tiago
Tiago Violas Ferreira
PartnerViolas Ferreira
Tiago Violas Ferreira joined University of Porto – (FEP) Faculty of Economics - in 1988. Latter on, in 1996, he started to work as a Financial Director in his family company and would remain in the office about 10 years. Since 2006 he is the CEO of Holding Violas Ferreira SGPS, where currently he ́s leading development project ́s in the area of real estate, mostly in Porto city.
Tomas
Tomas Suter
PartnerMEXTO Property Investment
After his studies Tomas worked for more than seven years in Wealth and Asset Management and was CFO of a Swiss Fund. He was also involved in founding a Fund Management Company which nowadays manages several hundred millions of Euros. He was then CFO of a Swiss RE Financing and Management Company with its Core Business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition he was Member of the Board of Directors. After almost six years, Tomas joined the Team of MEXTO. Tomas is Senior Advisor and Member of the Supervisory Board of MEXTO Holding AG and responsible for the acquisition of new projects as well as Deal Structuring, Sourcing of Funds and Financial Operations of the Company. He is fluent in German, English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Student Housing - Gateway into other resi alternatives or gatekeeper of investor’s appetite?
Alberto López Balbas
Managing Partner
by Urbania
Edward Miller
VP Portugal
Round Hill Capital
Ricardo Kendall
CEO
Smart Studios
Alberto
Alberto López Balbas
Managing Partnerby Urbania
Co-founder and Managing Director of by Urbania. Mr. Lopez is directly involved in the execution of all transactions – originating, underwriting, financing and asset managing properties. Mr. Lopez has successfully transacted in several countries and negotiated strategic joint ventures and lead fund raising efforts with hedge funds and PE funds in addition to co-overseeing all investment and development activities of the firm with a particular focus on alternative assets. He chairs the Board of Syllabus, a first class student living concept with over 3000 beds in Spain, Portugal and Italy.
Edward
Edward Miller
VP PortugalRound Hill Capital
Edward has 10 years of experience in Real Estate Investment and Development across a wide range of sectors and geographies. His career started at EC Harris, working across global accounts for major banking and institutional clients. Edward has been at Round Hill Capital for 5 years and now oversees day to day investment activity across Portugal.
Ricardo
Ricardo Kendall
CEOSmart Studios
Ricardo Kendall is the founder of SMART STUDIOS company. More than a student housing, Smart Studios provides since 2015 a co-living atmosphere for students and young professionals to meet and share experiences. Inspired by USA and UK market Smart Studios promise to surprise the Portuguese market with more unique experiences across the whole country. In 4 years Smart Studios has developed 6 residencies with a total of in operation/on construction 700 micro apartments and more 750 units on licensing. Smart Studios aims to have in the Portuguese market more than 2500 Smart Studios in the next few years being the number one micro-living player in the Portuguese market.
Global Investors
Entry Strategies for Global Investors - Flying solo or opting for local partnerships?
Participants
Alexandre SantosEstamo
Bruno LoboViventi Group
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la BlancaASG Iberia Advisors
Emanuele DubiniDEA Capital
João Carlos LelisSonae Sierra
Miguel CabritaMEXTO Property Investment
Miguel Torres LangAllianz Real Estate
Paulo BarradasNorfin
Pedro CoelhoSquare Asset Management
Pedro LancastreJLL
Robert MurphyStepstone Global
Shamik NarotamMorgan Stanley
Sony GanwaniIndo Capital
NPL’s - Risky high levels or getting rid of them soon?
Participants
Carla AndreCR Investment Management
Paulo BarradasNorfin
Pedro CoelhoSquare Asset Management
Vittorio Calvi di BergoloLX Partners
Volkert ReigNovo Banco
Entry Strategies for Global Investors - Flying solo or opting for local partnerships?
