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GRI UK & Europe Reunion 2025

Hedging through inflationary headwinds to build resilient deal flow

140 people are attending
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ABOUT GRI UK & Europe Reunion 2025

Fast becoming our flagship event for senior real estate investors, fund managers, asset owners, lenders and developers, active in the UK, as well as those with diversified pan European portfolios across countries and sectors. Create dealflow and benchmark pricing, location and risk hedging strategies with your peers. Spend real time with the right people with 2 days of private investor driven roundtables. No press, no formal agendas, no stages, just qualified decision makers with risk in real estate transactions, sitting down together for closed door discussions.

 
 
Expand your network.
 
 
Transactional discussions about the market:
 
 
In-depth industry knowledge with strategic insights.

What you can expect

81%
Banks, funds, investors, and developers
High-level Networking & Matchmaking
Support in arranging 1-to-1 meetings and introductions with potential business partners
18
Discussion Rooms

Featured Discussions

Mainstage Investor's Talkshow

Finance & Investment

Debt Funding Gap

Opportunity or hazard?

Co-chairs
Omar El GlaouiCiti Group
Clark CoffeeAllianceBernstein
Laurine AmielAustralian Super
Shaun ConneryAffinius Capital
Ben EppleyApollo Global Management
Ana Gonzalez-IglesiasBlackstone
Daniel PottorffTristan Capital Partners
Rory MephamSancus
Hal ShawKSL Capital Partners
Nicole JürgensenMünchener Hypothekenbank
Deepesh ThakrarOaknorth Bank

Maturing Loans & Refinancing

Is senior debt too great a burden?

Co-chairs
Alison LambertMartley Capital Group
Cecile ImbaultAlberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Laura DenengaPGIM Private Alternatives
Jai PatelICG
Ashil SodhaTristan Capital Partners
Michael ShieldsING Real Estate
Rossitsa KoevskaGoldman Sachs Asset Management
Russell GouldCiti Group
Britta DrexlerApollo Global Management

Value-Add Europe

Co-chairs
Pradeep PattemPark Street Nordicom
Elle XuLendlease
Shelby WeissGREYKITE

LP Feedback (led by GPs)

Co-chairs
Alexander RichesCrosswind Capital
Audrey KleinSpencer House Partners
Meenal DevaniAprirose Limited
Adnan OzairDelancey
Philip StottCaisson IO

Structured Equity & Bottom ofCycle

Answer to unlocking distress or abandon it all together?

Co-chairs
Raj SomchandJLL Moderator
Pavlos YeorgaroudakisCIM Group
Siddharth TrivediOne Investment Management
Matteo MilanCain International
Sameer DalamalCale Street Partners
Sandy SuAres Management

Debt Funding Gap

Opportunity or hazard?

