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Armon Bar-Tur
CEO
BaseStack Living
https://basestackliving.com/
+447939004662
London | United Kingdom
BaseStack Living is an investor, developer and operator of Purpose Built Student Accommodation in Europe.
Brian Welsh
Head of Student
Active Northumberland
Chanakya Chakravarti
Head of Indirect Strategies, Asia-Pacific
Ivanhoé Cambridge
http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com
+91 124 4354256
Delhi | India
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, is a Canadian real estate company with C$65BN of assets around the globe.Its areas of activity are investment, development, asset management, operations & leasing.
Charlie MacGregor
CEO & Founder
The Student Hotel
https://www.thestudenthotel.com/
+31 20 760 7304
Amsterdam | Netherlands
Our mission is to create boundary-blurring spaces where students, travelers, mobile professionals, creative nomads and enterprising minds can connect and thrive in smart design co- living and co-working spaces.
Craig Carracher
Group Executive Chairman
Scape
Sydney | Australia
Scape is an inspirational place to live and work. We make sure that our students have everything they need to feel safe, calm and at home. And also make sure they feel challenged, clued up and plugged into new ideas and a new city. They will be joining a community that looks out for one another, throughout their stay with us and when they leave. They will get that little bit of guidance that will make a big difference for uni and beyond.
Freddie Wonnacott
Director Fund Management
M&G Real Estate
https://www.mandg.com/realestate/en-gb/institutional
+44 (0) 20 7548 6600
London | United Kingdom
We’re part of M&G, an international savings and investment business with the ambition to deliver long term value for our investors, while working together to create a more positive future. M&G Real Estate is the specialist property manager for M&G.
Harald Hübl
Managing Director
greenturtle gmbh
Henry Morton
President
Campus Suites
Heriberto Cuanalo
CEO
Collegiate
https://www.collegiate-ac.com/
+44 1235 250 140
Bristol | United Kingdom
Collegiate AC is a UK based international Student Accommodation operating platform with management, development and investment services. The company is expanding its operating activities in Spain and Portugal and is interested in Western-European markets
Ioannis Verdelis
Chief Investment Officer
Vita Group
http://www.vitagroup.com
+44 161 322 2255
Cheshire | United Kingdom
Vita Group creates connected communities, underpinned by living spaces. We challenge convention to re-imagine the way we live, work and socialise.
Irina Stamate-Rocha
Partner
Patron Capital
http://www.patroncapital.com
+44 20 7629 9417
London | United Kingdom
Established in 1999, Patron Capital Partners has evolved into one of the leading opportunistic real estate managers in Europe. Since its founding, Patron has raised a total of €4.0 billion from institutional and high net worth investors from Europe, the Middle East and the US. To date, Patron has undertaken more than 170 transactions across 83 investments or programs, involving over 65 million square feet of assets in 16 countries.
James Halstead
CIO Value Add Real Estate
BlackRock
http://www.blackrock.com
+44 207 743 3000
London | United Kingdom
BlackRock is a global asset manager. We help investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, our clients turn to us for the solutions they need.
Jason Lee
Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager, Managing Director
AEW Capital Management
http://www.aew.com/
+852 2107 3500
Central | Hong Kong
Founded in 1981, AEW provides real estate investment management services to investors worldwide. One of the world’s leading real estate investment advisors, AEW manages $78.0/€69.5 billion of property and securities globally (as of December 31, 2019). AEW has over 725 employees with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Dusseldorf, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo, as well as additional offices in seven European cities.
Javier Perez Lecumberri
Proprium Capital Partners
http://proprium.com/
+44 20 3008 8952
London | United Kingdom
Proprium Capital Partners is an employee-owned real estate fund manager spun out from Morgan Stanley in March 2013. Members of our Team have experience investing in real estate and real estate operating companies over the course of four special situations funds in 17 years. Proprium is focused on providing investment advisory services to commingled, discretionary funds with respect to opportunistic investments in real estate and real estate-related operating companies.
Jeffrey Sújar Blanco
Managing Partner, Alternative Investments
Urbania International
http://www.byurbania.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.