Alexandre Santos
CEO
Estamo
Bruno Lobo
Chief Investment Officer
Viventi Group
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and Acquisitions
ASG Iberia Advisors
Emanuele Dubini
President-France & Senior Partner Iberia
DEA Capital
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
Miguel Cabrita
Senior Director & Head Technical Dept.
MEXTO Property Investment
Miguel Torres Lang
Head of Iberia
Allianz Real Estate
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor Relations
Norfin
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Pedro Lancastre
Managing Director
JLL
Robert Murphy
Principal
Stepstone Global
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE Investing
Morgan Stanley
Sony Ganwani
Country Manager
Indo Capital
Alexandre
Alexandre Santos
CEOEstamo
Alexandre is CEO of Estamo since 2018. He has a large experience in banking management and worked for Banco Espírito Santo, ABN AMRO Bank and Banif. Bachelor Degree in Bank Management at Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária and Post Degree in Luxury Products & Services Marketing at Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
Bruno
Bruno Lobo
Chief Investment OfficerViventi Group
Bruno Lobo is the Chief Investment Officer for Viventi Capital, an investor developer based in London focused on large scale urban placemaking projects across Europe. Previously, he was the Head of Europe for AECOM Capital, the investment and development arm of AECOM based in NYC and London focused on the US and Europe. He was a founding director of Avenida Capital, a real estate development and investment firm based in NYC focused on urban development projects across Latin America. He started his career at the global RE group of Brookfield Asset Management a global alternative asset manager, based in NYC and Sao Paulo. Bruno Lobo hold a PhD from Columbia University and a MArch from the Technical University of Lisbon and Tokyo University.
Carlos
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and AcquisitionsASG Iberia Advisors
Carlos is a Director at ASG Iberia focusing on sourcing and acquisitions. Prior to joining ActivumSG group in 2015, he was the head of the PwC and also the KPMG Real Estate Transactions division from 2007 through the end of 2014. He also established the PwC and KPMG Spanish desks in Latin America. In 2004 Carlos joined Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), where he was responsible for Corporate Solutions and the Southern region in the Industrial and Logistics department. Carlos also worked for Inmobiliaria Secoplat, a Spanish residential developer and construction company. Carlos holds an International MBA from University Antonio de Nebrija and a Professional Certificate in International Business from University of California.
Emanuele
Emanuele Dubini
President-France & Senior Partner IberiaDEA Capital
Emanuele Dubini joined, as Managing Partner, DeA Capital Real Estate Building up the French Operations. DeA Capital Real Estate France IS Part of DeA Capital pan-European real estate Expansion Via Group Subsidiaries Through Local Senior Management Teams.The Company, headquarter in Paris, is a joint venture between the DeA Capital Group and a local Senior Management team with a proven track record in the French real estate sector. Emanuele has a proven experience and knowledge of the sector, having held numerous senior leadership roles in companies in Europe and the USA.
João
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementSonae Sierra
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).
Miguel
Miguel Cabrita
Senior Director & Head Technical Dept.MEXTO Property Investment
Miguel is a member of the Steering Committee for Engineering Evaluations of the Portuguese Society of Engineers as well as of the Urban Land Institute of Portugal. He joined the Banking sector, where he worked for 30 years in different national and international Banks, having in the last 18 years occupied leading positions as Director and Senior Director. During his years in Banking he was always connected to the Real Estate business. He is responsible for Mexto’s Technical Department, where he leads the Project Management Team and coordinates all matters and different technical teams related to the projects. As Senior Director, he participates in the analysis of new projects, their due diligence, and in the structuring of their financing.
Miguel
Miguel Torres Lang
Head of IberiaAllianz Real Estate
Miguel Torres is the Head of Iberia of Allianz Real Estate since opening the Madrid office in July 2016. Before joining Allianz, Miguel worked for GE Capital over 20 years in the real estate and infrastructure sectors in Madrid, Mexico, New York and London. His last two assignments where has Head of GE Capital Real Estate in Mexico (2013-15) and Spain (2011-13). Miguel has an MBA from Columbia University in New York, and is a graduate of Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Madrid) in business and economics (E2).
