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As Chief Investment Officer, Brian Finerty leads Equity International’s Investments group, overseeing all investment activity and portfolio company management. Drawing from a deep network of relationships and experience in global markets, Brian is responsible for setting investment strategy and guiding the team in originating and executing deals. Brian is also a member of EI’s Management Committee and Investment Committee. Brian is a director of five EI portfolio companies: GuardeAqui, SAMHI, Decameron Hotel & Resorts, Estapar Estacionamentos, and ARG Realty. Brian earned an MBA in analytic finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA from the University of Michigan.

Santiago Porta is the IFC’s Global Sector Leader for Commercial Property. He has over 13 years in banking, leading investments and client relationships with key private sector partners across all property subsectors and emerging markets regions -including Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. He lives in Washington DC, US, and, before joining IFC, he worked in the structured finance and corporate finance groups at Enron and Price Waterhouse Coopers respectively. Santiago holds an MBA from IESE Business School and an Industrial Engineering Degree at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires.

Gregorio Schneider is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of TC Latin America Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience in emerging markets, investing in both the public and private markets through a variety of assets and strategies, including debt, equity, distressed assets and real estate. Prior to forming TC Latin America Partners, Gregorio was Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets at Och-Ziff Capital Management, Portfolio Manager at The Rohatyn Group (TRG) and worked at Spinnaker Capital. Gregorio is a member of the EMPEA Latin America Council and the LAVCA real estate council. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the ITAM in Mexico City.

Alejandro (Alex) is a Managing Director with Paladin Realty Partners, where he oversees the firm’s activities in South and Central America (excluding Brazil). He serves on the firm’s investment committee. Mr. Krell has three decades of management and real estate development experience, including senior executive positions at some of the largest residential development and construction firms in the world. He was previously the Development Director for an Abu Dhabi government-owned company. Mr. Krell also held executive positions with leading US homebuilders more recently as Division President for Pulte Homes.

Mr. Munk joined Hines in October as CIO, Americas and is responsible for developing investment strategy for North and South America that is in line with the global views of the firm. He is a member of the firm’s Executive and global Investment Committees. Munk brings more than 20 years of diverse experience in real estate investing activities in the U.S., Europe and Latin America. Before joining the firm, he served as Managing Director, Americas, Chief Investment Officer and head of Latin America at PGIM Real Estate. While at PGIM, he was responsible for Americas transaction activities, U.S. real estate debt strategies and Latin American operations.

Tal Peri is Head of U.S East Cost & Latin America for Union Investment Real Estate. He joined Germany’s largest open-ended real estate fund in 2010 in the New York office and has since closed $3.7 billion in acquisition & disposition transactions. Prior to this role, Tal was an Associate Director at WestLB, New York, where he was responsible for $1.3 billion in real estate acquisition & development finance transactions.

Armando Fregoso is currently Sr. Vice President, Country Manager for Prologis, Inc. in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is responsible for managing 10 million square feet, a team of 50 vibrant employees, all of our capital deployment and operations activities in Brazil and leads our Prologis Brazil Logistic Venture of nearly US $1.0 billion. Armando has participated in multiple leadership and career development programs, including: Dartmouth Society of Investment and Economics, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and GRI. Armando holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.

Jonathan Epstein is a Managing Partner at BentallGreenOak responsible for the firm’s Investing activities in the Western US and all Core Plus investing initiatives in the United States. Prior to the merger of Bentall Kennedy and GreenOak Real Estate in 2019, Jonathan led GreenOak’s investment efforts in the western United States and was responsible for the firm’s investment strategy, sourcing, structuring, and asset management for the western region.

Mr. Cornforth has over 25 years of real estate experience and joined Brookfield in late 2013 from Prologis where he was President, East Region, overseeing an operating portfolio of 92 million sq. ft. and a development land bank in excess of 30 million sq. ft. He previously worked at AMB beginning in 2003 prior to the AMB/Prologis merger in 2011. For most of his career Mr. Cornforth has focused on the industrial warehouse space beginning with Cabot Industrial Trust and its successor company, Cabot Properties, where he was an SVP and held national development duties. He also worked at AEW Capital Management in various roles as VP Portfolio Management and Investments.

Mr. Lee serves as Head of Int’l Capital Markets in China Visionary Group (CVG) to lead business development, investor partnership, and cross-border capital market execution. CVG is an affiliate of KE Holdings (NYSE: BEKE, China’s largest tech-enabled real estate service platform, circa. US$ 60 billion market cap). He has been directly involved in the acquisition of US$10 billion of real estate investments across Asia and the U.S. Previously, he had worked as principal investment position at RedBridge House (2015-2019) as CEO, Panda Express, CBRE Investors, AIG Nan Shan Life, Colony Capital, and Arthur Andersen in 1999. He spent two years as second lieutenant of transportation in Taiwan Navy. He is an Education Doctoral candidate at USC.

Lee Schaffler, CFA, is an Executive Director in the Global Real Assets Group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. He oversees a portfolio of wholly owned and joint venture commercial real estate investments across the U.S. with a focus on retail, as well as office, multifamily, & mixed-use property types. Lee was previously an associate portfolio manager at J.P. Morgan, with responsibility for investing the real estate allocation of a large U.S. corporate pension fund client. Lee is a member of various industry organizations including ICSC, ULI, NYPEN, CFAI, and NYSSA. He earned a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.S. from Columbia University.

Having spent the past 21 years in the real estate industry, I get excited about it each day! In the industry, I have had the opportunity to gain both a depth and breadth of experience - spanning asset management, transaction execution, operations, marketing, strategy setting, process improvement and debt structuring/origination. Known for my infectious energy and inclusive leadership style, I have developed a reputation as someone who gets things done.

