France GRI is an annual event held in Paris that brings together senior investors, lenders and developers active in the French and European real estate market.
Our exclusive discussion format allows for engaging, free flowing conversations among peers on the most important topics facing the sector currently. Find the right partners for your business, build valuable relationships, and keep the conversation going.
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Monday, April 11th 2022
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02:00pm - 03:00pm
Cycle d’investissement
La spécialisation ou la diversification comme seul filet de sécurité ?
Inbound Investment Appetite - La France est-elle un marché résilient ou de meilleures opportunités se trouvent-elles ailleurs ?
Élection présidentielle - Quels et où sont les risques potentiels ?
Attractivité européenne - Où placer ses pions dans la situation actuelle ?
Risque d'inflation - Préoccupations accrues ou pas grand-chose à craindre ?
Diversification d’investissements - faut-il toujours parier sur les bureaux Core ou la diversification d’actifs est-elle plus sûr ?
03:30pm - 04:30pm
Capitaux étrangers vs capitaux nationaux
Y-a-t-il de la place pour tout le monde, ou premier arrivé, premier servi ?
Investisseurs entrants : quelles sont les meilleures pratiques à réussir dans le marché immobilier français ?
Comment la France peut-elle rester compétitive pour attirer et retenir les capitaux internationaux ?
Manque de produit : pas de pénurie de capitaux mais où faut-il investir ?
03:30pm - 04:30pm
Construire Paris
Repenser les centres-villes d'aujourd'hui aux exigences de demain ?
La ville du quart d’heure - Répondre aux tendances de la demande post-pandémique ?
Construire la ville de demain : comment relever les défis d'une urbanisation et d'une densification rapides des villes françaises ?
Economie circulaire : Comment la hausse des prix des matériaux et de l'énergie impacte-t-elle les investissements ?
RE 2020 : nouvelle année, nouvelles règles - qu'est-ce que c'est et quels sont ses impacts ?
05:00pm - 06:00pm
Financement par la dette
La Dette senior fait son grand retour ou l'avenir est-il alternatif ?
Banques, fonds de dette, dette mezzanine - Des avantages à plus de risque et à des prix plus élevés ?
Aversion au risque des banques - Les alternatives sont-elles la seule voie pour les classes d'actifs plus risquées ?
Effet de levier de la dette - Évaluation des risques et tarification en dissonance ?
Rendement du risque relatif - Emplacement vs classes d'actifs
05:00pm - 06:00pm
CRE Innovative Portfolio Building
Accelerated shifts of technology and innovation or slow financial results?
Portfolio Management - Are real estate players embracing more and more tech, innovative & ESG solutions to build and diversify an innovative CRE portfolio?
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome - What are the main core business changes on real estate investment and operational management?
Space & Digital Transformation - Are these transformations generating some of the fastest-growing smart and innovative building management practices?
User Experience & Preferences - Are efficiency and value the most challenging paths towards creating well-being and greater experiences for the users?
Optimizing Portfolio Performance - Are AI and Big Data Analytics enhancing efficiency and creating better experiences towards new management and operational practices?
William De Vijlder is the Group Chief Economist of BNP Paribas. He began his career in the Economic Research Department at Belgium’s Generale Bank in 1987 and became Chief Investment Strategist in the Asset Management division in 1989. He was subsequently Managing Director and Global Chief Investment Officer at Fortis Investments. When Fortis Investments merged with BNP Paribas Investment Partners in 2010, he became a member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas Investment Partners as CIO Partners and Alternative Investments and subsequently CIO Strategy and Partners. In September 2013, he was appointed Vice Chairman of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Since September 2014 he is Group Chief Economist of BNP Paribas.
10:30am - 11:30am
Opportuniste & Value Add
Courbe risque/rendement toujours attrayant ou polarisation du marché ?
Achetez pas cher, vendez vert - La valeur ajoutée des friches industrielles offre-t-elle des rendements décents ?
Tarifs et rendements – Quand et comment pouvons-nous assurer la rentabilité de ces transactions ?
Appétit des banques et confiance en matière de prêt - Les prêteurs suivent-ils la courbe de risque ?
Marché français & Value Add - Comment identifier les futurs projets et s'assurer de leur qualité et de leur rentabilité ?
10:30am - 11:30am
Repositionnement de bureaux
Locataires, services et espaces ; quel est le mélange magique de produits ?
Réhabilitation, Reconversion ou Transformation Totale ?
Mix it up - La mixte d’usage à grande échelle est-elle la réponse aux nouvelles façons de travailler ?
Bail flexible - Préserver la valeur du domaine et la satisfaction du client
Réversibilité ou personnalisation - Qui mène le jeu sur le terrain bureautique ?
Responsabilité environnementale & Connectivité - Pourquoi adapter ses immeubles aux nouvelles attentes des utilisateurs ?
10:30am - 11:30am
Régions de France
Les trésors cachés se trouvent-ils au Nord ou au Sud ?
Les villes secondaires - trop risquées ?
Investir dans la province - rendements plus élevés ou distraction dangereuse ?
Migration urbaine ou suburbaine et le retour au travail - Comment l'échelle, l'espace, le loyer et la demande changent-ils ?
