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Portugal GRI 2019
21 - 22 May
InterContinental Lisbon
R. Castilho 149, 1099-034 Lisbon, Portugal
R. Castilho 149, 1099-034 Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal GRI is a gathering of senior level Portuguese and international real estate investors, lenders and developers.
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Discussions
Keynote
Paula Carvalho
Head of Economics and Financial ResearchBanco BPI
Portugal
Head of BPI's Economic Studies Department since 2013, has been working in banking since 1987, with focus on financial and economic research. Expert for the Portuguese, Angola and Mozambique markets and responsible for scenarios and risk analysis over these economies, a responsibility that now holds at CaixaBank Group. Paula holds an MBA from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a degree in Economics from the same university.
http://www.bancobpi.pt/
+351 21 720 7713
Porto | Portugal
O BPI é um dos cinco maiores grupos financeiros portugueses, centrado nas atividades de banca de empresas e de retalho e na prestação de serviços financeiros. Em fevereiro de 2017, o BPI passou a fazer parte do grupo CaixaBank, criando-se assim um dos maiores grupos financeiros da Península Ibérica, com capacidade para oferecer um conjunto de produtos e serviços que facilitam e agilizam as operações financeiras das empresas, independentemente da sua localização geográfica no mercado ibérico.
Portugal Real Estate Growth - Value creation or creating a bubble?
Special Discussion
Christopher Hütwohl
nook42 - The Flex Living Experts
Spain
Paulo Barradas
CEORestart Capital
Portugal
Paulo Barradas is a Managing Director at Norfin SGFII and heads the M&A and investor relations department. He has more than 22 years of experience in the international investment banking industry, of which the last 6 years in London as Head of M&A at Haitong Bank. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A for Energy and Infrastructure and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Espírito Santo Investment Bank.
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
Portugal
55 years, married 2 sons From 2002 - 2017 Square Asset Management - Partner; 1,5 Billion under management in all sectors for retail and institutional clients : Managing the highest Portuguese performance balanced portfolio over the last 8 years in a row according to MSCI/IPD; from 1990 - 2000 ESAF Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros SGPS - Real Estate Managing Director Investments: Portugal, Brazil, Russia.
Asset Classes
Hospitality - Sustainable growth or will the market level off?
Offices Opportunities - Prime or new bright spots?
Participants
Miguel França SantanaFidelidade
João CristinaMerlin Properties
Alexandre SantosLexabridge
Residential Development - So much demand but where’s the equity?
Participants
Elson AngélicoMexto
Hugo Santos FerreiraAPPII
José Cardoso BotelhoVanguard Properties
Luis MorenoIbero Capital Management
Nuno CoelhoLX5 Realty
Paulo LoureiroBondstone
Pedro VicenteOverseas
Hospitality - Sustainable growth or will the market level off?
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and Acquisitions
ASG Iberia Advisors
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and AcquisitionsASG Iberia Advisors
Spain
Carlos is a Director at ASG Iberia focusing on sourcing and acquisitions. Prior to joining ActivumSG group in 2015, he was the head of the PwC and also the KPMG Real Estate Transactions division from 2007 through the end of 2014. He also established the PwC and KPMG Spanish desks in Latin America. In 2004 Carlos joined Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), where he was responsible for Corporate Solutions and the Southern region in the Industrial and Logistics department. Carlos also worked for Inmobiliaria Secoplat, a Spanish residential developer and construction company. Carlos holds an International MBA from University Antonio de Nebrija and a Professional Certificate in International Business from University of California.
Offices Opportunities - Prime or new bright spots?
Miguel França Santana
Board Member
Fidelidade
João Cristina
Country Manager
Merlin Properties
Alexandre Santos
CEO
Lexabridge
Miguel França Santana
Board MemberFidelidade
Portugal
He graduated in Civil Engineering from IST, Lisbon in 1988 and started his career at Proman, Centro de Estudos e Projectos, SA, in the Structural Design Department, with special emphasis on participation in the stability projects at Quinta de Carvalhais of Metro Rotunda II, cold storage centers in the Azores. Among many other residential and industrial projects design. Recently, he has been a member of Hagen Imobiliária SA Board for approximately 2 years. Currently and for the last 6 years he is Board Member of Fidelidade Property Europe, SA., a company 100 % held by Fidelidade Companhia de Seguros, managing all Real Estate Investments of the Insurance Group.
João Cristina
Country ManagerMerlin Properties
Portugal
João Cristina is the Portugal Director of Merlin Properties since 1 January 2018. From 2006 until that time, he held Investment Management positions at Rockspring PIM and Orion Capital Managers, all based in Madrid. He returned to Portugal, during 2014, to assume the General Manager role in SILCOGE, a leading Portuguese real estate company. He studied Finance at ISCTE and has an MBA from IE -Instituto de Empresa. Joao Specialized in acquisitions and asset management throughout the Iberian Peninsula, where he has more than 12 years’ experience. Over the last year, João has focused on increasing Merlin’s footprint in the Portuguese real estate market (acquisitions) while improving present occupational levels of the portfolio asset management
Alexandre Santos
CEOLexabridge
Portugal
Alexandre is CEO of Estamo since 2018. He has a large experience in banking management and worked for Banco Espírito Santo, ABN AMRO Bank and Banif. Degree in Bank Management at Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária and Post Degree in Luxury Products & Services Marketing at Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
Residential Development - So much demand but where’s the equity?