With over 20 years of University Public Private Partnerships Transaction and Development Experience, Julie has focused her career on creating dynamic mixed-use environments driven by institutional objectives. - Delivered over $5 Billion in mixed-use campus communities - Oversees $2 Billion Development Pipeline - Focused on structuring complex multi-phased student life developments for colleges and universities - Expertise in building and managing large planning, design, construction, finance and operations teams - Structures innovative project financing and implementation strategies - Regular speaker, moderator, subject-matter expert for industry organization, conferences and publications.

Kimberly Hourihan, who joined CBRE Global Investors in 2007, is a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for the Americas. Ms. Hourihan is a member of the Americas Investment Committee as well as a member of CBRE Global Investors’ Global Leadership Team. Ms. Hourihan has over 20 years of real estate investment experience. In her previous role with the Firm, she served as a Managing Director and the Portfolio Manager for two international sovereign wealth fund clients with total assets under management with the Firm of more than $4 billion representing 11.7 million square feet. In this position, Ms. Hourihan was responsible for client relations, portfolio management, asset management, acquisitions and dispositions.

Over 20 years of experience in real estate development, investment and asset management in the US and Latin America. I currently work as the Housing sector lead at Nuveen for co-living and flex term rental strategies which includes evaluating prop-tech strategies in the housing industry with innovative operators as well as new investments in op-co and prop-co companies. Lead for acquisitions and asset management for Nuveen's housing investments in Florida. Our portfolio includes approximately 31 properties - 9,700 units of student, conventional and income restricted apartments. Currently evaluating value-add, core plus and core apartment acquisitions in Florida as well as joint venture opportunities for ground up development on multifamily

Joseph Sitt is Chairman & CEO of Thor Equities Group, a leader in the global institutional real estate industry with divisions currently spread across three continents and a focus on subniche asset classes. Founded in 1986, Thor Equities Group owns prime assets in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, with portfolio transactions and a development pipeline spanning 50 million square feet in excess of $20 billion. Thor has achieved status as a pioneer across various asset classes and the firm specializes in investing in and restoring iconic luxury assets around the globe, specifically the 200-year-old Burlington Arcade in London, the historic Phelan Building in San Francisco, and prized Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.

As Co-President of CH Investment Partners, Mike is responsible for setting the direction of investment research, asset allocation, and risk management, as well as the selection of third-party investment managers. He has been employed by Crow Holdings affiliated entities since 1994. From 1994 to 1998, Mike assisted in the transition of Wyndham International from a privately held enterprise controlled by Crow Holdings to a publicly traded company. As Vice President of Finance, he was responsible for bank and investor relations, corporate finance related to mergers and acquisitions, and various other finance and capital raising activities. Mike currently serves as a trustee of the endowment funds for the Notre Dame School of Dallas.

Ramesh is the CEO & Country Head of JLL India. He spearheads the overall direction, strategy and growth of the Firm in the country. Having joined JLL in 1999, Ramesh has over 22 years of diversified, hands-on, professional expertise in most facets of the real estate business. He has worked across asset classes such office, retail, land, residential, warehousing and industrial, advising leading domestic and multinational owners, investors and occupiers in India. Throughout his career, Ramesh has helped clients define and deliver successful real estate projects of the highest quality. He recently completed his AMP from Harvard Business School and is a guest lecturer at IIM Ahmedabad and ISB Hyderabad.

Sanjay has over 24 years of experience in the real estate sector. Sanjay was previously the CEO of Ascendas-Singbridge’s India Operations and Private Funds. He was responsible for creating a positive cultural change enabling accelerated growth through acquisitions of 5 new opportunities and redevelopment of existing parks adding 16 million sft. in less than 2 years. His role included green field developments and asset management business spread across 5 cities in India with over 13 million sft of predominantly IT SEZ/ Parks. He also managed an 1100 acre Industrial Township and assisted the Group with the acquisition of 1700 acres start up area in the new capital city of Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.

Ankur Gupta is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Property Group and Head of Real Estate business in India, responsible for all aspects of property business in the country including strategy, investments and asset management.He has held numerous senior roles within the firm. Previously, he was a senior member of Brookfield’s property investments team in New York where he was involved in investments and financings totaling more than $25 billion including IDI Logistics, Capital Automotive REIT, Associated Estates, Rouse Properties and Forest City Realty Trust. He has overseen the establishment and growth of Brookfield’s real estate business in India through three large portfolio acquisitions more than 25 million SF.

Mr. Sahil Vachani is Managing Director of MVIL. He has diverse experience across various sectors including consumer durables and real estate. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in management sciences from the University of Warwick, U.K., which he completed in 2003. He started his career as an investment banker with Citigroup in London where he worked on mergers and acquisitions across the Middle East and Africa region. In the year 2004, he joined Dixon Technologies, a consumer appliance manufacturing firm, as Business Head and set up new verticals across multiple locations. In the year 2006, Mr. Vachani ventured into new entrepreneurial opportunities – setting up a trading and IT business in Pakistan and also an online educational startup.

Jonathan Yap is President, CapitaLand Financial of CapitaLand Group. Jonathan oversees the Group’s fund platform which includes seven listed trusts with a total market capitalisation of approximately S$36 billion as of 31 December 2019, as well as over 20 private funds. He also oversees the Group’s India business. Jonathan is a member of the CapitaLand Executive Committee.

