George is the Head of Asia Pacific and is responsible for the investment and asset management strategies at CDPQ Real Estate in the region. He is based in Singapore and leads the CDPQ Real Estate teams located in Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai and Sydney, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to establish and consolidate strategic partnerships for major projects being developed in the Asia-Pacific region.

George has extensive experience in the Asian real estate market. Before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge (later restructured as CDPQ Real Estate) in 2015, he was the Senior Executive Director and Head of Alternative Investments at Ping An Trust, a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd., a public company. In his past position, he was responsible for establishing a multi-asset real estate portfolio which invests globally. He also served as the Executive Director for HREI (a joint venture between Harvest Funds Management and Grosvenor Group) and as Head of business development and capital-raising for Harvest Capital Partners, China’s leading real estate fund managers. He was previously Vice President, Private Capital Markets, Real Estate, for Macquarie Capital in Asia. He also spent several years in the real estate sector in Australia.

George holds bachelor’s degrees in commerce and in law and a master’s degree in commerce, specializing in Finance, from University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. George is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is a Jury Member for the MIPIM Asia Awards. Over the course of his career, George has lived in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Peter is responsible for CPPIB’s global real estate portfolio, which is diversified across twenty global markets and currently exceeds C$50 Billion.

Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2007, Peter worked with several leading real estate companies, including Canderel, Brookfield and TrizecHahn.

Peter holds a BComm from McGill University and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at Western University; and has been granted the ICD.D designation by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

He is on the board of Brazilian public company Aliansce Sonae, a member of Global Board of Directors of the Urban Land Institute and is a Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Patricia Bandeira Vieira (London) joined KKR in 2020 and is part of the Client and Partner Group focused on Real Estate. Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Vieira was a Director at Hines responsible for raising equity from European investors for funds, separate accounts and joint ventures globally. Ms. Vieira holds a BA in International Relations from Princeton University and an MBA from INSEAD

Experienced real estate private equity professional who has worked extensively in the alternative asset management and real estate private equity industry for over 20 years.

I have considerable experience of debt and operational restructuring having worked on a number of successful transactions in the US, UK and Central Europe throughout my career.

I have practical knowledge of implementing operational, financial and management reporting systems, complex deal structuring and have dealt with the day-to-day financial administration in a wide variety of real estate operational businesses in varying industry sectors.

I have an in depth understanding of complex tax structuring across multiple jurisdictions – both onshore and offshore and have utilized this knowledge through successful fund raising structures and complex internal cost reduction programs.

I have been responsible for sourcing, structuring and funding real estate deals across a wide range of industry sectors - including residential, commercial, shopping centres, data centres and most recently student and alternative residential accommodation.

I am a commercially well-rounded individual with significant knowledge of institutional investor interaction and an extensive network of banking, private equity and high net worth contacts. I have generated new revenues, developed new commercial partners and driven growth strategies in a wide range of real estate sectors in multiple geographical locations.

Sam Bendix, Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets and Investor Relations is responsible for developing and managing relationships with Landmark’s current and prospective investors. Mr. Bendix also oversees the development of investment structures to support Landmark’s investment strategies and ensures the company’s equity capital needs are fulfilled. Mr. Bendix has more than a decade of experience in financial services. Before joining Landmark, he served as the Managing Director of Investor Relations at National Real Estate Advisors, where he oversaw the management of investor accounts for the firm's $4.6B open-ended diversified core-plus fund and helped launch a fund to further capitalize the firm’s data center business. Mr. Bendix’s extensive real estate investment background also includes positions with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC; Blue Vista Capital Management, LLC; and William Blair & Company, LLC. Mr. Bendix earned his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.

Formed in 2004, Landmark Properties is a vertically integrated developer, owner, and manager dedicated to student housing real estate. The company has over 1,000 employees across acquisitions, development, construction, property management, and investment management. Landmark believes that its corporate team of more than 200 employees is one of the largest corporate teams dedicated to student housing in the United States. Landmark has been ranked the #1 most active developer and contractor in student housing by Student Housing Business.

Mr. Benjamin is a Partner and Head of Ares Real Estate Group. He serves on the Ares Executive Management Committee. He also serves as a Director and Chairman of the Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation Board of Directors. Additionally, Mr. Benjamin serves on the Ares Real Estate Group Global Investment Committee and Ares Real Estate Debt Investment Committee. Mr. Benjamin joined Ares in July 2013 from AREA Property Partners, where he was a Senior Partner from 1995 to 2013. Mr. Benjamin joined AREA Property Partners in 1995 from Bankers Trust Corp, where he was a Principal from 1986 to 1995. He is a Trustee of Impetus, a UK based charity focused on improving access to education and employment for disadvantaged youth. Mr. Benjamin graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School.

Ariel Bentata is Founding and Managing Partner, Investments for Accesso, a commercial real estate investment manager, owner and operator of Class A office properties throughout the country.
Mr. Bentata is responsible for directing the company’s investments, asset management and corporate development. Prior to co-founding Accesso in 2003, he served as a legal and business affairs counsel for MTV Networks Latin America. Mr. Bentata received a law degree from Universidad Católica in Caracas, Venezuela and a master’s from New York University.
He is campaign chair of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation (“GMJF”) and former Chair of the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center. Mr. Bentata was the recipient of the GMJF’s Stanley C. Myers Presidents’ Leadership Award in 2011 for demonstrating outstanding service to Miami’s Jewish community.

Federico Bianchi is a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management at Starwood Capital Europe. In this role, Mr. Bianchi is responsible for the management of all non-hotel European assets, as well as the development function in this region. He oversees the business plans execution for all commercial, industrial and residential assets, including any ground-up development and heavy-repositioning opportunities for the firm.

Prior to joining Starwood Capital in 2018, Mr. Bianchi was a Principal, Asset Management at GreenOak Real Estate (London), where he worked for four years with a specific focus on Continental Europe managing a value-add portfolio including logistics, commercial and residential assets and developments.
Previously, Mr. Bianchi was Italian Country Manager and a Member of the European Board of ISG; at that time he also joined the Executive Committee of ULI in Italy. Prior to that, he served as a Director of Asset Management at Condotte Real Estate and a Director at Tishman Speyer Properties, where he was overseeing deals and projects for a combined value of more than €1.5B.

Mr. Bianchi received degrees in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano and London South Bank University.

Starwood Capital

Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a core focus on global real estate, energy
infrastructure and oil & gas. The Firm and its affiliates maintain 16 offices in seven countries around the world, and currently have approximately 4,100 employees. Since its inception in 1991, Starwood Capital Group has raised over $55 billion of equity capital, and currently has in excess of $75 billion of assets under management. Through a series of comingled opportunity funds and Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (SREIT), a non-listed REIT, the Firm has invested in virtually every category of real estate on a global basis, opportunistically shifting asset classes, geographies and positions in the capital stack as it perceives risk/reward dynamics to be evolving. Starwood Capital also manages Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), the largest commercial mortgage real estate investment trust in the United States, which has successfully deployed over $63 billion of capital since inception and manages a portfolio of over $17 billion across debt and equity investments. Over the past 29 years, Starwood Capital Group and its affiliates have successfully executed an investment strategy that involves building enterprises in both the private and public markets.

Pamela Boneham is a member of Barings Real Estate, a $40+ billion global real estate platform with extensive capabilities across both debt and equity strategies. Pam is a Managing Director and Head of Capital Strategies for the US Real Estate Equity platform, responsible for helping drive capital investment strategic decision-making for clients and prospects. In addition, she serves on the U.S. Equity Investment Committee and Valuation Committee. Prior to her current role, Pam was Central Region Head, responsible for supervising all of the Regions real estate activities, including acquisitions, asset management and dispositions. Pam has been in the industry for over 35 years. Prior to joining Barings in 2013, Pam was a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director for DWS/RREEF, where she was the lead Portfolio Manager for several public and corporate pension fund separate accounts. She also was President of RREEF America REIT, Inc., the company’s first flagship core private Real Estate Investment Trust, and managed other commingled funds during her tenure. Earlier, she was at Equity Office Properties and Jones Lang LaSalle. Pam holds a B.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater and an M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is active in a variety of professional and community associations, including as a Board Member of The University of Wisconsin James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate; a Board member of the Association For International Real Estate (AFIRE); Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Industrial and Office Product Council-Silver and Co-Chair of the ULI Chicago Women’s Leadership Advisory (WLI) Board; Pension Real Estate Association (PREA); Economic Club of Chicago; and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW.)

Jonathan is Senior Editor for the Real Estate Group of private markets publishing and media group PEI. The group comprises publications PERE and Real Estate Capital. He is responsible for setting the editorial agendas for the print and online editions of both publications and managing their teams of journalists.

John Bruno is a Principal in the Investments Group. He is actively involved in the investment management process across CIM’s platforms and serves on CIM’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining CIM in 2008, Mr. Bruno was an Associate with Bank of America Securities’ private placement and leveraged finance groups. Mr. Bruno began his career as an Analyst with KPMG.
He earned a dual degree in Finance and Political Science from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Angela leads Mirvac’s Build to Rent BTR (Multi-Family) function, generating strategic direction for business activities and continuing growth of the business towards a medium term target of 5,000 apartments. She oversees the Australian Build to Rent Club (ABTRC) and future third party capital relationships for Mirvac in this sector, being accountable for the financial performance of each project. Mirvac is positioned as Australia’s market leader and a first mover in BTR through end-to-end acquisition, development and long term ownership of quality designed properties, specifically with renters in mind. This includes managing properties through Mirvac’s operating platform, LIV, which seeks to generate ongoing, long-term sources of income through a unique rental experience which is resident focused, providing significant amenities and services. Mirvac officially opened its first BTR asset, LIV Indigo, (315 apartments) in Sydney Olympic Park in September 2020. The current BTR pipeline has a further four projects encompassing 1,800 apartments in Melbourne and Brisbane to be delivered between 2022 and 2025. Angela has been with Mirvac for more than seven years, with her most recent role as General Manager, Capital Transactions. She is an accomplished real estate professional and leader with strategic, executional and operational experience across retail, industrial, office and mixed-use asset classes. Angela has led cross-functional teams through a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and new business development projects, alongside establishment of investment strategies and business transformation projects. Angela holds a Bachelor of Business Management (Real Estate & Development) from the University of Queensland and commenced her property career as a valuer.

Kyle Campbell is a senior reporter for PERE, PEI Media’s global magazine and website for private real estate investment. Based in New York, he leads coverage of the Americas with a focus on investors in the US and Canada.

Before joining PERE in fall 2018, he reported on commercial real estate in New York City for Real Estate Weekly. Prior to that, he covered the automotive industry for the New York Daily News and local news in Southampton, New York. He also has written about state government in Michigan and federal politics in Washington, D.C. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Michigan State University School of Journalism.

Guillaume Cassou (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is responsible for the European Real Estate team. Prior to KKR, Mr. Cassou was an executive director at Goldman Sachs real estate principal investment area in London since 2007 focusing on real estate and real estate-related investments across Europe. Previously, Mr. Cassou worked in Goldman Sachs investment banking group from 2001 to 2007, where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions, and capital market transactions. He holds an M.Sc. from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.

KKR

KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, credit and real assets, with strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns for its fund investors by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. KKR invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and provides financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. References to KKR's investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR's website at www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.

Adam co-ordinates JLL Capital Markets Research & Strategy across Europe, Middle East & Africa. He oversees a network of research specialists that work closely with investors to build targeted property investment strategies within the 500+ global research capability. As part of the EMEA research leadership, Adam also has a number of business strategy and development responsibilities.

Adam’s experience spans 20 years of real estate advisory with both public and private sector clients. He is regularly cited in national and international media as a commentator on the changing nature of real estate in society and the role of capital markets to create resilient cities.

Adam joined JLL as Head of UK Residential Research in January 2013 and has held similar property advisory roles in London, UK and Toronto, Canada. He holds an MBA from London Business School, an MSc Urban Regeneration from the Bartlett, University College London and BA Economics from Western University (London, Canada). He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and is a board trustee at World Habitat.

With over 30 years of real estate experience, Mr. Cheng’s work experience has covered a comprehensive range of activities, including ground-up real estate development, real estate investment, fund management, business consulting, commercial banking operations, liquidity, and interest rate risk management. As one of the key founding members of KaiLong in 2004, Mr. Cheng has built and led the team to become a leading player in Asian Pacific, Greater China and London‘s vibrant investment and asset management market. To date, KaiLong has invested a total of over US$3.6 billion in 53 real estate projects. Of these, 32 have already been exited with excellent risk-adjusted returns. Before joining KaiLong, Mr. Cheng was the General Manager of Shui On Land. He oversaw the development and operations of Rainbow City, City Apartment, and Hangzhou Xi Hu Tiandi, as well as participating in the construction and operations management of Shanghai Xintiandi. Prior to that, Mr. Cheng held various senior positions with Standard Chartered Bank, including Greater China Head of Finance and Risk and Senior Manager of Marketing and Operations. In 2011, Mr. Cheng founded KFoundation together with generous support from KaiLong employees and friends, uniting the KaiLong community under our shared mission to give back to society. Since its inception, KFoundation has raised over RMB 13 million. KFoundation has sponsored a total of over 2,500 students varying from secondary school to university.

