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The GRI Global Chairmen's Retreat is an internationally renowned annual forum for global real estate decision-makers at the top of the deal-making chain. Due to the concentration of top dealmakers gathered at this event, it has come to be known as a secluded treasure trove of distilled information and free-flowing, and agenda-free conversations.
2024 has seen uncertainty in an unprecedented time. During the Retreat, this group of real estate professionals takes stock of the global landscape and discusses ‘What next? ’.
2024 has seen uncertainty in an unprecedented time. During the Retreat, this group of real estate professionals takes stock of the global landscape and discusses ‘What next? ’.
These conversations take place in organised discussions but also between them in comfortable spaces that allow your friendships with these executives, who are at the top of their game, to blossom.
Schedule
WEDNESDAY 15
12:00 - 24:00
Arrivals
Consider: Consider: choose daylight train from Zurich Airport and
spend last 2 hours to St Moritz travelling through a legendary winter wonderland.
19:00 - 19:30
New Members welcome orientation
Pop-in Pop-out
Welcome Drinks
Welcome Drinks
Members & Spouses
21:00 - 23:00
Encounter Dinner
THURSDAY 16
08:45 - 13:00
Sessions
Members
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Members & Spouses
14:00 - 15:00
15:15 - 17:30
Sessions
Members
20:00 - 23:00
Encounter
Dinner
Or sign
up at concierge to join one of independent member’s restaurant reservations around town
FRIDAY 17
08:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
Members & Spouses
08:30 - 09:30
Members & Spouses
09:30 - 16:00
Sports & Activities instructor-guided in small GRI
groups
Members & Spouses
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
Members & Spouses [Salantras]
19:00 - 20:30
Cocktail
Members & Spouses [Main Hall]
20:30 - 22:30
Gala
Dinner & Conference Wrap Up
[Jacket
(tie optional)]
Members & Spouses
SATURDAY 18
09:00 - 10:00
Breakfast Discussion
Members
& Spouses
09:00 - 16:00
Sports
& Activities instructor-guided in small GRI
groups
Members
& Spouses
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
Members
& Spouses [Paradiso]
17:30 - 19:00
Goodbye
Cocktails
Members
& Spouses [Main Hall]
20:00 - 23:00
Encounter
Dinner
Or sign
up at concierge to join one of independent member’s restaurant reservations around town
SUNDAY 19
08:00 - 14:00
Departures
Keynotes
DR Megan Walters, FRICS
Dr. Walters was global head of research at PIMCO Prime Real Estate (formerly Allianz Real Estate). Prior to joining Allianz Real Estate, she led a team of 170 researchers at JLL as head of research, Asia Pacific, and was a member of its leadership board. Previously, she worked developing deals for schools, hospitals, and hotels, and as an academic. Dr. Walters is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. She holds a Ph.D. in real estate economics from University of Hong Kong, and degrees from the University of Reading. She currently serves as a global governing trustee of ULI, and sits on the ANREV management board and on the Asia Pacific board of the RICS.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Author
Simon Sebag Montefiore is a bestselling writer whose books have been published in forty-eight languages and who has won prizes for both his history and novels. He read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Visiting Professor of Humanities at the University of Buckingham, he lives in London. Dr Montefiore regularly lectures around the world on history, Russia and the Middle East, and on subjects such as leadership and revolution.
David Stubbs
Senior Investment Strategist
Dr. David Stubbs is the Senior Investment Strategist for Blackstone. Former Global Head of Thematic Strategy for J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank. Based in the New York office, he was responsible for delivering research-driven insights on the global economy and thematic investing to ultra-high net worth clients. He is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN and other major market outlets. David was most recently the Global Head of Market Strategy at the JP Morgan Private Bank and was formerlv member of Asset Management’s Market Insights team, where he was responsible for formulating and communicating the business’s market views to institutional investors and financial advisors across the region and around the world.
What we do
Plenary sessions
Share your views with other decision makers and vote
on
your vision for the future of real estate.