Vinamra Srivastava is the Chief Executive Officer, India Business Parks for Capitaland. Vinamra oversees investments, development, operations, asset management and strategic planning for the business parks in India, and leads the expansion and enhancement of the Group’s portfolio of assets in the country. He was previously based in Singapore heading Group Corporate Strategy & Development. He contributed to the successful Ascendas-Singbridge post-merger integration process and played a key leadership role to develop the India strategy.

Sudhanshu is a Managing Partner at EverVantage and heads the Capital Markets and Investment Banking verticals across asset classes. He has gathered over a decade of experience in fund raising and deal structuring. Sudhanshu is the go-to specialist in capital advisory to Real Estate and Hospitality developers nationwide. He has single handedly raised over 1.5 Bn USD in the real estate sector.

Jason Lee is a Director and Chief Investment Officer for AEW in Asia and Portfolio Manager for AEW's Asia Core Plus/Value-Add Strategy. He is also a member of the AEW Asia Investment Committee. Mr. Lee is responsible for implementing the investment strategy including, sourcing, structuring and underwriting of new investment opportunities. Mr. Lee has 22 years of real estate investment experience. Prior roles include being a Director of Merrill Lynch’s Asia Opportunistic Real Estate Fund and the Global Principal Investments Group. Mr. Lee has a B.S. from Cornell University, an M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is fluent in Mandarin.

Rush Desai heads the Asia‐Pacific hub at Allianz Real Estate GmbH. He is a member of the Allianz Real Estate Executive Committee as well as the Investment Committee. Rush is leading the expansion of the Allianz Real Estate across key markets like China, India, South East Asia, Australia and Japan.

Bart Coenraads has over 20 years of real estate investment experience, as well as managing direct real estate portfolios and real estate developments. He was Head of Asia Pacific & Global Strategy Director for LaSalle Global Partner Solutions. He led LaSalle GPS' investment selection in the APAC region, as well as secondary and recapitalization investment opportunities. As Global Strategy Director he was responsible for coordinating and monitoring the investment strategy for the GPS clients. Before LaSalle, he worked for Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Mn Services and Royal Ahold. Bart holds a Masters in Real Estate from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in Legal and Economics from the Fontys Hogeschool, Eindhoven.

Ms Chan has over 20 years of experience in real estate and related fund management industry. Prior to Link, Ms Chan has various roles in Harvest Capital Partners, ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) and Hutchison Whampoa Properties. Ms Chan has extensive experience in direct asset investment, debt and equity investment and financing, asset management, REIT and private equity fund set up and management in the Greater China Region. Ms Chan holds a BSc from The University of Hong Kong and a MSc in Global Finance jointly conferred by the New York University Stern School of Business and the HKUST Business School. She is a qualified General Practice Surveyor and a member of HKIS and RICS.

Blake Olafson is a Founding Partner of ACRE and has spent 28 years in the real estate industry covering all aspects of the direct investment process including origination, underwriting, risk control, and creation of unique deal structures and exits. Mr. Olafson is responsible for the expansion of ACRE’s platform in southeast Asia and oversees ACRE’s flagship developments in Thailand and Indonesia. Prior to ACRE, he was Head of Asian Real Estate at Arcapita, where he was responsible for a $1.8 billion Asian real estate portfolio.

Mr Frank Khoo joined CDL as Group Chief Investment Officer in February 2018. He assists the Group CEO to source and execute new investment opportunities, and also establish a dedicated fund management platform. With over 20 years of international experience in fund management, private experience in fund management, equity, acquisition of real estate assets and the repositioning and restructuring of real estate businesses, Mr Khoo has an extensive network of investors, ranging from insurance companies, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth individuals across Asia and Europe.

Mr Jae Choi is Head of Capital Markets of ARA Private Funds. He is responsible for leading its global fundraising activities, structuring and launching new investment funds and products, and establishing and maintaining capital partnerships with global investors. Mr Choi has more than 20 years of experience in the banking and finance industry, particularly in private funds and asset management. Prior to joining ARA, he was COO and Head of Investor Relations and Capital Markets at Forum Partners, Co-Founder of Asia Asset Partners and held senior positions in Blackstone, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and GE Commercial Finance. Mr Choi holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics, both from the University of Sydney, Australia.

Angelo is the Founder and Managing Director of Acure Asset Management Ltd an Australian Wholesale Property Funds Management group that commenced in 2012 that currently has over $400m AUM throughout Australia. He is responsible in identifying opportunities for its wholesale funds. Previous to Acure, Angelo was the Founder and Managing Director of an Australian ASX 300 Listed REIT with over $1.4bn in AUM. He has over 26 years of experience in funds management and capital markets.

After having worked in various roles in various origination and coverage teams, Dr. Mayank Kaul transitioned into a Managing Director role at Citi, being responsible for risk managing the company’s real estate lending portfolio across the Institutional and Private Bank businesses for APAC and EMEA. He brings to this role more than 17 years of expertise in real estate finance in the region as well as leveraging academic knowledge gained while pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in the area of debt financing for Asia Pacific REITs.

Brian has been working in the growth markets of Asia for over two decades. He joined Actis in 2018 through the sale of Standard Chartered Bank’s Principal Finance Real Estate group, a business he founded in 2010. Under his leadership, this business invested over USD 1 billion in opportunistic real estate throughout China, Korea, India and Southeast Asia. The business was successful in forming over 20 joint venture partnerships with high quality partners throughout its markets. Before joining Standard Chartered Bank, Brian spent sixteen years at RREEF, the real estate investment management arm of Deutsche Bank, almost all of the time based in Asia. Brian started his career with Bankers Trust’s real estate banking group based in New York.