Paulo
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor RelationsNorfin
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.
Pedro
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
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
Pedro Lancastre
Managing DirectorJLL
Pedro Lancastre is the Managing Director of JLL Portugal since July 2011. Pedro has 17 years of experience in the Real Estate sector. He started in 2001, as an Investment Consultant of the Lisbon Capital Markets team at CBRE, where he acted in the acquisition and sale of a number of properties.
In 2004, he moved to Sonae Sierra as Deputy Director of New Business in Portugal where he was responsible for the conception of new shopping centres and retail parks. Pedro started his career in 1995 in the Portuguese Bank industry where he performed different roles in two different Portuguese Banks (BCP and BPI) until 2001.
Robert
Robert Murphy
PrincipalStepstone Global
Mr. Murphy is a member of StepStone’s real estate team. Prior to StepStone, Mr. Murphy was an assistant vice president at Partners Group, a private markets investment manager. Before that he was an executive in Ernst & Young’s real estate corporate finance team. Before Ernst & Young, Mr. Murphy worked as an investment analyst at the Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund. Mr. Murphy holds a master’s degree in finance from University College Dublin and is a CFA charterholder.
Shamik
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE InvestingMorgan Stanley
Shamik is based in London and part of the MSREI acquisition and asset management team, working on sourcing, negotiating and managing investments for MSREI across all European jurisdictions, with additional responsibility for the UK. Before joining MSREI, Shamik was based in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, investing in roads and infrastructure in South America for a global investor. Shamik is also a chartered structural engineer. Shamik received a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA in Finance with distinction from the London Business School. Shamik is a Portuguese national, and has lived and worked in Europe, South America, North America and Asia.
Sony
Sony Ganwani
Country ManagerIndo Capital
Sony Ganwani,Indian origin,MBA from IE Business School & advanced LSE Management Program,started career in Morgan Stanley PWM and Private Equity and later raised & CoInvested in 2012-2013 over 100M€ Equity in residential and hotel REO/NPL with Value added strategy.2017 raised another fund to invest in lending,residential/hotels.
NPL’s - Risky high levels or getting rid of them soon?
Carla Andre
Managing Director
CR Investment Management
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor Relations
Norfin
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Vittorio Calvi di Bergolo
Managing Director
LX Partners
Volkert Reig
General Director
Novo Banco
Carla
Carla Andre
Managing DirectorCR Investment Management
Carla André has more than 20 years’ experience in real estate and asset based financing. Before joining CR, Carla worked for RE lender Eurohypo and headed the Portuguese Branch from 2012 to 2016.
Paulo
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor RelationsNorfin
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.
Pedro
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
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.
Vittorio
Vittorio Calvi di Bergolo
Managing DirectorLX Partners
Prior to founding LX Partners, Vittorio spent over 25 years in banking working for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, CSFB and Bear Stearns in London and more recently was General Partner of a Luxembourg based Special Investment Fund SICAV and CEO of a regulated family office backed investment partnership. Vittorio has degree in Law and Master in International Affairs. LX Partners is a principal investor in Portugal (and opportunistically other jurisdictions) with special focus on RE asset backed distressed credit and NPLs. Over last 24 months also developed RE strategies in co-living / student housing sector becoming one of the largest investor in Portugal and is actively involved in RE investing.
Volkert
Volkert Reig
General DirectorNovo Banco
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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Fernanda Coelho
Director - PortugalGRI Club
Thiago
Thiago Alves
Portfolio Director - IberiaGRI Club
Thiago is part of the GRI senior management team in Europe and leads the UK & Ireland, Spain & Portugal real estate relationships in Europe. His extensive & varied career has seen him manage & deliver large-scale national & international events, project manages the delivery of a number of luxury publications in the UK & UAE, providing first class service to his clients. Educated at university level & well travelled, he has begun his career in the medical profession to then start his creative profession in Events, Marketing & Publishing. Thiago is very engaged with international development projects and is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish & English.