Omar El Glaoui
Co-Head of EMEA Real Estate Finance
Citi Group
Clark Coffee
CIO
AllianceBernstein
Laurine Amiel
Investment Director
Australian Super
Shaun Connery
Managing Director | Head of European Debt
Affinius Capital
Ben Eppley
Partner and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt in Europe
Apollo Global Management
Ana Gonzalez-Iglesias
MD, Global Head of Capital Markets, BREDS Group
Blackstone
Daniel Pottorff
Head of Debt Investment
Tristan Capital Partners
Rory Mepham
CEO
Sancus
Hal Shaw
Partner, Head of European Capital Solutions
KSL Capital Partners
Nicole Jürgensen
Head of International Clients
Münchener Hypothekenbank
Deepesh Thakrar
Senior Director Debt Finance
Oaknorth Bank
Omar El Glaoui
Omar El Glaoui
Co-Head of EMEA Real Estate FinanceCiti Group
United Kingdom
Omar el Glaoui is Managing Director and Co-Head of the EMEA Real Estate Finance business at Citigroup, focusing on origination, structuring and distribution of senior and mezzanine debt Over an 18 year career in commercial property finance, Omar has expertise in loan underwriting, distressed acquisitions, mezzanine / equity investments, CMBS bond trading and underwriting & risk management across Europe and all traditional and operating asset classes. He joined Citi in 2014, and prior to that was with J.P. Morgan in London where he started his career in 2005.
Clark Coffee
Clark Coffee
CIOAllianceBernstein
United Kingdom
Clark Coffee is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of European Commercial Real Estate Debt at AllianceBernstein (AB). His previous business, Lacarne Capital, was acquired by AB in 2020 to establish the firm’s real estate debt business in Europe. Previously, Coffee was head of Tyndaris Real Estate, where he was responsible for building the business into a top-10 real estate debt fund in Europe. Prior to that, he co-headed origination for Deutsche Bank’s European commercial real estate credit business and oversaw the risk management and restructuring of more than €2 billion of troubled loans during the global financial crisis.
Laurine Amiel
Laurine Amiel
Investment DirectorAustralian Super
United Kingdom
Shaun Connery
Shaun Connery
Managing Director | Head of European DebtAffinius Capital
USA
Shaun is Managing Director,Head of European Debt at Affinius Capital (Commercial Real Estate Finance). Previously, he was Managing Director at AIG and works out of London.
Ben Eppley
Ben Eppley
Partner and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt in EuropeApollo Global Management
United Kingdom
Mr. Ben Eppley joined Apollo in 2013. Prior to that time, Mr. Eppley was a member of the Real Estate Structured Finance group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and prior to that was a member of the Commercial Real Estate Debt Capital Markets group at Barclays Capital. Mr. Eppley graduated from Yale College with a BA in English Language and Literature.
Ana Gonzalez-Iglesias
Ana Gonzalez-Iglesias
MD, Global Head of Capital Markets, BREDS GroupBlackstone
United Kingdom
Ana Gonzalez-Iglesias is a Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets in the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) group. Since joining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. Gonzalez-Iglesias has been involved in sourcing, structuring and executing financings across vehicles in US, Europe and Australia.
Daniel Pottorff
Daniel Pottorff
Head of Debt InvestmentTristan Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Dan is the Head of Debt Investment at Tristan. Prior to joining Tristan in 2021, Dan was Managing Director in the Debt & Special Situations team at LaSalle Investment Management where he was responsible for originating and executing transactions for the LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies fund series and several separate account mandates encompassing development finance, whole loan lending and special situations. During his time at LaSalle, Dan was directly responsible for transactions representing over €1.4bn of lending and was fund manager for the Special Situations program.
Rory Mepham
Rory Mepham
CEOSancus
United Kingdom
Rory joined Sancus in January 2021 from The Somerston Group where he managed their European real estate platform. Rory has over 20 years experience in the UK and European property market. He has an extensive track record in M&A, corporate finance, capital raising, debt finance, investment management and property development.
Hal Shaw
Hal Shaw
Partner, Head of European Capital SolutionsKSL Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Hal Shaw is a Partner at KSL Capital Partners where he serves as Head of European Capital Solutions and is based out of London. Hal joined KSL in 2007 as a Summer Associate with the Private Equity Team. During his time at KSL, Hal has invested across the capital structure ranging from senior and mezzanine debt originations to acquisitions and has played a lead role in the formation and subsequent growth of KSL’s Capital Solutions strategies. Hal is a member of KSL’s Equity Investment Committee, Credit Investment Committee and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committee.
Nicole Jürgensen
Nicole Jürgensen
Head of International ClientsMünchener Hypothekenbank
Germany
Nicole Jürgensen joined commercial real estate lender Rheinhyp in late 1998 and started her career in the International Property Lending Department, covering Spain. Thereafter, she was involved in setting up offices in Athens, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey to eventually take over, in late 2006, the Latin American business development at Eurohypo. After 5 years in Spain, between 2009 and 2014, where she was in charge of managing Hypothekenbank Frankfurt’s Branch in Madrid, she joined Commerzbank in 02/2015 to head the Frankfurt office of the Centre of Competence - Corporate Clients Real Estate.
Deepesh Thakrar
Deepesh Thakrar
Senior Director Debt FinanceOaknorth Bank
United Kingdom
I joined OakNorth Bank a few months prior to it’s initial launch in 2015. Since then, we're proud to have lent over £8bn to support fast-growth businesses. In 2021, I completed over 50 transactions, including several in the hospitality, leveraged finance and senior living sector. In 2020, I won the Corporate Banker of the Year Award at Insider Media’s South East Dealmaker Awards, having completed 30 transactions in the South East that year. Before joining OakNorth Bank, I spent almost 13 years at Santander where I was a Relationship Director originating and structuring deals for businesses with up to £50m turnover.

Maturing Loans & Refinancing

Is senior debt too great a burden?