Louise is a managing director for Nuveen Real Estate based in Hong Kong and works across the Asia Pacific region, she sits on the Asia Pacific Real Estate Leadership team and is an investment committee member. She is responsible for fund investment strategy and overall performance of assets, including day-to-day operations, acquisition analysis, asset management, client and reporting-related matters. Louise joined the firm in 2017 from Invesco Real Estate having been the fund manager for the Invesco Real Estate Asia Fund since its inception.

Craig co-founded Scape Australia in 2013. After a partnership at Minter Ellison Legal, he became General Counsel of Consolidated Press Holdings. Craig then made the move to the investment world, first as CEO of Arctic Capital and then as co-founder of Telopea Capital Partners. After seeing the importance and potential of student living, Craig took on the role of Executive Chairman at PAD Student Living, co-founding Scape Australia soon after. Craig is responsible for Scape Australia’s legal, compliance and investor relations.

Ms. Wong is the Chief Executive Officer of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust, overseeing its strategic development as well as asset management and enhancement. She also spearheads the team to seek for growth opportunities, formulate acquisition and investment strategies and monitor the capital structure of the Trust, including the planning and overseeing of capital raising activities from the market. Ms. Wong has almost 20 years’ experience in local and overseas financial industry. Prior to joining the Trust, she worked at Citigroup and J.P. Morgan's investment banking division. She was honoured with the title of Best CEO by FinanceAsia in 2020 and is the Chairperson of Asia Pacific Real Estate Association Hong Kong chapter.

Robert Wilson is chairman of Minett Prime Square, an independent advisory firm dedicated to the hospitality industry, and also serves as a non-executive director of GreenFort Capital, an alternative real estate specialist. Previously he was an executive director with Morgan Stanley Capital and president of Panorama Hospitality and based in both Tokyo and London. He has broad experience in hotel operations, investment and asset management in multiple regions and countries.

Bill Doramus joined ACRE in 2020 to focus on the multifamily real estate business in Asia. Mr. Doramus has more than 16 years of real estate experience in Asia and the United States, including principal investments, capital markets, development and asset management.

Prior to joining ACRE, he was a Director in Crédit Agricole’s Real Estate and Lodging Group in Hong Kong. Mr. Doramus’ previous experience includes positions at Vingroup (Vietnam’s largest listed real estate developer), Lehman Brothers, and Bank of America. Bill received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Ari is a member of the Loan Origination team within the Investment Banking Coverage Group. Ari specializes in originating real estate and private equity related financing opportunities. Previously, Ari held senior positions at Tokyo Star Bank and Jones LaSalle in Tokyo, and started his real estate career within the Commercial Real Estate finance group at Deutsche in Japan. Ari graduated from Colby College, USA, with a double major in Economics and East Asian Studies and speaks fluent Japanese, living in Japan since 1993.

Since May 2016, Jean Pierre Serani is the Head of the Investment Banking division of Bancolombia, where he is in charge of the M&A, DCM/ECM, Project, Corporate and Acquisition Finance, Merchant Banking and Special Situations teams. Previously, for three years he was the CEO of Valores Bancolombia, the bank´s brokerage unit and the Head of the Sales & Trading division. Before 2013, he held several positions on the Investment Banking division for more than eight years. Mr. Serani received his undergraduate degree in Business from Universidad EAFIT and his MBA degree from Georgia Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar.

Partner, Head of Real Estate and Member of the Straegic Comitee of Vinci Partners. Previously, he was the CFO and IRO of BRMalls where he was responsible for investors relations, funding strategy, acquisitions and monitoring financial operations performance of greenfield and brownfield developments. Before, worked for Banco Pactual from 2004 to 2006 in its Investment Banking Division covering the Real Estate sector. From 1999 to 2004, he was Partner and the head of the Real Estate Group at Banco CR2. From 1994 to 1999, he was co-head of the Real Estate Group of Banco BBM. He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from PUC-Rio and an EP Degree from Stanford University.

Carlos Jereissati Filho grew up in the universe of shopping centers and was always encouraged by his father to be interested in the family business. In 1997, he officially joined Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers and, since then, has held several positions in the group. Since 2005, when he assumed the presidency, he has had the mission of making the company grow, preserving its culture and its DNA. Over the past decade, he led the IPO process and opened several projects.

Fauze Barreto Antun is a Partner in the Real Estate Division working on the origination, structuring and execution processes of our real estate transactions. Before joining Pátria, Mr. Antun was responsible for mergers and acquisitions and turnaround processes for Íntegra Associados. Between 1995 and 2001, he was a Senior Associate at the equity and debt capital markets area of JPMorgan, Chase Manhattan and Banco Patrimônio. He also worked on several fixed income transactions, IPOs and block trades. Mr. Antun holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Mr. Lima is CEO/CIO and a Board Member at Hemisfério Sul Investimentos. In 2003, Mr. Lima cofounded the real estate division at GP Investimentos, where he served as head of acquisitions. Prior to this, Mr. Lima had joined Rio Bravo’s real estate finance group in 2000, where he was responsible for structuring securities, including some of the first in the then-incipient Brazilian market. Over his career, Mr. Lima has invested over USD 2.0 billion of equity in 44 real estate transactions. Mr. Lima graduated from the University of Chicago in 1996 with a B.A. in Economics.

Martin Jaco started his career at Andrade Gutierrez and Método Engenharia. Then he went to CBRE, where he led the Investment department for 11 years. In 2007, he joined the startup BR Properties as CIO, with the objective of structuring the company's Investment department, responsible for acquisitions, market, development and leasing. In 2010, BR Properties made its IPO and today it is one of the most important commercial real estate companies in Brazil. Currently, Martin answers as CEO of the company.

