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The GRI Club Women Leading Real Estate Advisory Board & Committee was born to support and provide a business networking environment for senior women in real estate investment and finance to do deals together.
The largest club of its kind, with 70% of its participants at C-level to MD level, the members leading real estate meet regularly discuss topics linked directly to market transactions and investment strategies, behind closed doors.
The committee is led and made especially for women in European real estate and is open for participation by all members. Meet the participants below.
If you would like to become part of this committee:
The GRI Club Women Leading Real Estate Advisory Board & Committee was born to support and provide a business networking environment for senior women in real estate investment and finance to do deals together.
The largest club of its kind, with 70% of its participants at C-level to MD level, the members leading real estate meet regularly discuss topics linked directly to market transactions and investment strategies, behind closed doors.
The committee is led and made especially for women in European real estate and is open for participation by all members. Meet the participants below.
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Advisory Board
Kimberly Hourihan
Global Chief Investment OfficerCBRE Investment Management
USA
Kim Hourihan is Chief Investment Officer for CBRE Investment Management. In this role, Kim is responsible for investment strategy, performance and risk. She chairs the Global Investment Committee and has oversight of all the regional and strategy-specific investment committees.
She previously served as CIO – Americas Direct Real Estate Strategies for CBRE Investment Management and Portfolio Manager for one of the firm’s comingled funds. She also served as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for two international sovereign wealth fund clients, with total assets under management of more than $4 billion representing 11.7 million square feet.
Mary Ricks
PresidentKennedy Wilson
United Kingdom
Nathalie Palladitcheff
President & CEOIvanhoé Cambridge
Canada
As President and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoé Cambridge, Nathalie Palladitcheff is responsible for the Company’s overall strategy, growth and evolution. After a successful career based in France and the Indian Ocean, she joined Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was appointed President in 2018. Her achievements from 2015 to 2019 include overseeing the Company’s digital shift with a view to a sustainable and forward-looking performance.
Members of the Committee
Chair
Patron
Patron
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Committee Members
Andrea Rother
Director Expansion - New Markets
Limehome
http://www.limehome.com
+49 89 262097332
München | Germany
limehome is a tech-driven hospitality concept which is based on automated back-end processes & a fully digital customer journey. Its very lean operations allow it to operate a very wide range of properties starting from 10 to 250 rooms in A to D cities.
Anja Ritchie
MD
Stepstone Group
StepStone Real Estate (“SRE”) builds customized portfolios of primary fund investments, co-investments and secondaries which its clients and investors can access through advisory services, separate accounts and commingled investment funds.
Antje Lubitz
Managing Director & Partner
3PM Services
Berlin | Germany
The real estate business is complex, attractive and diverse. We are proud of our work – urban planning, landmarks and large buildings. Numbers and people form real values: a building with tenants has practical requirements that must be met. At the same time, the real estate market is a highly demanding area.
Arantxa Prado
Senior Director Capital Markets
Panattoni Europe - Madrid
http://www.panattonieurope.com/es/
+ 34 91 168 12 68
Madrid | Spain
Tenemos experiencia probada en el desarrollo, construcción, alquiler y gestión de espacios industriales y logísticos, y ofrecemos una amplia gama de servicios para responder a las necesidades específicas de los inversores
Beatrice Dupont
Partner
Ara Venn
http://www.ara-venn.com
+44 20 7073 9350
London | United Kingdom
ARA Venn is a specialist investment manager in European real estate private debt, serving the investment needs of a diversified group of government entities, leading global institutions and private investors.
Britta Drexler
Principal
Apollo Global Management
http://www.apollo.com
+44 (20) 7016 5000
London | United Kingdom
Apollo Global Management manages investment vehicles that originate and acquire assets across the CRE debt space.
Deirdre Foley
Owner and CEO
D2 Private
http://www.d2private.com
+353 1 642 5400
Dublin | Ireland
D2 Private is a Boutique Real Estate Investment & Asset Management Business wholly owned by Deirdre Foley. It has originated, developed, actively managed and disposed of +£1.25bn of London assets and +€300mn of Dublin assets.
Our overall strategy is to acquire, develop and manage the highest quality real estate assets on our own account and on behalf of third parties and primarily in commercial office real estate in London and Dublin.