Bureaux, Logistique, Résidentiel - sur quelle classe d'actifs faut-il miser ?
11:00am - 12:00pm
Connexion à la construction
12:00pm - 01:00pm
L’Avenir du Core
Quelles sont les grandes tendances, et où prioriser les portefeuilles ?
Appétit d’investissement et de transactions - comment rester compétitif pendant ce temps du changement ?
Les classes d’actifs - quels secteurs seront les plus impactés ?
Redéfinir Core : quelle approche pour pallier le manque de produit ?
Super Core est le nouveau Core! Qui sont les futurs gagnants et joueurs de l’immobilier commercial ?
Évaluations et tarifications : qu’est-ce qui nous attend à l’avenir ?
12:00pm - 01:00pm
Repenser les concepts du retail
Le futur est-il hybride ou vaut-il mieux rester sur les bases ?
Appétit d'investissement - Les parcs commerciaux et les supermarchés sont-ils une valeur sûre ou les investisseurs remontent-ils la courbe de risque ?
Concept, mix et plan - Se concentrer sur l'expérience client par rapport aux solutions omnicanales
Jeu de localisation - CBD et high street toujours au top ou de nouveaux hotspots émergents ?
Travailler avec les prêteurs et attirer des financements pour les transactions de détail
12:00pm - 01:00pm
Résidentiel Géré
Résidences Étudiantes, Séniors, Co-living - Qui a le facteur d'échelle ?
Appétit d’investissement du marché résidentiel - sur quoi parier et où se positionner dans les marchés français ?
Diversification du portefeuille via le marché résidentiel - la prochaine nouvelle tendance ?
Résidences Séniors - quels modèles sont rentables pour les investisseurs, les opérateurs et les prêteurs ?
Résidences Étudiantes - encore un jeu core ou le co-living se brouille le flux des transactions ?
02:45pm - 03:45pm
Capital Logistique
Le e-commerce en vogue, mais les investisseurs comprennent-ils les risques de prix ?
Fondamentaux du rendement du risque - Résilience vs coût dans un environnement post 2020
Recherche d'actifs - Disponibilité, prix et emplacements
Aligner les besoins du propriétaire, de l'occupant, de l'investisseur et du 3PL
La pénétration du e-commerce crée une demande dans toute l'Europe - De nouveaux sites en hausse ?
Dernier kilomètre - Un nouveau secteur d'investissement spécialisé émerge ?
02:45pm - 03:45pm
Usage mixte
Les gagnants misent-ils tout sur les services ou autre chose ?
La mixité d’usage pour construire les communautés - comment répondre aux nouveaux besoins des citadins ?
Immobilier avec services - Montée en puissance des commodités ou modèle classique à privilégier ?
Migration urbaine ou suburbaine vs le retour au travail - Comment l'échelle, l'espace, le loyer et la demande changent-ils ?
Co-working & co-living - superposer les actifs pour créer de nouvelles opportunités ?
04:15pm - 05:15pm
E pour aujourd’hui, S pour demain
Comment trouver un compromis entre l’ESG et les fondamentaux d’investissement ?
Le S dans ESG : qu'est-ce que c'est et qui l’a vraiment compris ?
Réussites de zéro carbone en 2021 - comment l’avons-nous fait et à quoi pouvons-nous nous attendre à l'avenir ?
Créer des bâtiments sains - Impact du bien-être sur la rétention et l'attraction des locataires ?
Réglementations gouvernementales et taxes - quelle est la véritable pertinence des certifications ?
William De Vijlder is the Group Chief Economist of BNP Paribas. He began his career in the Economic Research Department at Belgium’s Generale Bank in 1987 and became Chief Investment Strategist in the Asset Management division in 1989. He was subsequently Managing Director and Global Chief Investment Officer at Fortis Investments. When Fortis Investments merged with BNP Paribas Investment Partners in 2010, he became a member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas Investment Partners as CIO Partners and Alternative Investments and subsequently CIO Strategy and Partners. In September 2013, he was appointed Vice Chairman of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Since September 2014 he is Group Chief Economist of BNP Paribas.
BNP Paribas RE, one of the leading international RE providers, offers its clients a comprehensive range of services that span the entire RE lifecycle.
Actualisation macroéconomique
L'Inflation : menace ou opportunité ?
William De Vijlder est Directeur de la Recherche Économique du Groupe BNPP depuis 2014. Il débute sa carrière en 1987 au sein du Département de Recherche Économique de la Générale de Banque et rejoint le service de la Gestion d’Actifs en 1989. Il occupe ensuite les fonctions de Directeur Général et de Directeur des Investissements du Groupe au sein de Fortis Investments. En 2010, il intègre BNP Paribas Investment Partners où il est membre du Comité de Direction, en charge des équipes de gestion des Partenaires et des investissements alternatifs. William De Vijlder est titulaire d’un Doctorat en Économie obtenu à l’Université de Gand (Belgique) où il est maître de conférence depuis 1991. Il est membre du Conseil d’administration du Club du Club du CEPII et est également membre du Groupe des Conseillers Économiques auprès du Comité de l’AEMF (Autorité européenne des marchés financiers) en charge des Études et Analyses de Marché.