Marcela Drigo is a Senior Vice President at Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment manager with more than $25 billion in assets under management, offering a broad range of real estate strategies across the risk/return spectrum to its more than 200 domestic and international institutional investors. Marcela has responsibility for direct over-sight of the firm's acquisition and asset management activities in Brazil. She joined Clarion Partners in 2008 and has more than 15 years experience investing in emerging markets. Marcela established JVs with local and international operating partners and headed all the investments in the logistic sector for a large separate account. She holds a MBA from Columbia Business School.

Mr. Cherman joined Tishman Speyer in 2001 and is responsible for the firm’s activities in Brazil. He is also a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to his current role, Mr. Cherman held a number of positions on the firm’s Brazil team, including managing the region’s acquisitions and leasing efforts, heading both the residential development and commercial development groups, and serving as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Mr. Cherman spent 12 years working in the development business, where he managed large-scale commercial and residential projects in Latin America. Mr. Cherman holds a degree in civil engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from the University of São Paulo.

CEO of Plaza Logística, Argentina. Eduardo Bastitta has a degree in Business Economics, graduated from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. In 2009, he co-founded and assumed the position of General Manager of Plaza Logística, a pioneering company in the provision of industrial and logistics infrastructure in the country and the region. Mr. Bastitta is a member of the Consejo Consultivo de CIPPEC and advisor to the Coalición Cívica.

Alejandro Ginevra es uno de los desarrolladores inmobiliarios más reconocidos del mercado y su prestigio ha trascendido las fronteras del País. A lo largo de tres décadas ha realizado una fructífera labor profesional. Su pasión por el urbanismo, una personalidad emprendedora incomparable y su liderazgo, aunado a la tradición familiar, lo han llevado a concretar obras de gran relevancia y siempre de carácter innovador. Supo detectar las tendencias del sector, introduciendo un nuevo concepto en Argentina, el Shopping Center, participando en la realización integral de proyectos comerciales en todo el país. La construcción del Edificio Malecón, ubicado en el Dique 1 de Puerto Madero, marcó un hito en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Mauricio Varela es Ingeniero Comercial de la Universidad Católica de Chile y MBA de Stern School of Business, New York University. Sus áreas de especialidad son las finanzas y la estrategia de negocios. Prácticamente toda su carrera profesional se ha desarrollado bajo el alero de la familia Gras, liderando el desarrollo y fortalecimiento de empresas como Socovesa, Almagro y Montgras. Después de ser Gerente de Finanzas y Planificación Estratégica de la viña Montgras, gerente de Planificación y Desarrollo de Socovesa y Gerente General de Almagro, a partir del año 2010 ejerce como Gerente General de Empresas Socovesa, el principal actor de la industria inmobiliaria nacional, y director de viña Montgras.

Director ejecutivo de Sencorp desde 2014, es responsable por el desarrollo de la empresa en el mercado de Real Estate en Chile. Con la experiencia traída de su estancia por Estados Unidos, Ricardo esta a cargo de la estrategia y expansión de los proyectos de Sencorp en el país y región.

Ingeniero Comercial , en 1995 fundó Independencia S.A. Administradora de Fondos de Inversión, siendo su propósito continuar con el giro de Rentas Inmobiliarias a través de un Fondo de Inversión. En 2005 forma Independencia Asset Management con el propósito de gestionar inversiones inmobiliarias en USA del Fondo Rentas Inmobiliarias y prestar servicios a inversionistas calificados, llegando a administrar sobre US$1300 millones en bienes raíces. Actualmente Independencia administra en forma directa o indirectamente alrededor de US$ 2.000 millones en activos, principalmente inmobiliarios, forestales, capital de riesgo y otros activos alternativos, en Chile, USA y Uruguay.

Rafael is founder, partner and CEO of QBO Constructores SAS, a company dedicated to real estate development since 2003. He is a Business Administrator from Universidad EAFIT with studies at the London School of Economics. He has held relevant positions in the Colombian financial industry during his time at the Corporación Financiera del Valle (Corfivalle) and in the aviation industry during his 5 years at Avianca where he was Commercial Vice President of the airline for Latin America.

Mr. Rizo is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Terranum Private Equity Fund, a developer and operator of office, logistics and industrial assets. Prior to his current position Mr. Rizo was the Corporate Vice-President of Terranum where he played a critical role in the definition and implementation of the investment planning and strategy as well as the definition of the capital structure the corporate strategy and the corporate governance.

Mr. Gutiérrez has been in the real estate sector since 1989, including President for Latin America for Prologis where he is responsible for all Brazil and Mexico related activities including operations, investments, acquisitions and industrial property development. Mr. Gutiérrez was co-founder of “Fondo Opción” (formerly G. Acción), the first public real estate company in Mexico, where he acted as Chief Executive Officer and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of Consejo de Empresas Globales. He is also a member the board of directors of Finaccess and Central de Estacionamientos. He also served as President of the AMPIP (The Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks) from 2005 to 2006.

Co-founder and Co-CEO: Mr. Fasja oversees the sourcing, acquisition and development of the company’s projects. Previously as Director of Acquisitions and New Development at GFa, Mr. Fasja was involved in the construction and financing of over 7 million sqf of residential, resort, and retail real estate property in Mexico. While at GFa, Jaime oversaw the development and construction of more than 3 million sqf of projects.