Advisory Board Members
Brian Betel
Managing Partner
ASG Iberia Advisors
Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner
Azora Capital
Edward Miller
VP Portugal
Round Hill Capital
http://roundhillcapital.com
+44 207 349 1330
London | Portugal
A vertically integrated RE firm, Round Hill is a market leader in the accommodation sector. It has a proven track record of successfully identifying and acquiring high quality accommodation RE with stable underlying cash flows and asset management upside.
Henrique de Polignac de Barros
Chairman
APPII
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice President
APPII
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
João Sousa
CEO/Founder
JPS Group
José Cardoso Botelho
Managing Director
Vanguard Properties
Lisboa | Portugal
Vanguard Properties is a leading real estate developer mainly dedicated to residential and touristic projects located in Portugal.
Miguel Santana
Board Member
Fidelidade Property
https://www.fidelidade.pt/PT/particulares/Habitacao/Paginas/multirriscoshabitacao.aspx
+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
MD, Head of M&A and Investor Relations
Norfin
Paulo Loureiro
Managing Partner
Louvre Capital
http://www.louvreproperties.com/
+351 211 349 157
Lisboa | Portugal
Louvre Capital is a leading real estate investment, development and asset management firm focused on residential and commercial properties in Portugal
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Pedro Lancastre
Managing Director
JLL
Pedro Vicente
Administrator/Member of the board
Habitat Invest
http://www.habitatinvest.pt/
+351 213 461 024
Lisboa | Portugal
Habitat Invest is a private real estate investment company founded in 2004. A One-stop-shop, which accompanies all stages of the project, from the identification of opportunities and negotiation to rehabilitation, sale & leasing.
Sam Mellor
Head of SREI Europe
Barings Asset Management - Munich
http://www.barings.com/
+49 89 210 256 11
München | Germany
A member of the MassMutual Financial Group, Barings keeps a strong global presence with over 600 investment professionals and offices in 17 countries.
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE Investing
Morgan Stanley
http://www.morganstanley.com
+44 20 7425 8965
London | UK
Global real estate asset manager with $43 billion of AUM – approximately 1/3 in Europe
Volkert Reig
General Director
Novo Banco
Brian
Brian Betel
Managing PartnerASG Iberia Advisors
Brian has worked for 25 years in the RE sector investing in 6 countries covering a wide range of products in Private Equity RE including CRE value add, turnarounds and residential, hotel and resort development in addition to alternative asset classes. Brian has a further specialty in debt and NPL acquisitions and workouts navigating insolvency processes to unlock value in distressed special situations. He spent 14 years in North America and Europe at a major PE fund with his final position as MD in Spain before opening the ASG Iberia office in Spain as the Managing Partner and setting up ASG Homes Propcorp as a Founding Partner currently developing multifamily residential projects in ten cities throughout Spain with 1,750 condominiums.
Cristina
Cristina García-Peri
Managing PartnerAzora Capital
Cristina García-Peri is Head of Corporate Development and Strategy for the Azora Group, an independent investment and asset management group with more than €3.6bn of equity raised. Prior to joining the Azora Group 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 in the area of M&A for 4 years and for 10 years was MD responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA. Her last two years in investment banking took place at Merrill Lynch where, in addition to continuing to lead Corporate Equity Derivatives she also was responsible for Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal.
Edward
Edward Miller
VP PortugalRound Hill Capital
Edward has 10 years of experience in Real Estate Investment and Development across a wide range of sectors and geographies. His career started at EC Harris, working across global accounts for major banking and institutional clients. Edward has been at Round Hill Capital for 5 years and now oversees day to day investment activity across Portugal.