Dr. Henry Chin leads CBRE’s investor thought leadership across all regions and oversees all research activity in Asia Pacific. After joining CBRE in 2014, Henry was promoted to CBRE’s Asia Pacific Strategic Group, the board which oversees CBRE’s strategic direction in the region, in 2016. From 2019-2020 he also served as Head of Research, EMEA. Before joining CBRE, Henry was head of Asia Pacific research and strategy at PGIM (previously known as Pramerica Real Estate Investors), Prudential Financials Inc., where he was responsible for leading the company’s Asia Pacific real estate investment strategy. Henry also spent several years with Deutsche Bank Group, where he had numerous roles ranging from global real estate strategist based in London to co-head of real estate for Asia Pacific for their private banking business. Henry began his career as lead Asian real estate analyst for DTZ. Henry is a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University (UK) and an assistant professor at National Taipei University (Taiwan). He is also a member of the Society of Property Researchers (SPR), Investment Property Forum (IPF), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA), Asia Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV), International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC), SFC Hong Kong, HKSI and UKSIP. He was served as a chairman of ANREV’s research committee from 2011 to 2014. He holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) in the UK. Henry has 20 years research experience in the Asia Pacific and Global real estate markets. He holds a BA in Land Economic and Administration from National Taipei University (Taiwan); an MSc in Real Estate from the University of Reading (UK) and a PhD in Real Estate Investment from Oxford Brookes University (UK).

Mr Chua, as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, focuses on driving the Group’s strategic initiatives including expanding and directing the Mapletree Group’s international real estate investments and developments, as well as oversees the Group’s multi-family and serviced apartment businesses.
Previously, Mr Chua was Head of the Group’s Global Lodging sector and Private Capital Management function. Before this, he was the Group Chief Investment Officer and Regional Chief Executive Officer of North Asia & New Markets.
Mr Chua concurrently serves as a Non-Executive Director of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd and Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust Management Ltd. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd. Prior to joining Mapletree in 2002, Mr Chua held senior positions with various companies including Vision Century Corporation Ltd, Ascendas Pte Ltd, Singapore Food Industries Pte Ltd and United Overseas Bank Ltd.
Mr Chua holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde and graduated with a Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning (First Class Honours) from the University of Queensland in 1982.

Robert Ciemniak specialises in research on China housing markets, with the track record built over the past 10 years through Real Estate Foresight (REF) – an independent and technology-powered research boutique based in Hong Kong, and with the more recent additional focus on the data center sector. He’s also the founder of Robotic Online Intelligence (ROI) a tech startup providing AI-powered automation of research and market intelligence for data, research, and investment firms in the US, Europe, and Asia, in domains ranging from real estate to cryptocurrencies.

Prior to his two ventures, from 1998 to 2011, Robert’s career with Thomson Reuters included two major roles as Global Head of Real Estate Markets (London/Hong Kong) and earlier as Head of Corporate Foresight in Group Strategy in London. Since 2019, Robert has also served on the board of directors of China Index Holdings.

For the past 10 years, Robert has been a regular conference speaker, chair, and moderator at the real estate industry events, and a contributor to specialist industry publications and media. Robert holds a dual MBA degree from London Business School and Columbia Business School in New York, and MSc from Warsaw School of Economics. He is also an international master in chess and an author of a book about the Internet and competitive strategy (1999).

Real Estate Foresight (REF) was founded in 2012 and is an independent technology-powered research boutique based in Hong Kong and focused on mainland China property markets.

Real Estate Foresight provides investors, fund managers, developers, and lenders with the granular, data-driven research on China housing markets and data centers, powered by the in-house technology, the content from data partners and the alternative data collected from public sources.

The market intelligence platform Signallium™ China Property, from the sister company Robotic Online Intelligence, monitors ‘real time’ headlines from 3,000+ local sources, across 100+ cities, 300+ developers, modelled into several topic models, incl. the most topical currently on distress and developers’ financing.

As Chinese developers under financial pressure negotiate with creditors, sell assets, restructure, and modify strategies, Real Estate Foresight supports foreign investors with an in-depth look at specific projects and assessment of project portfolios.

Peter Ciganik is a Managing Director of Strategy, Research and Investor Relations at GTIS and leads the Investor Relations and Client Services functions across the Firm’s investment vehicles. In addition, Mr. Ciganik is responsible for the Firm’s macro and investment research, global strategy and new business development.

Prior to joining GTIS in 2007, Mr. Ciganik worked with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (MSREF) in London, and with Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners (LBREP) in New York. In his prior engagements, Mr. Ciganik was responsible for the evaluation, financial modeling and due diligence of equity and mezzanine debt investments, participating in the acquisition of over $800 million of individual and portfolio assets. Before LBREP, Mr. Ciganik worked with Lehman’s Corporate Strategy and Acquisitions group, and as a business analyst with McKinsey & Co. in Frankfurt and New York.

Mr. Ciganik graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Ciganik is a member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Pension Real Estate Association (PREA).

Oscar Ciudad Apolinar, head of client relations, Southern Europe, is responsible for raising funds for the Strategic Capital’s European vehicles.

Mr. Ciudad joined Prologis in 2011. Prior to joining the client relations team, he worked for FIBRA PROLOGIS (one of Prologis’ publicly listed vehicles) in Mexico City, where he assisted with the debt restructuring as well as investor relations for over two years. Most recently, Mr. Ciudad has been a director in the European treasury and capital markets team in Amsterdam, where he has structured secured and unsecured financings as well as arranged public capital market offerings.

Prior to joining Prologis, Mr. Ciudad Apolinar served as CBRE’s debt advisory associate and worked across several European offices. During his tenure, Mr. Ciudad Apolinar developed skills in secured financing across different type of assets, such as: offices, shopping centers, hotels and logistics. He was responsible for the financial modeling, information memorandums preparation, as well as dealing with the financial institutions in each financing.

Mr. Ciudad Apolinar received a masters of science in finance from University of Amsterdam.

Prologis

Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with $148 billion (€121 billion) in assets under management, with the company’s ten private investment vehicles contributing approximately $75 billion (€61 billion) to the overall total.

As of December 31, 2020, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects of approximately 984 million square feet (91 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,500 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.

Prologis owns, manages and develops high-quality properties in the world’s most vibrant centers of commerce. In partnership with top manufacturing and distribution companies, Prologis ensures timely delivery of the products that make modern life possible.

Prologis’ 1,9001 employees collaborate with customers to achieve operational efficiencies, reduce environmental impacts and improve the communities where we live and work.

Davis Coen is a Partner in the Firm’s New York office, where he is a member of the Real Estate Practice. Davis represents private equity firms and portfolio companies in a wide range of domestic and international commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, public-to-private transactions and securitized and mezzanine financings. Before returning to New York in 2016, Davis spent two years in the Firm’s London office.

As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Franz provides strategic direction for the firm and serves as chair of the investment committees for all funds and investment programs. He has been the CEO of Cabot since founding the firm in 2002; during this time, we have raised nine discretionary funds creating enduring partnerships with leading global investors. Franz is focused on sustaining Cabot’s strong record of realized returns and creating opportunity for the firm’s growing international team.

Franz joined his father in the industrial property business in 1996. In 1998 this business went public as Cabot Industrial Trust where he served as the Chief Financial Officer of this New York Stock Exchange listed Real Estate Investment Trust. This company was sold in 2001 and during the years of its existence was the top performing industrial REIT.

Franz previously worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co. During this time in his career he worked and lived in New York City, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Budapest.

Franz is a trustee of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the America’s Executive Committee as Chair of the Finance Committee. Franz has served as a trustee or board member of numerous businesses and non-profits. He has lectured at Harvard University and often speaks at real estate industry conferences.

Franz graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College in 1985, where he studied History and earned an MBA in 1991 from Harvard Business School. After business school Franz was awarded a Robert Bosch Fellowship and worked at the German Central Bank in Frankfurt.

Franz is married to his college classmate and they have four grown children. Franz enjoys skiing, travel with his family and history.

Maggie Coleman is a Managing Partner at Sera Global.

Maggie leads our Private Capital Advisory practice for Real Estate and is responsible for advising leading general partners, operating companies and managers of real assets on capital formation and fund strategy including capital raising. Additionally, Maggie oversees Sera Global’s investor coverage across institutional relationships, private equity and private capital groups.

Prior to joining Sera Global, Maggie was a Senior Managing Director and Head of International Capital, Americas at JLL focusing on advising cross-border investors on their real estate strategies, facilitating the deployment of offshore capital into JLL’s direct transactions, recapitalizations and joint ventures. Prior to JLL’s merger with Staubach Capital Markets in 2008, she was a Director within the M&A Advisory Services group of Staubach Capital.

Maggie earned a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago in Political Economy. She also has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics & Public Policy (BEPP) and International Business from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

Maggie is involved in a leadership capacity of several Real Estate organizations. She is a Vice Chair of the Red Flight of the Urban Development/Mixed-Use Council (UDMUC) at ULI. She is also a member of the Real Estate Executive Council. Maggie serves on the Board of Directors of SG Blocks, a publicly traded company. She is also affiliated with the Guild Board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jackson Chance Foundation.

Michael Cole is the founder and managing director of independent real estate intelligence platform Mingtiandi. Since beginning daily publication in 2012, Mingtiandi’s monthly audience has grown to more than 80,000 real estate professionals who rely on its website, and the company’s in-depth research, for information on real estate transactions, industry trends and personnel moves throughout Asia. Fluent in Mandarin, Thai and Vietnamese, Michael started his career in Asia with the US Department of State in 1992 and has worked professionally in the region for more than a quarter century.

Sarah Cooper is Managing Director & Global Head of Real Estate Equity Sales at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, based in Hong Kong. She is a member of the BAML Hong Kong Leadership team, Chairman of the Hong Kong Philanthropy committee and Co-Chair of the WLC. Sarah works closely with both the research & banking side of BAML. She has worked on transactions from markets as diverse as Russia, China, India & Indonesia, as well as being active in traditional developed markets (notably Australia, UK, Germany, Singapore, USA, HK & Japan). Sarah was a top ranked property analyst in Australia, before moving to London and then Hong Kong where she has lived for 8 years. Sarah is ranked the #1 property specialist sales person in II & is a trusted advisor of both global & local real estate investors. Sarah is on the Board of the HK chapter of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association. She is the Chairman of BAML’s HK Philanthropy committee, & Co-Chair of the Asian GBAM Women’s Leadership Council. She completed the Taupo Ironman in 2001, & is passionate about family, travel, & cutting the volume of emails at BAML. She has been at Merrill Lynch for 19 years.

With over 18 years of transactional real estate experience Jack is the Managing Director of Industrial & Logistics for EMEA, covering all aspects of CBRE’s Industrial & Logistics business. Jack is also member of CBRE’s Global Logistics Board.

Jack’s main focus is advising clients on cross-border industrial and logistics transactions, and the disposal and acquisition of individual assets and portfolios, and development funding and strategic joint ventures.

Prior to joining EMEA Industrial & Logistics, Jack spent 8 years in the International & Private Clients Investment team. During this period, he was involved with acquisitions and disposals throughout the UK and Europe totalling in excess of €5 billion

Roger Cozzi is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Credit. He is based in New York.
Prior to Carlyle, Roger served as Chief Investment Officer for Commercial Real Estate Debt at Alliance Bernstein. There, he led a newly created commercial real estate lending team and spearheaded the creation of its investment and asset management procedures while serving as the team’s Chief Investment Officer and as a member of the firm’s Real Estate Equity Investment Committee.
Prior to that, Roger served in a series of executive-level roles focused on real estate finance at Gramercy Capital Corp.— now known as Gramercy Property Trust—Fortress Investment Group, iStar Financial, Starwood Capital Group and Goldman Sachs.
He holds a BSE in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Stuart Crow leads JLL’s Capital Markets business in Asia Pacific, overseeing over 750 Commercial Investment, Corporate Finance, Debt Advisory and Hotels & Hospitality professionals. Stuart is responsible for providing investment and financial structuring advice for major real estate transactions across the region for JLL.

Stuart has over 20 years’ experience in the property finance and investment sector. He has worked across all the major real estate markets in Asia Pacific and concentrates on identifying debt and equity investment opportunities / trends for cross border investors. He also specializes in assisting clients with their market entry and investment strategies.
On behalf of owners, investors and developments, Stuart has assisted in raising >USD10b of foreign capital over the past three years for direct real estate or joint venture transactions. Stuart leads a team across the region that has been ranked the #1 advisor in Asia Pacific in 2019 according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA).

His education and affiliations are:
- Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment Securities Institute of Australia
- Bachelor of Business (Property) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- Fellow Australian Property Institute (FAPI)

Daniel Cunningham is the editor of Real Estate Capital, contributing to and coordinating coverage of European real estate finance markets for the title's print and digital channels. He has more than 14 years’ experience writing about the real estate industry.

Daniel joined Real Estate Capital in 2015 from the financial news service Debtwire, where he covered commercial property lending and the market for non-performing loan portfolios. Prior to that, he worked at Estates Gazette, a weekly UK commercial property title, writing news and features about regional investment.

Sean Dalfen is the President and Chief Investment Officer of the General Partner and Dalfen Industrial. He has oversight responsibility for all of Dalfen Industrial’s businesses, the firm’s investment activities, strategic direction and management of the firm’s resources. Sean is also a member of the all of the firm’s Investment Committees across their funds and investment vehicles. After joining the firm in 2006, Sean was instrumental in the firm becoming one of the largest buyers of industrial real estate, having executed over $3.5 billion of transactions involving in excess of 40 million square feet of industrial properties in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to Dalfen, Sean worked at NAI Commercial as an Investment Sales Broker where he was one of the company’s Top 10 producers in Canada.

Sean is involved in a variety of philanthropic activities and is a frequent speaker and panelist at private equity industry events in both Canada and the U.S. Sean studied Psychology and Finance at Tel Aviv University’s Lowy School and McGill University.