Finance & Investissement
Cycle d’investissement
La spécialisation ou la diversification comme seul filet de sécurité ?
Inbound Investment Appetite - La France est-elle un marché résilient ou de meilleures opportunités se trouvent-elles ailleurs ?
Élection présidentielle - Quels et où sont les risques potentiels ?
Attractivité européenne - Où placer ses pions dans la situation actuelle ?
Risque d'inflation - Préoccupations accrues ou pas grand-chose à craindre ?
Diversification d’investissements - faut-il toujours parier sur les bureaux Core ou la diversification d’actifs est-elle plus sûr ?
Accelerated shifts of technology and innovation or slow financial results?
Portfolio Management - Are real estate players embracing more and more tech, innovative & ESG solutions to build and diversify an innovative CRE portfolio?
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome - What are the main core business changes on real estate investment and operational management?
Space & Digital Transformation - Are these transformations generating some of the fastest-growing smart and innovative building management practices?
User Experience & Preferences - Are efficiency and value the most challenging paths towards creating well-being and greater experiences for the users?
Optimizing Portfolio Performance - Are AI and Big Data Analytics enhancing efficiency and creating better experiences towards new management and operational practices?
IEIF - Institut De L'Epargne Immobiliere et Fonciere
Olivier Ambrosiali
Directeur Général AdjointBNP Paribas Real Estate
France
Deputy General Managers/ Head of capital markets since 2018, 10 Billions transacted in 2019 in French Real Estate, Worked for 15 years for Bourdais /CBRE, for 3 years in property development (Breguet and Bouwfonds Marignan), BNPPARIBAS since 2005, deputy Head For 13 years in Logistic, Retail and Office capital Markets.
Head of Office & Retail - EuropeOxford Properties Group
France
Pierre Leocadio is responsible for Oxford Properties’ French platform, including the responsibility of the asset management and leasing strategies for the existing Paris portfolio. Oxford Properties currently owns and manages a portfolio of four offices and one luxury high street retail in Paris, totalling approximately €1.5 billion of assets under management.
Xavier Denis
PresidentAG Real Estate
Belgium
Xavier is a member of the Management Committee and the Board of Directors at AG Real Estate, a Brussels based real estate investor and developer with an international and diversified portfolio under management in excess of €6bn. As Chief Development Officer, he is responsible for all development projects of the group representing a 1.000.000 m² pipeline. Xavier is also Chairman of AG Real Estate France. Prior to his current positions, Xavier was Chief Operating Officer and Board Member at Cofinimmo. Xavier graduated from UCL as Civil Engineer Architect, received an MBA from INSEAD and attended different executive programmes at the Harvard Business School. Xavier is Past Chair of the Urban Land Institute for Belgium & Luxembourg.
Arnaud Taverne est diplômé de l’Université Paris IX Dauphine d’un Magistère Banque Finance Assurance (License, Master 1 et Master 2) et d’un Master 2 (DEA) en Economie et Finance internationale. Il a débuté sa carrière chez PWC en 1997 (Auditeur Senior Banques et Assurance) avant de rejoindre Arthur Andersen en 2000 (Restructuring Transaction Advisory Services Paris, Senior Manager).En 2006, il a intégré la Direction Financière de Veolia Transport en tant que Responsable acquisitions. Il a rejoint la Direction Financière du Groupe Caisse des Dépôts fin 2007 au sein du département immobilier compte propre et a pris la direction générale deCDC Investissement Immobilier (anciennement CDC GPI) en juillet 2014.
Etienne Pax
Managing DirectorColony Investment Management
Luxembourg
Etienne Pax is Managing Director, responsible for investments and strategic asset management in Europe. Previously, Etienne served as Managing Director with Richemont Group, where he set up a fund focusing on value-add opportunities in North America and Europe. He also worked for Standard Life Investments where he was responsible for acquisitions, asset management and dispositions across Continental Europe. Etienne graduated from HEC Business School in Paris and received a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Chicago.
Sandrine Talbot
Head of Sales FranceDrooms
France
After 15 years spent in large companies in marketing and sales positions, I took up the Drooms challenge: to develop the activity of this digitalization expert on French-speaking markets. With 18 years of experience, Drooms improves asset management through technological innovation and makes Due Diligence intelligent. Results-oriented, tenacious, attentive to customer issues, I combine your constraints and our solutions to optimize your processes and enhance your assets.
Eric Cosserat
CEOPerial
France
Diplômé de l'ISG en 1987, Eric Cosserat débute sa carrière dans une banque française à New York, après quoi il revient en France pour travailler dans l'entreprise familiale, PERIAL. Ses premières fonctions reposent sur la diversification des produits financiers tels que les assurances vie et comptes immobiliers, les OPCVM, puis la gestion des SCPI et la responsabilité du service clients et des transactions immobilières. Sept ans après, il devient Directeur Général puis, en 1999, il est nommé Président du Directoire du groupe. Eric Cosserat est également Administrateur de l’ASPIM (Association Française des Sociétés de Placement Immobilier) et Administrateur de l’IEIF (Institut de l’Epargne Immobilière et Foncière).