Henrique
Henrique de Polignac de Barros
ChairmanAPPII
Henrique de Polignac de Barros is the Founding Chairman and Member One of APPII – the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors, as well as Founding Vice Presidente of the Portuguese Confederation of the Construction and Real Estate Sector. Henrique as an Economy Degree from ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management and his a 40 years experienced real estate developer.
Hugo
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice PresidentAPPII
Hugo Santos Ferreira is the Executive Vice 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
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementSonae Sierra
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
João Sousa
CEO/FounderJPS Group
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
José Cardoso Botelho
Managing DirectorVanguard Properties
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
Miguel Santana
Board MemberFidelidade Property
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
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor RelationsNorfin
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
Paulo Loureiro
Managing PartnerLouvre 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 €75 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 holds a MS degree (Diplome de Grande Ecole), majoring in Maths and Physics, and received his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Paulo is a Portuguese national, fluent in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Pedro
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
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
Pedro Lancastre
Managing DirectorJLL
Pedro Lancastre is the Managing Director of JLL Portugal since July 2011. Pedro has 17 years of experience in the Real Estate sector. He started in 2001, as an Investment Consultant of the Lisbon Capital Markets team at CBRE, where he acted in the acquisition and sale of a number of properties.
In 2004, he moved to Sonae Sierra as Deputy Director of New Business in Portugal where he was responsible for the conception of new shopping centres and retail parks. Pedro started his career in 1995 in the Portuguese Bank industry where he performed different roles in two different Portuguese Banks (BCP and BPI) until 2001.
Pedro
Pedro Silveira
ChairmanSIL Grupo
Pedro
Pedro Vicente
Administrator/Member of the boardHabitat Invest
Pedro Vicente is a board member at Habitat Invest, overseeing the BBB, sales, marketing, business development and operations departments at the company. He has developed his activity at the real estate industry as head of legal and marketing and asset manager of a state-owned company- EPUL. He evolved to level Constellation, a Chinese real estate fund from Shanghai, operating in Portugal. He is the co-founder of the Portuguese Institute for Corporate Governance and member of the advisory committee. Habitat Invest is privately-held and an independent real estate investment company, founded in 2004, with investments in urban rehabilitation and new born projects. Projects underway in 2019 represent an investment greater than €300 million.
Sam
Sam Mellor
Head of SREI EuropeBarings Asset Management - Munich
Managing Director, Head of SREI Europe, previously worked at Chenavari as Partner, Real estate.
Shamik
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE InvestingMorgan Stanley
Shamik is based in London and part of the MSREI acquisition and asset management team, working on sourcing, negotiating and managing investments for MSREI across all European jurisdictions, with additional responsibility for the UK. Before joining MSREI, Shamik was based in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, investing in roads and infrastructure in South America for a global investor. Shamik is also a chartered structural engineer. Shamik received a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA in Finance with distinction from the London Business School. Shamik is a Portuguese national, and has lived and worked in Europe, South America, North America and Asia.
Volkert
Volkert Reig
General DirectorNovo Banco
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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Industry Partners
Media Partners
Mumbai | Maharashtra | India
JLL is India’s premier and largest professional services firm specialising in real estate. With an estimated revenue for FY 2018-19 expected to be approx. INR 4,000 cr, the Firm is growing from strength to strength in India. The firm has an extensive presence across 10 major cities (Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Coimbatore) and 135 tier II & III markets with a cumulative strength of more than 11,000 professionals. It provides investors, developers, local corporates and multinational companies, a comprehensive range of services including leasing, capital markets, research & advisory, transaction management, project development, facility management and property & asset management across asset classes: commercial, residential, industrial, retail, warehousing & logistics, hospitality, land, healthcare, senior living and education.
https://www.wework.com/
+1 877.902.0681
New York - NY | NY | UK
WeWork is a global network of workspaces where companies and people grow together. We transform buildings into dynamic environments for creativity, focus, and connection. More than just the best place to work, though, this is a movement toward humanizing work. We believe that CEOs can help each other, offices can use the comforts of home, and we can all look forward to Monday if we find real meaning in what we do.