Alison Lambert
Martley Capital Group
Cecile Imbault
Principal
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Laura Denenga
VP European Debt Origination
PGIM Private Alternatives
Jai Patel
Co-Head of Real Estate Debt
ICG
Ashil Sodha
Executive Director - European Real Estate Debt Investments
Tristan Capital Partners
Michael Shields
EMEA Head of Real Estate
ING Real Estate
Rossitsa Koevska
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Russell Gould
Co-Head of EMEA Commercial Real Estate Finance
Citi Group
Britta Drexler
Principal
Apollo Global Management
Alison Lambert
Alison Lambert
Martley Capital Group
United Kingdom
Cecile Imbault
Cecile Imbault
PrincipalAlberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
United Kingdom
Financing and Structuring of new acquisitions in France and Spain
Laura Denenga
Laura Denenga
VP European Debt OriginationPGIM Private Alternatives
United Kingdom
Laura is VP for European Debt Originations for PGIM based in London. Laura previously worked at Allianz and Maslow Capital on originations and loans
Jai Patel
Jai Patel
Co-Head of Real Estate DebtICG
United Kingdom
Jai is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Real Estate Debt. He is jointly responsible for the day-to-day implementation of ICG Real Estate's Debt strategies and serves as an investment committee member for both debt & equity strategies. Prior to joining ICG, Jai spent two years at Amro Partners - a real estate investment firm investing, developing and managing purpose built residential assets. As Investment Director he was responsible for acquisitions, capital raising and financing. Prior to this he held various debt investing roles at ICG-Longbow & Barclays, starting his career at Lehman Brothers Asset Management. Jai holds a BA in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham.
Ashil Sodha
Ashil Sodha
Executive Director - European Real Estate Debt InvestmentsTristan Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Ashil is an Executive Director at Tristan Capital Partners where he is responsible for spearheading the origination of new debt investment opportunities across all European jurisdictions. Prior to joining Tristan, Ashil was a Vice President at Starz Real Estate, based in London where he played a key role in creating and scaling a new real estate lending platform investing in public and private real estate debt. Prior to joining Starz, Ashil was at BlackRock where he was an investment professional in the Global Real Estate Debt business, responsible for underwriting, both in the U.S. and Europe. Ashil holds the CFA IMC qualification and received a BA with Honours in Economics and Hispanic Studies from the University of Sheffield.
Michael Shields
Michael Shields
EMEA Head of Real EstateING Real Estate
United Kingdom
Michael Shields joined ING in May 2004 and has 25 years experience in real estate lending, asset management & restructuring. Based in London, he is currently responsible for ING REF’s EMEA lending platform – lending assets totalling over €18bn. He is also international head for Real Estate, looking after clients with a global real estate reach. Prior to his current role, he led ING REF’s highly successful U.S. lending platform which he helped grow from $200m to over $7.5bn at its peak in 2008. Before ING, Michael was an originator in BHF Capital’s U.S real estate lending team and was one of the original members of Helaba’s CRE finance team in the U.S. Michael started his banking career in Chemical Bank’s real estate group in Manhattan.
Rossitsa Koevska
Rossitsa Koevska
Managing DirectorGoldman Sachs Asset Management
United Kingdom
Rossitsa is a managing director in Real Estate Investing within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she is responsible for the origination and execution of new investments for the Real Estate Credit Partners program in Europe. Rossitsa earned a Masters degree in Management and Corporate Finance from ESSEC Business School in Paris in 2010.
Russell Gould
Russell Gould
Co-Head of EMEA Commercial Real Estate FinanceCiti Group
United Kingdom
Russell is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the EMEA CRE Finance team, business at Citigroup, focusing on origination, underwriting and distribution of senior and mezzanine debt. Over an 12 year career in commercial property finance Russell has expertise in loan underwriting, proprietary / special situation investing, CMBS bond and junior debt trading and underwriting & risk management across Europe and all traditional and operating asset classes
Britta Drexler
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.

Value-Add Europe

Pradeep Pattem
CEO
Park Street Nordicom
Elle Xu
Head of Acquisitions (Europe)
Lendlease
Shelby Weiss
Executive Director
GREYKITE
Pradeep Pattem
Pradeep Pattem
CEOPark Street Nordicom
Denmark
Elle Xu
Elle Xu
Head of Acquisitions (Europe)Lendlease
United Kingdom
Elle Xu joined Lendlease in September 2023. Previously, she was the Investment Director at Qatari Diar Europe. In her role at QD, Elle has been responsible for originating new investment opportunities, structuring JVs, and raising debt finance for QD’s existing projects in Europe. Elle has over 15 years of experience in real estate and investment banking. Elle is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Msc in Investment Management from Cass Business School.
Shelby Weiss
Shelby Weiss
Executive DirectorGREYKITE
United Kingdom
Shelby is a principal in the real estate team at Greykite. Previously, she was executive director at Goldman Sachs

LP Feedback (led by GPs)

Alexander Riches
Partner
Crosswind Capital
Audrey Klein
Partner
Spencer House Partners
Meenal Devani
President and CIO
Aprirose Limited
Adnan Ozair
Head of Capital Markets
Delancey
Philip Stott
Executive Director
Caisson IO
Alexander Riches
Alexander Riches
PartnerCrosswind Capital
United Kingdom
Alex Riches is a 12 year qualified lawyer who moved into private equity real estate six years ago, becoming a Managing Director at Curzon Advisers Limited, the captive asset manager of Kildare Partners. Alex became a Partner of Clifford Street Advisors in 2023, a private equity real estate platform that manages assets with a GAV of approximately €350m. Alex is also working to establish a new fund in Abu Dhabi in 2023.
Audrey Klein
Audrey Klein
PartnerSpencer House Partners
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com) running the 3rd-party fundraising business and is based in London. Before SPH she 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. Audrey is on the Corporate Board of Great Ormond Street Hospital and is a Non-Exec Board Member at Thriving, SFO and Planet Smart City. She is a Trustee of ULI's Charitable Trust and is on the board of Verbier 3-D.
Meenal Devani
Meenal Devani
President and CIOAprirose Limited
United Kingdom
Meenal Devani is President and CIO of Aprirose REIM. Aprirose has £1.5bn of assets under management and invests in real estate across Europe with a strong focus on the UK. Aprirose is active across all sectors and has significant holdings in PRS, hotels and alternatives. Meenal was previously at KKR & Mckenzie. KKR is a global private equity business with $5bn of assets under management in real estate. At KKR, Meenal was head of European hotels and UK real estate. Prior to that, she was Investment Director at London & Regional Properties for seven years. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an BA in Economics from Cambridge University.
Adnan Ozair
Adnan Ozair
Head of Capital MarketsDelancey
United Kingdom
Adnan has been with Delancey since March 2008, and is focused on investments and acquisitions, corporate finance matters, underwriting, monitoring returns, financings and disposals. He has worked on several transactions at Delancey including the acquisition of the Athlete’s Village at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in joint venture with Qatari Diar, the take private of Minerva plc and the acquisition of Barwood Logistics. He is also involved in establishing new joint ventures, partnerships and investor relations.
Philip Stott
Philip Stott
Executive DirectorCaisson IO
United Kingdom
Philip is a founding partner of Caisson iO. Starting at DE & J Levy in 1993, he specialised in investment acquisition and disposals, focusing on multi-let industrial properties for institutional and private investors. With a background in European operations, his primary role at Caisson iO has been raising and deploying capital, overseeing transactions exceeding £1bn since our inception. Philip is a qualified Chartered Surveyor.