Giovanna Della Posta
Board Member Arexpo, former ceo Invimit
INVIMIT
https://www.invimit.it/
+39 06 87725701
Rome | Italy
Invimit Sgr (established in 2013) is a company 100% controlled by the Ministry of Economy and Finance to enhance and manage public real estate assets.
Laura Brinkmann
Senior Vice President
KSL Capital Partners
http://www.kslcapital.com/
+44 20 8069 0161
London | London, City of | United Kingdom
KSL is a $7bn private equity fund investing in travel and leisure businesses
Lesley Chen Davison
COO
Telford Homes
Leticia Fusi
Managing Director
Castlelake
http://www.castlelake.com/
+44 20 7190 6100
London | United Kingdom
Castlelake, L.P. is a global private investment firm managing private funds with approximately $16.9 billion* in assets on behalf of endowments, foundations, public and private pension plans, private funds, family offices, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds. We are a relationship-oriented, preferred liquidity provider in complex, small-to-mid-size, asset-based opportunities.
Lorna Brown
CEO
Birchwood Real Estate Capital
London | United Kingdom
Birchwood offers bespoke debt structures including senior, whole loan and mezzanine facilities to support borrowers in delivering high-quality real estate strategies.
Margaret Sweeney
Former CEO IRES, Board Director Bank of Ireland Group
I•RES
http://www.iresreit.ie/
+353 (0)1 518 4007
Dublin | Ireland
Irish Residential Properties REIT Plc (“I•RES” registration # 529737) is an Irish REIT focused on consolidating the fragmented Irish rental market by targeting quality multi-unit residential real estate in Dublin and other major centres.
Maria Terzini
Vice President
TPG
https://tpg.com/
+44 20 7544 6500
London | United Kingdom
TPG is a global investment firm that is dedicated to delivering differentiated returns for our investors and their beneficiaries, and we are committed to doing so with integrity. Our investment strategy embraces change, takes on complexity, and creates unique opportunities. Over our more than 30-year history, we have built an ecosystem made up of hundreds of portfolio companies and a value-added network of professionals, executives, and advisors around the world.
Mary Hamilton
MD & Portfolio Manager, Lending
Arrow Global
manchester | United Kingdom
Arrow Global is a leading European vertically integrated alternative asset manager specialising in European private credit and real estate.
Founded in 2005, we own 19 best-in-class asset management and servicing platforms which allows us to enhance operational efficiencies and maximise the value of underlying assets which in turn allows us to have a disciplined investment approach, underwriting insight and proprietary dealflow.
Patricia Bandeira Vieira
Director, Client & Partner Group
KKR
http://www.kkr.com
+ 44 20 7839 9800
London | United Kingdom
KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns for its fund investors by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies.
Patricia Pinto
Director, Investor Relations
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.
Radmila Spasic
CEO
Delta
http://www.deltayu.com
+381 (0)11 201 24 00
Belgrade | Serbia
Delta Real Estate as part of Delta Holding is a leading company in the field of real estates and has achieved in its portfolio a unique combination of retail sale, business, residential and hotel buildings in Serbia and in the region.
Richa Srivastava
Director
CPP Investments
http://www.cppib.com/
+44 20 3205 3500
London | United Kingdom
We are a professional investment management organization that invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan on behalf of its 20 million Canadian contributors and beneficiaries.
Sabine Möller
Global Head Asset Finance / Managing Director
Helaba
http://www.helaba.de
+49 6991732-555
Frankfurt | Germany
Helaba offers financial services to companies, banks, institutional investors and the public sector, both within Germany and internationally.
Séverine Maumy-Laffineur
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
Barings Real Estate
http://www.Barings.com/
+33 1 42 61 26 27
Paris | France
Barings has over $288 billion in AUM, including $47 billion in real estate AUM* with presence in 8 European countries and operations from 13 locations
Sonia Gonzalez Valverde
Head of Real Estate Investments
Shell Asset Management Company
Tania Concejo-Bontemps
Présidente
Union Investment Real Estate
http://www.union-investment.fr
+33 01 56 90 06 90
Paris | France
Union Investment, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is a leading asset manager in Germany and has reached a position within the Top 15 asset managers in Europe since its inception in 1956. We are the centre of competence for asset management within the German cooperative financial group. Our stable ownership structure, with our main stakeholder DZ BANK AG, allows us to focus on long-term client relationships, which are characterised by mutual trust and transparency.