Cédric Dujardin
Co-founderAsty Capital
Switzerland
Cédric Dujardin est nommé depuis Septembre 2019 Managing Director dans l’équipe Investissement Immobilier de BlackRock. Basé à Paris, il sera en charge de la gestion des fonds immobiliers de BlackRock en France, Italie et Belgique, sous la responsabilité de Justin Brown, Head of Real Estate Europe. Cédric Dujardin dispose de près de 20 ans d’expérience dans l’immobilier et la gestion de fonds, avec une expertise liée à l’impact environnemental et sociétal des actifs immobiliers. Avant de rejoindre BlackRock, il était Directeur des opérations immobilières pour la France, la Belgique et le Luxembourg chez DWS. Il avait précédemment été Directeur Investissements Europe chez Ivanhoé Cambridge et occupé différentes fonctions chez Gécina.
Ancien directeur de projets et directeur innovation, expert depuis 14 ans en qualité environnementale, performance énergétique, RSE. Gwenaël JAN est notamment WELL AP et WELL Faculty. Il a fondé G-ON en 2016 pour accompagner les acteurs et décideurs de l'immobilier sur les enjeux techniques liés à la transition énergétique, environnementale du secteur.
Alberto Haddad
Member of the BoardMJ&CIE
USA
Michael Neuman
Head, Industrial, United States and Latin AmericaIvanhoé Cambridge
Canada
Michael has held the position of Head, Industrial, USA and LatAm since 2022. He oversees the management of Ivanhoé Cambridge’s existing platforms in the USA and Brazil and investment diversification into new geographies and alternative asset classes such as self-storage and data centres. From 2019, Michael acted as VP, Investments, Europe.
Michael has worked in investing and real estate for nearly 15 years. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2014, he spent five years at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield as a senior investment and asset manager for the Office and Hotels division.
He graduated from HEC Paris in 2008 with a Master of Science in management and economics. He is also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Executive Director Grégoire Deramecourt began his career in 2006 in Mergers and Acquisitions within the Aviva group then at Rothschild & Cie. In 2010, he joined JLL's Corporate Consulting and Transactions Services department, which is dedicated to users. In 2013, he became Senior Asset Manager at Aviva Investors Real Estate France. Since 2018, he was head of AEW's Asset Management Offices, where he was responsible for more than 1.5 billion arbitrations. Grégoire is graduated of IPAG Paris and EM Lyon Business School.
Samy Bchir
Chief Investment OfficerSienna Real Estate Capital
France
Samy is Chief Investment Officer at Sienna Real Estate. He has has over 18 years of experience in M&A and real estate investments. Samy has a Master of Business from HEC Paris. He speaks French, German, English and Arabic.
Sienna Investment Managers is a multi-expertise pan-European asset manager of the publicly traded investment holding company Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL). With a team of roughly 300 professionals, Sienna IM operates in Paris, Luxembourg, London, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Madrid, Amsterdam, and Seoul.
Cédric Dujardin
Co-founderAsty Capital
Switzerland
Cédric Dujardin est nommé depuis Septembre 2019 Managing Director dans l’équipe Investissement Immobilier de BlackRock. Basé à Paris, il sera en charge de la gestion des fonds immobiliers de BlackRock en France, Italie et Belgique, sous la responsabilité de Justin Brown, Head of Real Estate Europe. Cédric Dujardin dispose de près de 20 ans d’expérience dans l’immobilier et la gestion de fonds, avec une expertise liée à l’impact environnemental et sociétal des actifs immobiliers. Avant de rejoindre BlackRock, il était Directeur des opérations immobilières pour la France, la Belgique et le Luxembourg chez DWS. Il avait précédemment été Directeur Investissements Europe chez Ivanhoé Cambridge et occupé différentes fonctions chez Gécina.
Thomas Blangy
Senior Vice PresidentQuadReal Property Group
United Kingdom
Thomas joined QuadReal as Vice President, International Real Estate in May 2019. He forms part of the investment team which is focused on building the international portfolio, with an emphasis on investing in Global Cities in UK and Europe. Thomas joins QuadReal having spent eight years at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) in London, where he was originally hired as an Analyst and was promoted to Vice President prior to joining QuadReal. At MSREI, he was a part of the pan-European acquisitions team, where he invested in Western Europe and CEE. Prior to MSREI, Thomas spent a year as an investment analyst for AEW Europe’s real estate private equity fund. Thomas graduated from HEC Paris with a specialisation in Economics.
Head of International Real Estate FinanceBerlin Hyp
Germany
Assem El Alami is the Head of the International Real Estate Finance Sales Division of Berlin Hyp AG. As such he supervises four sales teams: Origination International Investors based in Berlin, as well as the offices in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw. Berlin Hyp's loan book accounts for approximately 26 bn EUR. Being a law graduate, Assem has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate sector of which he has spent 10 years in France. He joined Berlin Hyp in 2010.
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Berlin Hyp is a wholly owned subsidiary of LBBW and specialises in large-volume real estate financing for professional investors and housing companies. It also provides German savings banks with a comprehensive range of products and services.