Structured Equity & Bottom ofCycle

Answer to unlocking distress or abandon it all together?

Moderator
Raj Somchand
Co-Head Real Estate Investment Banking, EMEA
JLL
Pavlos Yeorgaroudakis
1st Vice President, Investments, Europe
CIM Group
Siddharth Trivedi
Managing Director, Real Estate
One Investment Management
Matteo Milan
MD
Cain International
Sameer Dalamal
Partner
Cale Street Partners
Sandy Su
Principal
Ares Management
Raj Somchand
Raj Somchand
Co-Head Real Estate Investment Banking, EMEAJLL
United Kingdom
Pavlos Yeorgaroudakis
Pavlos Yeorgaroudakis
1st Vice President, Investments, EuropeCIM Group
United Kingdom
Siddharth Trivedi
Siddharth Trivedi
Managing Director, Real EstateOne Investment Management
United Kingdom
Sid is a Managing Director at One Investment Management with over 14 years of experience investing in global real assets and corporate credit. Previously, he was at Blackstone’s real estate debt and corporate credit groups. At OneIM, he focuses on investing in real estate on a sub-sector and geography agnostic basis, covering mid to large scale private and public opportunities across the capital structure.
Matteo Milan
Matteo Milan
MDCain International
United Kingdom
Matteo joined Cain International in 2014 and is a principal in the firm’s Real Estate Debt team. He plays a key role in the origination and development of the firm's UK debt portfolio, as well as driving its expansion into continental Europe.
Sameer Dalamal
Sameer Dalamal
PartnerCale Street Partners
United Kingdom
Sameer Dalamal is a 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, Sameer spent 10 years at Och Ziff in London, where he was most recently the head of European commercial real estate credit. Prior to that Sameer was at Deutsche Bank in the European commercial real estate group for 6 years.
Sandy Su
Sandy Su
PrincipalAres Management
United Kingdom
Sandy Su joined ARES as a principal investor. Previously, she was Vice President on the Carlyle Private Credit team focused on real estate credit transactions. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2021, she was on the Real Assets Credit team at CPPIB investing in real estate debt across Europe and the US.
Asset Classes

Data Centres, Energy & Infrastructure - The next existential threat?

Co-chairs
Dace Dimza-JonesUK Government
Ivana PoparicMedCity

Light Industrial Rental Growth

Forever big boxes or super urban logistics creating value change?

Co-chairs
Mohamad AbouchalbakSFO Capital Partners
Ekaterina AvdoninaMirastar
Angus M Scott BrownCaisson IO
Jenny WangSunrise Real Estate
Dorota Latkowska-DiniejkoREINO Partners
Partha SarathyPictet Asset Management
Justin HildebrandtAffinius Capital
Will PrewerDHL Supply Chain

Purpose Built Student Accommodation

Co-chairs
Justin HamerBaseStack Living
Rob WaterhouseGSA Group
Irina Stamate-RochaPatron Capital

Multifamily & Single Family BTR

-Diversified glory or better the devil you know?

Co-chairs
Simon ScottJLL Moderator
James KirimyDOORFEED

Hotels

Co-chairs
Ryan DonnTrinity Investments
Kamaldeep ManaktalaAroundtown SA
Dominic SeelyRoom Mate Hotels

Retail Investments

Back on the menu?

Co-chairs
Tim VallanceJLL Moderator
Anders HemmingsenStrategic Value Partners
Simon TravisHammerson
Marco RampinCerberus
Simon WallaceDWS

Data Centres, Energy & Infrastructure - The next existential threat?

Dace Dimza-Jones
National Life Sciences Inward Investment Specialist
UK Government
Ivana Poparic
Head of Life Sciences Cluster Development
MedCity
Dace Dimza-Jones
Dace Dimza-Jones
National Life Sciences Inward Investment SpecialistUK Government
United Kingdom
Ivana Poparic
Ivana Poparic
Head of Life Sciences Cluster DevelopmentMedCity
United Kingdom

Light Industrial Rental Growth

Forever big boxes or super urban logistics creating value change?

