
Ludwig
Ludwig Menke
Production ManagerGRI Club
Brazil
Production Manager at GRI Club. My job is to connect top investors, developers, banks, consultants, lawyers, and other Real Estate players and executives to GRI meetings and events that I produce in Brazil, Portugal and USA. International Relations and Affairs Analyst and Economist at Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP). Study abroad in France at ICN Business School with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA Program).

Thiago
Thiago Alves
Senior Director RE Europe & Head of RE PortugalGRI Club
Thiago is part of the GRI senior management team in Europe and is responsible for the day-to-day run of the GRI Europe department with key responsibilities to manage and build deep relationships with C-levels executives active in Europe.
Discussions
Discussions
Capital Flows
Local JVs the future or little equity to play?
Lending & Capital Transactions
Low liquidity, how to remain competitive in the recovery?
NPLs & Distressed Opportunities
Bargains here or still waiting for the bottom?
Future Offices
Still resilient or post COVID demand shuffle?
Hospitality
Distressed wave or recovery possible through acquisitions?
Local Investments & Urban Agenda
Underwriting risks, are all parties aligned?
Retail & Logistics
Reimagine physical stores or reinvent landlord/tenant partnerships?
Living Segments
Fundamentals never better or pricing not matching demand?
Participants from past editions
Alberto López Balbas
Managing Partner
by Urbania
Carlos Malagoni
Partner & Managing Director
JPM Participações
Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner
Grupo Azora
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice President
APPII
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
João Pita
Vice President - Development Management
Round Hill Capital
João Sousa
CEO/Founder
JPS Group
José Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE Finance EMEA
Banco de Sabadell
Julio Delgado
CEO
Quinta da Ombria
Katja Pazelskaya
Founder/Managing Director
Blue Tagus
Koldo Ibarra
CEO
DeACapital
Miguel Cabrita
Board Member
Mexto
Miguel França Santana
Board Member
Fidelidade
Nuno Coelho
Managing Director.
NCP Realty
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor Relations
Norfin
Paulo Loureiro
CEO
Bondstone
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Pedro Seabra
Partner
Explorer Investments
Pedro Vicente
Board Member
Habitat Invest
Peter Plaut
Executive Director
Wimmer Family Office
Steffen Kluners
Investment Director
London & Regional Properties
Telmo Carriço
Managing Director
Legendre
Tiago Violas Ferreira
Partner
Violas Ferreira
Vittorio Calvi di Bergolo
Managing Director
LX Partners

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

Carlos
Carlos Malagoni
Partner & Managing DirectorJPM Participações
Portugal
Experiência comprovada em Direção Geral, Gestão Financeira, Operacional e Estratégica, orientada ao crescimento do valor e dos resultados de empresas de grande e médio porte dos segmentos de telecomunicações, entretenimento, editorial, financeiro/bancário, imobiliário e autopeças (aftermarket). Destaca-se nas seguintes competências: Comunicação. Liderança. Credibilidade e rede de relacionamento com investidores, bancos e Instituições financeiras no Brasil e exterior. Visão do negócio, formação e direção de equipe de alta performance e gestão de operações em diversas fases: start-up, crescimento, reestruturação, venda de ativos e abertura de capital. Atua nos últimos 11 anos no segmento imobiliário no Brasil e Estados Unidos.

Cristina
Cristina García-Peri
Managing PartnerGrupo Azora
Spain
Cristina García-Peri is Head of Corporate Development and Strategy 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).

Hugo
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice PresidentAPPII
Portugal
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
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
João Pita
Vice President - Development ManagementRound Hill Capital
Portugal
João is a Vice President 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
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
José Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE Finance EMEABanco de Sabadell
Spain
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.

Julio
Julio Delgado
CEOQuinta da Ombria
Portugal
Julio has a degree in Business and Economy by Seville University and a master degree in Hotels Management, by Madrid Polytechnic University. He also has a Master in Golf Management by Wales University/EADE, a General Manager Program in Cornell University NY and another Master in RE Management, by Law and Economy Institute of Barcelona, among other courses. He has particular expertise on 5 star resorts management, standing out as CEO/GM at: Ombria 5 star Resort in Algarve, Portugal, PGA Catalunya Resort*****; Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa***** in Italy; La Manga Club Golf Resort***** in Cartagena; La Cala Resort***** in Malaga, Resort Barceló Envía Golf & Spa***** in Almeria, among other professional experiences on luxury tourism sector.

Katja
Katja Pazelskaya
Founder/Managing DirectorBlue Tagus
Portugal
With over a decade of experience in successful implementation of funding and capital solutions, investor relations and European regulatory framework development. Based in Europe, she was an Executive Director at ABN AMRO, overseeing €120 billion real estate loan book and managing secured funding efforts for the bank internationally. Katja has worked on number of projects involving restructuring, nationalisation and the mergers in the banking sector , established new funding programs in Europe, US and Asia. She was a member of the Master of Finance supervisory committee and a guest lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. Katja’s degree is in Economics and she completed a management program at INSEAD business school in Singapore and France

Koldo
Koldo Ibarra
CEODeACapital
Spain

Miguel
Miguel Cabrita
Board MemberMexto
Portugal
Miguel is a Board Member of Mexto Portugal S.A. 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 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.

Nuno
Nuno Coelho
Managing Director.NCP Realty
Portugal
Nuno Coelho is a realty investor with more than 20 years' experience in development and construction in Brazil and Portugal, involved in more than 500.000 m2 in development projects, 200 million EUR raised in equity/debt and has been partner in several real estate companies per investments or management. Electrical engineer/UFPR with a solid background in business management with an MBA/FIA-SP, and a Master's Degree/Lisbon University, pursue continuous academic development and partnerships to join real estate enterprises.