CEO of Walton Street Capital Mexico where he has led the capital raising and investment of over a billion USD in México. Before joining Walton Street Capital he was a Senior Director at GE Real Estate in Mexico City where he realized equity investments of over USD $350 million. He previously worked as an associate at JP Morgan Securities Inc. in New York. Federico has a degree in Economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Ricardo Zúñiga is Founding Partner, Chairman and CEO of Vertex Real Estate Investors, a private equity real estate platform focused on investing third party institutional capital in Mexico’s Real Estate Sector. Prior to his current responsibilities he was CEO of BCBA, Principal at O’Connor Capital Partners, Director at Hines Interests, Associate at Marriott Hotels and Operations Manager for Hardin Construction Group. Over his more than 23 years of real estate experience Mr. Zúñiga has been involved in either the construction, development, or financing of more than USD 3 billion of real estate property in Mexico including all asset classes.

Mr. Gonzalo Pedro Robina Ibarra serves as Chief Executive Officer of Fibra Uno. He has over 30 years of experience in the real estate sector. Before joining Fibra Uno, he was founder and Chairman of MexFund Private Investmetn Fund created in 2007. He was Chairman of Fenix Capital Group, a real estate fund owned by Deutsche Bank with over 7,000 real estate assets in Mexico and 14,000 properties under its management.

As the leader of the Latin America team, Adriano Mantesso is responsible for making RE investments locally, developing asset-management strategies and overseeing strategic partnerships for the region. Mr. Mantesso has extensive experience in the industry. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2017, he worked for five years at the investment bank BTG Pactual, where he became Partner and Head of Income Producing Properties (RE), managing what was then the largest local REIT. From 2005 to 2012, he worked for Brazilian Capital, managing private and public RE investment funds.

CEO and owner of Mitre Realty. Prior to that Fabricio has worked in Investment Banking in both London and Sao Paolo. He has worked for HSBC Macquire Bank BNP Paribas and also Credit Suisse where he covered the Real Estate sector as an Equity Research Analyst.

Gonzalo is CEO of Inversiones Centenario S.A.A., the largest real estate company in Peru, with more than US$ 1.4 billion in assets with a diversified portfolio which includes office buildings, shopping centers, industrial lots, hotels, apartments, and land development for housing. Gonzalo is alumni of Harvard Graduate School of Design; earned a Scholarship in General Management at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is MBA from Escuela de Postgrado de la Universidad del Pacífico, Lima - Perú; as well as Bachelor in Business Administration from Universidad de Lima - Peru. He also has participated in Executive Education programs at several business schools and professional institutions.

Mr. Moreno is Co-Founder & CIO at Yellowstone, an Amarilo Group company since inception. He has +12 years of professional experience in Private Equity and Real Estate investments and development. Between 2008 and 2012 he worked as a Private Equity Associate at MAS Equity Partners, a pioneer Private Equity Firm in the Andean Region. Mr. Moreno was born in Miami, FL and served in the Colombian Military as an Infantryman between 2002 and 2003, where he participated in desert operations in the Sinai Peninsula, and earned a medal of honor. He obtained an M.B.A. from IE Business School in Madrid, and a BSc in Industrial Engineering with minor in Mathematical Finance from Universidad de los Andes in Bogota.

Cintia Guimarães is responsible for strategic acquisitions, divestitures and management of investments in Latin America. Before joining Cadillac Fairview in 2014, she was a partner at TozziniFreire Advogados in São Paulo and advised in mergers and acquisitions, real estate and project financing transactions, both domestic and international. Cíntia holds a Master of Laws (LL. M.) degree in Comparative Jurisprudence, from the New York University School of Law, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree with concentration on Private Law and Civil Procedure from the Universidade de São Paulo.

Ruy Kameyama is currently CEO of BrMalls, having been one of the founding executives of the company, initially in the M&A area, and for the past 9 years COO of the company. Before joining BRMalls, he worked in the new business area at Spoleto Franchising and was an associate at the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort. He holds a degree in economics from IBMEC-Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Antonio Ferreira é responsável pela gestão das atividades imobiliárias da Hines no Brasil. Antes de ingressar na Hines, atuou durante cinco anos na GP Investimentos e 16 anos na Gafisa S.A. Ferreira é bacharel em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade de São Paulo e licenciado em Administração pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas.

Tiago Angelo Alves, current role as Regus Brasil CEO. Former LatAm Managing Director of Johnson Controls & ISS, both multinational service companies, having worked also in Large corporations like Cushman & Wakefield and Grupo Semco S/A.. Graduated with MBA degree by University of California - Irvine, Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV in Sao Paulo and Degree on Mechanical engineer by Universidade do Estado de Sao Paulo – UNESP.

Augusto Martins, Head of Real Estate funds at Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo (CSHG). Has 18 years of professional experience, 11 of which dedicated to real estate investment funds. Joined the team in 2017 as manager of the office portfolio and head of the operations team for the division, coming from Rio Bravo Investimentos, where he was partner responsible for the real estate department. Has been an officer of CSHG since October 2017, is a portfolio manager authorized by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), and holds the Manager Certification (CGA) of the Brazilian Association of Financial and Capital Market Entities (Anbima).

Jorge has extensive experience in the real estate industry and more specifically in the management of real estate funds in Mexico. Prior to joining Ivanhoé Cambridge, he worked for PGIM Real Estate (Prudential), a real estate private equity firm where he was Head of Transactions for Mexico. Before that, Jorge was a Senior Director at Tishman Speyer and also worked for real estate development and investment firms Tresalia Capital, Apollo Real Estate and AMB Property Corporation (now Prologis). Jorge holds an MBA from Wharton School of Business and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM). He speaks fluent English and Spanish.