Elson Angélico
General Director & Partner
Mexto
Hugo Santos Ferreira
President
APPII
José Cardoso Botelho
CEO
Vanguard Properties
Luis Moreno
General Manager and Senior Partner
Ibero Capital Management
Nuno Coelho
Managing Director
LX5 Realty
Paulo Loureiro
CEO
Bondstone
Pedro Vicente
CEO
Overseas
Elson Angélico
General Director & PartnerMexto
Switzerland
Portuguese and Angolan Citizen, son of a diplomat’s family, studied Fashion- and Interior-Design at "Créapole l’École de Création et Management" in Paris. After his studies and living and working for international luxury brands in Paris for almost 15 years, he was living in New York, Thailand, Bali, Zurich, Singapore, Seoul and Lisbon. He was consultant for different Hotel Projects in Asia as well as various international Projects in the Fashion and Design Industry. Elson is Founder Member and Member of the Supervisory Board of MEXTO Holding AG and responsible for the acquisition of new projects and the Strategic Management of the different SPVs and Projects. He speaks fluently Portuguese, French, English, Spanish and German.
Hugo Santos Ferreira
PresidentAPPII
Portugal
Hugo Santos Ferreira is the President of APPII – the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors and Director of the Portuguese Confederation of the Construction and Real Estate Sector. Hugo is also an Advisory Board Member of SIL – the Portuguese Real Estate Exhibition and of the Portuguese Green Business Week – Smart Cities Summit. Hugo has a Law Degree and a Master in Public & Administrative Law from the Portuguese Catholic University and was a Real Estate Lawyer at the Iberian law firm Cuatrecasas for almost 10 years up until 2014. He is also the author of several opinion articles and chronicles in the main magazines and newspapers in Iberia and other Southern European Countries.
José Cardoso Botelho
CEOVanguard Properties
Portugal
Experienced investor in Real Estate. Since the end of 2015, focused in the setup and management of Vanguard Properties, a leading developer, focused on residential and touristic projects. Currently the group has 16 projects under development located in Lisbon, Oeiras, Comporta and Algarve. Vanguard’s is currently leading the consortia that will acquire the real estate funds of Comporta Investment Fund. Since 1988, José has been involved in multiple ventures notably in retail, real estate, technology (software, heading systems, medical, etc.). Significant expertise in Real Estate, Funding, Negotiation and Venture Capital. Undergraduate in Management with expertise in Finances. MBA in International Management.
Luis Moreno
General Manager and Senior PartnerIbero Capital Management
Spain
Luis Moreno holds a degree in Business Administration from Complutense University of Madrid and is professor at ESIC Business School. He was Head of Strategy and Business Development in Acciona Inmobiliria and previously he was Head of Loan Portfolio at SAREB. Luis spent more than 20 years in banking, where he held among other positions Head of Risk Management at ABN AMRO Bank Spain and Head of Debt Restructuring at The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Nuno Coelho
Managing DirectorLX5 Realty
Portugal
Nuno Coelho is a realty investor and developer with more than 20 years' experience in Portugal and Brazil.
Involved in more than 500.000 m2 in development projects with over 200 million EUR raised in equity/debt has been partner in several real estate companies and Private Equity Funds as per investments or management.
Electrical engineer with an MBA in FIA-USP (Brazil), a Master's Degree in ISEG (Portugal), has a growth mindset and pursues continued academic evolution (e.g. MIT, Columbia, LSE, FDC, INSPER), and chases real estate opportunities and partnerships in both countries.
Paulo Loureiro
CEOBondstone
Portugal
Pedro Vicente
CEOOverseas
Portugal
Pedro Vicente is OVERSEAS CEO. OVERSEAS is an independent "committed to green" developer, based in Lisboa, Portugal, focused on ESG, nZEB buildings, electric mobility, branded and luxury real estate. The company was incorporated in 2022 and has currently 5 projects, with an investment of 130M€.
Pedro has a large experience in the real estate market in Portugal, through companies like EPUL - Empresa Pública de Urbanização de Lisboa (state owned company), Level Constellation (Chinese real estate fund) and Habitat Invest (top 5 real estate developers in Portugal). Pedro is Vice-President of APPII (Real estate investors and developers Portuguese Association).
New Trends
Lisbon vs. Secondary Cities - Competing or complementary strategies?
Participants
Abel MascarenhasVanguard Properties
Diogo Ivo CruzInvest Lisboa
Henrique ValeAntecâmara
João PitaRound Hill Capital
José Ignacio Tramuns PladellorensBanco Sabadell
Pedro LancastreJLL
Rui CoelhoPropria
Sidnei CosmeVerus Real Estate
Tiago Violas FerreiraViolas Ferreira
Tomas SuterMexto
Student Housing - Gateway into other resi alternatives or gatekeeper of investor’s appetite?
Participants
Alberto López BalbasAexx Capital
Edward MillerTristan Capital Partners
Ricardo KendallSmart Studios
Lisbon vs. Secondary Cities - Competing or complementary strategies?