Keynotes
Enter an open discussion with an expert on a
provocative subject that will affect the world in the coming months and years, economically and
socially.
Group discussions
Contribute to conversations on real estate and
the world in intimate group discussions that leave room for opinions and understanding the
challenges for the market ahead.
Testimonials
Alexi Antolovich
Global Co-Head RE
Macquarie Principal Finance
Audrey Klein
Partner
Spencer House Partners
https://www.spencerhousepartners.com/
+44 (0)20 7647 8529
London | United Kingdom
Spencer House Partners LLP (“SHP”) was established in London in 2006. Its purpose is to provide merchant banking services in the financial services industry with a particular focus on asset and wealth management businesses, whether through offering strategic advice to firms, their shareholders and those interested in investing in the industry, or arranging equity investments in businesses we believe to be attractive.
Ben Bianchi
Head of Europe, MD
Oaktree Capital Management
http://www.oaktreecapital.com
+44 20 7201 4600
London | United Kingdom
Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $179 billion in assets under management.
Cherine Aboulzelof
Managing Director, Co-Head BGO Strategic Capital Partners
BGO
http://greenoakrealestate.com/
+44 20 7866 8800
London | United Kingdom
BGO is a leading, global real estate investment management advisor, real estate lending advisor, and a globally-recognized provider of real estate services. BGO has offices in 27 cities across thirteen countries with deep, local knowledge, experience, and extensive networks in the regions where we invest, provide real estate lending solutions, and manage real estate assets on behalf of our clients.
Cristina García-Peri
Senior Partner Head of Strategy and Business Development
Azora
http://www.azora.es/
+34 913 106 370
Madrid | Spain
AZORA is an independent private equity styled asset manager of real assets, based in Spain but investing across Europe and the USA. It currently manages €9.2 bn of AuM (once its various vehicles committed firepower is fully invested) with Hospitality and Living representing c. 70% of this. AZORA has a value-add approach with a strong track record in pioneering new assets classes in Southern Europe and a special expertise in building fully integrated platforms in operational assets classes.
Davide Albertini Petroni
CEO
COSTIM
Bergamo | Bergamo | Italy
COSTIM is a multipurpose company, active and competing on the Italian market for over fifty years now, in all real estate sectors. The Group’s core activities are mainly in real estate development and constructions in general.
Dirk Brandes
Executive Board Member
Natixis
http://www.pfb.natixis.com/
+49 (0) 69 97153 - 0
Frankfurt | Germany
For over 10 years, Natixis S.A., the parent company of NATIXIS Pfandbriefbank AG, has operated in the commercial RE financing sectors of the most important European markets as well as in the USA. Natixis ranks among the market leaders in Europe in real estate financing and has substantial expertise and knowledge, in addition to long-term experience in structured real estate finance We provide our clients with mortgaged-backed structured loans in the core markets of Germany, France, etc.
Eric Assimakopoulos
Founder & Managing Partner
Revetas Capital
https://www.revetas.com/
+44 203 931 42 97
London | United Kingdom
Specialised Real estate investment manager targeting value-added and opportunistic assets in Central and Eastern Europe ("CEE")
Gavin Neilan
Founder, co-Managing Partner & CIO, DFI
Deutsche Finance International
https://www.deutsche-finance-international.com/
+44 203 931 3792
London | United Kingdom
DFI is a pan-European private equity firm with €3.9 billion of assets under management, which specialises in customer centric and operational real estate. It pursues differentiated and thematic value add and select opportunistic strategies in order to deliver consistent and superior risk-adjusted returns through deep value investing, capitalising on trends and transforming under-managed and under-invested assets and operating companies through active asset management. The firm acts as the investment adviser to its discretionary funds and co-investment partners, and has a global institutional client base that includes pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions and family offices.