Josef Preschel
Managing Director & Founder
Peninsula Investment Group
http://www.peninsulainvestments.com/
+1 786 866 8010
Miami | FL | USA
Organización de planificación de activos enfocada en inversiones para el desarrollo de proyectos para venta de bienes raíces. Inversiones en mercados seleccionados de América Latina
Juan Acosta
Managing Director/ Head of Spain
Greystar
https://www.greystar.com
+34 91 159 0094
Madrid | Spain
Our innovative vertically integrated business model integrates the management, development and investment disciplines of the rental housing industry on international, regional and local levels.
Julie Skolnicki
Senior Managing Director
Greystar Real Estate Partners
http://www.greystar.com
+1 843 579 9400
Charleston | SC | USA
Greystar provides world-class service in the residential rental housing industry. Our innovative vertically integrated business model integrates the management, development and investment disciplines of the rental housing industry.
Ken Wainer
Founding Partner
Patria Investments
https://www.patria.com/
+55 11 3039-9000
Sao Paulo | SP | Brazil
In business for over 29 years, Patria Investments is one of the largest alternative investments manager focused on LatAm assets, specially in Brazil. It is a pioneer in Private Equity in Brazil, gradually building up its portfolio with the creation of new businesses in Infrastructure, Real Estate, Credit, Agribusiness and PIPE. Since 2010, Patria established a partnership with Blackstone¹, the global leader in alternative investments, with its acquisition of an indirect 40% share of Patria. The companies association combines the expertise of two huge players in the alternative investment field, expanding the scope globally and the resources available to meet the needs of clients and investors and to create value through joint efforts in Brazil, LatAm and the rest of the world.
Leo Hertog
Senior Portfolio Manager - Real Estate
APG
http://www.apg.nl
+31 31 20 604 82 57
Amsterdam | Netherlands
APG is a global asset manager with €529 billion (August 2019) in pension assets. APG has offices in Amsterdam, Heerlen, Brussels, New York and Hong Kong.
Michiel Olland
Investment Management and (Interim) Director or project based executive roles
Collegiate
https://www.collegiate-ac.com/
+44 1235 250 140
Bristol | United Kingdom
Collegiate AC is a UK based international Student Accommodation operating platform with management, development and investment services. The company is expanding its operating activities in Spain and Portugal and is interested in Western-European markets
Nick Barker
Director
GCP
http://www.gcpuk.com/
+44 20 3405 8500
London | United Kingdom
In the last 10 years the founders of Gravis have advised on the financing, development, acquisition and management of student accommodation and educational property assets with a value well in excess of £4 billion.
Nick Hayes
Group Property Director
UNITE Group
http://www.unitegroup.com
+44 117 302 7000
Bristol | United Kingdom
Unite Students is the UK’s leading manager and developer of student accommodation. We provide a home for over 50,000 students in 132 purpose built properties across 26 of the UK’s strongest university towns and cities. We have over 1,000 employees and work in partnership with more than 60 higher education providers, as well as renting rooms directly to students.
Nitin Bhandari
CIO - Treasury, Real Estate and Fund Investments
LetterOne Treasury
http://www.letterone.com/
+352 26 38 77 1
London | United Kingdom
LetterOne Treasury invests in and manages investments in public securities, private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and direct lending.
Paul Oliver
CEO
Curlew Capital
http://www.curlewcapital.co.uk/
+44 203 178 5117
London | United Kingdom
Curlew Capital focuses on the Acquisition, Development, Investment, Asset & Fund Management of UK PBSA Assets.
Russell Petrie
Head of Student
EQT Exeter
http://exeterpg.com
+44 20 3946 6354
London | United Kingdom
EQT Exeter, the real estate division of EQT Group AB, is among the largest real estate investment managers in the world, focused on acquiring, developing, leasing and managing logistics/industrial, office, life science and multifamily properties. As hands-on operators with nearly 40 offices across North and South America, Europe and Asia, we combine our local execution and global scope to deliver superior real estate solutions to our tenants while providing our investment partners with some of the industry’s leading and most consistent value-add, core-plus and core returns, as proven against prominent global benchmarks.