With a career spanning three decades across the real estate and financial services sectors, Michelle has worked with some of Australia’s largest corporate institutions in senior executive and treasury roles. She is currently a Fund Manager at Dexus, Australia’s largest office landlord. In this role, she oversees a
portfolio of institutional grade office assets for the Dexus Office Trust Australia (DOTA) and its capital partners with a value of approximately AUD$5 billion. Prior to joining Dexus, Michelle was Executive Director of Real Estate at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and was previously Head of Capital at Leighton Properties, where she had carriage of relationships with the capital markets, including capital transactions and joint venture relationships, in addition to debt origination and arrangement. Michelle holds a Master of Commerce, majoring in Economics and Finance, has been a regular lecturer in Real Estate Finance at the University of Technology Sydney and chairs the Audit Committee of the Sydney Skin Hospital.

Shaun leads research and thought leadership at DeVono Cresa as Head of Insights.

A big focus of Shaun’s role is to provide his clients with market leading research, in-depth perspectives, and a unique point of view on the workplace and workforce, to inform the real estate decision making process.

Formerly Head of Real Estate Insight at Deloitte Shaun has worked with a range of clients from the real estate sphere from investors, landlords and tenants, to national institutions and governmental bodies.

Previously Head of Real Estate Insight at Deloitte, Shaun is an experienced property analyst having worked within the industry for over 15 years. Shaun was responsible for market leading industry publications including the flagship Deloitte “Crane Survey”.

Philippe joined ICGRE in May 2020 and serves as Managing Director and Head of European origination. Philippe joined from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he founded and headed the Real Estate Debt activity from 2017. Beforehand he was at Acofi Gestion where he was head of Real Estate Debt funds and was responsible for managing investments in CRE loans in Europe from 2013.

In 2008 Philippe joined CBRE, the property consultancy firm, to set up the Debt Advisory business for France. He advised property investors on their loan issuances and loan restructurings, as well as financial institutions on their CRE loan sales in Europe. Philippe began his banking career as a structured finance banker for Commerzbank in Paris and then for ABN Amro in London. He gained experience in arranging non-recourse loans on various asset classes including property and NPLs, structuring CMBS and CLOs and then originating real estate loans in Europe.

Philippe holds a Master's degree in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon business school and a Master's degree in Business Law from Jean Moulin University.

Dan Dubrowski is a co-founding partner of Lionstone Investments. As Head of Capital Formation, he leads capital efforts across the firm’s investment strategies, with primary responsibility for investor relationships, fundraising, marketing and communications, new business generation, and the structuring of new investment products. Mr. Dubrowski is a voting member of the Investment Committee and Management Committee of the firm. Prior to Lionstone, he was a senior officer with Hines for ten years. Before that, he was an auditor and consultant with Arthur Andersen LLP in New York. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Florian has more than 15 years of experience in real estate law. He represents clients in relation to real estate transactions in Germany (in both share deals and asset deals), large-volume commercial leases, project developments as well as cross-border and multijurisdictional transactions. He regularly advises global players at the intersection of real estate and technology, where he guides clients through all stages of the real estate investment cycle, including acquisitions and investments, lease and sublease negotiations, joint ventures, development and construction, operational agreements, dispositions, and exits. His experience includes office buildings, residential properties, retail properties, hotels, warehouses, logistic properties, industrial facilities, nursing homes, and student apartments.

Morrison & Foerster

Morrison & Foerster was founded in San Francisco in 1883. Today, with approximately 1,000 lawyers in 16 offices across Europe, the U.S. and Asia, we offer clients a comprehensive platform of global legal services, including extensive capabilities in the real estate sector. Our global real estate practice has broad experience in guiding clients through the entire real estate investment cycle and across a broad range of asset classes. In the past three years alone, we advised on more than 60 significant real estate transactions with a total deal value in excess of US$65 billion. Additionally, we advise our clients on the formation of real estate funds, REITs, and fund management platforms, as well as their investment into such vehicles, joint ventures, and multi-investor club deals. Our achievements have not gone unnoticed and our practice boasts an award-winning team, which was named “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360.

Karim Esch has been a member of the Management Board of Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH since 1 March 2021. He is primarily responsible for the Service KVG mandates and pooling vehicles business, which he has managed since 2014. Before being appointed to the board, Karim Esch was a senior manager (Prokurist) at Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH for 10 years.
Prior to that, he worked at the Commerzbank Group from 1999 onwards, becoming Director of Institutional Sales at Commerz Real AG in 2004.
Karim Esch studied at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in Germany and at Nottingham Trent University in the UK and holds a German diploma in banking administration, a bachelor’s degree in finance and management and an MSc in real estate.

Robert-Jan Foortse is the Head of European Property Investments at APG. Robert-Jan joined APG (then ABP) in December 2002. From 2003-2007 he was responsible for all ABP’s real estate investments in the Asia/Pacific region, both listed as well as non-listed. Robert-Jan gradually transferred responsibilities to the newly formed team in Hong Kong, which allowed him to head the European property team from early 2008. In addition, Robert-Jan is involved in the regional allocation of funds between the US, Europe and Asia/Pacific. Robert-Jan has over 25 years of experience in real estate.

APG

Every day APG is busy with something that already concerns millions of Dutch people and one day will concern millions more: pensions. APG strives to provide a good pension in a liveable world for all participants, employers and pension funds. Together we work on a sustainable future in which we do not only look at prosperity, but also at well-being. Because pensions are about people, life and how we live together. So that we, our parents, and our children can enjoy a good income. Today, tomorrow, and beyond.

As the largest pension provider in the Netherlands APG looks after the pensions of 4.7 million participants. APG provides executive consultancy, asset management, pension administration, pension communication and employer services. We work for pension funds and employers in the sectors of education, government, construction, cleaning, housing associations, sheltered employment organizations, medical specialists, and architects. APG manages approximately €573 billion (December 2020) in pension assets. With approximately 3,000 employees we work from Heerlen, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.
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Sylvain Fortier is responsible for developing and executing strategies enabling Ivanhoé Cambridge to provide strong, innovative real estate investment leadership. To that end, he identifies new ideas by focusing on emerging trends, technological advances, innovative designs and needs generated by urbanization or by future users of space. His mandate also includes oversight of global investment funds.

Mr. Fortier joined Ivanhoé Cambridge’s parent company, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in 2004 as Vice President, Asset Management, of Cadim. He was then put in charge of SITQ’s office building portfolio in the United States. In August 2010, he became Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Vice President, Advisory and Real Estate Strategy. In April 2011, he was appointed head of the Company’s newly formed residential business unit, which grew significantly under his leadership.

Mr. Fortier has more than 30 years of experience in real estate investment and financing involving various asset types. He began his career with the mortgage and real estate units of London Life and then joined Standard Life, where his positions included Regional Manager. Over the years, he has acquired a broad range of experience in real estate financing and management.

Mr. Fortier is actively involved in the community and has been a member of the fund-raising committees of The Lighthouse, Children and Families as well as United Way. He sits on the Board of Directors of Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) and Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), respectively. He is also a member of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).

Mr. Fortier has a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Finance and Real Estate from McGill University.

Susan is a partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya. An experienced real estate lawyer, her in depth understanding of the property market and business training as a Sloan Masters MSc (London Business School) graduate, combined with a wide circle of contacts help make the firm’s programme of events “must attend” networking opportunities.

Susan is Vice Chair of the British Property Federation's Technology and Innovation Group. She is also a member of the Urban Land Institute Technology and Real Estate European Product Council. She chaired the FUTURE: Proptech Advisory Group bringing together key influencers in real estate and proptech.

Susan is on the advisory boards of Seaforth Land and Work.Life and is on the board of Central District Alliance, the Holborn and surrounding area's Business Improvement District where she also chairs its Property Group.
Susan regularly undertakes speaking and panel engagements on real estate, retail and proptech related issues. She hosts the popular Propertyshe podcast where she interviews some of the top influencers who define and make a difference to the real estate industry and built environment.

She is active on LinkedIn and on Twitter and can be followed @Propertyshe.

Mishcon de Reya

Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm with an international footprint. Our lawyers offer a full range of legal services across six departments: real estate, corporate, dispute resolution, employment, intellectual property and private.

With 220 Partners and Legal Directors and over 750 fee-earners in total our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We have always been driven by an entrepreneurial, tenacious and socially conscious spirit: one that has always embraced change in order to stay relevant and shape the future.

From our offices in London, Cambridge, Oxford and Singapore, and through our association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, we still counsel clients around the world with the same vision, dedication and passion that we set out with. We continue to fight for freedoms, settle disputes, protect assets and grow businesses. We fiercely guard our clients’ interests and appreciate the privilege of sitting alongside them as a trusted advisor.

Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner, member of the Investment Committee and Head of Strategy and Business Development at Azora, a manager and investor focused on real assets with c. €7.500M of AuM across Europe and the USA.

Cristina is also independent Board Director at Bankinter (a listed Spanish bank part of the Ibex 35 Index), where she is part of the Risk Committee and Chairs the Sustainability and Nominations Committee. Cristina is also a member of INREV´s ESG Committee and Honorary Trustee of the NGO Plan International.

Prior to Azora, Cristina worked for 16 years in investment banking in London, of which 14 she was at JP Morgan where she was Head of Corporate Derivatives for EMEA, member of the European Equities Committee and Head of ECM for Iberia.

Cristina has a summa cum laude degree from ICADE (Spain) in Economics and a MBA from Harvard Business School (USA).

Azora

Founded in 2003, Grupo Azora ("Azora") is a Spanish company leader in investment and assets management of real assets, with a special emphasis in real estate, with c. €7.500 million of AuM on a reversionary basis across Iberia, Europe and USA.

Azora is a large platform with c. 250 employees and is vertically integrated with strong capabilities in investment, structuring, development and refurbishment, asset and property management, operations and leasing, financing and value realization of both individual asset, portfolios as well as operating platforms

Azora is specialized in residential, hospitality, logistics, senior living and renewable energies and is expanding into new sectors such as leisure, data centers and other infrastructures and climate transition. Azora invest vua commingled funds, programmatic JVs and separate accounts with some of the largest global sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and insurance companies.

Azora is the leading manager of rented residential in Spain, with over 15.000 units under management and a build-to-rent JV with capacity to deliver c. 8.500 units and is also currently deploying its flagship pan-European fully dedicated Hospitality fund which has €815 million of capital.

Alex is a Managing Director of Pro-invest Europe responsible for the origination and execution of hotel transactions, capital solutions for the European activities of Pro-invest and delivery of portfolio and asset management strategies. He is a hotel sector specialist with 18 years experience in investment, asset management, financing and operations.

Prior to Pro-invest Alex was a Portfolio Manager in the Real Estate Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), between 2010 – 2021, where he led new hotel acquisitions in Europe & Asia and contributed to the growth, asset management and strategy of the global hotel portfolio. Before ADIA Alex worked at Bank of Scotland Joint Ventures and completed his MBA at the École hôtelière de Lausanne.

Pro-invest is a vertically integrated real estate investor with specialization in fund management, asset management, development and operations across hospitality and commercial assets. In 2021 Pro-invest opened their London office to resume investing in European hospitality and as a continuation of their Asian business where they have become one of the largest hotel platforms in the region.

Frank is VP of Account Management at InCloudCounsel. Prior to InCloudCounsel, Frank practiced corporate real estate law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Frank holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Frank is a passionate sports fan and marathon runner.

Tyler is the Founder and CEO of Seaforth Land. He has over 30 years of international real estate experience across Asia, North America and the UK in property development, investment banking, principal investment, and investment management. He is a passionate and vocal proponent of good design, sustainability, diversity, and transparency in our industry.

Seaforth Land is a leading Central London developer, investor, and investment manager of prime grade-A experiential offices. As of 2022, Seaforth has over 410,000sf of quality offices at various stages of development and stabilization. We have a reputation of innovative, intelligent, creative, and sustainable developments that gains us access to every investment opportunity in Central London – off and on the market. Seaforth was founded by former institutional investors who understand the needs of our financial partners. We are a regulated fiduciary built on a partnership platform where alignment runs through all employees and we are specialised, disciplined experts with an exceptional track record in London – arguably a top-2 most important global gateway city for institutional real estate allocations.

Karim Habra is Head of Europe and Asia-Pacific of Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, one of the largest institutional fund managers in the world, holding $60.4B in real estate assets. In this respect, he runs Ivanhoé Cambridge’s real estate activities and investments in Europe and Asia-Pacific and oversees the growth of the platform with teams operating out of Paris, London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Mumbai.

Karim Habra has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. He began his career with GE Capital Real Estate in 1998, assuming responsibility for Central and Eastern European operations in 2003. In 2008, he became Managing Director, European Funds, for JER Partners. Four years later, he joined LaSalle Investment Management as Managing Director of Central Europe and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of France and finally Head of Continental Europe. He moved to Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2018, where he took up the role of Head of Europe. The Asia-Pacific region was added to his remit in 2019.

Karim Habra holds a Graduate Degree in Finance & Management and a Master in Science in Corporate Finance from Paris-Dauphine University.

Michela Hancock is a Managing Director for Greystar Europe, and focuses on expanding and strengthening Greystar’s third-party platform and strategic partnerships. She works closely with Greystar’s six country leaders in France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom to identify new opportunities across student, Build to Rent and senior living. Michela ensures Greystar is well positioned in the future for new client relationships and a range of acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures, as well as leading the existing third-party platform.