Josh Cleveland
Partner
StepStone Group
http://www.stepstoneglobal.com/
+44 020 7647 7550
London | United Kingdom
StepStone is a global private markets specialist overseeing over US$105 billion of private capital allocations, including approximately US$29 billion of assets under management. The Firm creates customized portfolios for many of the world’s most sophisticated investors using a highly disciplined, research-focused approach that prudently integrates primaries, secondaries, and co-investments.
Nebil Senman
Co-Owner & Managing Partner
Griffin Capital Partners
https://griffin-cp.com/
+48 22 212 19 40
Warsaw | Poland
Griffin Capital Parners is the largest privately-owned investment and asset manager in private equity and real estate in CEE and the most active and innovative investor in the region. It is a recognized leader in the private equity and real estate sector, originating and introducing innovative concepts and formats to the market. With a strong track record and extensive private equity and real estate know-how, it is a one-stop-shop for international investors willing to invest in Poland. The gros
Paco Hugas
Co-Ceo/ Partner
Conren Tramway
https://www.conrentramway.com/
+34 93 027 55 99
Barcelona | Spain
We are a Spanish investor, developer and manager backed by a group of committed private and institutional investors, providing permanent capital for our different investment programmes: individual mandates, club deals and regulated funds. We started as office developers, and have evolved to cover all phases of investment, development and management of properties for offices, living and logistics assets, with offices in Madrid and Barcelona with a team of 50 employees.
Ramón Camiña
Founding Partner
Cale Street Partners
http://www.cale-street.com/
+44 20 3096 5900
London | United Kingdom
Real estate investment and finance firm providing structured debt and/or equity capital solutions in Europe and North America.
Roger Orf
Partner & Head of Real Estate, Europe
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.
Saul Goldstein
CEO
Activum SG Capital
http://www.activumsg.com/
+49 (0) 30 23 253 200
Berlin | Germany
To identify niche opportunities in real estate related sectors
Sindo Oliveros
CEO/CIO
KAUST Investment Management Company
http://www.kaust-imc.org
(571) 482-1610
Virginia | VA | USA
KAUST Investment Management Company, an entity responsible for the investment strategy of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia
Stephen Plavin
Head of Europe BREDS
Blackstone
http://www.blackstone.com
+44 20 7451 4000
London | United Kingdom
Blackstone is one of the world’s leading investment firms. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies in which we invest, and the communities in which we live and work.
Tim Breitenstein
Managing Director - Co Head Investments Europe
Morgan Stanley
Paris | Île-de-France | France
Morgan Stanley is an American multinational financial services corporation operating in 42 countries and has more than 1300 offices & 60 000 employees
Tina Yu
Partner
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
Tracy Stroh
Managing Director & Region Head Europe
GIC - Government of Singapore Investment Corporati
http://www.gic.com.sg
+44 20 7725 3888
London | United Kingdom
Established in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves, we strive to achieve good long-term real returns on assets under our management to preserve and enhance the value of Singapore's reserves.
Travis Pritchett
President and Chief Operating Officer
Harbert Management Corporation
Volker Kraft
Managing Partner
ECE Real Estate Partners
https://www.ecerep.com/
+49 40 606 06-9101
Hamburg | Germany
We are Europe’s leading private equity real estate investment manager with a focus on shopping centres. We are a sister company of ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG. Our assets under management comprise 24 prime shopping centres in seven European countries with a total fair market value of more than 5 billion euros.
Zsolt Kohalmi
Global Head of Real Estate and CO-CEO
Pictet Alternative Advisors
http://www.pictet.com
+41 58 323 2323
Geneva | Switzerland
Pictet is an investment-led service company, offering wealth management, asset management and related services. We are a partnership of seven owner managers and our principles of succession and transmission of ownership have remained unchanged since foundation in 1805. Our purpose is to build responsible partnerships with our clients, communities, and the companies in which we invest, in order to safeguard and transmit wealth, of all kinds, in the service of the real economy.
Alexi Antolovich
Global Co-Head REMacquarie Principal Finance
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein
PartnerSpencer House Partners
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein has held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. She is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com).