Benjamin Richard is the General Manager of Aareal Paris Branch. Since joining Aareal in 2006, Benjamin has held various positions within the bank and has worked on a wide range of financings secured against all class of assets: office, logistics, retail, residential and hotel.
Graduate of a Paris IX Dauphine Magistère, CFA charterholder, SFAF, Gilles CASTIEL has extensive experience in financing real estate in Europe. Before joining SCOR Global Investments in 2013, Gilles was, from 2005 to 2013, Director of the French origination department of Eurohypo in Paris. He previously held various finance positions within the CDC group and then at Natixis.
Sandrine has worked in the European Real Estate market for 18 years, and in Real Estate debt since 2005. Sandrine Amsili joined SCOR Investment Partners in November 2013 as Senior Real Estate Debt Manager. She was promoted to Head of Real Estate Debt on the 1st of December, 2018. Sandrine started her career in 2002 as an Acquisition Analyst for several real estate investment funds at CBRE Investors. In 2004, she became Asset Manager for French and German assets. She joined Eurohypo Bank in 2005 as a Credit Manager before being appointed Business Manager in the Origination department, in 2007. Sandrine holds a Master’s degree in Finance from EDHEC Business School. She has been a member of RICS since 2016.
Rémi has 24 years of experience in the real estate industry and leads the Firm’s activities in France. Prior to joining Benson Elliot in 2006, Rémi was an Investment Manager at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners where he was responsible for four real estate portfolios in France and Italy. Previously, Rémi spent six years at Archon Group (a Goldman Sachs Group company), latterly as Portfolio Manager where he managed five portfolios valued at €1.8bn. Rémi holds a Masters in Finance & Real Estate from Paris University XII and a Bachelor’s in Law & Tax from the Sorbonne University. Rémi is a native French speaker and is fluent in Italian.
Philip B. Gaillard is a Managing Director of HRO. Since joining in 1997, he has been instrumental in developing, leasing and selling many of HRO's projects in the Paris Region. Philip holds an AB degree in Economics and MBA in Real Estate, both obtained from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Since 1997, HRO has been a key player in Europe's dominant cities developing over 600,000 m² of offices occupied by some of the world's leading corporations. HRO provides a full range of advisory and asset management services to institutional clients
Charles de Guerry is Managing Director at Meeschaert Capital Partners, leading the French platform of Real Estate investments. He has over 14 years of experience in real estate, with a primary expertise in value-add deals. Prior to joining Meeschaert Capital Partners, Charles worked for 12 years at BlackRock Real Estate in London and Paris, successively in acquisitions and in asset management, before taking charge of the French platform for real estate investments. Charles started his career in 2006 at Nomura in London, working on the financing of value-add transactions.
Adrien joined Aviva Investors Real Estate in January 2019 as Head of Asset Management for Continental Europe and managing director for AIREF SA. He is responsible for developing Aviva Investors’ Asset Management platform across continental Europe, leading teams in Paris and Frankfurt. Adrien has 15 years’ experience in a variety of roles within the real estate sector, including in asset management, transactions, fund management and M&A. He joins from BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management, where he held the position of Head of Investments France since March 2018. Previously, Adrien worked at Standard Life Investments, AXA Real Estate France, General Electric Real Estate, Société Générale and PwC.
Before founding TRUSTONE REIM, Jean-Philippe was Deputy Director within the Investment team at BNP PARIBAS REAL ESTATE and led the team dedicated to Families and Institutional Investors which he had launched 10 years before.
He worked on all types operations: development, yield investment, property trading transactions and supervised more than 500 commercial Real Estate transactions. Jean-Philippe started his career structuring Real Estate investment funds. He then moved to BNP PARIBAS where he held various positions in the Real Estate market. Jean-Philippe graduated from IEP Paris and ASSAS University, Paris.
Nabil Mabed joined PGIM Real Estate in 2014. He is acting as Head of France, Spain and Portugal, and Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for PGIM Real Estate’s European Value-Add funds business. Before joining PGIM Real Estate, Nabil had previous experiences with Doughty Hanson & Co, Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley in London and Paris. Nabil has a Masters degree in Civil Engineering and Finance from Ecole Centrale Paris, is fluent in French, English, Spanish and Arabic. Nabil is a French and Algerian national.
Pierre joined DeA Capital in 2018 and is supporting the investment and asset management strategy. He has more than 11 years of experience in M&A, financing and investment. Prior to joining DeA Capital Pierre was investment manager at FREO. Before, he worked 10 years at GE Capital including roles as Senior Manager for the M&A team (executing on several transactions across Europe) and the Private Equity funds. Pierre joined GE Capital through the Financial Management Program (FMP). Pierre graduated from NEOMA Business school, France.
Alexis Trancart is Senior Originator at Aareal Bank based in Paris, responsible for the origination and structuring of senior and junior loans secured against French real estate assets. He started his career at Pfandbriefbank in London where he held origination and underwriting positions with a pan-European focus before specialising in the French market when he moved to Paris in 2010. Alexis holds an MSc in Real Estate Investment from Cass Business School.
Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Finance FranceDeutsche Pfandbriefbank AG
France
Olivier Katan is a Managing Director for pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank , Head of International Clients, France. Before joining pbb in October 2013, he headed since 2005 the Origination team for France at Eurohypo AG. Olivier, who has over 20 years work experience in structured and asset finance, was previously responsible for LBO and asset financing at CDC Ixis and CLF Dexia. He focuses on origination and structuring of “tailor made” financing solutions for international clients buying real estate assets or portfolios in France and throughout Europe. He holds a postgraduate MSc in International Finance from HEC school of management Paris and he is a civil engineer (ESTP).
Laurent Diot is CEO of HARVESTATE Asset Management. He was previously the CFO of NEXITY, leading French developer, from 2008 to early 2014. He has served as Vice President of NEXITY in charge of international operations and CEO of NEXITY International (2002-2007) and as Vice President, Business Development of NEXITY (2000-2002) in charge of mergers and acquisitions. Before joining the CGIS (Compagnie Générale d'Immobilier et de Services) in the Vivendi group as Director of Audit and Strategy (1996-2000), he served as project manager at the Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone (Générale des Eaux Group). He holds a degree from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (H.E.C.).
Mounir Hamrouni is Head of France for DekaBank and responsible for its Real Estate Lending business. He has in excess of 15 years of experience in Origination within multiple German banking institutions and held various positions including restructuring of non performing loans. Mounir achieved several billions of complex Investment and Development CRE loans in multiple asset classes with French and International institutional investors. He graduated from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne with a Master in Financial Engineering.
Benjamin Bill
PartnerCMS
France
Benjamin has extensive experience in the work with clients on complex real estate operations. He advises on a broad range of aspects related to it, including acquisition and disposal of real estate assets or companies, of French or pan-European portfolios, the structuring of projects and the negotiation of JV and partnership agreements.
Benjamin’s work covers all asset classes (office, retail, logistics, hotel and leisure, residential…).
Benjamin’s work also covers property development transactions, commercial leases and management agreements.
Stéphane Bensimon, President of Wojo, has a Master of Business from HEC Paris, and degrees from Sup de Pub and the École Hôtelière de Paris. He joined Wojo after a long and successful career with AccorHotels, most recently as the group’s Southern European Deputy CEO. Stéphane is recognized for having launched the brand Ibis Styles in 2010, which includes over 200 hotels in France today.
Christophe Burckart, est Directeur Général France de IWG, leader mondial des espaces de travail flexibles et innovants. A ce titre, il est en charge de conduire les activités opérationnelles et la profitabilité des marques du groupe telles que Regus et Spaces et siège au conseil de surveillance de Stop&Work, autre réseau de tiers lieux innovants, dont IWG est actionnaire majoritaire. Il est également responsable de définir et de mettre en œuvre les initiatives de croissance, s’associant à des acteurs-clés du marché au travers de partenariats stratégiques. Diplômé de l’Institut Supérieur de Commerce, Paris il a développé sa carrière dans le secteur de l’informatique au sein d’IBM, Compaq, Compaq, HP, Dell et d’Honeywell Safety Products.
Global Real Estate leader for more than 25 years, Xavier has a solid international experience in Real Estate and Construction matters, on most of the asset types.
He is an executive specialized in footprint optimization, workplace strategy, major projects delivery, climate impact investment.
Xavier is convinced that generalized hybridization is a fantastic opportunity to generate intergenerational solidarity and sustainable developments for all kinds of organization, and that there is an urgent need to further improve buildings' energy performance, while changing the way they are used and making progress on global recycling.
In that purpose, CRE strategy must reflect the ambition of the organization and bring an increased drive on it.
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.
Rouzbeh Badi-Arez
Founding PartnerBlack Swan Real Estate Capital
France
Rouzbeh Badi-Arez is a founding partner of Black Swan Real Estate Capital since 2021. He has more than 15 years of experience in European real estate investment, asset management and business development. Prior to joining Black Swan Real Estate Capital, Rouzbeh was heading investment and asset management activities at Dea Capital in France. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for sourcing and execution for Freo France. He also gained experience of equity and debt structuring as head of business development at Paref and he was responsible for international funds. He started his career as investment and asset management at Atemi (French Lehman Brothers asset management company). Rouzbeh graduated from Bordeaux Business School
Cyrille Deslandes
Head of Netherlands, Germany and TurkeyKlépierre
France
Cyrille joined Klépierre in 2014 as Head of M&A. From 2007 he worked for HSBC Investment banking in Paris where he started the M&A real estate team in 2009. Cyrille started his career at Deloitte in France and thereafter in the US doing due diligence for private equity funds.
Laurent était précédemment directeur de la stratégie, de la programmation et de l’innovation des grands projets de la foncière CEETRUS, où il avait également exercé la fonction de directeur commercial et marketing depuis 2013, piloté pendant 5 ans le projet Europacity en tant qu’administrateur de la JV avec le groupe WANDA et accompagné le développement de IMEDIACENTER, régie publicitaire comme membre du conseil.