Tanya Kosseva-Boshova
Managing Partner
Lion's Head
https://www.lhinv.eu
+359 2445-0005
Sofia | Bulgaria
Commercial and residential developments and investments in Romania, Bulgaria and the CEE.
Tina Pristovsek
Vice President, Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets
Oxford Properties Group
http://www.oxfordproperties.com
+44 207 822 83 00
London | United Kingdom
Oxford Properties Group is one of the world’s leading real estate companies. An integrated platform for investment development and asset management.
Valeria Falcone
Head of Value Add Investing Europe
Barings Real Estate
http://www.barings.com
+39 0249 760 219
Milano | Italy
Barings Real Estate is part of Barings LLC, one of the world's largest diversified real estate investment managers.
Virginie Walckenaer
Head of Real Estate France and Benelux
DWS
https://www.db.com/france
+33 1 44 95 64 00
Paris | France
DWS Group is one of the world's leading asset managers with EUR 752 bn of assets under management (as of 30th September 2019). Building on more than 60 years of experience and a reputation for excellence in Germany and across Europe, DWS has come to be recognized by clients globally as a trusted source for integrated investment solutions, stability and innovation across a full spectrum of investment disciplines.
Andrea Rother
Director Expansion - New MarketsLimehome
Germany
Anja Ritchie
MDStepstone Group
Ireland
Prior to joining StepStone, Mrs. Ritchie worked at Cara Investment GmbH, a Germany-based Family Office, where she was responsible for the firm’s Private Equity and Real Estate fund selection. Prior to that, she was a senior analyst alternative investments at Bank of Oklahoma after starting her career at ClearRidge, a boutique corporate advisory firm in the United States. Mrs. Ritchie holds a master’s degree in Management from HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in International Business Administration from the European University Viadrina. She is also a CAIA charterholder.
Antje Lubitz
Managing Director & Partner3PM Services
Germany
Executive Master of Real Estate business (IREBS) and CMA with 20 years’ global experience. Founder of 3PM Services. Previously at DREAM Global, Round Hill Capital and Tishman Speyer.
Arantxa Prado
Senior Director Capital MarketsPanattoni Europe - Madrid
Spain
Beatrice Dupont
PartnerAra Venn
United Kingdom
Beatrice is a senior member of our Commercial Real Estate business. She has an extensive background in real estate and corporate lending gained over her 17 years of experience at Citi, HSBC and the Bank of New York. In her previous role at Citi, Beatrice worked on the distribution of over €3 billion of CRE debt to a wide range of investors globally. Her corporate experience was gained from credit roles in Telecoms and Media team at HSBC and the Bank of New York. Beatrice holds a Masters degree in Economics and Finance from Bristol University.
Britta Drexler
PrincipalApollo Global Management
United Kingdom
Britta is Principal at Apollo Global Management, based in London. Previously, she was a Director at Eastdil Secured Debt Advisory in the UK and Continental Europe, Real Estate Investment Banking.
Deirdre Foley
Owner and CEOD2 Private
Ireland
Deirdre is the CEO and owner of D2 Private and her business focus is working with investors to deliver exceptional commercial mixed use developments and refurbishments, incorporating technology and targeting best in class ESG and Net Zero Carbon credentials
She is one of Ireland’s most successful financiers and real estate professionals with over 25 years’ experience in real estate investment and development. During her property career to date she has been directly and indirectly involved in the buying and selling of real estate assets and raising debt and equity of approx. £3.5 billion. She adopts an intensive, active, hands on management style to real estate investments, developments, leasing and tenant management and investor relations.