Ben Bianchi
Head of Europe, MDOaktree Capital Management
USA
Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager, Oaktree Capital Mr. Bianchi is a managing director and Head of Europe for Oaktree’s Real Estate group. Mr. Bianchi joined Oaktree in 2014 and has been involved in the investment and management of its real estate funds in the United States and Europe throughout his time at the firm. Prior to joining Oaktree, Mr. Bianchi worked for Deutsche Bank AG where he held senior positions in the firm’s London, Hong Kong and New York-based real estate divisions. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Bianchi was employed by Moore Capital's MSVP Japan where he served as a senior vice president. He began his career as an associate in Goldman Sachs's Archon Group in the U.S. and Asia.
Cherine Aboulzelof
Managing Director, Co-Head BGO Strategic Capital PartnersBGO
USA
Cherine Aboulzelof is Managing Director, Global Co-Head for BentallGreenOak's Strategic Capital Partners ("BGO SCP") and sits on its global investment committee. BGO SCP provides strategic capital by way of asset and portfolio recapitalisations, structured transactions, co investments and fund investments to GPs. Prior to joining BGO SCP platform in 2017, she has been responsible for Europe investments with two different real estate investment managers, investing across a number of real estate sectors in Europe between 2005 and 2017. She started her career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. She holds an M.B.A from INSEAD and a graduate degree from EM Lyon. She is a French, British and Lebanese citizen.
Cristina García-Peri
Senior Partner Head of Strategy and Business DevelopmentAzora
Spain
Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner and Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for the Azora Group. Prior to joining Azora in 2011, she worked for 16 years in the investment- banking sector at both Merrill Lynch (2 years) and JP Morgan (14 years), where she held various positions across M&A and Equity Capital Markets, and for 10 year, she was Managing Director responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA as well as Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina holds a bachelor degree in Economics from ICADE (Spain) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (USA). Cristina is Board Member at Bankinter, a Spanish IBEX 35 banking institution, where she Chairs the Nominations and Sustainability Committee.
David Ebbrell
CEOM7 Real Estate
United Kingdom
David Ebbrell is the Chief Executive Officer for M7 Real Estate. He is responsible for sourcing new properties across Europe. Prior to co-founding M7 in 2009, David was a Fund Director at GPT Halverton where he was responsible for Funds with a combined value of €600m. These included BIP (which invested in German and Dutch multi-let industrial property) and DAF (which invested in Dutch multi-let industrial office properties). As Fund Director, David had responsibility for acquisitions, portfolio performance, client reporting and asset management strategy. He was also responsible for many of the acquisitions made by the Halverton Babock Industrial fund; his primary responsibility being the German and French acquisitions.
Davide Albertini Petroni
CEOCOSTIM
Italy
Starting from January 2024, he has been appointed CEO of Costim Group, an industrial group focused on real estate development and on general contracting, with real estate developments amounting to around 800 millions and a turnover of 400 millions. From 2009 to December 2023, he was Managing Director of Risanamento S.p.A, a property and development Company listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, with €1 billion of Assets Under Management and CEO of all the subsidiaries of the Group. As CEO of the subsidiaries, he sold assets for € 3.0 billion: Paris properties’portfolio for €1,5 billion, a prestigious building in New York for €0,3 billion and other Italian assets for €1,2 billion.
Dirk Brandes
Executive Board MemberNatixis
Germany
Dirk Brandes is Member of the Executive Board and Head of Real Estate Finance at NATIXIS Pfandbriefbank AG based in Frankfurt am Main. The Bank combines the special abilities of a Pfandbrief bank with the commercial business resources of Natixis S.A., the corporate and investment bank of Groupe BPCE. The main markets are Germany, France, Italy, Spain and United States. Prior to joining NATIXIS in 2016, Dirk Brandes was Head of Business Origination at HSH Nordbank AG, Hamburg. Previously, he was Head of Commercial Real Estate at DG HYP, Hamburg.