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.
Some confirmed participants include
Abel
Abel Mascarenhas
President of the Executive BoardIFRRU2020
O Eng.º Abel Mascarenhas preside à Comissão Diretiva da Estrutura de Gestão do IFRRU 2020, órgão máximo de direção desta estrutura de missão, criada especificamente para gerir este instrumento financeiro. Para além de assumir a responsabilidade pela representação institucional, coordena as áreas de auditoria, sistemas de informação e pagamentos. Com reconhecida experiência na área financeira, tecnológica e de coordenação, contribui ativa e empenhadamente para o planeamento, conceção e a execução da estratégia de implementação do IFRRU 2020.
Alberto
Alberto López Balbas
Managing Partnerby Urbania
Co-founder and Managing Director of by Urbania. Mr. Lopez is directly involved in the execution of all transactions – originating, underwriting, financing and asset managing properties. Mr. Lopez has successfully transacted in several countries and negotiated strategic joint ventures and lead fund raising efforts with hedge funds and PE funds in addition to co-overseeing all investment and development activities of the firm with a particular focus on alternative assets. He chairs the Board of Syllabus, a first class student living concept with over 3000 beds in Spain, Portugal and Italy.
Alexandre
Alexandre Santos
CEOEstamo
Alexandre is CEO of Estamo since 2018. He has a large experience in banking management and worked for Banco Espírito Santo, ABN AMRO Bank and Banif. Bachelor Degree in Bank Management at Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária and Post Degree in Luxury Products & Services Marketing at Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
Bruno
Bruno Lobo
Chief Investment OfficerViventi Group
Bruno Lobo is the Chief Investment Officer for Viventi Capital, an investor developer based in London focused on large scale urban placemaking projects across Europe. Previously, he was the Head of Europe for AECOM Capital, the investment and development arm of AECOM based in NYC and London focused on the US and Europe. He was a founding director of Avenida Capital, a real estate development and investment firm based in NYC focused on urban development projects across Latin America. He started his career at the global RE group of Brookfield Asset Management a global alternative asset manager, based in NYC and Sao Paulo. Bruno Lobo hold a PhD from Columbia University and a MArch from the Technical University of Lisbon and Tokyo University.
Carla
Carla Andre
Managing DirectorCR Investment Management
Carla André has more than 20 years’ experience in real estate and asset based financing. Before joining CR, Carla worked for RE lender Eurohypo and headed the Portuguese Branch from 2012 to 2016.
Carlos
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and AcquisitionsASG Iberia Advisors
Carlos is a Director at ASG Iberia focusing on sourcing and acquisitions. Prior to joining ActivumSG group in 2015, he was the head of the PwC and also the KPMG Real Estate Transactions division from 2007 through the end of 2014. He also established the PwC and KPMG Spanish desks in Latin America. In 2004 Carlos joined Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), where he was responsible for Corporate Solutions and the Southern region in the Industrial and Logistics department. Carlos also worked for Inmobiliaria Secoplat, a Spanish residential developer and construction company. Carlos holds an International MBA from University Antonio de Nebrija and a Professional Certificate in International Business from University of California.
Christopher
Christopher Hütwohl
Managing DirectorCorestate Capital Advisors
Christopher Hütwohl has covered management positions in project development, asset management and investment management and was regional manager Southern Europe for Germany’s leading real estate funds from 2002 - 2014. He has headed many benchmark operations throughout Europe in the volume of more than 3bn. Euros. His former engagements include: Commerzbank AG (1995 - 2000), Fraport AG (Frankfurt Airport Authority) (2000 - 2002), Commerz Real AG (2002 - 2008), Deka Immobilien GmbH (2008 - 2014)
Diogo
Diogo Ivo Cruz
Project DirectorInvest Lisboa
Diogo Ivo Cruz is Project Director at Invest Lisboa, Lisbon’s Investment Promotion Agency.