Diplômé de l’IICP Paris et de L’ESERP Business School Barcelone, certifié EDHEC GM, Laurent Bonnet avait débuté sa carrière en 1997 d’abord chez DECATHLON, puis à la FNAC en 2000 avant de rejoindre SEPHORA comme directeur de magasin flagship en 2003 et où il avait été promu directeur de l'expansion immobilier pour l'Europe en 2006
Abhishek est le Président de Greenman Arth, une société de gestion de portefeuille Française. Abhishek a plus de 14 ans d'expérience en investissement, développement et gestion d'immobilier institutionnel en France et à l'international. Greenman Arth a inauguré GMA Essentialis, une SCPI, visée par l’AMF, spécialisée dans l'immobilier de la grande distribution alimentaire en France et en Allemagne.
Olivier Loussouarn, 46 ans, est le Directeur des Investissements de Sofidy. Diplômé de l’ESC Marseille et de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, il dispose d’une expérience de plus de 20 ans dans les domaines de l’investissement, du financement et de la transaction immobiliers. Il a rejoint Sofidy en 2000 et en devient Directeur des Investissement Immobiliers en 2008, après un passage chez Lasalle Investment Management.
Thibault Delamain
Head of Investment and Asset ManagementAG Real Estate
France
Thibault Delamain, MRICS, is responsible for AG Real Estate investment and asset management in France. Thibault is in charge of defining and implementing the investment strategy for 1,2 b€ AUM (office, retail, Logistics and diversifies assets). Thibault has 14 years of experience in the field of real estate for private and Institutional Investors.
European Head of Investments, Arnaud Malbos is responsible for proposing, implementing and supervising Ivanhoé Cambridge’s European investment activities in the Office building, Logistics and Alternative sectors in Europe.
Ashok Balabhaskarane
Development DirectorWojo
France
Ashok Balabhaskarane is responsible for WOJO's development activities in France and Europe. Ashok began his career within JLL’s Consulting & Transaction Management team in 2007 where he advised local and multi-national clients, in the development and implementation of real estate strategies. He then joined AXA IM in 2015 as Leasing Manager where he designed and marketed innovative workspaces.
Expériences since October 2018 – Managing Director Constructa Asset Management - From June 2015 – October 2018 - Constructa Asset Management- Portfolio Director ( Retail and Offices) -2015 - 20009: The Retail Consulting GROUP -Retail Asset Management Partner -2009 - 2006: ACOFI National Investment Manager -2006 - 2000 : Wereldhave- Retail and Office Asset Manager RICS : Chartered Surveyor – MRICS – ESSEC : Master Management Real Estate – Université Aix en Provence – Marseille : Master in Law and Real Estate
M. Martin started his career within the Boston Consulting Group in Hambourg leading him to have lots of International missions. Then in 2005, he entered the famous DAIMLER Group as Commercial Director of the Mercedes-Benz “public transports” branch. In 2007, he created the ARMORGREEN company, specialized in the Renewable Energies. In 2015, ARMORGREEN integrated the Group LEGENDRE and became Legendre Energie. Pascal Martin remained President of Legendre Energie and became Managing Director of Legendre Immobilier & member of the Board of Directors of the Group LEGENDRE.
Pierre-Yves Bonnaud
Director of Asset ManagementSociété Foncière Lyonnaise
Isabelle Clerc est Directeur de l’immobilier de placement d’AG2R LA MONDIALE. Isabelle Clerc, 45 ans, est diplômée de l’École nationale des ponts et chaussées et Membre de la Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). Elle était jusqu’alors Directeur de la gestion des fonds Grand Public chez NAMI-AEW Europe. Isabelle Clerc exerce depuis 20 ans ses responsabilités au sein de la Direction des investissements immobiliers d’acteurs majeurs tels que AEW Europe, Unibail-Rodamco, RREEF et BNP Paribas Real Estate.
Maxime is in charge of opening new residences across Europe. He previously worked at Hammerson, in asset management, where he was in charge of investments and development of shopping centres, and then of the Outlets business, in particular the development of the recent venture VIA Outlets.
Hideki Kurata
Head of Real Estate France & Head of Living StrategiesSchroders Investment Management
France
Hideki Kurata is Head of Real Estate France & Head of Living Strategies at Schroders Capital.
He has over 25 years of experience in financial services and real estate and has previously held positions at Greystar, AXA IM, GE Capital, JP Morgan and BNP Paribas.
Hideki holds a master’s degree in economics from Paris X University, is a graduate of ESCP Business School and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Entrepreneur and Senior executive with strong business development capacities Strong experience in team Management, in Investment process and solid track record of Real Estate Transactional experience across both France and Continental Europe. Very strong personal and professional ethics (RICS) Experience in working in Anglo Saxon environment, Reporting to German Board (IVG Asset Management Immobilien AG). Experience of Rising, Investing and Managing Prime portfolio 2.3 billion € Offices and Retails. More than 20 years’ experience in alternative Asset Classes as Executive Manager and Investor working cross-border with international clients and Funds Manager. Block sales with Institutional investors.