Mohamad Abouchalbak
CEO
SFO Capital Partners
Ekaterina Avdonina
Co-Founder & CEO
Mirastar
Angus M Scott Brown
Executive Director
Caisson IO
Jenny Wang
COO & Head of Asset Management
Sunrise Real Estate
Dorota Latkowska-Diniejko
Co-Founder of REINO Group, CIO
REINO Partners
Partha Sarathy
Head of Asset Management
Pictet Asset Management
Justin Hildebrandt
Executive Managing Director - Head of Europe
Affinius Capital
Will Prewer
Head of Capital Markets Real Estate Solutions UK&I and EMEA
DHL Supply Chain
Mohamad Abouchalbak
Mohamad Abouchalbak
CEOSFO Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Mohamad is the CEO of SFO Capital Partners. He is also a member of SFO’s Board of Directors and its ESG Committee, and chairs the firm’s Executive and Investment Committees. Mohamad has been leading all aspects of the firm’s development since 2013. With over 18 years of experience, Mohamad has been involved in more than USD15 billion of transactions in both advisory and principal roles across the real estate, hospitality and financial services sectors. Prior to joining SFO, Mohamad held positions at Kingdom Hotel Investments, JLL and Gulf Merger where he advised and acted on behalf of institutional investors and family offices on cross border transactions including mergers and acquisitions, direct investments and asset management.
Ekaterina Avdonina
Ekaterina Avdonina
Co-Founder & CEOMirastar
United Kingdom
Ekaterina is a CEO and Co-Founder of Mirastar. Mirastar is a new specialist pan-European developer, investor and manager of big box logistics assets established by Ekaterina Avdonina, CEO, and Anthony Butler, CIO, in a joint venture with M7 Real Estate. From 2010 to 2018 Ekaterina was with Delin Capital Group focused on real estate investments and raising debt and co-founded DCAM. Previously, Ekaterina was with ING Real Estate in the Netherlands. Prior to ING, Ekaterina was with GVA in Moscow focused on the execution of development projects. Ekaterina graduated with a MSc. in Real Estate from Cass Business School and received a degree in Corporate Finance and Accounting from the Finance Academy under the Russian Government.
Angus M Scott Brown
Angus M Scott Brown
Executive DirectorCaisson IO
United Kingdom
Angus is a founding partner of Caisson iO. Angus holds an MA in European Property and has been involved in UK and European real estate for more than 20 years. His breadth of experience ranges from working at SEGRO to co-ordinate its Continental European investment and development activities to working as Rockspring’s (now Patrizia) European Director and Fund Manager of TransEuropean (UK & Europe). Angus was formerly the Managing Director of iO Asset Management LLP. This depth of knowledge & experience gives Angus a uniquely deep understanding of UK & European real estate.
Jenny Wang
Jenny Wang
COO & Head of Asset ManagementSunrise Real Estate
United Kingdom
Jenny Wang is a Founding Partner and Chief Operating Officer and Head of Asset Management of Sunrise Real Estate. She is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of Sunrise and the asset management activities within the portfolio. She also serves as a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Sunrise, Jenny was a Principal in the Real Estate Group at Blackstone, where she worked in the New York and London offices from 2012 to 2021. While in New York, she primarily focused on new residential and logistics investments across North America. After moving to London in 2019, she shifted to focus on real estate asset management activities on the logistics and residential investments across Europe. She also spent six months
Dorota Latkowska-Diniejko
Dorota Latkowska-Diniejko
Co-Founder of REINO Group, CIOREINO Partners
Poland
Dorota is a Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of REINO Group (fund and investment management company based in Poland). Dorota has over 25 years of professional experience in the real estate industry working for PWC and Knight Frank in the CEE region. She advised local and international developers, global investment funds, and Polish entities in these roles. Dorota has invested and managed more than EUR 2bn of Polish real estate for various Polish and international structures. She is a Polish licensed valuer and a Member of the RICS. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Management and MBA from the University of Minnesota/Carlson Schoof of Management.
Partha Sarathy
Partha Sarathy
Head of Asset ManagementPictet Asset Management
United Kingdom
Justin Hildebrandt
Justin Hildebrandt
Executive Managing Director - Head of EuropeAffinius Capital
Netherlands
Justin Hildebrandt serves as Executive Managing Director, Head of Europe, for Affinius Capital, where he is responsible for overseeing all European operations and investments, including fund management, joint venture relationships, acquisitions, developments, and dispositions. Justin sits on the Board and is actively involved in the pan-European logistics joint venture, Mountpark Logistics EU Sarl, and its majority ownership of the Mountpark Logistics development company for which he is also CEO. In addition to the logistics businesses, Justin leads the firm's growing investment activities in Europe in purpose-built rental housing, data centers, and credit.
Will Prewer
Will Prewer
Head of Capital Markets Real Estate Solutions UK&I and EMEADHL Supply Chain
United Kingdom