Eric Assimakopoulos
Founder & Managing PartnerRevetas Capital
United Kingdom
Eric has over 22 years of experience in the real estate sector, principally as a developer and investor. He is a US national and spent the majority of the last 15 years in Europe, initially investing in Belgium, Germany, and the Slovak Republic. Eric has completed over €1 billion of real estate transactions throughout US and Europe. In 2002, he launched and built Bifrost Investment Group (predecessor to Revetas Capital) into a leading CEE investment and asset manager. Since 2009, he has actively developed a platform to restructure and recapitalise distressed real estate in CEE, leading to the formation of Revetas Capital. Since then, Eric successfully restructured and recapitalised over €600 million worth of real estate assets in the region
Gavin Neilan
Founder, co-Managing Partner & CIO, DFIDeutsche Finance International
United Kingdom
Gavin Neilan is the Founder, Co-Managing Partner and CIO of Deutsche Finance International (DFI) a pan-European real estate private equity platform with over €4 billion AUM and offices in London, Munich, Madrid and Luxembourg. The firm focuses on thematic value add and opportunistic strategies investing through discretionary pan-European funds, co-investment vehicles and separate managed accounts. Gavin has 20+ years’ of industry experience, having been involved in more than €10 billion of transactions across Europe, America and Emerging Markets. He is a qualified lawyer, holds an MBA from INSEAD and studied law at UCL. DFI is part of Deutsche Finance Group, a privately owned global real estate investment company with over €11 billion AUM.
Josh Cleveland
PartnerStepStone Group
United Kingdom
Mr Cleveland is a founding partner of StepStone Real Estate and oversees its activities in the EMEA. Mr Cleveland is member of the company’s board, investment committees and executive committee. At Clairvue, he was focused on originating and executing investments in the US and Europe. Before Clairvue, which he is a founding partner, he was a director at Liquid Realty Partners, an investment manager focused on real estate private equity secondaries. He has also served as a vice president at Capital Dynamics, a Swiss-based private equity manager, and worked in the debt capital markets divisions of Credit Suisse First Boston & Bank of America. Josh received a BA from University of South Carolina.
Nebil Senman
Co-Owner & Managing PartnerGriffin Capital Partners
Poland
Managing Partner at Griffin Capital Partners. Nebil Senman held leading positions for nine years as Senior Vice President and Supervisory Board Member of Oaktree’s German and Polish real estate funds and operations worth several billion Euro. Before joining Oaktree, he spent eight years handling real estate and corporate consulting at Ernst & Young Real Estate (formerly Arthur Andersen), where he held various managerial positions. He is a graduate of universities in Berlin (TU Berlin, EBS), Paris (ESCP Europe) and London (LSE) and holds an MBA and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in real estate management (EBS), and is a Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, MRICS.
Nikoletta Fouska
President & CIOLatsco Family Office
Switzerland
Nikoletta heads investments, across asset classes, for Latsco Family Office, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
LFO is a single family office, which serves the family of Marianna Latsis (Greek shipping family) with offices in Switzerland, UK and Greece.
LFO principals hold interests in Real Estate, Shipping, Energy, Infrastructure, Technology and Entertainment.
LFO invests both in direct property assets, as well as real estate funds and property companies. It is a reference shareholder of GEK TERNA and DIMAND, both listed on the Athens stock exchange.
Nikoletta holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and a MSc in Operations Research from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She has lived and worked internationally.
Paco Hugas
Co-Ceo/ PartnerConren Tramway
Spain
Paco is the co-CEO and co-founder -with his brother Jaime- of a Spanish developer, investor & asset manager Conren Tramway. His background is in commercial and residential real estate in Spain. His responsabilities focus on business development, sourcing and structuring deal as well development and asset management where he leads a design and construction team of 25 people. His experience covers investing in commercial and residential developments, value add and core plus properties. He currently serves on the Board of AEO (Spanish Office Association) and ULI Spain.