Abel Mascarenhas
President of the Executive Board
Vanguard Properties
Diogo Ivo Cruz
Project Director
Invest Lisboa
Henrique Vale
Partner
Antecâmara
João Pita
Senior Vice President
Round Hill Capital
José Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE & Hotel Finance EMEA
Banco Sabadell
Pedro Lancastre
Managing Director
JLL
Rui Coelho
Member of the Board
Propria
Sidnei Cosme
Director
Verus Real Estate
Tiago Violas Ferreira
Partner
Violas Ferreira
Tomas Suter
Founding Member & Partner
Mexto
Abel Mascarenhas
President of the Executive BoardVanguard Properties
Portugal
O Eng.º Abel Mascarenhas preside à Comissão Diretiva da Estrutura de Gestão do IFRRU 2020, órgão máximo de direção desta estrutura de missão, criada especificamente para gerir este instrumento financeiro. Para além de assumir a responsabilidade pela representação institucional, coordena as áreas de auditoria, sistemas de informação e pagamentos. Com reconhecida experiência na área financeira, tecnológica e de coordenação, contribui ativa e empenhadamente para o planeamento, conceção e a execução da estratégia de implementação do IFRRU 2020.
Diogo Ivo Cruz
Project DirectorInvest Lisboa
Portugal
Diogo Ivo Cruz is Project Director and acting Executive Director at Invest Lisboa, Lisbon’s Investment Promotion Agency.
MSc in Integrated Environmental Studies by University of Southampton and MBA by AESE Business School, Diogo has been deeply involved at the promotion of Lisbon as an investment destination and supporting investors throughout the decision-making process, by identifying investment oportunities, offering advice, providing information, promoting partnerships, and enabling projects.
MSc in Integrated Environmental Studies by University of Southampton and MBA by AESE Business School, Diogo has been deeply involved at the promotion of Lisbon as an investment destination and supporting investors throughout the decision-making process, by identifying investment oportunities, offering advice, providing information, promoting partnerships, and enabling projects.
Henrique Vale
PartnerAntecâmara
Portugal
Henrique Vale é Partner na ANTECÂMARA desde 2015, onde coordena o departamento comercial e integra a equipa de project management, tendo participado diretamente no desenvolvimento de projetos das mais variadas dimensões, sobretudo na cidade do Porto. Com formação em Gestão, pela Universidade de Aveiro, o seu percurso profissional integra experiencias em empresas dos setores das telecomunicações e do imobiliário, tendo colaborado vários anos com grupo PT Comunicações. Atualmente, além da sua ligação à ANTECÂMARA, está ligado a várias iniciativas relacionadas com o mercado imobiliário no norte de Portugal.
João Pita
Senior Vice PresidentRound Hill Capital
Portugal
João is a SVP at Round Hill Capital and has over fifteen years of experience in the real estate space. He is responsible for RHC’s activity in the Portuguese market. Prior to joining Round Hill Capital in 2018, João worked for Teixeira Duarte, where he was involved in multiple platforms, sourcing and developing over 5 million square feet of commercial, residential and mixed used opportunities in Portugal and Africa. João started his career working as a project manager, helping to bring forward a 1.5 million square feet of residential and office schemes in Lisbon. He holds a combined MSc in Civil Engineering and is a member of the Portuguese Chamber of Chartered Engineers.”
José Ignacio Tramuns Pladellorens
Head of CRE & Hotel Finance EMEABanco Sabadell
Spain
José-Ignacio Tramuns is the Head of CRE Finance EMEA at Banco Sabadell. He joined Banco Sabadell in 2006 as a member of the Structured Real Estate Finance team, and afterwards was the CIO-Real Estate in BanSanbadell Inversión, with more than €1 billion under management. Prior to joining Banco Sabadell, he gained experience in Real Estate and Private Banking in firms such as Aguirre Newman and Morgan Stanley. He graduated in Economics with an MBA from ESADE Business School.
Pedro Lancastre
Managing DirectorJLL
Portugal
Pedro Lancastre is the Managing Director of JLL Portugal since July 2011. Pedro has 17 years of experience in the Real Estate sector. He started in 2001, as an Investment Consultant of the Lisbon Capital Markets team at CBRE, where he acted in the acquisition and sale of a number of properties. In 2004, he moved to Sonae Sierra as Deputy Director of New Business in Portugal where he was responsible for the conception of new shopping centres and retail parks. Pedro started his career in 1995 in the Portuguese Bank industry where he performed different roles in two different Portuguese Banks (BCP and BPI) until 2001.
Rui Coelho
Member of the BoardPropria
Portugal
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Sidnei Cosme
DirectorVerus Real Estate
Brazil
Visionary nature, entrepreneurial spirit and drive for innovation. During the last 25 years created memorable experiences that redefine urban living with expertise in every aspect of development, acquisitions, management, finance, marketing and sales.
Tiago Violas Ferreira
PartnerViolas Ferreira
Portugal
Tiago Violas Ferreira joined University of Porto – (FEP) Faculty of Economics - in 1988. Latter on, in 1996, he started to work as a Financial Director in his family company and would remain in the office about 10 years. Since 2006 he is the CEO of Holding Violas Ferreira SGPS, where currently he ́s leading development project ́s in the area of real estate, mostly in Porto city.