MSc in Integrated Environmental Studies by University of Southampton and MBA by AESE Business School, Diogo has had a diverse career ranging from scientific research to environmental project management and co-founder a technological start-up.
Now, at Invest Lisboa, Diogo has been deeply involved at the promotion of Lisbon as an investment destination and supporting investors throughout the decision-making process, by offering advice, providing information, promoting partnerships, and enabling projects.
MSc in Integrated Environmental Studies by University of Southampton and MBA by AESE Business School, Diogo has had a diverse career ranging from scientific research to environmental project management and co-founder a technological start-up.
Now, at Invest Lisboa, Diogo has been deeply involved at the promotion of Lisbon as an investment destination and supporting investors throughout the decision-making process, by offering advice, providing information, promoting partnerships, and enabling projects.
Edward
Edward Miller
VP PortugalRound Hill Capital
Edward has 10 years of experience in Real Estate Investment and Development across a wide range of sectors and geographies. His career started at EC Harris, working across global accounts for major banking and institutional clients. Edward has been at Round Hill Capital for 5 years and now oversees day to day investment activity across Portugal.
Elson
Elson Angélico
General Director & PartnerMEXTO Property Investment
Portuguese and Angolan Citizen, son of a diplomat’s family, studied Fashion- and Interior-Design at "Créapole l’École de Création et Management" in Paris. After his studies and living and working for international luxury brands in Paris for almost 15 years, he was living in New York, Thailand, Bali, Zurich, Singapore, Seoul and Lisbon. He was consultant for different Hotel Projects in Asia as well as various international Projects in the Fashion and Design Industry. Elson is Founder Member and Member of the Supervisory Board of MEXTO Holding AG and responsible for the acquisition of new projects and the Strategic Management of the different SPVs and Projects. He speaks fluently Portuguese, French, English, Spanish and German.
Emanuele
Emanuele Dubini
President-France & Senior Partner IberiaDEA Capital
Emanuele Dubini joined, as Managing Partner, DeA Capital Real Estate Building up the French Operations. DeA Capital Real Estate France IS Part of DeA Capital pan-European real estate Expansion Via Group Subsidiaries Through Local Senior Management Teams.The Company, headquarter in Paris, is a joint venture between the DeA Capital Group and a local Senior Management team with a proven track record in the French real estate sector. Emanuele has a proven experience and knowledge of the sector, having held numerous senior leadership roles in companies in Europe and the USA.
Gregg
Gregg Gilbert
Principal, Head of IberiaBenson Elliot Capital Management
Gregg is a Principal and Head of Iberia at Benson Elliot, a pan-European real estate private equity fund investing across all asset classes. He dedicates his time to originating and analysing new equity and debt investment opportunities across Europe, with a primary focus on Spain and Portugal. In addition, Gregg manages Benson Elliot’s current investments in Spain. Gregg joined Benson Elliot in 2011 from Colony Capital, where he worked on debt and equity investments across Europe. Earlier in his career Gregg was a consultant at ERA, advising clients on the market and financial feasibility of large-scale hotel, residential, and leisure developments across the United States, Asia,
Henrique
Henrique Vale
PartnerAntecâmara
Henrique Vale é Partner na ANTECÂMARA desde 2015, onde coordena o departamento comercial e integra a equipa de project management, tendo participado diretamente no desenvolvimento de projetos das mais variadas dimensões, sobretudo na cidade do Porto. Com formação em Gestão, pela Universidade de Aveiro, o seu percurso profissional integra experiencias em empresas dos setores das telecomunicações e do imobiliário, tendo colaborado vários anos com grupo PT Comunicações. Atualmente, além da sua ligação à ANTECÂMARA, está ligado a várias iniciativas relacionadas com o mercado imobiliário no norte de Portugal.
Hugo
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice PresidentAPPII
Hugo Santos Ferreira is the Executive Vice 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.
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