Samuel Vetrak
CEO
Bonard
https://bonard.com/
+43 650 612 4527
Vienna | Austria
BONARD is a global market research and investment intelligence firm that assists with data, strategies and assessments in rented residential asset classes, incl. student housing, micro living, co-living, etc. The company provides the highest level of secondary and primary in-field data for real estate investors, funds, developers and operators, making it a leading provider of independent and reliable research and solutions.
Sean Lyons
Partner & Co-Founder
Jackson Dearborn Partners
Chicago | USA
Jackson Dearborn Partners is a real estate investment and development company with a particular focus on multi-family and student housing.
Stephen Gaitanos
Managing Director & Group CEO
Scape
Sydney | Australia
Scape is an inspirational place to live and work. We make sure that our students have everything they need to feel safe, calm and at home. And also make sure they feel challenged, clued up and plugged into new ideas and a new city. They will be joining a community that looks out for one another, throughout their stay with us and when they leave. They will get that little bit of guidance that will make a big difference for uni and beyond.
Tom Rix
Managing Director
Hines
http://www.hines.com
+44 20 7292 1900
London | United Kingdom
Hines is a privately owned global real estate investment, development and management firm, founded in 1957, with a presence in 205 cities in 24 countries and $133.3 billion of assets under management.
Varun Singh
Director - Acquisitions
Allianz Real Estate
http://www.pimcoprimerealestate.com
+65.6395-8607
Singapore | Singapore
Allianz Real Estate is the captive investment and asset manager for real estate within Allianz Group. We develop and execute tailored investment strategies for the Allianz Group, focusing on direct and indirect equity globally and commercial real estate
Xavier Scheibli
Portfolio Director
GSA
http://gsa-gp.com
+49 6131 693 06 - 0
Mainz | Germany
GSA provides communities for higher education students in the best real estate and university markets.
Armon Bar-Tur
CEOBaseStack Living
Denmark
Brian Welsh
Head of StudentActive Northumberland
United Kingdom
Brian Welsh has over 14 years’ experience in the student accommodation and private rental sector markets. He has been responsible for the development and management of over 50,000 beds globally. Brian assumed the role of CEO of Nido Student in October 2017. Within this time, he has overseen the expansion of the portfolio from 2,000 to a pipeline of over 20,000 beds. Prior to joining Nido, Brian was Head of Operational Management at Liberty Living plc and then assumed the role of COO of Threesixty Developments and The Student Housing Company, where he oversaw the acquisition and delivery of over 17,100 beds across Europe, breaking into new PRS markets which have since become established, in particular Ireland and Spain.
Chanakya Chakravarti
Head of Indirect Strategies, Asia-PacificIvanhoé Cambridge
India
Chanakya (Chan) Chakravarti is the MD for India, responsible for implementing in his territory, the investment and asset-management strategies outlined in Ivanhoé Cambridge’s annual business plan and strategic plan. He works closely with the Growth Markets team and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to put in place and consolidate strategic partnerships for major projects in India. Mr. Chakravarti is a seasoned manager with more than 27 years of experience, including over 20 years in real estate, investment and development. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2018, he was Managing Director, Global Alternatives, Asia, at J.P. Morgan Chase. Chan has previously held country management roles at Actis Capital and C&W.
Charlie MacGregor
CEO & FounderThe Student Hotel
Netherlands
As founder and CEO of The Student Hotel (TSH), MacGregor has reimagined the concept of ‘luxury’ city centre accommodation for an expanding customer base of internationally-minded students, entrepreneurs and travellers who seek more than the anonymity of a box room in a building that sits in grand isolation from the community that surrounds it.
Craig Carracher
Group Executive ChairmanScape
Australia
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.
Freddie Wonnacott
Director Fund ManagementM&G Real Estate
United Kingdom
Harald Hübl
Managing Directorgreenturtle gmbh
Austria
Harald Hübl is Managing Director of greenturtle gmbh working with developers & HNWIs in real estate, energy, and start ups. Prior to that, he acted as Investment Director for value one group, a European developer, operator where he expanded the student housing platform in a JV with TIAA/nuveen. Before that he headed Corporate Finance and Real Estate Finance at Bawag PSK (a Cerberus owned bank in Austria). He spent nearly ten years in London at GE Capital as leader in European Healthcare Leveraged & Real Estate Finance, M & A and infrastructure investment.