Tomas Suter
Founding Member & PartnerMexto
Switzerland
After his studies Tomas worked for more than seven years in Wealth and Asset Management and was CFO of a Swiss Fund. He was also involved in founding a Fund Management Company which nowadays manages several hundred millions of Euros. He was then CFO of a Swiss RE Financing and Management Company with its Core Business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition he was Member of the Board of Directors. After almost six years, Tomas joined the Team of MEXTO. Tomas is Senior Advisor and Member of the Supervisory Board of MEXTO Holding AG and responsible for the acquisition of new projects as well as Deal Structuring, Sourcing of Funds and Financial Operations of the Company. He is fluent in German, English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Student Housing - Gateway into other resi alternatives or gatekeeper of investor’s appetite?
Alberto López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIA
Aexx Capital
Edward Miller
Tristan Capital Partners
Ricardo Kendall
CEO
Smart Studios
Alberto López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIAAexx Capital
Spain
CEO AEXX CAPITAL, a Madrid/London based privately held investment firm specialised in direct lending, asset backed distressed debt and other unique special situations, primarily in western Europe. Alberto is the Co-founder of URBANIA INTERNATIONAL, a real estate private equity firm with over €1 billion under management. Mr. Lopez has been involved in over €2 billion of opportunistic, value add and debt real estate investing in Europe. Mr. Lopez received an International MBA from EM Lyon & EOI and has a Bachelor’s degree of Economics.
Edward Miller
Tristan Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Ricardo Kendall
CEOSmart Studios
Portugal
Ricardo Kendall is the founder of SMART STUDIOS company. More than a student housing, Smart Studios provides since 2015 a co-living atmosphere for students and young professionals to meet and share experiences. Inspired by USA and UK market Smart Studios promise to surprise the Portuguese market with more unique experiences across the whole country. In 5 years Smart Studios has developed 10 residencies with a total of in operation 630 micro apartments and more 1400 units on licensing. Smart Studios aims to have in the Portuguese market more than 2500 Smart Studios in the next few years being the number one micro-living player in the Portuguese market.
Global Investors
Entry Strategies for Global Investors - Flying solo or opting for local partnerships?
Participants
Alexandre SantosLexabridge
Bruno LoboDowning LLP
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la BlancaASG Iberia Advisors
Emanuele DubiniDEA Capital Real Estate France
João Carlos LelisSonae Sierra
Miguel CabritaMexto
Miguel Torres LangPIMCO - Spain
Paulo BarradasRestart Capital
Pedro CoelhoSquare Asset Management
Pedro LancastreJLL
Robert MurphyStepStone Group
Shamik NarotamMorgan Stanley
Sony GanwaniIndo-IB Capital Partners
NPL’s - Risky high levels or getting rid of them soon?
Participants
Carla AndréColliers Portugal
Paulo BarradasRestart Capital
Pedro CoelhoSquare Asset Management
Vittorio Calvi di BergoloLX Partners
Volkert ReigGNB Real Estate
Entry Strategies for Global Investors - Flying solo or opting for local partnerships?
Alexandre Santos
CEO
Lexabridge
Bruno Lobo
Investment Director
Downing LLP
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and Acquisitions
ASG Iberia Advisors
Emanuele Dubini
President-France & Senior Partner Iberia
DEA Capital Real Estate France
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
Miguel Cabrita
Board Member
Mexto
Miguel Torres Lang
Head of Iberia
PIMCO - Spain
Paulo Barradas
CEO
Restart Capital
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Pedro Lancastre
Managing Director
JLL
Robert Murphy
Principal
StepStone Group
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE Investing
Morgan Stanley
Sony Ganwani
Country Manager
Indo-IB Capital Partners
Alexandre Santos
CEOLexabridge
Portugal
Alexandre is CEO of Estamo since 2018. He has a large experience in banking management and worked for Banco Espírito Santo, ABN AMRO Bank and Banif. Degree in Bank Management at Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária and Post Degree in Luxury Products & Services Marketing at Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
Bruno Lobo
Investment DirectorDowning LLP
United Kingdom
Bruno Lobo, Investment Director at Downing LLP, a fast-growing, UK-based sustainable investment manager with c. £1.8bn under management across a range of strategies including property, healthcare, energy and venture capital. Prior to that, he co-founded S+A Capital, leading its strategic direction, sourcing and structuring new deals. Bruno began his career in New York as an associate with the global RE group of Brookfield AM (NYSE: BAM). Then a founding director of AshmoreAvenida, based in NY focused on ground-up urban development projects in key markets of Latin America, majority owned by the Ashmore Group plc. He was then the Director of RE for AECOM Capital. Holds a PhD from Columbia University in NYC and an MArch from the T.U of Lisbon.
Carlos Molero Sánchez de la Blanca
Director – Sourcing and AcquisitionsASG Iberia Advisors
Spain
Carlos is a Director at ASG Iberia focusing on sourcing and acquisitions. Prior to joining ActivumSG group in 2015, he was the head of the PwC and also the KPMG Real Estate Transactions division from 2007 through the end of 2014. He also established the PwC and KPMG Spanish desks in Latin America. In 2004 Carlos joined Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), where he was responsible for Corporate Solutions and the Southern region in the Industrial and Logistics department. Carlos also worked for Inmobiliaria Secoplat, a Spanish residential developer and construction company. Carlos holds an International MBA from University Antonio de Nebrija and a Professional Certificate in International Business from University of California.