Michela has been a long-term advocate and champion of Build to Rent. She joined Greystar in 2015 and most recently led the UK development and construction team for two years overseeing a pipeline of over 4,000 units, including Greystar’s landmark London assets Sailmakers in Canary Wharf and Ten Degrees in Croydon.
Michela is a board member of the United Kingdom Apartment Association (UKAA); an advisory board member of Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC); a member of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Build to Rent Joint Committee and the British Property Federation (BPF) Build to Rent Sub-Committee; and a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe Residential Council. She is also an active member of Women Talk Real Estate, Real Estate Balance, Women in Property and Commercial Real Estate Women UK.

Before joining Greystar, Michela was Director of PRS at Grainger and worked for The Bozzuto Group in Washington DC as a developer of Build to Rent communities. She received her Master of Science in Real Estate Development from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Adam Handwerker is a Managing Director of Lazard’s Private Capital Advisory team. Mr. Handwerker leads the origination, structuring, and execution of the group’s real estate assignments in North America. Previously, Mr. Handwerker was a Managing Director of Rialto Capital Management, where he was responsible for capital raising and business development. Prior to joining Rialto, Mr. Handwerker was a Managing Director of Hodes Weill & Associates, where he was a founding member of the team and responsible for the origination, structuring, and project management of the firm’s institutional capital raising and advisory mandates globally. Before joining Hodes Weill, Mr. Handwerker was part of Credit Suisse’s Real Estate Customized Fund Investment Group and Real Estate Private Fund Group. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, he worked for Ernst & Young in the Structured Finance Advisory Group, focusing on collateral due diligence of commercial mortgage backed securities. Mr. Handwerker holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a M.S. in Real Estate Finance from New York University.

Benjamin Harris has been a leading real estate industry investor for 23 years. In February 2021, he and Rockpoint Group, a global real estate investment management firm, formed an exclusive strategic partnership to pursue industrial investment opportunities in infill, demand-driven markets across the risk spectrum on behalf of Rockpoint-sponsored funds. Prior to partnering with Rockpoint, Mr. Harris was the CEO of Link Logistics Real Estate (“Link”), Blackstone’s U.S. industrial sector operating platform. Link became the second largest industrial real estate manager in the U.S. during his tenure, with more than 400 million square feet across the country. Prior to Link, Mr. Harris was President of Gramercy Property Trust, a publicly traded REIT which he and the management team grew from approximately $250 million to nearly $8 billion in assets over six years, while making it the highest-returning industrial REIT in the U.S. when it was sold to Blackstone in 2018. Mr. Harris began his career in the investment department of W.P. Carey, becoming head of its U.S. Investment group from 2005 to 2010. Mr. Harris graduated from University of Kings College and Dalhousie University in Canada with degrees in Economics.

Mr. Hofheimer is responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of real estate equity and mortgage investments, focusing on preserving and enhancing the value and return of the investments. Additionally, TJ is the Portfolio Manager of the National Data Center Fund, with responsibility for the asset management of the Fund, as well as assisting in the Fund’s operations and strategic direction.

TJ has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, working with a variety of product types, and with direct experience in acquisitions, dispositions, underwriting and asset management. Prior to joining National in 2013, TJ served as Portfolio Manager of two opportunistic real estate investment funds for a Washington, D.C. based real estate investment manager. He also worked as an Investment Officer in the Real Estate Private Equity Group at Fidelity Investments, where he was responsible for sourcing, underwriting, closing, and the dispositions of value-add real estate assets throughout the United States.

Mr. Hofheimer earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Virginia. He is a member of International Council of Shopping Centers.

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.

Kim previously served as CIO for CERE Real Estate Investments, responsible for the overall investment strategy for REl, including investing CBRE capital into CBRE Investment Management investment programs and Trammell Crow Company development deals. She also 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. In this position, Kim was responsible for client relations, portfolio management, asset management, acquisitions and dispositions.

Kim is passionate about strategic thinking, continuous leaming and creative problem-solving for her clients. She enjoys the tangibility of real estate, the challenge of launching new entities and the opportunity to support and coach senior talent.

Prior to joining CBRE Investment Management in 2007, Kim had roles as Senior Vice President at Starvood Capital Group, Partner and Regional Director at TA Associates Realty, and Senior Vice President at Georgetown ow Holding in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, directing multiple acquisitions ranging from a bank in Geneva to a magazine in Hong Kong. Kim began her career in 1990 at U.S. Trust Company where she was responsible for real estate construction lending.

Kim earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College and Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.

Committees
-Chair, Global Investment Committee
-Member, Executive Committee

Cyril Hoyaux is Head of Real Estate Debt Funds & Mandates at AEW and is based in Paris. His responsibilities include the management, strategic direction and development of the European real estate debt platform business. Cyril joined AEW in 2015 from JLL France where he was co-head of the debt advisory platform. Prior to this, he held positions at Morgan Stanley where he actively participated in sourcing and structuring in excess of €4 billion of real estate financing transactions, and at Ad Valoren where he was head of the valuation division. Cyril has 30 years of experience in real estate from both perspectives of expertise: real estate valuation and structured finance. He holds a BA in Corporate Finance from Paris Dauphine University and a Master’s Degree in Commercial Real Estate from Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

AEW

AEW is one of the world's largest real estate asset managers, with €70.2bn of assets under management globally as at 30 September 2019. In Europe, AEW manages almost €32.3bn of real estate assets on behalf of a number of funds and separate accounts. With over 400 employees based in 9 offices across Europe, AEW has a long track record of successfully implementing Core, Value-Add and Opportunistic investment strategies on behalf of its clients. In the last five years, AEW has invested and divested a total volume of over €23bn of real estate across European markets. AEW’s real estate debt platform was launched in 2012 and is managed in partnership with Ostrum Asset Management, combining the understanding, network and experience of both a credit expert (Ostrum AM) and a large real estate expert (AEW). Both AEW and Ostrum Asset Management are affiliates of Natixis Investment Management.

Mr. Hank Hsu is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Forest Logistics Properties. Formerly the Head of China Investments at Ascendas-Singbridge and Investment Director at Portman Holdings and China Orient Summit Capital, he has close to 20 years of commercial, industrial and logistics real estate investment & development experience. He has managed investment transactions totaling over USD 6 billion in logistics, industrial and mixed-use properties in China and the US. Hank holds an MBA degree from University of California, Berkeley, and a MDes (Real Estate) from Harvard University.

Charlene Huang was appointed APAC Portfolio Manager for Multi-Managers Real Estate (MM-RE) in December 2014. She is responsible for investment selection and growing the MM-RE client and product franchise for the Asia Pacific region. Charlene first joined the APAC MM-RE team in 2011 as an Assistant Portfolio Manager. Charlene is a voting member of the UBS REPM Global Management Forum as well as the UBS Multi-Manager Real Estate Global Investment Committee. Prior to relocating to Singapore in 2011, Charlene was working with the MM-RE team in London where she worked on the wind down of a large global portfolio of indirect real estate positions and investment programs. Charlene first started her career as an analyst at UBS Wealth Management in 2007. Prior to this, Charlene worked for MSCI-IPD in the UK, with a focus on performance analysis for real estate funds and companies.

Michael Hughes is CEO of Verdion and chair of its Investment Committee. With over 20 years’ international experience in the industrial and logistics sector, he founded Verdion in January 2010 following 14 years as director and co-owner of Helios Properties plc. Since then, he has steered the business’s expansion from its London headquarters and offices in Germany to a wider footprint across Europe, including an investment management business and major European logistics portfolio alongside the firm’s multimillion sq m development pipeline of strategic parks, built to suit assets and speculative development. He is an advocate of using technical expertise and technological advancement to drive improvements across the sector, focused on occupier experience, sustainability and ESG enhancement, and opportunities to add value through innovation.

www.verdion.com

Jason is the Centuria Group Joint CEO and sits on its Board. Jason has been with Centuria since its formation in 1999. Centuria is an ASX-listed specialist fund manager with over A$10 billion of assets under management, including three listed REITs and 65 unlisted funds. Jason has extensive experience in the commercial property sector with specialist skills in property investment and funds management. In his role he is responsible for providing strategic leadership and ensuring the effective operation of Centuria’s real estate portfolio and funds management operations. He is a past President of the Property Funds Association (PFA) and currently sits on the National Executive Committee. The PFA is the peak industry body representing the $125 billion direct property investment industry. Jason holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Commercial Law) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Michael oversees investment strategy and execution for all alternative real estate sectors globally for Nuveen Real Estate. In addition, he leads Nuveen Real Estate's global strategic transaction business function. He is a member of the Global Executive Leadership Team and a voting member of the Americas Investment Committee.

Nuveen Real Estate is one of the largest investment managers in the world with $134 billion of assets under management (as of 31 Mar 2021). Managing a suite of funds and mandates, across both public and private investments, and spanning both debt and equity across diverse geographies and investment styles, we provide access to every aspect of real estate investing.

Mr. Iadanza is a member of the real estate team.
Prior to joining StepStone, Mr. Iadanza was a vice president at Pebb Capital Management where he focused on underwriting and structuring real estate acquisitions across geographies and asset classes. Before that he was an analyst at the Baupost Group within their private investment valuation team. Previously Mr. Iadanza was a senior consultant within PwC’s financial services asset management vertical.
Mr. Iadanza received a BS in business administration from Stonehill College and an MS in real estate finance and development from Georgetown University.

With over 20 years of experience in real estate investments, Harry currently served as a Senior Portfolio Manager of the real estate business for ADIA, which he joined in 2010. Harry is responsible for the investment and asset management in Asia Pacific and is instrumental in forming various joint ventures and partnerships over the years.

Prior to joining ADIA, he was a Director at Gaw Capital Partners and a Vice President at Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), responsible for real estate equity and debt investments in Greater China. He also worked as Associate Director at JLL handling real estate investment transactions.

Harry holds a bachelor degree in surveying from University of Hong Kong and a bachelor degree in law from University of London. Harry is a member of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Laurent is currently Head of Asia-Pacific, Real Estate at AXA IM Alts. He is responsible for all operations in the Asia-Pacific region, including overseeing investment, asset management and capital raising activities from the offices in Japan, South Korea and Australia. Laurent is a member of the Real Estate Management Board. Laurent was also appointed President and CEO of AXA Investment Managers Japan in June 2022 in addition to his current role as Head of APAC, Real Estate, AXA IM Alts.

Laurent joined AXA IM Real Assets in 2001 as Corporate Finance Manager in Paris. Between 2006 and 2010 he was Head of Corporate Finance UK, before becoming Global Head of Corporate Finance. He was most recently European Head of Transactions. Laurent began his career at Ernst & Young working in both Paris and Brussels.

Laurent has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry.

Laurent graduated with a Master’s degree from EDHEC, the French business school.

Christian Janssen is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Debt for Europe at Nuveen Real Estate (NRE) and is based in London. Christian joined NRE in 2013 to launch its European Debt Platform.

Prior to joining the business, Christian was a fund manager and co-head of commercial real estate lending at Renshaw Bay, where he established and launched its maiden CRE Debt strategy. Before this, Christian also worked at Barclays Capital for 7 years where he set up its European CRE lending, securitisation, syndication, and servicing platform. Prior to this, he spent seven years at Morgan Stanley’s Securitised Product Group in New York and London, and First Boston’s Mortgage Financial Engineering and Project Finance Groups in New York.

Christian has over 25 years of experience in structured finance, real estate debt and investment management. Christian graduated

Dustin Jones is the Academic Director of U.S. Graduate Programs at the Schack Institute of Real Estate in the School of Professional Studies at New York University. Jones oversees its three graduate programs, including real estate, real estate development and construction management, as well as supervise Schack’s 100+ industry leading adjunct faculty. Jones teaches graduate level courses in real estate law, transactions and deal structuring, real estate development process, and zoning and entitlements law, as well as seminar courses on smart cities, and real estate technology and innovation. He also teaches for the continuing and executive education programs here at NYU.

Before joining NYU, Jones was the Director of the Baker Program in Real Estate in the S.C. Johnson College of Business at Cornell University. Prior to his position at Cornell University, Jones was an attorney at the national law firm of Polsinelli with offices in Phoenix and New York with a practice focused on real estate, zoning, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and government affairs. He also practiced in the Southwest’s leading law firms of Snell & Wilmer and Lewis & Roca. Jones has served on the boards of many nonprofit and community organizations.

In 2014, Jones was appointed to serve on the advisory board of the Arizona Department of Real Estate by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer; he also served two terms on the African-American Advisory Council for Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano.

In 2013, the Phoenix Business Journal honored Jones with the city’s prestigious “Most Admired Leaders” award. In 2006, Jones received the city’s “Forty Under 40” award.

Jones received his J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1999, and a dual B.A. in Latin American Studies & Political Science from the University of Arizona in 1996.

Ronen joined Hines in 2020 to lead property management operations and customer experience in Europe. Ronen has over 25 years of experience in the sector holding roles at WeWork and Cisco previously. He is an expert in global workplace trends, technology and corporate real estate operations and will use this experience to create people-centric, and technology driven workplaces that are fit for the future. In addition to his role at Hines, Ronen will continue to sit on the board of several Proptech businesses, including SpaceOS, Basking Automation and Juce, as well as UK affordable housing provider Network Homes.

Hines

Hines is a privately owned global real estate investment firm founded in 1957 with a presence in 240 cities in 27 countries. Hines oversees a portfolio of assets under management valued at approximately $160.9 billion, including $81.7 billion in assets under management for which Hines serves as investment manager, and $79.2 billion representing more than 172.9 million square feet of assets for which Hines provides third-party property-level services. Historically, Hines has developed, redeveloped or acquired approximately 1,450 properties, totaling over 485 million square feet. The firm has more than 180 developments currently underway around the world. With extensive experience in investments across the risk spectrum and all property types, and a pioneering commitment to ESG, Hines is one of the largest and most-respected real estate organizations in the world.