Gonzalo is Partner and Head of Strategy at The Ally Group, a real estate asset manager focused on shifting the quality and service frontiers for private and institutional investors in LatAm, expanding comprehensive and scalable strategies under international investment and development best practices. Previously, Gonzalo was Partner and Head of Alternative Investments at Compass Group, leading the regional development of its real estate platform.

Pablo Seminario is the CEO and Managing Partner of Caral Group since February 2017. Prior of this, he comes from 14 years of experience in the Retail Industry: 10 years in Tottus (Falabella Group) as the Country Peru VP of Supply Chain and Merchandise Planning (4 years), and as Country Peru VP Real Estate (6 years); and 4 years in Gap Inc. (San Francisco, CA), as their Finance and Supply Chain Manager for Gap and Old Navy. Mr. Seminario received a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley HassSchool of Business. Prior to MBA he worked in housing and infraestructure construction, for 4 years

Paola Galli Lock cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia en el sector inmobiliario. Se ha desempeñado como Gerente de Administración y Finanzas de Constructora Galilea, empresa líder en el desarrollo de viviendas en el norte del Perú. Además, se desempeñó como Gerente de Proyectos y de Administración y Finanzas en Urbi, empresa de desarrollo inmobiliario del Grupo Intercorp. Actualmente, lidera el equipo de Inversiones Inmobiliarias en Credicorp Capital Perú. La Sra. Galli es Bachiller en Administración de la Universidad del Pacífico y cuenta con un MBA en Centrum PUCP y un Master en Administración Estratégica de Maastricht School of Management

Sascha Klaus was appointed CEO of Berlin Hyp AG as of October 2016. He most recently worked at Hypothekenbank Frankfurt (formerly Eurohypo) as a Member of the Board of Management from 2012. At the same time, he was Divisional Board Member for non-core assets at Commerzbank. The Franco-German joined Deutsche Bank Group in 1990, moved on in 2000 to Dresdner Kleinwort, New York, where he held the position of Head of Financial Institutions−Risk Management. 2008, he returned to Europe, where, after various national & international managerial positions at the Dresdner Bank/Commerzbank Group, he was appointed to the Board of Management in the Eastern European holding company. He received a MSc degree in business administration.

Christo Iliev is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in real estate. He is a co-founder of Lion's Head Investments, a regional commercial property investor and asset manager. Christo is also the founder of AG Capital – the largest Bulgarian group of companies with real estate investment, development and asset management capabilities.He is an alumni of Harvard Business School and holds a PhD degree in Real Estate Investments. He is also RICS and YPO member.

Frédéric is Managing Partner of Mozaïc AM and has over 15 years experience in the healthcare sector. MoZaïC manages over 250M€ of healthcare assets over 4 geographies (France, Germany, Italy and Spain) Prior to this, he was the President of Senior Santé, an owner and operator of nursing homes in France. During his tenure, he was responsible for operations developing the group's operating model and processes. During that period it funded, developed, built, delivered and sold 11 nursing homes (circa 50,000 m2). Before Senior Santé/B-Patrimoine, Frédéric held various positions within HSBC (London) and Lazard (New York and London) Frédéric graduated from ESSEC Business School in Paris and speaks French, English, Spanish, Italian and Arabic.

Chris is Head of Real Estate & Private Markets and a member of Hermes’ Executive Committee. Chris joined Hermes in 2010, having successfully established Australian fund manager QIC’s European office in London. Prior to that he was head of European Property at HSBC. Chris spent the majority of his career as a fund manager at Prudential, where he led the diversification of its UK real estate exposure into overseas markets in 2001.

A Chartered Surveyor, Jo has 30 years of UK RE experience. Jo is CEO of Frogmore having joined the firm in 1994. She has been involved in the asset management and development activity for the majority of Frogmore’s transactions over the past 24 years. Jo started her career with Richard Ellis where she specialised in asset management; landlord and tenant matters; negotiating rent reviews and lease renewals, before moving to the industrial and office leasing teams Keen to promote diversity within the RE industry, Jo works actively with Pathways to Property, and supports RE Balance. Jo sits on the Fundraising Committee of Land-Aid, a charity that harnesses the property industry’s expertise to support projects working to end youth homelessness

In 2011 Per Wimmer founded Wimmer Family Office and Wimmer Financial in 2007. Wimmer Financial is a merchant bank/corporate advisory firm. Per co-founded MyHippoSpace, a tech company within the shared economy space. He is also a Board Member of Coda Octopus Group Inc., a global leader in real-time 3D sonar technology. Per was awarded a Master of Public Administration and the Don K. Price Award from Harvard University with concentrations in business, finance and international relations. He worked for Goldman Sachs & Co. in NY and London, including during its IPO. Furthermore, Per has been working for MF Global/Man Group and Collins Stewart/Canaccord. Per is expected to be the first private Dane in space and has three trips to space lined up.

Lars Schnidrig is the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board, and a member of the Investment Committee of CORESTATE Capital Group. He is responsible for Strategy and Business Development, as well as the areas of Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Legal and Compliance. He manages the Group's entire Finance Department, including the areas of Controlling, Debt Finance, Treasury, Accounting and Reporting as well as Taxes and Investment Structuring. Born in Switzerland, Lars began his professional career in management consulting. He worked for around eight years in international investment banking at HypoVereinsbank and other banks, with stations in London, Paris, Dublin, New York and Munich.