Ramón Camiña
Founding PartnerCale Street Partners
United Kingdom
Ramón Camiña is a founding partner at Cale Street Partners, a real estate investment and finance firm focused on the United Kingdom, Western Europe and North America. Since its inception in 2014 Cale Street has raised €7.6bn from a single sovereign wealth investor and has provided innovative structured debt and/or equity capital solutions to investors, operators and developers in ten countries across nearly every major real estate asset classes and in multiple currencies. Before joining Cale Street, Ramón spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs in London where he was the head of the real estate finance activity in EMEA.
Roger Orf
Partner & Head of Real Estate, EuropeApollo Global Management
United Kingdom
Mr. Orf joined Apollo in November 2010 and is a Partner & Vice-Chairman of Apollo’s Principal Finance and Real Estate businesses segment focusing on transaction development for both real estate equity and debt, operating partner outreach, significant limited partner matters and general ambassadorial work across the platform. He serves on the Investment Committees of the Apollo North American Real Estate and the European Principal Finance funds. Previously Mr. Orf was responsible for Citigroup’s global real estate investment activities. He has spent the majority of his career investing in the European real estate markets since he arrived in the UK in 1991 whilst working for Goldman Sachs.
Saul Goldstein
CEOActivum SG Capital
USA
Saul Goldstein is the founder and CIO of ActivumSG, a European focused real estate private equity fund manager with €2bn of equity under management. Prior to establishing ActivumSG, Saul headed the European real estate investment team advising Cerberus Capital Management companies on German and European investment opportunities. In a nine-and-a-half year career at Cerberus, Saul helped to open and run investment advisory offices for the Cerberus management companies in four countries. He advised on investments in real estate, real estate debt, NPLs and operating businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Sindo Oliveros
CEO/CIOKAUST Investment Management Company
USA
Sindo Oliveros is the CEO and CIO of Kaust Investment Management, the investment management arm of the financial endowment for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Previously, he managed the pension plan and endowments at the World Bank and was a member of the senior treasury team that managed more than $100 billion for the bank and for external clients. He advised central banks, pension plans and sovereign wealth funds on multi-asset management. He also headed the World Bank's capital markets and financial engineering department. He has held several positions at the International Monetary Fund working on adjustment programs in Latin America, Asia and Africa, and was assistant professor at the University of Minnesota.
Stephen Plavin
Head of Europe BREDSBlackstone
USA
Steve Plavin is a Senior Managing Director based in London and oversees Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies business in Europe. Previously, from when he joined Blackstone in 2012 until June 2021, Mr. Plavin was the Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a NYSE- listed commercial mortgage REIT managed by Blackstone. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Plavin served as CEO of Capital Trust, Inc. (predecessor of Blackstone Mortgage Trust) and CT Investment Management Co., LLC, a commercial real estate debt investment manager and rated special servicer that was wholly owned by Capital Trust and acquired by Blackstone in 2012.
Tim Breitenstein
Managing Director - Co Head Investments EuropeMorgan Stanley
France
Tim Breitenstein is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and Co-Head of Investments in Europe. He holds key relationships with European institutions and market participants and has significant experience through numerous transactions across asset classes and jurisdictions. Prior to joining the Real Estate Private Equity team in 2005, Tim worked in Morgan Stanley’s M&A and Structured Finance teams in London and Frankfurt for 5 years. Tim graduated from the European Business School in Germany in 2000. He currently lives in Paris with his wife and their 3 children.
Tina Yu
PartnerKSL Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Tina joined KSL in 2011. Tina helps co-lead the European portfolio after establishing KSL in Asia, and is a member of KSL's private equity and Asia Investment Committees. Tina was awarded in 2018 The International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) and The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC) Young Leader Award and featured as one of the Influential Women in Hospitality by Hotel Magazine in 2018.
