Preceding the main Europe GRI event and fast becoming a favourite tradition among leading female GRI Club Members, this is the annual get together of more than 80 female real estate decision makers. This session facilitates networking with peers and the forging of new friendships before joining the broader discussions taking place at the conference.
Expect a collegial discussion focused on deal flow, asset classes, and peer-to-peer business strategies followed by a private lunch.
GRI Club Patrons
Mary Ricks
President & CEO
Joanne McNamara
EVP, Europe and Asia Pacific
The discussions will be moderated by:
Ana Estrada
President & CEO
Kristina Foster
Fund Manager
Timetable
09:15 - 09:45
Registration
09:45 - 10:45
Getting Ahead of the Competition
European RE Investments Trends
10:45 - 11:15
Networking Break
11:15 - 12:15
Pass the mic!
Advancing more women in conferences and speaking roles
12:15 - 13:15
Private Networking Lunch
13:30
Europe GRI Commences *For registered participants only
"When you look at the women that are involved in the committee, it's just such a phenomenal group of women that the connections you can make by attending those meetings is hard to compare to anything else. Reconnecting with women I haven't seen in a few years, several deal opportunities came out of that, and you don't know how much can occur when you just get together and start talking."
AMY AZNAR
Executive Chair of Debt & Value-Add Strategies La Salle Investment Management
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset Mgmt
Starwood Capital Group
Audrey Klein
PartnerSpencer House Partners
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein has held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. She is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com).
Executive Chair Debt & Value Add StrategiesLaSalle Investment Management
United Kingdom
Amy is the Executive Chair of Debt & Value-Add Strategies and a member of its Investment Committee. Prior to that, she was the Head of Debt & Value Add Strategies, who oversaw the set-up and growth of LaSalle’s market leading European debt platform and LaSalle’s Value Add equity strategies in Europe. Amy was responsible for LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies II, III, & IV (c.€2.8bn in committed capital, of which LREDS IV has raised c.€940m excl. side-car allocation), LaSalle Residential Finance I – III (£1.5bn in committed capital), LaSalle Whole Loan Strategies (€964m committed capital), LaSalle UK Special Situations Fund and Special Situations Venture and is on LaSalle’s European and UK Management Boards.
Global Chief Investment OfficerCBRE Investment Management
USA
Kim Hourihan is Chief Investment Officer for CBRE Investment Management. In this role, Kim is responsible for investment strategy, performance and risk. She chairs the Global Investment Committee and has oversight of all the regional and strategy-specific investment committees.
She previously served as CIO – Americas Direct Real Estate Strategies for CBRE Investment Management and Portfolio Manager for one of the firm’s comingled funds. She also served as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for two international sovereign wealth fund clients, with total assets under management of more than $4 billion representing 11.7 million square feet.
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.
Ana is a managing director in the Merchant Banking Division responsible for sourcing executing and managing real estate investments across Europe. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2003 as an analyst and was named managing director in 2015. Ana earned a BS in Ec
Managing Director, Co-Head BGO Strategic Capital PartnersBGO
USA
Cherine Aboulzelof is Managing Director, Global Co-Head for BentallGreenOak's Strategic Capital Partners ("BGO SCP") and sits on its global investment committee. BGO SCP provides strategic capital by way of asset and portfolio recapitalisations, structured transactions, co investments and fund investments to GPs. Prior to joining BGO SCP platform in 2017, she has been responsible for Europe investments with two different real estate investment managers, investing across a number of real estate sectors in Europe between 2005 and 2017. She started her career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. She holds an M.B.A from INSEAD and a graduate degree from EM Lyon. She is a French, British and Lebanese citizen.
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset MgmtStarwood Capital Group
United Kingdom
Irene Ryan is an advisory board member of GRI Women Leading RE Europe and is a Managing Director at Starwood Capital Group. Irene is responsible for the asset management of debt investments by Starwood’s international lending platform in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Since joining Starwood Capital in 2013, Irene has managed over $14bn of loans held across multi-asset classes including loans on refurbishment and construction projects. Prior to joining Starwood Capital Group, Irene worked in a real estate focussed bank in London, holding a variety of lending roles from origination to loan restructuring and recovery. Before that, she worked at KPMG in Ireland and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland (FCA).
Our discussion co-chairs kick off the knowledge exchange. After that, you can join it as much as you like:
peer-to-peer, capital to product, and behind closed doors.
What is a Club Meeting An in-person private meeting exclusive for Club Members. Spend time and participate in interactive discussions with the most senior players in the market.
Who can join Senior investors, lenders, asset owners, and developers active in the real estate market. Exclusive event for members with a Bronze, Silver, Platinum, and Diamond level membership.
How to join Click in “Join the event”. If you’re not a member yet, fill up the form for apply or upgrade your membership.
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