Adrian Karczewicz – Head of Divestments for Skanska’s commercial development unit in CEE. Responsible for sourcing buyers and conducting transaction processes in four CEE markets: Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. Adrian has over 20 years' experience in the real estate market dating back to 1997 when he became an analyst at Gerald Eve International. He continued his career at Knight Frank in Warsaw, and GE Capital Golub Real Estate. Prior to joining Skanska in 2013, he worked for Polish developer Echo Investment as the director responsible for the company’s asset divestments. While working at Skanska, Adrian and the transactions teams have divested over 35 office buildings totaling almost EUR 1.6 bn. He has also expanded Skanska’s clients portfolio by 15 new buyers. Adrian was involved in the sales process of Skanska’s asset in London – the Monument office building (GBP 118 M) and just recently in divestment of Skanska Neon project in Helsinki (EUR 135 M). Adrian is a devoted CEE commercial real estate ambassador who promotes the region among foreign investors all over the world. Being strongly focused on investor-oriented activities, he conducted numerous market tours to Germany, the UK, Canada and Asia. As a renowned expert, Adrian is often invited as a speaker to many events regarding European and CEE real estate market. Adrian’s proactive approach and relationship-building were recognized by the Skanska Group worldwide with the 2017 Market Maker Award. In addition, Adrian is the initiator of the CEE Investment Report, which is one of the most important publications promoting the CEE region among stakeholders. Its latest 5th edition was published in October 2019.

Rai Katimansah currently serves as Managing Director, Direct Lending and Special Situations. Based in Singapore, he oversees the firm’s credit investments across the Asia Pacific region.

Mr. Katimansah joined the firm in 2023 with over 25 years of real estate investment experience in Asia Pacific. He previously worked at Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited, where he was Partner and Portfolio Manager of Multiple Capital Investment Partners (MCIP), a Sun Hung Kai-sponsored global real estate debt fund. Prior to that, he was Managing Director, Head of Debt Investments & Head of Southeast Asia Real Estate Investments at Phoenix Property Investors. Earlier in his career, Mr. Katimansah held roles in a number of investment firms in both the United States and Asia Pacific.

Mr. Katimansah holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture & Urban Planning from Cornell University and a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.

Louise is the Chief Investment Officer and Head of Funds Management at Nuveen, based in Hong Kong covering the Asia Pacific region. She sits on the global executive leadership team and is responsible for the investment oversight and strategy of Nuveen Real Estate’s Asia Pacific platform.
Prior to her current role, Louise was fund manager for the Asia Pacific Cities Fund, establishing the regional flagship open ended vehicle as part of the “resilient” product series. Louise joined the firm in 2017 from Invesco Real Estate having been the fund manager for the Invesco Real Estate Asia Strategy since its inception. Prior to joining Invesco Real Estate, she was a director at Deutsche Bank, RREEF Real Estate Asia Pacific. In her role as head of acquisitions and asset management for Asia Pacific, Louise was responsible for origination, due diligence and monitoring investments across the identified regional markets. Prior to this, she held a number of roles at Investa Property Group, Colonial First State Property and Royal Sun Alliance in Australia and Hong Kong.
Louise graduated with a Bachelor’s of Commerce in Land Economy from University of Western Sydney and a Graduate diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. She serves as a Global Governing Trustee for the Urban Land Institute (ULI), responsible for representing and serving as the voice of the broad and diverse membership in substantive matters facing ULI in the execution of its mission. Louise is also a committee member of LEAD (Leadership, Education, Advocacy and Development) a Nuveen industry affinity organization leading the dialogue on gender diversity.

Current position is a Managing Director of Hana Financial Investment (Top Investment Bank in Korean Real Estate Finance industry) as a head of Real Asset Investment Finance Department leading a Real Estate Investment Business in Korean Domestic and Global Overseas since beginning of year 2020. Working experience in Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance as a Real Estate Finance and Investment Manager for 10 years (2010~2019) before Hana. Overseas Investment Team Leader was a last position in Samsung. 2.5 years with Shinhan Securities (IB Securities Firm in Korea) for the Global Real Estate Investment Manager before Samsung. Career started with Hyundai Engineering and Construction for 10 years (1998~2007) in a sector of Overseas Business (7 years including 5 years Hong Kong) and Development Business Manager in Korea. Bachelor's degree from Korea Univ. major in Architecture. Master's Degree from the Univ. of Hong Kong major in Real Estate Finance and Investment.

김도일 상무는 하나금융투자(국내 부동산 금융업계 최고의 투자은행)의 상무이사로 2020년 연초부터 국내외 실물자산투자금융부서에서 부동산 투자 사업을 이끌고 있습니다. 하나금융그룹 합류 이전 약 10년간 삼성화재에서 부동산 금융 및 운용역으로 근무한 경력을 보유하고 있으며 이때 해외투자팀장직책을 역임했습니다. 삼성 화재에 앞서 글로벌 부동산 투자운용역으로 신한증권에서 약 2년 6개월간 근무하였으며, 부동산 투자 업무 경력은 해외사업부문(홍콩 5년 포함 7년) 포함 총 10년 (1998~2007)을 재직한 현대건설 개발사업부에서 부터 시작되었습니다. 고려대학교 건축학 학사를 수여 받았으며, 홍콩 대학교에서 부동산 금융 및 투자 석사 학위를 취득했습니다.

Peter Kim joined QuadReal as Managing Director, Asia in November 2017. His focus is on building the international portfolio, with an emphasis on our strategy in the Asia Pacific region. Peter was formerly a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Real Estate and Infrastructure Department at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), specifically focused on Asia Pacific investments. Before that, Peter was a Managing Director at CBRE Global Investors in Hong Kong where he had a dual role as Regional Head of Acquisitions for Asia Pacific and Fund Manager of the CBRE Phoenix Real Estate Fund, a pan-Asian opportunistic strategy. He also spent 11 years in the investment banking and fixed income divisions at Lehman Brothers where he built and led the bank’s real estate investment banking team in Asia. Peter graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Alexander is Chief Investment Officer for Hines’ European business and leads its Investment Management platform in the region. He serves on Hines’ Global Investment Committee and Executive Committee and in these functions has a lead role in setting investment strategy to deliver successful outcomes for Hines’ investor partners. Alexander joined Hines in 2008 and has led a wide range of commercial and residential investments across the risk spectrum. Prior to Hines, he spent five years at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop working in Paris and Genova, Italy. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University and a Masters in Real Estate Development from MIT.

Hines

Hines is a privately owned global real estate investment firm founded in 1957 with a presence in 225 cities in 25 countries. Hines has approximately $144.1 billion¹ of assets under management, including $75.5 billion for which Hines serves as investment manager, including non-real estate assets, and $68.6 billion for which Hines provides third-party property-level services. The firm has 165 developments currently underway around the world. Historically, Hines has developed, redeveloped or acquired 1,426 properties, totaling over 472 million square feet. The firm’s current property and asset management portfolio includes 576 properties, representing over 246 million square feet. With extensive experience in investments across the risk spectrum and all property types, and a pioneering commitment to sustainability, Hines is one of the largest and most-respected real estate organizations in the world.

Since entering Europe in 1991, Hines has grown its European platform to include offices in 16 cities as well as a presence in 55 cities in 13 countries, with €22.7 billion of assets under management, including €19.8 billion for which Hines serves as an investment manager and €2.9 billion for which Hines provides third-party property-level services, in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Rainer Komenda is Head of Real Estate Investment Management for BVK since 2019. He joined BVK in 2003 being responsible for investments in Germany. 2013 he became Head of Real Estate Investment Global. Before joining BVK he worked for different real estate companies in the environment of development, transactions, project management and general management. Rainer has nearly thirty years of real estate expertise and holds an MBA from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.

Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK)

Bayerische Versorgungskammer is the competence and service center for occupational and communal pension schemes and Germany´s largest pension scheme group under public law. As a public authority of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, it is the joint executive body of twelve liberal professions´ and communal pension schemes. Bayerische Versorgungskammer covers about 2.4 million insured persons in total, with contributions of € 5.0 billion and about € 3.6 billion pension payments annually. It currently has € 97.2 billion assets under management and more than 1,350 employees.

Mr. Korslin joined the firm in 2019. As a Director in the Transactions group, he assists in the sourcing, analyzing, and closing of transactions and venture relationships within the firm’s areas of specialty real estate.
Prior to joining Harrison Street, Mr. Korslin was a member of the real estate private equity team at KKR & Co. in New York, where he invested on behalf of the firm’s opportunity funds. Prior to KKR, Mr. Korslin was a member of the real estate investment group at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Korslin holds an MBA in Real Estate and a BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Raj Kotecha is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Amro Real Estate Partners and has overall responsibility for the investment, development and operational strands of the business. Well-known within the industry, Raj is often asked to chair investor panels, sharing his deep insights on the UK and Iberian purpose-built student accommodation and build to rent sectors.

Raj holds a First Class degree in Economics from London School of Economics and a Masters in Finance (Distinction) from Cambridge University.

Hari is responsible for CPP Investments’ Real Estate investments in India and is based out of the Mumbai office. He is also a member of CPP’s Global Leadership Team. The Real Estate group in India focuses on investments alongside top tier partners in key sectors such as office, retail and industrial.

Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014 Hari was at Kotak Investment Advisors which is the alternate assets arm of Kotak Bank He was co responsible for real estate funds business which had total assets under management of over USD 1 Billion, contributed by SWFs and other global LPs He started his career with CBRE and JLL in the corporate finance business.

Hari holds a MFin from University of Delhi, India and is Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, UK.

CPP Investments is a leading global professional investment management organization that invests around the world in the best interests of the more than 20 million contributors and beneficiaries of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Our critical purpose is to help provide a foundation upon which 20 million contributors and beneficiaries build their financial security in retirement

Annette Kroeger is the Chief Executive Officer for Allianz Real Estate North and Central Europe and is a member of the Executive Committee. She is a voting member on the Equity Investment Committee at Allianz Real Estate. Prior to holding this position, she was the CEO of Allianz Real Estate Germany which she joined in 2009 as Head of Acquisitions & International Asset Management. Before joining Allianz Real estate, she worked for Goldman Sachs Group in the Associate Real Estate Principal Investment Area. Annette graduated from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel (Dipl.-Kauffrau) and holds an MBA from the Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Allianz Real Estate

Allianz Real Estate is a PIMCO Company, comprising Allianz Real Estate GmbH and Allianz Real Estate of America and their subsidiaries and affiliates. It is the dedicated real estate investment manager within the Allianz Group and has grown to become one of the world’s largest investors in real estate. Allianz Real Estate develops and executes worldwide tailored portfolio and investment strategies on behalf of a range of global liability driven investors, creating long-term value for clients through direct as well as indirect investments and real estate financing.

The operational management of investments and assets is performed out of 18 offices in key gateway cities across 4 regions (West Europe, North & Central Europe, USA and Asia Pacific). As at 31 December 2021, Allianz Real Estate held €83.8 billion assets under management. For more information, please visit: http://www.allianz-realestate.com

Alex is General Legal & Compliance Officer at Cadre, where he leads the firm’s legal, regulatory and compliance functions and acts as a strategic advisor to the company’s Board of Directors and executive management. Prior to joining Cadre, Alex worked on a broad range of international corporate and commercial real estate transactional matters at both Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP. Alex received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Cadre is a next generation technology-driven real estate investment platform that provides qualified individuals and institutions access to fully vetted commercial real estate opportunities. Cadre has also built a groundbreaking secondary market for commercial real estate enabling investors to have the potential to seek liquidity. Cadre combines its institutional experience with differentiated technology to empower investors through direct access, low fees, and greater transparency. For more information, please visit cadre.com.

Realterm is a global private equity operator specialised in high flow-through (HFT) logistics properties with a portfolio of 370+ properties and $7+ billion of assets under management. Balazs Lados joined Realterm in October 2018 as Managing Director for Europe with the mandate to build a one-billion-euro platform by 2025. He is also the Fund Manager of Realterm Europe Logistics Fund, a recently launched value-add fund series investing in HFT properties in pan-European geographies. Balazs is a chartered surveyor and has 13 years of experience in real estate. He received his M.Sc. in International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest and his M.Sc. in Real Estate from the University of Reading.

Realterm

Realterm is a $7 bn AUM vertically integrated logistics real estate sponsor executing differentiated private equity strategies based on insights into the global supply chain and evolving consumption trends. Realterm currently manages over $3 billion of commingled equity through three logistics-oriented private equity real estate investment platforms: Realterm Logistics, the leading owner of high flow through (HFT) logistics real estate in North America and Europe; Aeroterm, the largest owner of on-airport HFT assets in North America; and IndoSpace Logistics Parks, the largest industrial development platform in India. Realterm capitalizes its investment activities through a series of closed-end and open-end commingled funds and strategic joint ventures.

Jing Dong Lai (JD) is the CIO and CEO, Asia at M&G Real Estate. He started his career in M&G in October 2016 as Director, Head of Acquisitions, APAC and Head of Japan prior to taking on his new role in 2021.

He has more than 18 years of Asia real estate markets experience, working in a number of the region’s financial hubs including Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Prior to this, he was Director & Head of Investments at Straits Real Estate, where he managed an Asia Pacific investment mandate across multiple asset classes including office, retail and residential. He has also held senior positions at Goldman Sachs’ real estate principal investment area (REPIA) in Japan and Singapore, and Carlyle Asia Real Estate Partners in Hong Kong. He started his career as an analyst in the International Principal Finance Group of Shinsei Bank, focusing on acquisition of non-performing loan portfolios.

JD graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University with a B.A. in Economics and International Relations.