Henry Morton
PresidentCampus Suites
Canada
Past and present, Henry has (co) developed over 14,500 student housing and conventional bedroom units and 200,000 square feet of retail development. These projects span nine States and four Provinces, and hold a combined value of over $1.25 billion. His projects have won many awards, including the Portal of Excellence, “The Top Apartment Community” in Florida, and the National Association of Home Builders Pillar of the Industry Award – Student Housing for The Varsity in College Park, Maryland. The communities he developed have won awards in virtually every market in which he has worked. He was also recently named a Pioneer of the Industry, an award given out to 25 individuals who “helped to establish the modern student housing industry”.
Heriberto Cuanalo
CEOCollegiate
United Kingdom
Eri is a recognised expert in the development and management of high quality student accommodation schemes, with over 12 years of senior experience in the sector, and has worked on over 500 student accommodation projects.
Ioannis Verdelis
Chief Investment OfficerVita Group
United Kingdom
Growing our footprint in the PBSA sector in Spain and beyond.
Irina Stamate-Rocha
PartnerPatron Capital
United Kingdom
Ms. Stamate-Rocha joined Patron in 2011, with responsibilities in deal sourcing, execution, structuring, financing, due diligence and asset management of healthcare related investment opportunities. Irina was involved in the investments of Gracewell Healthcare, Badby Park and Hamberley Development. Prior to joining Patron, she worked in investment banking at Rothschild, Macquarie Capital Advisers and Fortis Bank (Brussels). Her experience includes the origination and execution of transactions for private equity and infrastructure funds. She holds a Masters in Finance degree from Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and a Bachelor in Economics from the Academy of Economics, Bucharest. Fluent in English, Romanian, French and Spanish.
James Halstead
CIO Value Add Real EstateBlackRock
United Kingdom
James Halstead, Director, is a member of BlackRock's Real Estate Team. He is responsible for sourcing and managing value add and opportunistic real estate investments in the UK, Ireland and Spain. Prior to joining BlackRock Mr. Halstead was a director at MGPA and lead Transactions team working on opportunistic pan-European acquisitions. Before this he practised as a corporate real estate lawyer at Berwin Leighton Paisner. He holds an MBA from London Business School and LLB from University of Southampton.
Jason Lee
Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager, Managing DirectorAEW Capital Management
Hong Kong
Jason Lee is a Managing 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.
Javier Perez Lecumberri
Proprium Capital Partners
USA
Jeffrey Sújar Blanco
Managing Partner, Alternative InvestmentsUrbania International
Spain
Jeffrey holds a Degree in Civil and Structural Engineering and more than 20 years’ experience in Management and Business Development in the Real Estate area. In 2018 he joined Urbania International as CEO of Syllâbus, Urbania subsidary, leading the company’s operations as well as strategy, investment advisory and structuring. Syllâbus is a Property Development Company specialised in the delivery of prime Student Accommodation. Nowadays, he is also Proffesor at IE School of Architecture and Design. Prior to Syllâbus, Jeffrey held a position as Vice-President and Managing Director at Hill International and he was Development Director of Shopping Centre Specialist at Sonae Sierra.
Joe Persechino
Chief Operating OfficerYugo - Europe
United Kingdom
Joe is Chief Operating Officer for Yugo - part of the Dot Group family which includes GSA, Student.com and Kinetic Capital. With over 20 years' experience in real estate, the last 12 years in the PBSA and residential sector. Joe's career also extends to having worked in both Australia and France.
Josef Preschel
Managing Director & FounderPeninsula Investment Group
USA
He has been both an Investor and Developer of residential and mixed-used projects across Latin America and the South Eastern US. While working in Latin America, Josef identified a significant regional housing deficit, which he saw as a great opportunity to create value by investing in the residential development space; therefore, in 2005 he co-founded Peninsula with Mauricio Levitin. At Peninsula, Josef is responsible for overseeing investments, portfolio allocation in Mexico, Panama and Colombia, and managing investor relations. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the different funds of the firm.