Jérôme Cornille
POINTCO CAPITAL
France
Eric Guillon
Executive AdvisorStaycity Aparthotels
Ireland
Eric started his career with management experiences in the trading division at Total in Singapore, in the European parliament at the European Union in Brussels, in the international private equity division at ABN AMRO bank in Amsterdam. He continued on as Director of development at REGUS Europe, before setting up GUILLON&CO, and being appointed as an Executive Advisor to the Staycity Aparthotels Group in 2010 He possesses over 20 years of experiences in the arranging and management of international investment and development most notably of innovative growth businesses, real estate, serviced offices, serviced residences, hospitality, or other related services. Eric has lived extensively on 4 continents
Senior real estate executive with 18 years’ experience in investment, development, asset and portfolio management in Europe, within leading international organizations
Specialties: Real estate investment and asset management.
Professeur École des Ponts Paris TechÉcole des Ponts Paris Tech
France
Ingrid NAPPI is an economist and tenured Professor at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech. She was Professor at Essec where she launched in 2002 the Real estate track and the Real Estate and Sustainable Development Chair as well as the Workplace Management research Chair.
She concentrates her research mainly on sustainable cities and sustainable real estate as well on work spaces in organisations in the context of the twin challenges of the widening social divide and increasing global warming.
She was co-leader of two working groups for the Plan Bâtiment Durable in France (French national Sustainable Construction Plan).
Paul Raingold
PresidentGénérale Continentale Investissements
France
Paul Raingold is the Founder and President of Générale Continentale Investissements which is based in Paris. Générale Continentale Investissements has invested in over 1.000.000 m2 of offices and other commercial properties mainly in the Paris region and o
Thibaut is an investment Banking expert starting his career working for Naxicap Partners, focused on small and mid-cap LBO investments. He joined CBRE Global Investors in 2007 where he first served in the acquisition team working on value-added transactions across continental Europe. In 2009 he joined the risk management team and then participated in the setting-up of the financing department in charge of debt raising and loan’s book management (up to €2bn debt commitment). Thibaut joined DekaBank in 2011 to reinforce the origination team in Paris following domestic and international clients. Since then he has arranged over €2bn senior loans. He is graduated from Toulouse Business School and a degree of Financial Engineering from EM Lyon.
Guillaume has a 20-year experience in the real estate industry and is Managing Partner at FARO CAPITAL PARTNERS, a boutique real estate investment and asset management company. He held senior positions at AEW and CBRE Global Investors from 2006 to 2017. Fellow member of the RICS, Guillaume holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from ESTP School and a Master’s Degree in Finance and Real Estate from Paris Dauphine University – where he is also a teacher.
FARO CAPITAL PARTNERS is an affiliate of SIOR
Ingénieur Architecte et DESS des Ponts et Chaussées, Master de Management de l’ESTP, il a commencé sa carrière en 1999 au sein du Groupe Bouygues en tant que chargé d’affaires chez Screg Bâtiment. Dès 2002, il est en charge du développement et du montage financier chez Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France. Il rejoint Bouygues Immobilier en 2005 comme Chef de Service en charge du développement des Grandes Affaires et des Projets Urbains puis, en 2009, du développement de projets tertiaires clé-en-main pour le compte d’Utilisateurs et de Grands comptes en France et en Europe. Il rejoint Altarea-Cogedim début 2013 pour prendre la direction du développement et du montage des opérations tertiaires en Régions. En 2015, il est nommé DG.
Mathieu Vincent
Head of Acquisitions FranceSienna Real Estate Capital
Géographe, professeur à l'Ecole d'Urbanisme de Paris - Université Paris Est, co-titulaire de la Chaire « Aménager le Grand Paris » et Directeur de la coopérative ACADIE.
emmanuel Verhoosel
CEOSquare Sense
France
Emmanuel Verhoosel is Managing Partner of the venture capital firm Fluxus Ventures. Fluxus Ventures incubates and invests in PropTech companies active in digitization, ecological transition and development of new ways of living and working in the real estate sector. He is also CEO of Square Sense, an innovative real estate data analytics company. Emmanuel has 30 years of experience in real estate, investment banking and venture capital in London, New York, Paris et Brussels. He has previously advised and financed prominent real estate investors with JPMorgan, ING et Natixis. Education: Master in Finance of the London Business School and Master of Laws of the London School of Economics
Stéphanie joined LBO France in 2003 in order to develop the real estate funds activity. She began her career in Morgan Stanley’s real estate department in London in 1999 then joined the Paris office to work on the MSREF real estate fund. She then moved to the bank’s corporate finance division. In 2002 she joined KPMG’s Marseille operation where she helped to develop the firm’s corporate finance department. Stéphanie graduated from ESSEC Business school.
Directrice Générale Adjointe - Recherche & EtudesIEIF - Institut De L'Epargne Immobiliere et Fonciere
France
Stéphanie Galiègue dispose de plus de 20 ans d’expérience en matière d’analyse de données, de performance et de risque pour le compte des investisseurs institutionnels dans le domaine de l’immobilier et de la finance. En 2005, Stéphanie Galiègue rejoint IPD France comme Directrice des Etudes et de la Recherche avant d’être promue Directrice générale adjointe quelques mois plus tard. En 2011, elle devient Directrice générale d’IPD France & Europe du Sud et Administratrice.
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