Wayne is the Founder & Managing Director of MaxCap Group, responsible for business strategy, execution, key stakeholder relations and capital raising. He has over 15 years of real estate and finance experience having worked on all sides of the table as an originator, lender, asset manager, real estate investor & developer, project manager & Property Manager. Wayne holds a double degree, Bachelor of Business Management & Marketing (Hons), graduating Dux from Monash University, Melbourne. Wayne is on the Executive Committee of YPO Australia and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Senior Associate of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA).

Evelyn Lee is Editor for PEI’s real estate-focused publication, PERE, overseeing global news and analysis coverage. Based in London, she works closely with PERE colleagues across PEI’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong and also writes about European and global news for the publication. Prior to joining PEI in 2011, she covered commercial real estate, economic development and the environment at NJBIZ, a New Jersey-focused business newspaper and website.

Francis Li is a Registered Professional Surveyor (General Practice) who has maintained hands-on experience in asset management in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan for 36 years. He was a forerunner in the China capital markets, assisting foreign investors to start investing in China as early as 2004/05.

Francis has successfully closed several high-profile transactions, including the sale of three properties for Cheung Kong/Hutchison Group for a total of RMB15 billion (USD 2 billion), comprising a Guangzhou shopping mall and office buildings in Shenzhen and Shanghai. He also assisted Link REIT in the disposal of two large-scale retail portfolios for a total of HKD35 billion (USD 4.5 billion), as well as closing the sale of two office buildings in East Kowloon for Wheelock Properties and Mapletree for a total of HKD19 billion (USD 2.5 billion). In 2019 & 2020, the total consideration of 51 major transactions completed by the Cushman & Wakefield Capital Markets teams in Greater China under the leadership of Francis exceeded RMB72 billion (USD11 billion).

Francis Li co-founded CY Leung & Co in March 1993 and this business became part of Cushman & Wakefield in 2015. To start with, CY Leung & Co is a HK based real estate service provider with a mission to provide professional services in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and beyond.

Today, Cushman & Wakefield maintains 22 offices across Greater China and is one of the top 3 global firms with 400 offices in 60 countries and with approx. 50,000 staff members.

Joyce Liang is a Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific Credit Research in BofA Securities, and covers Asia Credit Strategy. Prior to assuming the role of credit strategist in 2016, she was a credit analyst focusing on China high-yield property developers and China state-owned entities. Since joining the Bank in 2006, Liang has covered various asset classes, including auto and credit card ABS, RMBS, CMBS, CDO and property derivatives in the non-Japan Asia/Australia structured finance markets. The Asia Credit Research team ranked No.1 in the Asia ex-Japan credit-related categories in the Global Institutional Investor Surveys of 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and has maintained a Top-3 ranking since the survey started. Liang ranked No.1 in Top Strategists & Economists in Asian G3 bonds by Asset for 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. Her key regular research publications include Asia Credit Survey, Model Portfolio, Monday Morning Ideas, China Onshore Credit Bond Monthly and Asia Credit Strategy. Liang has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Bath and a Master’s degree in Finance from CASS Business School. She is based in Hong Kong. For more information about any awards cited, visit https://rsch.baml.com/awards.

Regina is the Head of Capital Markets Research, Asia Pacific. She drives thought leadership, client engagement and transaction-related advisory work for the Asia Pacific Capital Markets team. Prior to joining JLL in 2015, Regina was the Head of Singapore Equity Research and Head of ASEAN Property at Standard Chartered. She has over nine years of experience covering Singapore developers and SREITs in UBS and Standard Chartered. From 1998 to 2006, she worked for Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority, where she undertook property research, land sales policy and planning policy studies. Regina graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in Engineering, Economics and Management.

Ms. Liu has over 19 years of real estate asset management experience in mainland China. She has held a number of roles across the full life-cycle of real estate management from design positioning, construction management, leasing operation, branding promotion to financial management. Ms. Liu is well experienced in asset management for mixed-use, hotel and other commercial assets in tier 1 and tier 2 cities of China. Ms. Liu currently is the General Manager of China Life Asset Management Co., in charge of asset management of 12 projects throughout China invested by China Life Insurance. Prior to China Life Asset Management, she has worked for Shui On Land Group for over 17 years. During her 17 years working experience in Shui On Land, Ms. Liu has served as the general manager of the Taipingqiao project (1.2 m sqm mixed use project), project director of Ruihong Tandi (1.7m sqm mixed-use project) and played the key management role in Shanghai Xintiandi, Corporate Avenue and other landmark commercial and residential projects in Shanghai.
Ms. Liu holds an EMBA from Fudan University in 2012 and a Bachelor of International Journalism from Fudan University in 2001. In addition, Ms. Liu is the member of CPPCC (Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) for Shanghai Hongkou District.

David is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Heitman's Real Estate Debt group. He is a member of the firm's Debt Investment Committee and an equity owner of the firm. David is a co-portfolio manager for Heitman Real Estate Debt Partners L.P. ("HDP") and Heitman Core Real Estate Debt Income Trust, L.P. ("CREDIT"), and also manages a team which structures, originates, and services senior and mezzanine debt opportunities across all property sectors. Additionally, David oversees Heitman's North American debt financings for new acquisitions of core and value-added assets, as well as financing of the firm's existing portfolio of assets. His capital markets responsibilities include developing strategy, advising, and executing the placement of more than $2 billion per year of property and fund-level financing across all property types. Inclusive of his prior role as Head of North American Capital Markets at RREEF, David has sourced more than $25 billion of debt for commercial real estate transactions in the past ten years. Previous to RREEF, David was National Head of Real Estate Mezzanine Finance for LaSalle Bank Corporation, and Managing Director in the Real Estate Merchant Banking group at Wells Fargo Bank where he lead a team originating and managing a $1 billion portfolio of high-yield loans.

David received a Bachelor of Technology, Architecture from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.

Anshuman Magazine is the Chairman and CEO of CBRE India, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa. Based in New Delhi, he oversees operations for 25 countries and over 50 offices and affiliates across these geographies. In this role, he is responsible for CBRE’s Advisory & Transactions Services, Global Workplace Solutions & Property Management, Capital Markets, Project Management, Consulting & Valuation businesses across India, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa.
With over 25 years at CBRE, Anshuman grew the India business from a handful of employees to over 10,000 strong today, offering broad range of real estate solutions such as including transaction management, project management; global workplace solutions & property management; investment management; residential services; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.
Through his tenure, Anshuman has had excellent exposure in both global and national markets, while enjoying longstanding client relationships. In India, he has been involved in some of the largest and most prestigious advisory assignments including a disinvestment exercise for a portfolio of 26 Government-owned hospitality assets, privatization of airports and various other infrastructure projects. Globally, he has played a prime role in assisting a large number of multinational corporations in establishing and successfully running their India operations. He has also advised various international real estate financial institutions and private equity funds on investments in the realty sector in the region.

Brian K. Malliet leverages a vast knowledge of commercial real estate and capital market relationships to provide the strategic direction for BKM Capital Partners. With 32 years of proven experience, Malliet has brokered the sale/ lease of commercial real estate transactions of more than 154 million square feet, valued at US $750 million, and has acquired 100 small and mid-bay industrial properties in the western United States with equity of approximately US$860 million over his career.

Malliet founded BKM Capital Partners and BKM Management Company (BKM) in 2013. Through his vision, and the efforts of BKM’s talented management team, the Companies have become a highly successful vertically integrated fund manager with offices across 12 regional US markets and 80 employees in their leasing, in-house property management, construction, and asset management divisions. BKM has invested US$700 million of capital commitments since inception, and currently manages 8.5 million square feet of 45 small and mid-bay industrial assets valued at US$1.4 billion.

In 2009, Malliet sold BKM Development Company to Voit Real Estate Services (VRES) and became co-owner and Chief Investment/ Operations Officer. During his short four-year tenure, Malliet led a successful expansion of VRES from 3 to 10 offices focusing on the West Coast and established the capital investment, property management and asset management divisions. Clients included Lehman, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, LNR, General Electric, Wachovia, Bank of the West and Pacific Life. In the wake of the worst economic recession since the 1930s, VRES doubled in size, and revenue increased 300 percent, allowing expansion into new markets, and an increase its market share in existing markets.

In 2003, Malliet founded BKM Development Company – a full-service real estate development company specializing in acquisition, development, construction, property repositioning and asset management services. Malliet hired and established a tenured team of managers who contributed to the acquisition and development of more than $310 million of office and industrial properties in California and Utah. With a concentration on infill markets and a knack for creative investment strategies, Malliet utilized his vast broker network to create an enviable pipeline of deal flow. In 2006, BKM Development Company was recognized as one of the top three commercial real estate developers in Orange County, California.

In 1999, Malliet joined Voit Development Company as the VP of Development and Acquisitions. He was responsible for all aspects of acquisition, underwriting, development, execution, and capital raising. In his first year, Malliet completed transaction activity in Southern California sufficient to outperform all but one REIT. Within five years, Malliet acquired and developed more than five million square feet of commercial real estate more than $460 million.

In 1988, Malliet began his career in commercial real estate with Voit Commercial Brokerage as a leasing and investment broker and was recognized for over a decade as a “Top 5” producer.

Malliet has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Diego State University and is a member of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.

Martina Malone, managing director, head of global capital raising, is responsible for client relations and capital raising with Prologis’ global investor base. Her focus is to develop and deepen relationships with institutional investors and consultants across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Prior to heading up the team, Ms. Malone was responsible for institutional investors in Europe and the Middle East. During her tenure at Prologis, the team has raised over $23 billion of capital for Prologis’ funds globally.

Prior to joining Prologis in 2010, Ms. Malone was head of European client relations and capital raising for JER Partners for eight years. Previously, she was at Deutsche Bank AG as vice president in the European Securitization group. Ms. Malone also served as vice president, asset finance, at Credit Suisse First Boston, and served in various real-estate-related roles at Hypo-Bank in Munich and London.

Ms. Malone holds a master’s and a bachelor of arts from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and spent one year at Ecole de Management in Strasbourg, France. She is an active member of INREV and the Real Estate Balance Policy & Campaigns Committee, an initiative that encourages greater gender balance in the Real Estate industry. She is a German national and is fluent in German, English, French and Spanish.

Prologis

Prologis, Inc. is the global leader in logistics real estate with $148 billion (€121 billion) in assets under management, with the company’s ten private investment vehicles contributing approximately $75 billion (€61 billion) to the overall total.

As of December 31, 2020, the company owned or had investments in, on a wholly owned basis or through co-investment ventures, properties and development projects of approximately 984 million square feet (91 million square meters) in 19 countries. Prologis leases modern logistics facilities to a diverse base of approximately 5,500 customers principally across two major categories: business-to-business and retail/online fulfillment.

Prologis owns, manages and develops high-quality properties in the world’s most vibrant centers of commerce. In partnership with top manufacturing and distribution companies, Prologis ensures timely delivery of the products that make modern life possible.

Prologis’ 1,9001 employees collaborate with customers to achieve operational efficiencies, reduce environmental impacts and improve the communities where we live and work.

Mr. Merrill is the Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Harrison Street, a real assets investment management firm he co-founded in 2005 that has completed nearly $59 billion in transactional volume and as of 2Q 2022 has over $49 billion in AUM.

Mr. Merrill is currently the largest individual shareholder and serves as Chairman of the Board and the Investment and Executive Committees of the Firm. The Firm was a first mover and innovator of a focused investment strategy around the Education, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Storage segments of the real estate market (launching nine closed-end funds as well as industry leading open-end funds). Over 535 investors ($28 billion) participate in Harrison Street funds including US, European and Asian pension funds, corporate plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and family offices. The Firm is headquartered in Chicago with offices in London, Toronto, San Francisco and Washington D.C..

Prior to co-founding Harrison Street, Mr. Merrill was a partner, owner and Managing Director of a large US Pension Fund Advisory firm where he developed the firm’s presence in Europe, creating the first ever real estate funds exclusively targeting the markets of Central Europe. This initial fund was one of the Top 10 performing global funds during vintage years 1996-2000 as noted by Preqin.

Mr. Merrill has appeared on television and in numerous real estate journals, as well as in, speaking engagements regarding real asset investing. Harrison Street was awarded Alternatives Investor of the Year, North America in 2021 and Global Alternatives Investor of the Year in 2020 by Private Equity Real Estate ("PERE"). Over the years, National Real Estate Investor Magazine has named Mr. Merrill one of the “10 To Watch” leaders in the industry, PERE nominated him as one of the top real estate executives in North America, Real Estate Forum named him one of “Chicago’s Real Estate Icons” and he was included as one of “Crain’s 40 under 40.” In 2018, Mr. Merrill was one of the finalists in PERE’s North American Industry Figure of the Year.

Mr. Merrill is a member of YPO, Economic Club of Chicago, and Chicago Commonwealth Club. He serves on the board of the Pension Real Estate Association ("PREA"), Rush University Medical Board (Facilities Committee), the real estate advisory boards of Gore Creek and Kinship Capital, The First Tee of Greater Chicago, Salisbury School, and Chicago Botanic Garden (Financial Committee). He is also an active angel investor in many early stage companies. Mr. Merrill earned his MBA from the CASS School of Business in London, England.

Harrison Street is one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real assets. Since inception in 2005, the firm has created a series of differentiated investment solutions focused on demographic-driven, needs-based assets. The firm has invested across senior housing, student housing, healthcare delivery, life sciences and storage real estate as well as social and utility infrastructure. Headquartered in Chicago with offices in London, Toronto, San Francisco and Washington D.C., the firm has more than 220-employees and approximately $50 billion in assets under management. Clients of the firm include a global institutional investor base domiciled in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Harrison Street was awarded Best Places to Work by Pensions & Investments for seven consecutive years (2014-2020) and was recognized by PERE as the 2021 Alternatives Investor of the Year, North America and 2020 Global Alternatives Investor of the Year. For more information, please visit www.harrisonst.com.