Emanuele Dubini
President-France & Senior Partner IberiaDEA Capital Real Estate France
Italy
Emanuele Dubini joined, as Managing Partner, DeA Capital Real Estate Building up the French Operations. DeA Capital Real Estate France IS Part of DeA Capital pan-European real estate Expansion Via Group Subsidiaries Through Local Senior Management Teams.The Company, headquarter in Paris, is a joint venture between the DeA Capital Group and a local Senior Management team with a proven track record in the French real estate sector. Emanuele has a proven experience and knowledge of the sector, having held numerous senior leadership roles in companies in Europe and the USA.
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementSonae Sierra
Portugal
João Lélis joined Sonae Sierra in 2004 as an investment analyst, later becoming Director of the Fund Management business. As member of the executive team, current responsibilities include management of the real estate funds co-owned by Sonae Sierra, of the direct investments outside Iberia and transaction support. Prior to Sonae Sierra, João was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and also with Arthur Andersen. João completed the INSEAD – Advanced Management Programme in 2018 and the INSEAD - International Executive Programme in 2010. He also holds an MBA from the Yale University School of Management (2002) and a BS in Management from Faculdade de Economia do Porto (1997).
Miguel Cabrita
Board MemberMexto
Portugal
Miguel is a Board Member of Mexto Portugal S.A. as well as of the Urban Land Institute of Portugal. He joined the Banking sector, where he worked for 30 years in different national and international Banks, having in the last 18 years occupied leading positions as Director and Senior Director. During his years in Banking he was always connected to the Real Estate business. He is member of the investment committee of the group and is responsible for Mexto’s Technical Department, where he leads the Project Management Team and coordinates all matters and different technical teams related to the projects. As Senior Director, he participates in the analysis of new projects, their due diligence, and in the structuring of their financing.
Miguel Torres Lang
Head of IberiaPIMCO - Spain
Spain
Miguel Torres is the Head of Iberia of Allianz Real Estate since opening the Madrid office in July 2016. Before joining Allianz, Miguel worked for GE Capital over 20 years in the real estate and infrastructure sectors in Madrid, Mexico, New York and London. His last two assignments where has Head of GE Capital Real Estate in Mexico (2013-15) and Spain (2011-13). Miguel has an MBA from Columbia University in New York, and is a graduate of Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Madrid) in business and economics (E2).
Paulo Barradas
CEORestart Capital
Portugal
Paulo Barradas is a Managing Director at Norfin SGFII and heads the M&A and investor relations department. He has more than 22 years of experience in the international investment banking industry, of which the last 6 years in London as Head of M&A at Haitong Bank. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A for Energy and Infrastructure and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Espírito Santo Investment Bank.
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
Portugal
55 years, married 2 sons From 2002 - 2017 Square Asset Management - Partner; 1,5 Billion under management in all sectors for retail and institutional clients : Managing the highest Portuguese performance balanced portfolio over the last 8 years in a row according to MSCI/IPD; from 1990 - 2000 ESAF Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros SGPS - Real Estate Managing Director Investments: Portugal, Brazil, Russia.
Pedro Lancastre
Managing DirectorJLL
Portugal
Pedro Lancastre is the Managing Director of JLL Portugal since July 2011. Pedro has 17 years of experience in the Real Estate sector. He started in 2001, as an Investment Consultant of the Lisbon Capital Markets team at CBRE, where he acted in the acquisition and sale of a number of properties. In 2004, he moved to Sonae Sierra as Deputy Director of New Business in Portugal where he was responsible for the conception of new shopping centres and retail parks. Pedro started his career in 1995 in the Portuguese Bank industry where he performed different roles in two different Portuguese Banks (BCP and BPI) until 2001.
Robert Murphy
PrincipalStepStone Group
Ireland
Mr. Murphy is a member of StepStone’s real estate team. Prior to StepStone, Mr. Murphy was an assistant vice president at Partners Group, a private markets investment manager. Before that he was an executive in Ernst & Young’s real estate corporate finance team. Before Ernst & Young, Mr. Murphy worked as an investment analyst at the Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund. Mr. Murphy holds a master’s degree in finance from University College Dublin and is a CFA charterholder.
Shamik Narotam
Head, UK & Ireland RE InvestingMorgan Stanley
United Kingdom
Shamik is based in London and part of the MSREI acquisition and asset management team, working on sourcing, negotiating and managing investments for MSREI across all European jurisdictions, with additional responsibility for the UK. Before joining MSREI, Shamik was based in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, investing in roads and infrastructure in South America for a global investor. Shamik is also a chartered structural engineer. Shamik received a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA in Finance with distinction from the London Business School. Shamik is a Portuguese national, and has lived and worked in Europe, South America, North America and Asia.
Sony Ganwani
Country ManagerIndo-IB Capital Partners
Spain
Sony Ganwani,Indian origin,MBA from IE Business School & advanced LSE Management Program,started career in Morgan Stanley PWM and Private Equity and later raised & CoInvested in 2012-2013 over 100M€ Equity in residential and hotel REO/NPL with Value added strategy.2017 raised another fund to invest in lending,residential/hotels.