Purpose Built Student Accommodation

Justin Hamer
Chief Executive Officer
BaseStack Living
Rob Waterhouse
Transactions Director
GSA Group
Irina Stamate-Rocha
Partner
Patron Capital
Justin Hamer
Justin Hamer
Chief Executive OfficerBaseStack Living
United Kingdom
Justin is an experienced C-Suite executive with a demonstrable track record of developing, delivering and executing on strategic direction; establishing, leading and motivating executive teams to advance employee engagement and develop a high performance culture; driving profitability and overseeing all operations and business activities to ensure results consistent with the overall strategy and mission of the business.
Rob Waterhouse
Rob Waterhouse
Transactions DirectorGSA Group
United Kingdom
Irina Stamate-Rocha
Irina Stamate-Rocha
PartnerPatron Capital
United Kingdom
Ms. Stamate-Rocha joined Patron in 2011, with responsibilities in deal sourcing, execution, structuring, financing, due diligence and asset management of healthcare related investment opportunities. Irina was involved in the investments of Gracewell Healthcare, Badby Park and Hamberley Development. Prior to joining Patron, she worked in investment banking at Rothschild, Macquarie Capital Advisers and Fortis Bank (Brussels). Her experience includes the origination and execution of transactions for private equity and infrastructure funds. She holds a Masters in Finance degree from Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and a Bachelor in Economics from the Academy of Economics, Bucharest. Fluent in English, Romanian, French and Spanish.

Multifamily & Single Family BTR

-Diversified glory or better the devil you know?

Moderator
Simon Scott
Lead Director, LIving Capital Markets
JLL
James Kirimy
Founder & CEO
DOORFEED
Simon Scott
Simon Scott
Lead Director, LIving Capital MarketsJLL
United Kingdom
James Kirimy
James Kirimy
Founder & CEODOORFEED
United Kingdom

Hotels

Ryan Donn
CIO & Head of Europe
Trinity Investments
Kamaldeep Manaktala
CEO Hotels, Aroundtown SA
Aroundtown SA
Dominic Seely
Chief Development & Acquisitions Officer
Room Mate Hotels
Ryan Donn
Ryan Donn
CIO & Head of EuropeTrinity Investments
United Kingdom
Ryan is CIO and Head of Europe of Trinity Investments. Mr. Donn is responsible for leading Trinity’s transactional activity, including due diligence, acquisitions, dispositions, and financings. Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. Donn worked for Hotel Capital Advisers, Inc., Lehman Brothers, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a former instructor of New York University’s graduate hospitality program.
Kamaldeep Manaktala
Kamaldeep Manaktala
CEO Hotels, Aroundtown SAAroundtown SA
United Kingdom
CEO Hotels, Aroundtown SA
Dominic Seely
Dominic Seely
Chief Development & Acquisitions OfficerRoom Mate Hotels
Spain
Dominic is Chief Development & Acquisitions Officer of Room Mate Hotels Group, a leading lifestyle hotel brand and lease management company with 32 hotels across Europe including, but not limited to, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Florence, London, Madrid, Milan, Rome, and Venice. Owned by TPG Angelo Gordon, the global asset management firm, and Westmont Hospitality Group, one of the largest privately held hospitality organisations worldwide. He has led the acquisition of over 60 hotels across 20 cities and resorts in Europe on behalf of Westmont Hospitality Group together with its various investment partners, into hotels.

Retail Investments

Back on the menu?

Moderator
Tim Vallance
Head of National Capital Markets
JLL
Anders Hemmingsen
Managing Director, Head of European Real Estate
Strategic Value Partners
Simon Travis
Group Investment Officer
Hammerson
Marco Rampin
MD & Head of Debt Investments Europe
Cerberus
Simon Wallace
Global Co-Head of Real Estate Research Investment Strategy Group Real Estate
DWS
Tim Vallance
Tim Vallance
Head of National Capital MarketsJLL
United Kingdom
Anders Hemmingsen
Anders Hemmingsen
Managing Director, Head of European Real EstateStrategic Value Partners
United Kingdom
Anders currently leads the European real estate team at SVP, having built the team and deployed over €400 million since joining. Before SVP, he headed the CRE special situations at Deutsche Bank, where they invested in CRE secured NPLs. Anders began his career at HSBC Bank Canada, moved to London in 2011 to work in the investment bank, and joined Deutsche Bank in 2013. Anders is originally from Toronto, Canada, with a bachelor's degree in history and economics from the University of British Columbia. They attended the executive program for leadership development at the Harvard Business School. In his free time he is the chairman of Forma Arts and Media, a non-profit producing experiential and visual art.
Simon Travis
Simon Travis
Group Investment OfficerHammerson
United Kingdom
Simon is responsible for identifying new investment opportunities across the Group. He joined Hammerson in 1998 as Asset Manager before moving on to become Development/Investment Manager, Business Development Director in 2010 and Group Investment Director in 2018.
Marco Rampin
Marco Rampin
MD & Head of Debt Investments EuropeCerberus
United Kingdom
Mr. Rampin is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Private Credit team. Based in London, he leads Cerberus’ origination and execution of real estate debt investments across Europe. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Rampin served as a Managing Director for European Debt Strategies at CBRE Global Investors and separately, as an Executive Director at CBRE Capital Advisors. From 2007 to 2015, he we was Head of European Real Estate Finance within the Fixed Income division of BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking, where he was responsible for the bank’s commercial mortgage-backed securities program and the fixed income’s legacy commercial real estate loan book.
Simon Wallace
Simon Wallace
Global Co-Head of Real Estate Research Investment Strategy Group Real EstateDWS
United Kingdom
Commercial RE - Reborn, Revalued

Future of Work

Co-chairs
Arkadiusz RudzkiSkanska Commercial Development Europe
Gregg GilbertPineBridge Benson Elliot
Gareth BleasdaleMicrosoft
Suzan DixonJefferies

Placemaking

Secret spice to repurposing & reshaping value in portfolios?