Paulo
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor RelationsNorfin
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
Paulo Loureiro
CEOBondstone
Portugal
Paulo Loureiro is the Founder and CEO of Bondstone. He was formerly the Managing Partner of Louvre Capital, a real estate developer focused on high-end residential projects. Since 2016, Paulo has structured real estate projects representing an investment of more than €100 million in Portugal. Prior to founding Louvre Capital and Bondstone, Paulo was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in New York. He started his career with Schlumberger, spending six years in Argentina and Brazil holding various operational and management positions. 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.

Pedro
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
Pedro Seabra
PartnerExplorer Investments
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
Pedro Vicente
Board MemberHabitat Invest
Portugal
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 2020 represent an investment greater than €300 million.

Peter
Peter Plaut
Executive DirectorWimmer Family Office
United Kingdom
Peter 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 global financial crisis. More recently, since the Covid-19 Pandemic locked down the global economy, Plaut has signed over $5 billion of Engagements and/or Term Sheets across various real estate assets classes including residential, mixed use, office, and hospitality. This is a recognition of his ability to manage through crisis and create positive investment opportunities in all environments.

Steffen
Steffen Kluners
Investment DirectorLondon & Regional Properties
United Kingdom
STEFFEN KLUNERS Investment Director - Marcol
Marcol is an international investment firm with over 120 employees in four offices and a track record of €5.0bn of real estate investments across all real estate asset classes . Steffen is responsible for originating and executing real estate opportunities in Western Europe. He is spearheading the expansion of Marcol's self-storage platform, which involves the acquisition and conversion of underutilized real estate (mainly retail) in urban areas across Germany. Prior to Marcol, Steffen worked at Deutsche Finance International, PIMCO and Blackstone. Steffen has a Master’s degree in Finance from the London School of Economics.

Telmo
Telmo Carriço
Managing DirectorLegendre
Portugal

Tiago
Tiago Violas Ferreira
PartnerViolas Ferreira
Portugal
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.

Vittorio
Vittorio Calvi di Bergolo
Managing DirectorLX Partners
Portugal
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 sector becoming one of the largest investor in Portugal and more recently interest in the Italian market.
Portugal Advisory Board Members
Alberto López Balbas
Managing Partner
by Urbania

http://www.urbaniainternational.com
+34 951 191 750
Madrid | Spain
Urbania is a privately-owned real estate investment, development and management company with projects valued at over 1€ billion. Operating in Spain and Brasil, with offices in Malaga, Madrid, Barcelona, Ibiza and Fortaleza, and with more than 100 professional staff, their main lines of business include land bank, residential developments, student housing (through the Syllabus brand), co-working spaces (through the Monday brand) and build-to-rent projects.
Brian Betel
Managing Partner
ASG Iberia Advisors

http://www.activumsg.com
+34 917 37 58 55
Madrid | Spain
Activum IberiaSG invests in niche value add commercial real estate include shopping center and hotel repositioning and residential development opportunities, enhancing assets through hands-on management.
Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner
Grupo Azora

http://www.azora.es/
+34 913 106 370
Madrid | Spain
PE investment and Asset Management Is an independent asset manager, based in Spain, which has raised over €3.7Bn of capital since its inception in 2003. Azora invests in real assets across Europe and has a special focus on hospitality, rented residential
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice 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
Vice President - Development Management
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
Managing Director
Vanguard Properties

https://www.vangproperties.com/en/about-us/
+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

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 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 focused on the Portuguese market, investing across select asset classes and investment styles. 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 in Portugal.
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
Explorer Investments

http://www.explorerinvestments.com/
+351 21 324 18 20
Lisbon | Portugal
Explorer is Portugal’s leading independent management firm for Private Equity across different asset classes. Explorer currently manages and advises over 1.3BN€ in assets across 4 Business Areas: Private Equity, Growth Capital, Real Estate and Tourism.
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
Board Member
Habitat Invest

http://www.habitatinvest.pt/
+351 213 461 024
Lisbon | 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.
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
Alberto López Balbas
Managing Partnerby Urbania
Spain
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Urbania international. The firm’s main areas of expertise include residential development, alternative investments and real estate debt. Mr. Lopez has overall responsibility for all aspects of the business and is directly involved in the execution of all transactions – originating, underwriting, financing and asset managing properties. He is Chairman of Syllabus a first-class student living concept with over 3000 beds. Mr. Lopez oversees the real estate debt strategy, an alternative advisory lending firm focused on providing capital solutions for southern European developers with a specialized focused on the Iberian market across several assets class.

Brian
Brian Betel
Managing PartnerASG Iberia Advisors
Spain
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 PartnerGrupo Azora
Spain
Cristina García-Peri is Head of Corporate Development and Strategy 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).

Hugo
Hugo Santos Ferreira
Executive Vice PresidentAPPII
Portugal
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
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
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
João Pita
Vice President - Development ManagementRound Hill Capital
Portugal
João is a Vice President 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
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
José Cardoso Botelho
Managing DirectorVanguard 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
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
Paulo Barradas
MD, Head of M&A and Investor RelationsNorfin
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
Paulo Loureiro
CEOBondstone
Portugal
Paulo Loureiro is the Founder and CEO of Bondstone. He was formerly the Managing Partner of Louvre Capital, a real estate developer focused on high-end residential projects. Since 2016, Paulo has structured real estate projects representing an investment of more than €100 million in Portugal. Prior to founding Louvre Capital and Bondstone, Paulo was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in New York. He started his career with Schlumberger, spending six years in Argentina and Brazil holding various operational and management positions. 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.

Pedro
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
Pedro Seabra
PartnerExplorer Investments
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
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
Pedro Vicente
Board MemberHabitat Invest
Portugal
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 2020 represent an investment greater than €300 million.

Volkert
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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