Prior to KSL, Tina was an Investment Banking Analyst at Citigroup in the Real Estate group. Tina graduated magna cum laude from The University of Pennsylvania, where she holds a B.S. in Finance and Real Estate from the Wharton School and a B.A. in International Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Tracy Stroh
Managing Director & Region Head EuropeGIC - Government of Singapore Investment Corporati
United Kingdom
As Region Head, Ms. Stroh is responsible for GIC’s real estate equity and debt investment activities across Europe. These real estate assets span multiple property sectors, including traditional office, retail, residential, industrial, hospitality, and newer economic sectors. Ms. Stroh is a voting member of GIC RE’s Global Investment Committee, an active member of the firm’s sustainability committee, and a leader in the Women in GIC Taskforce.
Travis Pritchett
President and Chief Operating OfficerHarbert Management Corporation
USA
Travis Pritchett is President and Chief Operating Officer for Harbert Management Corporation (“HMC”), an investor in alternative investment strategies. Travis is a member of HMC’s senior management team with management responsibility for HMC’s global real assets group consisting of four platforms - European value add real estate, US value add real estate, US Seniors Housing, and Infrastructure. Travis received a BS from Davidson College and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.
Volker Kraft
Managing PartnerECE Real Estate Partners
Germany
Managing Partner at ECE Real Estate Partners, Volker sets the firm's strategy. ECE manages €10Bn+ in assets, primarily in European shopping centers and hotels. Before ECE, he was Director at Allianz Capital Partners, involved in management and investment committees. From 2009-15, he served on DDR Corp.'s Board, a US open-air shopping center leader. In 2014, he joined Aliansce Sonae's Board, Brazil's top mall developer & operator, and since 2022, he's on Deutsche EuroShop AG’s Board, Germany's sole public firm investing only in shopping centers. Holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in finance from University of St. Gallen.
Zsolt Kohalmi
Global Head of Real Estate and CO-CEOPictet Alternative Advisors
Switzerland
Zsolt Kohalmi is Global Head of Real Estate and Deputy CEO of Pictet Alternative Advisors. Zsolt brings over two decades of pan-European investment experience and has invested in excess of $20 billion into all real estate asset classes in more than 20 European countries throughout several investment cycles. Zsolt is also an active member of the World Economic Forum, part of the NZCC Expert Group members (Net Zero Carbon Cities program).
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Hotels
Badrutt’s Palace
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Badrutt’s Palace Hotel is the GRI Chairmen’s Retreat Hotel. Retreat Members should make their own hotel arrangements independently, quoting “GRI” group rate. Space is limited, the Palace invariably sells out early and arrangements before November 17 are strongly advised.
Request GRI rate at: +41.81 837-1100 The GRI rate is not available through travel agents, please book hotel directly.
Badrutt’s Palace Hotel T +41.81 837 1100 F +41.81 837 2999 [email protected]
GRI rates in CHF (CHF 1 = €1.04 = $1.11 = £0.90) Single 790 • Double 1190 ~ 1370 • Jr Suite 1630 • Suite 3680
Request GRI rate at: +41.81 837-1100 The GRI rate is not available through travel agents, please book hotel directly.
Badrutt’s Palace Hotel T +41.81 837 1100 F +41.81 837 2999 [email protected]
GRI rates in CHF (CHF 1 = €1.04 = $1.11 = £0.90) Single 790 • Double 1190 ~ 1370 • Jr Suite 1630 • Suite 3680
Additional hotels in St Moritz
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Kulm Hotel St. Moritz T +41 81 836 80 00
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Carlton +41. 81 836 7000
Four-star accommodation nearby:
Steffani +41. 81 836 9696
★ ★ ★ ★
Schweizerhof +41. 81 837 0707Steffani +41. 81 836 9696
Practical Information
Arrival
Wednesday arrival, however late, is strongly advised, as the program starts at 08h45 on Thursday and St Moritz is a long journey from anywhere.
Encounter Dinners
There are no GRI dinners on the program on Wednesday (arrival day), Friday or Saturday, which are reserved for independent networking and private dinners by members and spouses.