Giovanna Della Posta
Board Member Arexpo, former ceo InvimitINVIMIT
Italy
With a solid experience in the TLC and Energy sectors, Giovanna Della Posta has led for the past ten years insurance and Real Estate turnaround projects, supporting companies in rethinking their business model. She graduated in Economics, then earned a master’s degree in Economics and Finance and ultimately achieved a General Management program at Harvard Business School (2016). She won the Marisa Bellisario Prize (2012), within the Young Talents category, granted to women who distinguish themselves in management and economy. In 2019 Finance Community selected her among the 50 most influential people in Italian finance. Since January 2019 she is Invimit SGR’s CEO, a company 100% owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Laura Brinkmann
Senior Vice PresidentKSL Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Lesley Chen Davison
COOTelford Homes
United Kingdom
Ms Davison has 24 years’ experience in real estate finance and investment. She started her career with Deutsche Bank’s real estate investment team in New York, and has since worked on a wide range of property and corporate transactions in the UK, continental Europe, US and Latin American markets. She is currently Chief Investment Officer at Seaforth Land, and was previously with Delancey for 14 years as their Director of Corporate and Portfolio Finance. Ms Davison serves on the Council of Cranfield University and graduated from Georgetown University with a BSBA in Accounting and Finance.
Leticia Fusi
Managing DirectorCastlelake
United Kingdom
Ms. Fusi joined Castlelake in 2014 and is part of the Real Assets team, focused on European real estate investments. Prior to joining Castlelake, Ms. Fusi was a manager on Restructuring &Corporate Finance with KPMG in Madrid, where she worked on real estate corporate transactions and investments, as well as on re-financing and insolvency processes within the real estate sector. Prior to KPMG, Ms. Fusi worked as appraiser and consultant on land and real estate developments for diverse clients, including Altamira and Banco Santander, performing appraisals, due diligence, viability studies and asset management projects. Ms. Fusi received her B.Sc. and M.Arch. from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid in architecture and urban planning.
Lorna Brown
CEOBirchwood Real Estate Capital
United Kingdom
Margaret Sweeney
Former CEO IRES, Board Director Bank of Ireland GroupI•RES
Ireland
Margaret is CEO and Board Director of IRES REIT, Ireland’s leading private rental residential owner and operator with €1.5bn of assets. She is Chair of the Dublin City University Business School Advisory Board and is a former Non-Executive Director of Dalata Hotel Group plc, Birmingham Airport, Dusseldorf and Hamburg Airports, HSBC Security Servicces Ireland DAC. She has over 20 years of C Level and board director leadership experience She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and Chartered Director of IoD UK.
Maria Terzini
Vice PresidentTPG
United Kingdom
Mary Hamilton
MD & Portfolio Manager, LendingArrow Global
United Kingdom
As a Managing Director at PGIM Real Estate, I oversaw the portfolio and asset management of European real estate debt. With over 20 years of experience in this field, I have developed a deep understanding of the market dynamics, risk factors, and value drivers of real estate investments across multiple sectors and geographies.
My core competencies include underwriting, structuring, and executing complex real estate debt transactions, as well as managing and optimizing the performance of existing portfolios and restructuring and exiting under-performing assets. I also led and mentored a team of professionals who shared my passion and vision for delivering superior returns and service to our clients and partners.
Patricia Bandeira Vieira
Director, Client & Partner GroupKKR
United Kingdom
Patricia Pinto
Director, Investor RelationsSonae Sierra
Portugal
Patricia has been Investor Relations Director over the last 15 years as well as President of the Portuguese Investor Relations association. She joined Sonae Sierra Investment management team in 2022 after being Head of IR in 2 companies of the Sonae group, a conglomerate, and the largest private employer in Portugal. Previously, she worked as business CFO at Siemens in Portugal, having started her international career at Siemens in Germany, where she managed telecommunication network clients in various European countries. Patricia has a degree in Economics from the Porto School of Economics.
Radmila Spasic
CEODelta
Serbia
Radmila Spasic graduated from Faculty of Economy in Belgrade. In 1996, she joined Delta Holding, Finance Division. From 2001 she lead the M&A and represented the company with all investments in the securities market. In the period from 2004 to 2006 Radmila Spasic was the President of Executive Board of Delta Broker a.d. Belgrade. Since 15.01.2007 she is CEO at Delta Investments a.d. Belgrade. From 2013 she was CEO of Delta Real Estate and since 2015 till today she takes major part in advising within Delta Holding and Delta Real Estate. During her career Mrs. Spasic was succesfully involved in organisation, making and implementing investment decisions in securities trading, takeovers, acquisitions and real estate investments.