Juan Acosta
Managing Director/ Head of SpainGreystar
Spain
Prior to joining Greystar, Mr. Acosta worked within CBRE’s Global Investment Partners (“CBRE GIP") as well at ING Real Estate, where he was responsible for sourcing, acquisitions and portfolio management across Continental Europe. Since joining CBRE GIP in 2011, Juan has been responsible for the acquisition and management of over €2.5bn of assets including €1.5bn of residential and student housing opportunities throughout Continental Europe. Juan started his career in 2003 at PwC Argentina in the advisory practice before joining ING Group in 2007. Juan received his MSc in International Finance at Amsterdam University.
Juliano F. Antunes
PresidenteUliving
Brazil
Founder and CEO of Uliving, bringing the concept of Purpose Built Student Accommodation to Brazil. Graduated in Civil Engineering from Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia and Post-graduated in Business Management and Strategy from Instituto de Economia at Unicamp. Juliano is a mentor at Learn To Fly, helping people to understand and pursue their purpose. He is also an Advisor at Smartus, an organization that promotes knowledge and innovation in the real estate market.
Julie Skolnicki
Senior Managing DirectorGreystar Real Estate Partners
USA
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.
Ken Wainer
Founding PartnerPatria Investments
Brazil
Ken co-founded VBI Real Estate in 2006 and has been involved in all of VBI Real Estate’s investments since inception. Prior to the formation of VBI Real Estate, Ken was a founding partner of Vision Brazil and was responsible for establishing the real estateprivate equity practice. At Vision Brazil, Ken was responsible for investment origination, transaction structuring, and portfolio management for investment funds with an AUM of U.S.$2 billion. Ken’s professional experience has included twenty years of investmentmanagement and M&A advisory work based in New York and São Paulo. Ken received a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Leo Hertog
Senior Portfolio Manager - Real EstateAPG
Netherlands
Responsible for sourcing, negotiating, executing, managing and ultimately also disposing European private real estate investments including residential, student housing, retail, offices and hotels in amongst others the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
Currently managing more than € 1.2 billion equity in Pan-European student housing, Dublin residential development and Iberian shopping centres. In my capacity as a representative of APG, I sit on various boards, investment committees and advisory committees of the portfolio investments.
Michiel Olland
Investment Management and (Interim) Director or project based executive rolesCollegiate
Netherlands
Michiel Olland, is an Investment Advisor for continental Europe at Collegiate AC and has been an Executive Director of BCRE - Brack Capital Real Estate Investments N.V. until July 2024. He is also the principal of MO Real Estate BV, an investment, capital and finance services firm based in the Netherlands. Between 1992 and 2012, he has had Executive Director roles in the international real estate sector, most importantly as global co-head of RE investments with APG Asset Management, Managing Director of Bouwfonds Property Finance International (an ABN Amro subsidiary) and as a real estate lender at ING Group.
Nick Barker
DirectorGCP
United Kingdom
Nick is a director of Gravis. He is the co-lead manager of the GCP Student. Nick joined Gravis from Schroders where he worked for eight years, ultimately as head of alternatives for the real estate business and a member of the fund management team for the Schroder UK Real Estate Fund. Nick has over sixteen years investment experience having previously also worked at Cushman & Wakefield and JLL. Nick graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in Investment & Finance in Property. Nick is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Nick Hayes
Group Property DirectorUNITE Group
United Kingdom
Nick heads up the Groups property business and is responsible for all aspects of Unite's real estate activities including property development, asset management and investment. He joined Unite in 2007 and has held a number of roles within the business. Nick sits on the Unite Students Executive Committee and is also a member of the BPF Student Accommodation Committee.
Nitin Bhandari
CIO - Treasury, Real Estate and Fund InvestmentsLetterOne Treasury
United Kingdom
Nitin has over 25 years of rounded investment experience spanning private equity, private debt, capital markets and M&A. From 2013-2022, Nitin was Head of Direct Investments at L1 Treasury, responsible for all private equity, private debt and special situations investments within L1 Treasury. From 2013 -2019, Nitin was also a Partner in Pamploma Capital Management responsible for private debt and special situations in the credit opportunities fund. Prior to that, Nitin led the European Real Estate and Principal Finance businesses of Nomura and Bear Stearns. Nitin started his career at SG Warburg & Co (now part of UBS) in M&A.