Co-chairs
Sara WillardWorkable City Development Moderator
Philip GraceBob W
Alan CarterThe Land Trust

Pathway to Net Zero

Why so complicated?

Co-chairs
Andres GuzmanTishman Speyer
Alex EddsLaSalle Investment Management
Alexander PiurING Wholesale Banking
Hala El AklOxford Properties Group
Ryan JudeGreen Finance Institute

Future of Work

Arkadiusz Rudzki
Executive Vice President
Skanska Commercial Development Europe
Gregg Gilbert
Managing Director & Head of Iberia
PineBridge Benson Elliot
Gareth Bleasdale
Senior GTM Manager: Modern Work & AI
Microsoft
Suzan Dixon
Head of International Property Services
Jefferies
Arkadiusz Rudzki
Arkadiusz Rudzki
Executive Vice PresidentSkanska Commercial Development Europe
Poland
Arkadiusz Rudzki took the position of Executive Vice President Leasing & Sales at Skanska’s CDE for Central and Eastern Europe in February 2020 and he is responsible for the leasing and sales of investment products, as well as real estate portfolio management and cooperation with key corporate clients across the CEE region. Arkadiusz joined the company in 2012 as Head of leasing and asset management for Poland, while also acting as the Key Client Director for CEE on the company’s Management Board. In January 2016, he was appointed the Managing Director the Managing Director of Skanska's development business in Poland, while remaining Board Member of the Senior Leadership Team in CEE region. Arkadiusz Rudzki has 20+ years’ experience .
Gregg Gilbert
Gregg Gilbert
Managing Director & Head of IberiaPineBridge Benson Elliot
United Kingdom
Gareth Bleasdale
Gareth Bleasdale
Senior GTM Manager: Modern Work & AIMicrosoft
United Kingdom
Suzan Dixon
Suzan Dixon
Head of International Property ServicesJefferies
United Kingdom

Placemaking

Secret spice to repurposing & reshaping value in portfolios?

Moderator
Sara Willard
Founding Partner
Workable City Development
Philip Grace
Chief Development Officer
Bob W
Alan Carter
CEO
The Land Trust
Sara Willard
Sara Willard
Founding PartnerWorkable City Development
United Kingdom
Sara Willard brings over 30 years of investment and development expertise to urban projects, specializing in adaptive reuse, residential, mixed-use and redevelopment projects. Before founding her NYC real estate development firm in 2015, (www.workablecity.com), she managed $400M+ of investments for institutional private equity firms and developers. As a business owner, she raised $50M of equity for $150M projects in Brooklyn and now seeks redevelopment opportunities in the UK and Europe.
Philip Grace
Philip Grace
Chief Development OfficerBob W
United Kingdom
A Real Estate professional, member of the RICS with a background in Coworking, Coliving and Hospitality. Expanding across Europe Bob W. One of Europe's fastest growing Tech Enabled 1-90 day stay Serviced Apartment operator. Operating in Nine Countries including UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Norway, Finland, Greece, Netherlands. We sign Master Leases, Management Agreements and work with Investors, developers to secure funding and develop assets from 25 to 200 apartments in core European countries. Backed by some of Europe's best known VC companies and UHNW family offices.
Alan Carter
Alan Carter
CEOThe Land Trust
United Kingdom

Pathway to Net Zero

Why so complicated?

Andres Guzman
Sr. Director, Head of ESG, Europe
Tishman Speyer
Alex Edds
Head Of Sustainability, Europe
LaSalle Investment Management
Alexander Piur
Head of Innovation and Sustainability
ING Wholesale Banking
Hala El Akl
Director
Oxford Properties Group
Ryan Jude
Programme Director
Green Finance Institute
Andres Guzman
Andres Guzman
Sr. Director, Head of ESG, EuropeTishman Speyer
United Kingdom
As Head of ESG for Tishman Speyer's European business, Andres oversees the integration and delivery of the strategy that ensures ESG performance and manages associated risk, feeding into the wider global strategy. Andres has over 14 years’ experience driving responsible growth, having previously focused on providing functional leadership to property consultancies, where he spearheaded several initiatives to align ESG strategies with evolving market dynamics, chaired various ESG committees, and managed compliance with EU carbon legislation. He is passionate about driving sustainability in real estate and has a proven track record of positive internal and external engagement to meet ambitious targets.
Alex Edds
Alex Edds
Head Of Sustainability, EuropeLaSalle Investment Management
United Kingdom
Alexander Piur
Alexander Piur
Head of Innovation and SustainabilityING Wholesale Banking
Germany
Alexander Piur is responsible for Sustainability and Innovation for the global Real Estate Finance activities of ING Wholesale Banking, with local presence in APAC, EMEA and US. He has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate financing markets in Germany and Europa. Prior joining ING, he worked for several banks in Munich. Alexander is a member of IMMOEBS, has a degree as Immobilienökonom from the International Real Estate Business School in Regensburg and holds a B.Sc. in Finance and Management from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
Hala El Akl
Hala El Akl
DirectorOxford Properties Group
United Kingdom
Ryan Jude
Ryan Jude
Programme DirectorGreen Finance Institute
United Kingdom
Greater UK

UK Capital Mix

Co-chairs
Frances HaqueSantander Bank - UK
Martin FarinolaDelancey
Fiona VoonBNP Paribas
Gus WisemanUK Government

London Housing

Problematic or prosperous?