Members that prefer using such occasions to let luck expand their friendships, or are new and yet unconnected, can choose to join member dinners at GRI-selected restaurants around St Moritz.
While facilitated by the GRI, these discretionary options are not part of the GRI program and are at members’ own cost.
Members that prefer using such occasions to let luck expand their friendships, or are new and yet unconnected, can choose to join member dinners at GRI-selected restaurants around St Moritz.
While facilitated by the GRI, these discretionary options are not part of the GRI program and are at members’ own cost.
Lunches
Members and spouses/partners are cordially hosted for lunch on Thursday through Saturday and members are trusted to kindly stay away from outlandish menu choices such as caviar, exorbitant alcohols or similarly steeply priced items (or pay for it personally).
This invitation extends to members and their registered spouse/partners. It does not extend to their guests or other family that are not members of the GRI Chairmen’s Retreat.
This invitation extends to members and their registered spouse/partners. It does not extend to their guests or other family that are not members of the GRI Chairmen’s Retreat.
Champagne vote & program awards
Members that enjoy making the program the best it can be, can make their stay even more pleasurable, as follows:
- Be greeted to their room by champagne on ice for contributing to the program by moderating or scribing/reporting one of the breakouts.
- Enjoy a luxurious room upgrade for expressing interest and being selected to deliver the 5-minute closing wrap-up of the GRI Chairmen’s Retreat on Friday evening (based on their compilation of summary take-aways throughout the program).
Spouses | Partners
Over half of Retreat Members bring their spouses/partners.
Spouses/Partners MUST be listed with the GRI or may (mistakenly) be denied entry or lunch or other courtesy.
Spouses/Partners MUST be listed with the GRI or may (mistakenly) be denied entry or lunch or other courtesy.
Retreat Members Profiles
Retreat Members’ photos and profiles are listed on www.griclub.org/members-directory.
Retreat Members agree that photos and information provided may be used by the GRI at its discretion in its communication activities.
Retreat Members agree that photos and information provided may be used by the GRI at its discretion in its communication activities.
Activities and Insurance
Weather permitting, skiing, curling and other activities in small GRI groups has been arranged, each of them accompanied by qualified guides. Guides and lunch are courtesy of GRI. Equipment rental is Retreat Member’s individual responsibility. Prior sign-up on-site is necessary for all group activities. Retreat Members sign up for any such activity at their own responsibility and release GRI and any Retreat-related sponsors from any responsibility or potential liability.
Equipment Rental
Ski & Equipment Hire - The Palace sports store
(tel: +41 81 833 7585)
is excellently stocked, swift and professional and opens daily until late.
Curling (novices are favoured)
Wear loose-fitting trousers, such as track suit/jogging trousers along with a jumper and coat. One can get warm on the ice, so bring a few layers, as well as gloves and warm socks. Footwear must be clean and rubber soled.
(tel: +41 81 833 7585)
is excellently stocked, swift and professional and opens daily until late.
Curling (novices are favoured)
Wear loose-fitting trousers, such as track suit/jogging trousers along with a jumper and coat. One can get warm on the ice, so bring a few layers, as well as gloves and warm socks. Footwear must be clean and rubber soled.
Retreat Extension
If you would like to arrive a few days earlier or stay longer, Retreat Members are invited to extend their stay using the GRI Retreat special room rates. No formal program is planned.
Dress Code
The Retreat dress code is casual throughout, except for Cocktails and Gala Dinner, which are jacket required, tie optional.
Salutation
Retreat and GRI etiquette calls for all to address each other on a first-name basis.
Language
The Retreat language is “international” English and all grammar, syntax and other vocabulary rules are suspended. All native English speakers are urged to articulate slowly and loudly. As Anglo-Americans have a natural language advantage, they are encouraged to help non-native English speakers articulate their views. All are encouraged to help with occasional translation, where appropriate.
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