NPL’s - Risky high levels or getting rid of them soon?
Carla André
Managing Director
Colliers Portugal
Paulo Barradas
CEO
Restart Capital
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
Vittorio Calvi di Bergolo
Managing Director
LX Partners
Volkert Reig
General Director
GNB Real Estate
Carla André
Managing DirectorColliers Portugal
Portugal
Carla André has more than 20 years’ experience in real estate and asset based financing. Before joining CR, Carla worked for RE lender Eurohypo and headed the Portuguese Branch from 2012 to 2016.
Paulo Barradas
CEORestart Capital
Portugal
Paulo Barradas is a Managing Director at Norfin SGFII and heads the M&A and investor relations department. He has more than 22 years of experience in the international investment banking industry, of which the last 6 years in London as Head of M&A at Haitong Bank. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A for Energy and Infrastructure and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Espírito Santo Investment Bank.
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
Portugal
55 years, married 2 sons From 2002 - 2017 Square Asset Management - Partner; 1,5 Billion under management in all sectors for retail and institutional clients : Managing the highest Portuguese performance balanced portfolio over the last 8 years in a row according to MSCI/IPD; from 1990 - 2000 ESAF Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros SGPS - Real Estate Managing Director Investments: Portugal, Brazil, Russia.
Vittorio Calvi di Bergolo
Managing DirectorLX Partners
Portugal
Prior to founding LX Partners, Vittorio spent over 25 years in banking working for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, CSFB and Bear Stearns in London and more recently was General Partner of a Luxembourg based Special Investment Fund SICAV and CEO of a regulated family office backed investment partnership. Vittorio has degree in Law and Master in International Affairs. LX Partners is a principal investor in Portugal (and opportunistically other jurisdictions) with special focus on RE asset backed distressed credit and NPLs. Over last 24 months also developed RE strategies in co-living sector becoming one of the largest investor in Portugal and more recently interest in the Italian market.
Volkert Reig
General DirectorGNB Real Estate
Portugal
Volkert is presently President of the Board of Directors of Novo Banco Real Estate and has over twenty years of international experience in M&A, private equity and real estate. Prior to joining Grupo Novo Banco (GNB), Mr. Reig served as a Managing Director for Hudson Advisors. Mr. Reig Schmidt has a Master in Law from the Universidad San Pablo CEU and is admitted to practice in the Madrid Bar Association. Volkert is fluent in Spanish, German and English and has a basic knowledge of French and Portuguese.
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CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIA
Aexx Capital
Brian Betel
Head of Direct Transactions
Activum SG UK Advisors Limited
http://www.activumsg.com/
+44 20 3705 8130
London | United Kingdom
ActivumSG was founded by Saul Goldstein in 2007 to invest in niche opportunities in German and Spanish real estate related sectors
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.
Hugo Santos Ferreira
President
APPII
http://www.appii.pt/
+351 21 387 77 49
Lisbon | Portugal
APPII represents the biggest cluster of the most significant companies with activity in the Portuguese RE Industry, such as leading development and investment companies, funds and listed companies, all asset class operators, as well as hoteliers.
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund Management
Sonae Sierra
http://www.sonaesierra.com/
+351 21 751 5000
Lisboa | Portugal
We develop, manage and invest in sustainable assets and provide investment, architecture & engineering and property management services for clients in geographies as diverse as Europe, South America, North Africa and Asia, while creating shared value for our business and society.
João Cristina
Country Manager
Merlin Properties
http://www.merlinproperties.com
+34 91 769 19 00
Madrid | Spain
MERLIN Properties SOCIMI S.A. is one of the leading RE company (Ibex 35) focused on the acquisition & management of CRE assets in Iberia.
João Pita
Senior Vice President
Round Hill Capital
http://roundhillcapital.com/
+34 913 776 803
Madrid | Spain
Round Hill Capital was founded in 2002 and is a Pan-European real estate Investor and Asset Manager.
João Sousa
CEO/Founder
JPS Group
http://www.jpsgroup.pt/
+351 217 581 055
Lisboa | Portugal
JPS GROUP has a multidisciplinary structure, capable of providing the needs for profitability of real estate assets under management.We develop projects in solid business models, with the purpose of creating sustainable and innovative profits. We have a highly qualify team, composed by more than 70 people, who work daily to achieve the levels of excellence in their projects. JPS GROUP’ integrated concept allows the company to achieve competitive values, without compromising high quality.
José Cardoso Botelho
CEO
Vanguard Properties
http://www.vangproperties.com
+351 21 581 4094
Lisbon | Portugal
Vanguard Properties is a leading real estate developer mainly dedicated to residential and touristic projects located in Portugal.
Miguel França Santana
Board Member
Fidelidade
http://www.fidelidade.pt
+351 213 239 087
Lisboa | Portugal
Fidelidade Property Europe is the real estate arm of the Fidelidade Insurance Company Group. We invest in Portugal and worldwide, assuring the management of Fidelidade’s real estate portfolio.
Paulo Barradas
CEO
Restart Capital
Paulo Loureiro
CEO
Bondstone
http://www.bondstone.com
+351 211 349 157
Lisbon | Portugal
Bondstone is a private equity real estate investment and asset management firm, investing across select asset classes and investment styles, pursuing both Equity and Debt investment strategies. With offices in Lisbon, Porto and London, Bondstone designs and implements bespoke strategic or transactional partnerships for institutional investors, family offices and high net worth individuals, seeking a reputable local partner to pursue real estate opportunities.