Richa Srivastava
DirectorCPP Investments
United Kingdom
Richa is a Director in CPP Investments, working in Real Estate Private Equity Investments across the UK and Europe
Sabine Möller
Global Head Asset Finance / Managing DirectorHelaba
Germany
Director of Asset Finance at Helaba / Global Head of Asset Finance / Managing Director responsible for Helaba's global Asset Finance business with teams in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, New York, and London.
Séverine Maumy-Laffineur
Managing Director & Portfolio ManagerBarings Real Estate
France
Séverine is portfolio manager at Barings after 5 years as Country-Head France at Barings as well. Previously, Séverine spent four years with Standard Life Investments as European Portfolio Manager responsible for transactions and asset management and led the fund management for a separate account, as well as a National Director at LaSalle Investment Management for nine years. Before this, she was a financial analyst for Hammerson plc in France. Séverine has a total of 25 years’ experience in the RE industry and is a member of the Cercle des Femmes de L’Immobilier.
Sonia Gonzalez Valverde
Head of Real Estate InvestmentsShell Asset Management Company
Netherlands
Tania Concejo-Bontemps
PrésidenteUnion Investment Real Estate
France
Tania Bontemps is President of Union Investment Real Estate France, leading the Paris subsidiary since 2011. She has over 17 years of experience in general management, investment and asset management, leading multi-disciplinary projects and teams for international real estate companies. Prior to joining the real estate sector, Tania started her career in the high-tech sector with the Japanese-American group Senko in Boston (USA). When she moved to Paris in 2003, she joined Renta Corporacion, a listed property company. With Renta as Managing Director, she was in charge of acquisitions and asset management for the French, English and German markets. Tania joined Union Investment in 2011 as Managing Director of the French management company.
Tanya Kosseva-Boshova
Managing PartnerLion's Head
Bulgaria
20 years of experience on the SEE commercial property market. Acted as partner and managing director of the largest and most successful property companies in Bulgaria – Colliers International, Landmark Property Bulgaria, European Trade Center. Led the development, leasing and management of several successful commercial projects in the region – with a focus on shopping malls and office buildings. Tanya is the Chair Person of the Association of Commercial Building Owners in Bulgaria. The organization represent the largest commercial developers in the country. Tanya also acts as Chair Person of Ladies Forum, non-for profit organization of business women.
Tina Pristovsek
Vice President, Real Estate Finance & Capital MarketsOxford Properties Group
United Kingdom
Tina manages Oxford’s €3 billion European debt portfolio, and is responsible for building and strengthening relationships with Oxford’s European and global lending partners.
Valeria Falcone
Head of Value Add Investing EuropeBarings Real Estate
Italy
Valeria Falcone is Managing Director for Barings Real Estate, a member of Mass Mutual Financial Group, based in Milan and covering the role Portfolio Manager for Barings Europe Value Add Fund and Italy Country Head. Since she joined Barings covered the role of Managing Director and Real Estate Country Head for The Carlyle Group for 11 years, where she had served also as Managing Director of Carlyle Real Estate SGR and board member for several spv vehicles across Europe. Prior to joining Carlyle, Valeria Falcone was with Pirelli & C. Real Estate (now Prelios), one of the largest Italian Real Estate Company with various roles. Prior to that Valeria Falcone was with CityBank as Project and Operational Manager and in Astrim as a Project Manager
Virginie Walckenaer
Head of Real Estate France and BeneluxDWS
France
Virginie Walckenaer, actuelle Head of Asset Management – France et Belgique de DWS Real Estate, a été nommée en sus de ses activités actuelles, Responsable légale du Bureau de Paris et Directrice de la succursale française de DWS Grundbesitz GmbH, reportant directement à Clemens Schäfer, Head of Real Estate Europe. Diplômée de l’ESSCA, et ayant plus de 14 ans d’expérience en Asset Management, Virginie Walckenaer a commencé sa carrière chez Halverton REIM, puis en tant qu’Asset Manager chez Invesco Real Estate. Elle était préalablement Responsable de l’Asset management – bureaux chez Primonial Reim, et est arrivée en 2015 chez DWS
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