David Ebbrell is the Chief Executive Officer for M7 Real Estate. He is responsible for sourcing new properties across Europe. Prior to co-founding M7 in 2009, David was a Fund Director at GPT Halverton where he was responsible for Funds with a combined value of €600m. These included BIP (which invested in German and Dutch multi-let industrial property) and DAF (which invested in Dutch multi-let industrial office properties). As Fund Director, David had responsibility for acquisitions, portfolio performance, client reporting and asset management strategy. He was also responsible for many of the acquisitions made by the Halverton Babock Industrial fund; his primary responsibility being the German and French acquisitions.

Mr. Calvert is CEO of Gramercy Europe Limited, which was formerly ThreadGreen Europe. Mr. Calvert established the original ThreadGreen business in 2006, launching its first fund in 2007, and subsequently selling the business to Gramercy Property Trust in December 2014. Simultaneously with Gramercy Property Trust being acquired by Blackstone in October 2018, Gramercy Europe became an independent fund manager through a management buyout from Blackstone. Under Mr. Calvert’s leadership, Gramercy Europe has transacted on more than £2.2 billion of logistics and light industrial property in the past 4 years.

Annette Kroeger is CEO of North and Central Europe at Allianz Real Estate Germany with responsibility for Allianz' RE investments within the market area of Germany, Austria, CEE, Nordics and Ireland. Having joined Allianz RE in 2009 within the investment management team, she became Head of Acquisitions in 2011 and subsequently took on further responsibilities on the asset management side. In 2015 she was appointed CEO of Allianz Real Estate Germany. She is a member of the executive committee and the investment committee of Allianz RE. Prior to joining Allianz, Annette worked for Goldman Sachs, investing on behalf of the Whitehall Real Estate Funds. Annette holds a business degree from European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

Zsolt is global head of Real Estate and Co-CEO of PAA. Zsolt has invested in excess of $20 billion into various real estate asset classes throughout several investment cycles. Previously he was Managing Director and Head of European Acquisitions at Starwood Capital, prior to that he was CIO and Co-founder of Meyer Bergman. He holds an M.S. degree in economics from the University of Budapest and an MBA from INSEAD.

Marcel Sedlák is the Country CEO of HB Reavis Germany / since 2017/, responsible for establishing business opportunities in the country with the target of making HB Reavis a leader in workplace solutions. He joined HB Reavis in 2001 as Project Lawyer and later became General Counsel . In 2006 Marcel took over the role of Chief Investment Officer, leading HB Reavis’ successful expansion within CEE and the United Kingdom. In 2010, he joined the Group Executive Board with responsibility for the company’s activities in Poland, Slovakia and new markets.

AB Development has been successfully operating on the commercial and residential real estate markets in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. Being a CEO of the company, Alexey Blanin has 20 years of experience in development, he has developed more than 1 mn sqm of quality commercial and residential projects with a total budget exceeding USD 2 bn and net operating income amounting more than USD 500 mn. Alexey started his career in well-known international development company Hines. In 2005-2009 Alexey headed Horus Capital, one of the major players of Moscow commercial real estate market.

Jonas Grandér is the CEO and co-founder of Nordika which was started in 2011. Since inception Nordika has made 14 investments in Sweden and Finland and based on top tier performance Nordika recently won an award for ”Best fund performance – overall in E

Saul Goldstein is the founder and CIO of ActivumSG, a European focused real estate private equity fund manager with €2bn of equity under management. Prior to establishing ActivumSG, Saul headed the European real estate investment team advising Cerberus Capital Management companies on German and European investment opportunities. In a nine-and-a-half year career at Cerberus, Saul helped to open and run investment advisory offices for the Cerberus management companies in four countries. He advised on investments in real estate, real estate debt, NPLs and operating businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Franck 42 has 20 years' experience in real estate investment finance and asset management in North America and Europe. He is the founder and CEO of Aerium a €7 billion real estate investment firm specialising in office logistics hotel and retail pro

Mr. Timmins joined Hines in 1988. He currently serves as CEO of Hines Eurasia and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr Timmins has developed, acquired and managed more than $5.0 billion of real estate. In recent years Mr. Timmins has been instrumental in establishing development and acquisition funds totalling $1.5 billion of capital targeting investments in Central and Eastern Europe and India.

Michael is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Round Hill. He established Round Hill in 2002, a vertically integrated real estate investment and asset management firm, which creates targeted regional and sector focused platforms in real estate. Round Hill has a global management team with over 230 dedicated professionals in 14 offices. Since inception, Michael has been responsible for the firm’s investment activities, which have resulted in the acquisition and management of over $8 billion of real estate investments. Michael was previously an acquisition professional for Morgan Stanley, primarily working for the international division of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds.

Alberto Agazzi is the Head of Global Fund Management of Generali Real Estate since November 2017. In his current role, he is in charge of setting up and managing cross-border and local GRE funds, defining their asset allocation and selections, and managing the transaction and portfolio management activities for the indirect fund investments. Alberto, who is also the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Generali Real Estate SGR S.p.A., joined the Generali Group in 2005 as an asset and fund manager for the Group's Italian real estate portfolio. In 2009 he became Head of Fund Management for Generali Immobiliare Italia SGR, before taking over as the Managing Director of Generali Real Estate – RE Services Italy four years later.

Giovanni di Corato has held several positions within the companies operating in the field of professional asset management. In September 2002, he became Head of Real Estate in NEXTRA IM, then CAAM SGR following the joint venture between Crédit Agricole and Intesa Sanpaolo. In December 2007, in the process of dissolution of CAAM SGR, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Asset Management Real Estate SGR, now Amundi Real Estate Italia SGR following the joint venture in asset management between Crédit Agricole SA and Société Générale. Giovanni di Corato is a member of Assogestioni’s technical committee relating to real estate funds. Born in 1965, he graduated in Economics and Social Sciences in 1989.