Pedro Coelho
Chairman
Square Asset Management
http://www.squaream.pt
+351 213 808 290
Lisbon | Portugal
SQUARE is one of the largest Real Estate Asset Management and Consulting Group in Portugal. Our 16 successful years let us proudly state that we are the only independent management company managing Open-ended Real Estate Investment Funds and the 1st contracted by large Portuguese financial groups. Our experience granted us 11% of market share and 1,4 Billion euros of assets under management*. SQUARE A.M. specializes in 3 different areas: Income Funds, Distressed Asset Funds and other vehicles.
Pedro Seabra
Partner
Refundos Explorer
Portugal
A Refundos Explorer integra as equipas operacionais da Explorer Investments Real Estate e da Refundos SGOIC. Somos independentes de qualquer instituição finaceira, de sociedade de investimento ou de imobiliário.
Pedro Silveira
Chairman
SIL Grupo
http://www.sil.pt
+351 210 124 500
Lisbon | Portugal
The SIL Group is a consortium of several independent companies, complementary to each other and often working in collaboration. The SIL Group has over 60 years experience in the Portuguese real estate sector.
Pedro Vicente
CEO
Overseas
Portugal
OVERSEAS is the new Portuguese developer, founded in 2022. The company runs 5 projects, with 130m€ of investment.
Volkert Reig
General Director
GNB Real Estate
Lisboa | Portugal
Grupo Novo Banco Real Estate is a top-tier, leading real estate fund manager in Portugal, founded in 1992, duly registered and supervised by CMVM and Banco de Portugal, and consistently the largest and most relevant firms in the industry.
Alberto López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIAAexx Capital
Spain
CEO AEXX CAPITAL, a Madrid/London based privately held investment firm specialised in direct lending, asset backed distressed debt and other unique special situations, primarily in western Europe. Alberto is the Co-founder of URBANIA INTERNATIONAL, a real estate private equity firm with over €1 billion under management. Mr. Lopez has been involved in over €2 billion of opportunistic, value add and debt real estate investing in Europe. Mr. Lopez received an International MBA from EM Lyon & EOI and has a Bachelor’s degree of Economics.
Brian Betel
Head of Direct TransactionsActivum SG UK Advisors Limited
Spain
Brian Betel is Head of Direct Assets at Activum SG and founding partner of Spanish homebuilding ASG Homes. Prior to Activum SG Brian was a Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management. In a 14 year career at Cerberus, Brian helped to open and run advisory offices in Mexico and Spain in addition to advising on investments in Canada, the UK and Germany. Prior to Cerberus Brian worked at Citibank in Mexico City and the Bank of Mexico, the central bank, selling the REO portfolios of their bad bank. Brian is also a founding partner of Tech-Stone Developments, a Spanish hotel development company.
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.
Hugo Santos Ferreira
PresidentAPPII
Portugal
Hugo Santos Ferreira is the President of APPII – the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors and Director of the Portuguese Confederation of the Construction and Real Estate Sector. Hugo is also an Advisory Board Member of SIL – the Portuguese Real Estate Exhibition and of the Portuguese Green Business Week – Smart Cities Summit. Hugo has a Law Degree and a Master in Public & Administrative Law from the Portuguese Catholic University and was a Real Estate Lawyer at the Iberian law firm Cuatrecasas for almost 10 years up until 2014. He is also the author of several opinion articles and chronicles in the main magazines and newspapers in Iberia and other Southern European Countries.
João Carlos Lelis
Director Fund ManagementSonae Sierra
Portugal
João Lélis joined Sonae Sierra in 2004 as an investment analyst, later becoming Director of the Fund Management business. As member of the executive team, current responsibilities include management of the real estate funds co-owned by Sonae Sierra, of the direct investments outside Iberia and transaction support. Prior to Sonae Sierra, João was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and also with Arthur Andersen. João completed the INSEAD – Advanced Management Programme in 2018 and the INSEAD - International Executive Programme in 2010. He also holds an MBA from the Yale University School of Management (2002) and a BS in Management from Faculdade de Economia do Porto (1997).
João Cristina
Country ManagerMerlin Properties
Portugal
João Cristina is the Portugal Director of Merlin Properties since 1 January 2018. From 2006 until that time, he held Investment Management positions at Rockspring PIM and Orion Capital Managers, all based in Madrid. He returned to Portugal, during 2014, to assume the General Manager role in SILCOGE, a leading Portuguese real estate company. He studied Finance at ISCTE and has an MBA from IE -Instituto de Empresa. Joao Specialized in acquisitions and asset management throughout the Iberian Peninsula, where he has more than 12 years’ experience. Over the last year, João has focused on increasing Merlin’s footprint in the Portuguese real estate market (acquisitions) while improving present occupational levels of the portfolio asset management
João Pita
Senior Vice PresidentRound Hill Capital
Portugal
João is a SVP at Round Hill Capital and has over fifteen years of experience in the real estate space. He is responsible for RHC’s activity in the Portuguese market. Prior to joining Round Hill Capital in 2018, João worked for Teixeira Duarte, where he was involved in multiple platforms, sourcing and developing over 5 million square feet of commercial, residential and mixed used opportunities in Portugal and Africa. João started his career working as a project manager, helping to bring forward a 1.5 million square feet of residential and office schemes in Lisbon. He holds a combined MSc in Civil Engineering and is a member of the Portuguese Chamber of Chartered Engineers.”