Paul Oliver
CEOCurlew Capital
United Kingdom
Paul is currently CEO of Curlew. He has over 40 years’ experience in development and investment management in both the UK and Europe. He has been at the forefront of the establishment of unlisted property funds since 1991. He spent the 1980′s leading development teams on predominantly shopping centre schemes, following which, he moved to head up Dusco alongside Chairman Dik Dusseldorp, founder of Lend Lease plc. Paul then established Equity Partnerships promoting and managing collective investment schemes, which merged with the Teesland Group in 2000. In 2002 he launched Teesland plc on the London Stock Exchange, building funds under management to €6.5 billion before sale to Valad in June 2007.
Russell Petrie
Head of StudentEQT Exeter
United Kingdom
Samuel Vetrak
CEOBonard
Austria
Founder and CEO of BONARD and has over 20 years’ experience advising real estate investors, funds, developers and operators. Since 2007, under his leadership, his staff of 50 researchers and analysts operating in four offices around the world have been providing the highest level of secondary and primary in-field data, making BONARD a leading provider of independent and reliable research and solutions. Samuel, an individual member of the world's leading professional research association ESOMAR, is a frequent speaker at the major global real estate stages, attending dozens of conferences a year and sharing latest insights backed by his long-term industry experience
Sean Lyons
Partner & Co-FounderJackson Dearborn Partners
USA
Sean is a Partner and Co-Founder of Jackson Dearborn Partners. His primary areas of focus in The Student Housing sector include fundraising, investor relations, and marketing. Sean has over 20 years of experience including the last 16 as a real estate broker and principal participating in well over $1 billion in real estate transactions. Sean started his real estate career with Marcus & Millichap in 2003, eventually founding his own brokerage company, Triad Real Estate Partners, in 2010. Moving to the principal side, Sean went on to found JDP where he utilizes creative marketing and an extensive network to build a portfolio of real estate and relationships within the Student Housing space across The United States.
Stephen Gaitanos
Managing Director & Group CEOScape
Australia
Over 10 years real estate investment, private equity and investment banking experience in Australia, Europe and the Middle East. Extensive expertise in investing in hard asset backed and operational real estate, acquisitions, developments and disposals, private and public M&A, restructuring, work out, capital raising and investment structuring in public and private markets. Experience in a broad range of sectors including student accommodation, residential, education, healthcare, leisure & hospitality and core / social infrastructure. Over the last five years Stephen has been focused on the global student accommodation sector with particular focus on the Asia Pacific.
Tom Rix
Managing DirectorHines
United Kingdom
Tom joined Hines in 2017 to lead the living operations team. Tom has over eight years’ experience in the sector and has previously held senior management roles with international operators such as Greystar and iQ Student, managing large portfolios across the UK with a focus on operational excellence. In 2019 Tom was appointed Managing Director, with overall responsibility for all Hines Living operations in Europe.
Varun Singh
Director - AcquisitionsAllianz Real Estate
Singapore
Varun Singh is a Director in Allianz Real Estate Asia Pacific and heads the India & Southeast Asia business. Prior to joining Allianz in 2019, Varun was leading Singapore real estate acquisitions for JPMAM. He was directly involved with and led investments in Singapore across all sectors for JPMAM’s flagship Strategic Property Fund Asia, an open-ended core fund focused on Asia Pacific gateway cities. Previously, Varun spent 9 years investing in Indian real estate market focused on equity and debt investment opportunities. Varun graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and received his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Xavier Scheibli
Portfolio DirectorGSA
United Kingdom
Since 2018, Xavier Scheibli is Portfolio Director at GSA, based out of Frankfurt. He has more than 17 years of experience in multiple RE sectors, both on the equity & debt sides. In his current role, he’s responsible for managing portfolios of PBSA assets in Germany & UK, maintaining a close relationship with all players in the capital stack. Prior to GSA, Xavier was a Director at LNR/Hatfield Philips, leading NPL underwriting activities in Continental Europe & the firm’s co-investment opportunities. Before joining LNR in 2013, Xavier served as VP at Hudson Advisors & held posts in the RE division of UBS Wealth Mgt, where he was involved in fund structuring, acquisitions & distributions to high net worth individuals & inst. investors.
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