Co-chairs
Stefano TomaselliBlackstone
Simon DonovanLondon Development Trust
Pranav GoelLodha Group
Robert DebaGreater London Authority
Marc EdenRegal London

UK Capital Mix

Frances Haque
Chief Economist
Santander Bank - UK
Martin Farinola
Head of Real Estate Debt Strategies
Delancey
Fiona Voon
Head of Real Estate Capital Markets UK
BNP Paribas
Gus Wiseman
UK Government
Frances Haque
Frances Haque
Chief EconomistSantander Bank - UK
United Kingdom
Martin Farinola
Martin Farinola
Head of Real Estate Debt StrategiesDelancey
United Kingdom
As Delancey’s Head of Real Estate Debt Strategies, Martin is responsible for managing debt investments and developing and executing real estate debt strategies. Martin has over 25 years of experience in real estate finance and investment and, prior to joining Delancey in 2022, Martin was at Brookfield, where he ran the European CRE credit business sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments.
Fiona Voon
Fiona Voon
Head of Real Estate Capital Markets UKBNP Paribas
United Kingdom
Fiona is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Capital Markets UK, based in London. She has been based in the UK since 2001, with c.20 years of experience in the real estate sector, spanning investment banking, debt funds and advisory in the UK and Europe. She started her career at Deutsche Bank in London, focusing on European large loan origination for CMBS/syndication exit and was most recently investing in UK and European real estate whole loans, senior loans and mezzanine loans at the real estate debt funds of Intermediate Capital Group and latterly M&G Investments, prior to joining BNP Paribas in 2017. At BNP Paribas, she is responsible for running the real estate financing and coverage business in the UK.
Gus Wiseman
Gus Wiseman
UK Government
United Kingdom

London Housing

Problematic or prosperous?

Stefano Tomaselli
Principal, Real Estate Debt Strategies
Blackstone
Simon Donovan
CEO
London Development Trust
Pranav Goel
Co-CEO
Lodha Group
Robert Deba
Senior Investment Manager
Greater London Authority
Marc Eden
Investment Director
Regal London
Stefano Tomaselli
Stefano Tomaselli
Principal, Real Estate Debt StrategiesBlackstone
United Kingdom
Stefano is a Principal in Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies Europe, previously he was with M&G Investment working within the real estate financing division
Simon Donovan
Simon Donovan
CEOLondon Development Trust
United Kingdom
Pranav Goel
Pranav Goel
Co-CEOLodha Group
United Kingdom
Pranav joined Lodha in 2007 and co-leads Lodha’s UK business. Pranav has held numerous roles within Lodha and led the expansion into London in 2013. Prior to joining Lodha, he worked with McKinsey's Toronto office, advising clients across a range of industries. In a previous life, he developed enterprise software in silicon valley. Pranav obtained an MS in Management from Stanford University and has a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi.
Robert Deba
Robert Deba
Senior Investment ManagerGreater London Authority
United Kingdom
Marc Eden
Marc Eden
Investment DirectorRegal London
United Kingdom
As Regal London’s Investment Director, Marc leads the investment and legal functions, sits on the Board and is a member of the Management Committee. He has been responsible for executing and managing over £2 billion of capital since joining in 2011 and for driving forward the current pipeline of 10,000 homes. Prior to joining in 2011, he spent a decade at Berwin Leighton Paisner as a commercial property solicitor.
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AI

Co-chairs
Costanza Balboni CestelliGenerali Real Estate
Andrew McLennanNuveen
Nikodem SzumiloUniversity College London (UCL)

AI

Costanza Balboni Cestelli
Head of Data & Innovation
Generali Real Estate
Andrew McLennan
Managing Director
Nuveen
Nikodem Szumilo
Associate Professor
University College London (UCL)
Costanza Balboni Cestelli
Costanza Balboni Cestelli
Head of Data & InnovationGenerali Real Estate
Italy
In my role at Generali Real Estate, I lead the Data & Innovation function, overseeing the Integrated Analytics and Engineering, as well as Market Insight teams. I’m a member of the Leadership Team directly reporting to GRE CEO.
Andrew McLennan
Andrew McLennan
Managing DirectorNuveen
United Kingdom
Nikodem Szumilo
Nikodem Szumilo
Associate ProfessorUniversity College London (UCL)
United Kingdom
Nikodem is an Associate Professor at University College London (UCL) and helms the Bartlett Real Estate Institute as its Director. Previously he worked at the London School of Economics and Cambridge University. His research, a deep dive into applied urban economics and finance, has carved a niche in both academic and global media spheres. Esteemed platforms such as the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum - Strategic Intelligence, The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, and IPE Magazine have featured his profound insights.
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