João Sousa
CEO/FounderJPS Group
Portugal
Formado em Direito, pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, o CEO da JPS GROUP, Dr. João Sousa, iniciou o seu percurso profissional aos 23 anos, na área empresarial e dos negócios. Foi com estes primeiros passos e contacto com o mundo profissional, que soube que exercer Direito não era uma opção e decidiu enveredar pela área à qual se estava a dedicar com tanto afinco. Como tal, começou a fazer o seu percurso na consultoria de investimento financeiro e imobiliário, percurso esse que veio, mais tarde, a dar origem à fundação da JPS GROUP. Um dos períodos de tempo deste percurso foi passado no estrangeiro, em múltiplos negócios em África, pelos países da América do Sul e na Ásia.
José Cardoso Botelho
CEOVanguard Properties
Portugal
Experienced investor in Real Estate. Since the end of 2015, focused in the setup and management of Vanguard Properties, a leading developer, focused on residential and touristic projects. Currently the group has 16 projects under development located in Lisbon, Oeiras, Comporta and Algarve. Vanguard’s is currently leading the consortia that will acquire the real estate funds of Comporta Investment Fund. Since 1988, José has been involved in multiple ventures notably in retail, real estate, technology (software, heading systems, medical, etc.). Significant expertise in Real Estate, Funding, Negotiation and Venture Capital. Undergraduate in Management with expertise in Finances. MBA in International Management.
Miguel França Santana
Board MemberFidelidade
Portugal
He graduated in Civil Engineering from IST, Lisbon in 1988 and started his career at Proman, Centro de Estudos e Projectos, SA, in the Structural Design Department, with special emphasis on participation in the stability projects at Quinta de Carvalhais of Metro Rotunda II, cold storage centers in the Azores. Among many other residential and industrial projects design. Recently, he has been a member of Hagen Imobiliária SA Board for approximately 2 years. Currently and for the last 6 years he is Board Member of Fidelidade Property Europe, SA., a company 100 % held by Fidelidade Companhia de Seguros, managing all Real Estate Investments of the Insurance Group.
Paulo Barradas
CEORestart Capital
Portugal
Paulo Barradas is a Managing Director at Norfin SGFII and heads the M&A and investor relations department. He has more than 22 years of experience in the international investment banking industry, of which the last 6 years in London as Head of M&A at Haitong Bank. Prior to that, he was Head of M&A for Energy and Infrastructure and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at Espírito Santo Investment Bank.
Paulo Loureiro
CEOBondstone
Portugal
Pedro Coelho
ChairmanSquare Asset Management
Portugal
55 years, married 2 sons From 2002 - 2017 Square Asset Management - Partner; 1,5 Billion under management in all sectors for retail and institutional clients : Managing the highest Portuguese performance balanced portfolio over the last 8 years in a row according to MSCI/IPD; from 1990 - 2000 ESAF Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros SGPS - Real Estate Managing Director Investments: Portugal, Brazil, Russia.
Pedro Seabra
PartnerRefundos Explorer
Portugal
Joined Explorer in 2012 and currently is the Partner in the Real Estate Business Area. He worked at CBRE in Madrid in 1987 and opened the Portuguese office in 1988, leading it until 2012. Pedro has a degree in Systems Engineering from Instituto Superior de Matemáticas Aplicadas and a master in Finance and Company Financial Management from ISCTE-INDEG. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and appraiser certified by the CMVM.
Pedro Silveira
ChairmanSIL Grupo
Portugal
Pedro Silveria is the chairman of SILCOGE, Group SIL's main development company, was founded in 1949. SILCOGE is currently developing over 250000 sqm of property in greater Lisbon area
Pedro Vicente
CEOOverseas
Portugal
Pedro Vicente is OVERSEAS CEO. OVERSEAS is an independent "committed to green" developer, based in Lisboa, Portugal, focused on ESG, nZEB buildings, electric mobility, branded and luxury real estate. The company was incorporated in 2022 and has currently 5 projects, with an investment of 130M€.
Pedro has a large experience in the real estate market in Portugal, through companies like EPUL - Empresa Pública de Urbanização de Lisboa (state owned company), Level Constellation (Chinese real estate fund) and Habitat Invest (top 5 real estate developers in Portugal). Pedro is Vice-President of APPII (Real estate investors and developers Portuguese Association).
Volkert Reig
General DirectorGNB Real Estate
Portugal
Volkert is presently President of the Board of Directors of Novo Banco Real Estate and has over twenty years of international experience in M&A, private equity and real estate. Prior to joining Grupo Novo Banco (GNB), Mr. Reig served as a Managing Director for Hudson Advisors. Mr. Reig Schmidt has a Master in Law from the Universidad San Pablo CEU and is admitted to practice in the Madrid Bar Association. Volkert is fluent in Spanish, German and English and has a basic knowledge of French and Portuguese.
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