Alek commenced with Aware Super in January 2015 and has over 20 years’ experience in finance and investment management. In his role as Head of Property he is overseeing Aware Super’s property strategy and team locally and globally. Alek also sits on Aware Real Estate Management in Sydney and is a former Board member of Oak Tree Group in Brisbane, Bankstown and Camden Airports in Sydney, City ID in Amsterdam and Vivenio in Madrid.

Prior to Aware Super, Alek was with Willis Towers Watson in Sydney and London in the role of Head of Australian Real Estate and Senior Investment Consultant for Private Markets. In this role he was responsible for developing and implementing innovative local and global solutions in real estate for clients in Australia. Prior to Willis Towers Watson, Alek was a member of the real estate team at APG Asset Management in Amsterdam focused on investments in unlisted real estate funds, joint ventures and private operating companies.

Earlier in his career Alek also worked for Heineken N.V., and a boutique trading company, Vesta Intracon B.V. Alek is fluent in Dutch, English and Macedonian and holds two Masters degrees from Western Sydney University (majoring in Business and Applied Finance), and also holds a Batchelor’s Degree in Commercial Economics from the University of Amsterdam (Hogeschool van Amsterdam).

Patrick Nelson is Vice President of Real Estate at WeWork, where he currently oversees the real estate portfolio across the International Region. Patrick joined WeWork in 2013 and led the growth of the business across EMEA. He is originally from London and has 2 young kids. Before joining WeWork, Patrick was at CBRE's Consulting group in NYC, USA and PriceWaterHouseCoopers, London UK where he qualified as a chartered accountant.

Patrick studied politics and economics at the University of Edinburgh, and has a MBA from Columbia University in New York City.

As head of Lionstone’s Analytics and Research team, Hans Nordby is responsible for leading the firm’s proprietary analytics and data-driven research platform. He joined Lionstone in 2020, bringing more than 20 years of industry experience to the firm. Previously he led the portfolio strategy division at CoStar Group, and its predecessor Property & Portfolio Research, where he drove the development of analytic tools that harness the power of big data for use by the commercial real estate industry. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and holds an MBA from Indiana University.

Roelof Opperman is a Partner and Co-Head of the Europe team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on technology and innovations within all real estate asset classes.

Roelof has led Fifth Wall’s investments in Lyric, Eden, Appear Here, Hippo, Industrious, Loggi, Recharge, Lime, and Aurora Solar.

Roelof is Co-Founding Chair of ULI Europe Technology and Real Estate Product Council, a member of the ULI UK Executive Committee, and Chair of GRI Global Venture Capital/PropTech Committee.

Previously, Roelof worked at Norwest Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Goldman Sachs, and Bridgewater Associates. Roelof is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, from Emory University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Andrea is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments – Europe at CPPIB. In this role Andrea is responsible for the European real estate investment program, oversees the Indian real estate program and is part of the real estate senior leadership team. Prior to joining CPPIB, Andrea was the European Chief Investment Officer of AREA Property Partners, an international real estate private equity firm now part of Ares Management, and previously he worked at Merrill Lynch in New York and London. He holds an MBA from Insead and a BS in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments)

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) is a professional investment management organization that invests around the world in the best interests of the more than 20 million contributors and beneficiaries of the Canada Pension Plan. In order to build diversified portfolios of assets, investments in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income are made by CPP Investments. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney, CPP Investments is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan and at arm’s length from governments. At December 31, 2020, the Fund totaled C$475

Christie Ou is the Asia-Pacific reporter for PERE covering the private equity real estate markets in the region. Prior to joining PERE, she covered Asia’s business market for Bloomberg Business Week Chinese and the credit market for UK based Private Debt Investor. She is a native speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin, with solid command of writing and speaking in English. Christie holds her bachelor degree at London School of Economics and a master degree in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.

크리스티 오우 PERE 아태담당 리포터는 아시아 지역의 사모부동산시장을 취재하고 있다. 당사 이전에는 Bloomberg Business Week Chinese에서 아시아의 기업시장과 영국의 PDI (Private Debt Investor)에서 크레딧시장을 담당하였다. 만다린어와 광둥어 원어민이며, 영문 기사 작성 및 회화에 능통하다. 런던정치경제대학교(LSE)에서 학사학위를, 홍콩대학교에서 저널리즘 전공 석사학위를 수여하였다.

PEREのアジア太平洋担当記者。アジア太平洋地域のプライベート・エクイティ不動産市場を担当する。PEREの入社以前は、ブルームバーグ・ビジネスウィーク・チャイニーズにてアジアのビジネス市場を担当した他、英国を拠点とするプライベート・デット・インベスター誌にてクレジット市場を担当。広東語と北京語を母語とし、英語でのライティングや会話が堪能。ロンドン大学経済政治学院にて学士号、また香港大学にてジャーナリズムの修士号をそれぞれ取得。

Ronak is Partner at Campbell Lutyens, an advisory firm focused on raising private equity, infrastructure and private credit funds from institutional investors worldwide and advising on the secondary sale or restructuring of portfolios of direct or fund investments. Ronak has a specialist focus on infrastructure, leading several of the firm’s fundraising mandates in this business vertical as well as being responsible for developing and maintaining key LP relationships in both the UK and the Netherlands with respect to infrastructure.

Prior to joining Campbell Lutyens Ronak was a member Deloitte’s strategy consulting practice where he worked on strategy and supply chain projects for public and private sector clients.

Ronak graduated with a first-class degree in Economics from Cambridge University and is also a qualified management accountant.

John Pattar is Partner and Head of KKR’s Real Estate business in Asia Pacific. He joined KKR in 2018 and is based in Hong Kong. At the Firm, Mr. Pattar [played a key role in / led] the successful fundraise of KKR Asia Real Estate Partners (AREP), KKR’s inaugural Pan-Asian real estate investment fund. AREP, which has a US$1.7 billion corpus, has completed approximately 10 real estate transactions across Asia Pacific to date, and takes a flexible investment approach across assets and platforms in sectors including mixed use, commercial, industrial, hotel, office and retail properties. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Pattar was the CEO of CLSA Real Estate since 2004. At CLSA, Mr. Pattar built a Pan-Asian Real Estate Platform for the firm consisting of a value added fund, Fudo Capital with equity raised of US$2.2 billion and a Core Fund mandate with MEC (Mitsubishi Estates Corporation) managing US$600m gross AUM. He managed the day-to-day operation of Fudo Capital, property funds specifically targeting direct investment in real estate in Asia Pacific. On behalf of funds and principals of CLSA Capital Partners, Mr. Pattar sourced and completed property deals in Asia of approximately US$5 billion. Mr. Pattar has worked in Asian real estate markets for over 27 years; including South East Asia from 1992-1997, and in Hong Kong since 1998 covering principally North Asia. His extensive real estate experience covers property investment, development, capital transactions and asset management in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia. Mr. Pattar holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from King’s College London, University of London (LLB) and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (F.R.I.C.S.).

Jonathan Pearce is responsible for leasing across Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Office & Industrial platforms in North America. He is also Co-Head of Development for Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Office & Industrial asset classes. His responsibilities include leasing for all owned (managed and non-managed) office and industrial properties and developments in Canada and the Continental US, currently comprising more than 120 million square feet in multiple markets, which include: Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Chicago, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Mexico City, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Tampa, Jacksonville, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. Ivanhoé Cambridge currently has five office developments under construction or pre-development in the Americas in the following markets: Toronto, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Austin and Mexico City, and a variety of industrial projects under development across the United States & Canada. Jonathan also serves on the board of IDI Logistics, a leading US logistics investor and developer based in Atlanta, that is co-owned by Ivanhoé Cambridge.

Jonathan has 30 years of experience in office & industrial leasing and the sale of corporate investment assets in multiple markets and he holds a BSc. (Hons) in Urban Land Economics and is a Professional Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Ivanhoé Cambridge develops and invests in high-quality real estate properties, projects and companies that are shaping the urban fabric in dynamic cities around the world. It does so responsibly, with a view to generate long-term performance. Ivanhoé Cambridge is committed to creating living spaces that foster the well-being of people and communities, while reducing its environmental footprint. Ivanhoé Cambridge invests internationally alongside strategic partners and major real estate funds that are leaders in their markets. Through subsidiaries and partnerships, the Company holds interests in more than 1,100 buildings, primarily in the industrial and logistics, office, residential and retail sectors. Ivanhoé Cambridge held C$60.4 billion in real estate assets as at December 31, 2020 and is a real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (cdpq.com), a global investment group.

Jose Pellicer works for M&G real estate as Head of Strategy. In this role he coordinates the top down strategy of the different M&G real estate funds and mandates. He is also chairman of the investment committee.

Jose is an economist by background and is a passionate believer in the role of economic research and data analytics in real estate investment performance.

Jose was previously Head of Research at Patrizia Immobilien and before that, of Rockspring PIM (now part of Patrizia), where he was promoted to partner in 2015.

Jose started his career as a general economist at Deutsche Bank, moving into the real estate function in 2002. He has also worked for Goldman Sachs and AEW Europe.

Jose read economics at the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, and holds a bilingual Masters in Economics in Louvain, Belgium. He also has a Masters in Real Estate investment from Cass Business school.

M&G Investments

M&G Investments is a global asset manager with a long history investing and innovating across both public and private markets. We’re part of M&G plc, an international savings and investment business with the ambition to deliver long term value for our investors, while working together to create a more positive future. As an active manager we build solutions around what matters most to our clients whether it be investing for growth or income, to meet future liabilities, protect capital or invest responsibly. Together, through a strong sense of partnership and collaboration, we support a culture of continued innovation to build long-term relationships as needs evolve over time. We offer access to a broad range of capabilities that span both public and private assets including fixed income, equities, multi-asset, real estate, infrastructure and private equity. Globally we manage over £324.5 billion (as at 31 December 2021) on behalf of individual and institutional investors including pension funds, endowments and foundations, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, banks and family offices. We recognise that clients are increasingly looking to align their investments with their environmental and social values. This is why our investment decisions are underpinned by our commitment to investing responsibly. Considering material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is an integral part of our investment approach. Combining market-leading research with our own proprietary data, we believe this helps us make more informed investment decisions. We also pro-actively engage directly with the businesses we invest in to help drive positive change. M&G has committed to reducing our own carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030 and to achieving carbon net-zero investment portfolios by 2050.

With an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Linguistics from NYU and after a four-year solo trip around the world, Chelsea Perino first discovered her love for advertising in Cape Town, South Africa. There, Chelsea spent two years running all things marketing related for an experiential marketing startup, before returning to New York to complete her MA in Public and Organizational Relations. Since then Chelsea has worked in advertising both in New York and most recently in Seoul, South Korea, leading digital strategy for a global mobile communications brand. Now based in Hong Kong, Chelsea is the Managing Director, Global Marketing & Communications at The Executive Centre, Asia’s leading premium flexible workspace provider. Chelsea is passionate about organizational culture and believes that creating a dynamic and collaborative working experience positively affects team morale, productivity, and fosters community. Through a newly developed global marketing strategy and complete re-brand, her goal is to establish The Executive Centre as the leader in workspace experience, community and corporate-culture facilitation.

Danny Phuan is Head of Acquisitions & Head of China of Allianz Real Estate Asia-Pacific. He joined the company in 2019 and brings with him more than 25 years of diverse regional investment experience. In his role, Danny has led the acquisitions team to invest more than USD 2.5 billion in real estate transactions in Japan, Australia, China, Singapore and other parts of Asia Pacific. The main areas of focus for Allianz Real Estate include direct and indirect private real estate equity investments, as well as senior lending across key markets such as Japan, Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, India and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining the company, Danny was the Chief Investment Officer for North Asia at Keppel Capital / Alpha Investment Partners. During his 15 years tenure, Danny participated and led real estate transactions across the region including Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong and China. Danny graduated from the National University of Singapore and has bachelor degree in Real Estate.

Adam Pillay – Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific. Adam serves as Senior Managing Director, Investment Management, Asia Pacific, where he leads the investment management platform for Greystar’s operations across China, Japan, Australia and Singapore. In addition, Adam serves as Global Head of Investor Relations for Greystar, responsible for leading Greystar's investor relations and capital raising efforts globally. Adam was previously with J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets where he led the formulation and structuring of the Asia-Pacific real estate strategies and supported the European real estate team with capital raising from major North American clients. Adam held prior roles with CIM Group and Macquarie Capital previously.

Robin Potts is a Partner and Chief Investment Officer for CPRE. Ms. Potts has been with Canyon Partners since 2006, and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Canyon Partners’ real estate platforms and holds a seat on all Canyon Partners real estate investment committees. During her tenure at Canyon Partners, Ms. Potts has facilitated the acquisition, financing and development of over $17.5 billion of commercial real estate transactions across all asset classes including multifamily, condominium, office, retail, hospitality, industrial, senior housing, student housing, self-storage and mixed-use. Ms. Potts previously worked in the Financial Institutions Group of Credit Suisse in Los Angeles where she focused on equity, debt and M&A transactions in the mortgage real estate investment trust sector. Ms. Potts is a graduate of Harvard University, where she earned a B.A. degree in Economics.
Founded in 1991, Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC® ("Canyon") is the real estate direct investing arm of Canyon Partners, LLC, a global alternative asset manager with over $27 billion in assets under management. Over the last ten years, Canyon has invested approximately $5.6 billion of debt and equity capital across over 200 transactions capitalizing approximately $15.3 billion of real estate assets, focusing on debt, value add, and opportunistic strategies. With 29 years of experience, Canyon has established a broad menu of investment capabilities spanning property types, U.S. regions, and project stages (including development, transitional, and distressed/workouts). For more information visit: www.canyonpartners.com

Amy Price is president of BentallGreenOak (BGO). In her role, Amy oversees its U.S. and Canadian businesses, and works closely with the Capital Raising team. Amy is a member of the Global Executive Team, the Management Committee, and the US Investment Committees. Amy also leads BGO’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives globally and chairs the firm’s EDI Leadership Council.

Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Amy was a managing director and head of real estate investing for the western U.S. at Morgan Stanley, where she was an Investment Committee member, and built the real estate investment management business in San Francisco. Amy also spent time in Morgan Stanley’s New York and Hong Kong offices.

Amy is a member of the Global Board of Directors of Urban Land Institute (ULI), and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of AFIRE. She is also involved in philanthropic endeavors, as a member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of San Francisco, the National Charity League with her daughter, and Service Corp with her son.

Amy holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University.

Jim Raisides is a Managing Partner of TA Realty. He oversees the Firm’s portfolio management team and is responsible for the achievement of goals and objectives for the Firm’s investment vehicles. Over his nearly 30 years of industry experience, Jim has served in a variety of roles that encompass acquisitions, portfolio management, capital raising and asset management. He has been with TA Realty since 1996 and a member of the Firm’s Investment Committee since 2004. Jim also serves on the Firm’s Management Committee and Acquisitions Committee and sits on the Board of Managers. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.A. in Economics.

Emily Relf leads the capital strategies team for Knight Frank. Based in Singapore since 2015, she has forged strong relationships with institutional investors, private equity funds, and high-net-worth individuals throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
An expert commentator on the living sectors, Emily represents Knight Frank at investment conferences globally and is a key contributor to Knight Frank’s capital markets intelligence.
Emily currently serves as a committee member on the ANREV events committee and sits on the Knight Frank Global Capital Markets board as a member.

Craig Rochette serves as a Director in Real Estate for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS). He sits on the Real Estate Investment Committee and is responsible for formulating and executing investments in Europe and Asia while also executing and managing a variety of U.S. private real estate investments.

Since joining TRS in 2007, he has sourced, underwritten, recommended, and managed over $12 billion of equity commitments in global real estate opportunities, predominately in value-add and opportunistic investments. These investments include Funds and Principal Investments, which includes co-investments, side cars, single LPs, programmatic JVs, club structures, and more.

Prior to his current position, he was an investment officer at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) in the Real Estate division. He also worked as a finance associate for the California Department of Justice and worked on the trading floors of the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange for Cargill.

Mr. Rochette earned his B.S. in Finance and Entrepreneurship, magna cum laude, from University of Arizona, Tucson. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations.

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Teacher Retirement System of Texas (“TRS”) is a public pension plan of the State of Texas. Established in 1937, TRS provides retirement and related benefits for those employed by the public schools supported by the State of Texas and manages a $176 billion trust fund (as of 1/31/21) established to finance member benefits. More than 1.6 million public education and higher education employees and retirees participate in the system. TRS’ Trust is the 6th largest public pension fund in the U.S. and 13th largest globally. TRS’ Investment Management Division (“IMD”) has 190+ full time investment managers, analysts and operations support staff located in Austin, TX. The TRS IMD also staffs an office in London which opened in November 2015 to seek out private investments across Europe.

Mr. Roth is a Partner and Head of U.S. Real Estate Private Equity in the Ares Real Estate Group and a member of the Partners Committee of Ares Management. He is also the President of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation. Additionally, Mr. Roth serves on the Ares Real Estate Group's Global and Debt Investment Committees. Prior to joining Ares in 2019, Mr. Roth was a Senior Managing Director of the Real Estate Group at Blackstone. Previously, he was a Principal in the Acquisitions Group at Walton Street Capital, where he was involved in numerous real estate transactions. In addition, he worked at Security Capital Group as Senior V.P. and CIO Europe and at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as an Associate. He serves as head of the Executive Committee for the Board of Directors of Project Lyme and as a Board Member of Jas Aspen. He is also on the national council of the Aspen Art Museum. He has served on the Boards of Directors of numerous real estate entities including Invitation Homes Inc. Mr. Roth holds a B.A., magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College, a J.D. from New York University School of Law and an M.P.H from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Mr. Roth is a CFA® charterholder.

Mr. Rothschild joined Tishman Speyer in 2016 and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s global debt financings. He is a member of the firm’s Compensation Committee. In this role, he is also charged with joint-venture and co-investment structuring duties. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Mr. Rothschild was the chief operating officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, where he was involved in originating, structuring, syndicating and financing commercial real estate debt investments. He has also held senior real estate investment management roles with Merrill Lynch, and began his career as an associate in the real estate groups of internationally recognized law firms in New York. Mr. Rothschild holds a BA in government from Georgetown University and a JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Mr. Saito is Head of Overseas Property Investment and responsible for all overseas real estate investment activities since April 2021. He started his career at Mori Trust Co., Ltd., where he was involved in acquisition of income producing properties and development sites and in the sale of assets to foreign investors. In 2006, he joined TMPIM and was involved in acquisition, fund management, new business development and market research. Beginning in March 2012, he was involved in the establishment of overseas real estate investment platforms, and leads management of overseas real estate fund of funds and a large financial institution’s separate account.

Mrs. Santiago is Head of Real Estate Private Credit for Cerberus.

Prior to joining Cerberus in 2020, Mrs. Santiago spent eight years at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Managing Director in the Real Estate Principal Investment Area, investing both in private equity and debt. While at Goldman Sachs, she oversaw the firm’s investment strategy in the Midwest, Texas, and South Florida as well as the hospitality sector. Mrs. Santiago began her 15-year real estate investing career as a Real Estate Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch and held principal investing positions at Lehman Brothers, Scout Real Estate Capital, and H/2 Capital.

Mrs. Santiago graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School. She is a member of Cerberus’ Real Estate Debt Committee and is Chair of Cerberus’ Real Estate ESG Committee.

Founded in 1992, Cerberus is a global leader in alternative investing with over $55 billion in assets across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. We invest across the capital structure where our integrated investment platforms and proprietary operating capabilities create an edge to improve performance and drive long-term value. Our tenured teams have experience working collaboratively across asset classes, sectors, and geographies to seek strong risk-adjusted returns for our investors. For more information about Cerberus’ people and platforms, please visit www.cerberus.com.

Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company (“Cerberus Operations”) is an industry-leading operations platform that is proprietary to Cerberus. Over multiple business cycles, Cerberus Operations has been purposefully constructed to help drive superior returns for our investors by seamlessly integrating operating expertise with portfolio company management and investment teams.

Cerberus Operations has more than 100 operating executives and functional experts that work across Cerberus’ investment platforms to maximize financial and operating performance. We employ seasoned executives with wide-ranging industry and functional expertise from top-tier companies.

Our overriding goal is to create better and more competitive businesses with greater financial strength and more strategic options. We focus on helping companies win in the marketplace, balance costs and asset efficiency, and develop sustainable leadership teams with sound governance and controls.

Bill Schwab has served as Global Head of Real Estate for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) from January 2009 to June 2018. He was responsible for an investment portfolio comprising direct and indirect investments, public and private debt and equity, across global markets. Bill joined ADIA in January 2009 from JP Morgan Securities Ltd. where he was Managing Director for EMEA. Previously, he worked for Deutsche Bank, London, and Goldman Sachs, New York. Prior to his banking experience, he had worked in real estate development and construction, including service as a job superintendent, project manager and director of acquisitions and dispositions. Bill’s educational background includes: MIT, BS economics; The Wharton School, MBA real estate finance; Temple University, MST taxation; Pennsylvania State University, Certificate construction technology. He is a CFA charterholder.

Adam Shah is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Asset Management for Europe. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Shah was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Europe at Starwood Capital Group, where he most recently led asset management activities across Europe and was a member of the European Investment Committee. Mr. Shah received both a BSc. with honours and a MSc. in Engineering from Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Abby leads Oxford’s European residential and life sciences businesses and is accountable for these businesses’ strategies, capital deployment / acquisitions, strategic asset management, platform set up, strategic stakeholder relationships and total returns.

Abby has 15 years of real estate experience across the USA, UK and Europe. Abby started at Oxford in 2011 and since joining has contributed to the formulation and execution of Oxford’s investment and asset management strategies across the UK, Paris and Berlin across a broad range of asset classes.

Abby sits on Oxford’s European Senior Management Team and is also accountable for enhancing operational and ESG performance across Oxford’s European portfolio..

Abby holds a BA magna cum laude in Business Administration from American University in Washington, DC and an MSc with Distinction in Real Estate Economics and Finance from the London School of Economics.

Oxford Properties Group

Oxford Properties Group is a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager. Established in 1960, Oxford and its portfolio companies manage approximately C$85 billion of assets across four continents on behalf of their investment partners. Oxford’s owned portfolio encompasses logistics, office, retail, multifamily residential, life sciences, credit and hotels in global gateway cities and high-growth hubs. A thematic investor with a committed source of capital, Oxford invests in properties, portfolios, development sites, debt, securities and real estate businesses across the risk-reward spectrum. Together with its portfolio companies, Oxford is one of the world’s most active developers with over 70 projects currently underway globally across all major asset classes.

Ryan is the CEO and co-founder of Convene. Convene creates dynamic work experiences through a network of premium meeting, event, and office locations and digital meeting technology, including virtual and hybrid meetings products. Convene has been named one of America’s 100 Most Promising Companies by Forbes and a Best Workplace by both Inc. and Fortune Magazine. Ryan has been recognized for his transformative achievements on Real Estate Forum’s 50 Under 40 list, Inc. Magazine’s “30 Under 30,” a list of America’s Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs, was named “Top Entrepreneur” by Crain’s New York, and a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year® New York Awards.

Convene creates dynamic work experiences through a network of 25+ premium meeting, event, and office locations and digital meeting technology. Founded in 2009 to help planners focus less on logistics and more on having great meetings, Convene has since expanded into flexible workplace locations, virtual meetings, and hybrid meetings. The company has been named one of America’s 100 Most Promising Companies by Forbes and a Best Workplace by both Inc. and Fortune Magazine. Convene combines beautiful designs, technology, and a focus on hospitality to create your best day of work, wherever it happens.

Neil is the Global Head of Real Assets, leading a multi-disciplinary team investing internationally across real estate and infrastructure within the direct, listed and multi-manager space.
Neil joined Aberdeen Standard Investments (“ASI”) in August 2011, leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for debt investment, product/fund structuring, tax, legal & financial structuring for the real estate business, whilst supporting debt financing across asset classes. Neil developed and fund managed ASI’s commercial real estate debt platform, lending across sectors with responsibility for circa GBP 600m of capital across mandates. Most recently, as the CEO & Representative Director of Aberdeen Standard Investments (Japan), Neil spent over 4 years in Tokyo building and leading ASI’s Japanese asset management business.
Prior to ASI, Neil spent over 6 years at Man Group where he had responsibility for a multi-billion USD private debt, capital market & OTC derivative book, in addition to working across geographies to structure and deliver liquid & illiquid alternative asset funds, solutions & equity derivative products for a range of clients.
Neil is an English qualified solicitor. Neil received his MBA (Finance) with distinction from Manchester Business School in January 2007 and has a Master’s degree from St. Andrews University (1999). Neil completed MIT’s Advanced Management Programme in February 2019.

Mr. Storie is responsible for overseeing real estate investment activities ex-Japan and core-plus / value-add strategies across the region. Prior to joining PAG, he was Chief Risk & Investment Officer for Europe and Asia and a member of the Global Management Committee at Prudential Real Estate Investors (“PREI”) which had in excess of US$55 billion under management. Mr. Storie started his career in Australia at Gresham Partners and subsequently joined Babcock & Brown, becoming Head of Real Estate for Asia (ex-Japan). Mr. Storie has a Bachelor of Business double major in finance and accounting from the University of Technology (QLD), Australia.

Midori has nearly 25 years of professional experiences in real estate. Currently she acts as Relationship Manager for offshore institutional investors at Tosei Asset Advisors and helps clients navigate in today’s rapidly changing real estate investment market in Japan. She held leadership positions at various multinational companies. At PwC Advisory, she was responsible for advisory services in real estate debt workouts and business recovery. At GIC Real Estate, as Country Manager, she was responsible for asset managing GIC’s owned properties including Shiodome City Center. At JLL, as Head of Property and Asset Management, she turned around business from the turmoil after GFC by launching new services such as portfolio data management in multiple countries. Immediately prior to Tosei, she worked for the second largest Japanese Express Package Delivery company which went public in December 2017 as IR officer. She established IR operational programs and built relationships with institutional investors locally and globally. She started her career at the Nippon Credit Bank (a.k.a. Aozora Bank today) as credit analyst upon graduation from Tokyo Institute of Technology with B.Eng. in Architecture and Building Engineering. She received M. Sc in Real Estate Development from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a registered 1st class architect.

不動産分野で約25年の経験を有する。現在はトーセイ・アセット・アドバイザーズで海外機関投資家関係担当マネージャーをつとめ、急速に変化する日本の不動産投資市場について顧客に助言を行っている。これまで、さまざまな多国籍企業で指導的役割を歴任。PwCアドバイザリーでは、不動産債務整理と事業回復に関する助言を担当。GICリアルエステートでは、カントリーマネージャーとして、汐留シティセンターはじめ、GIC所有の不動産の資産管理を担当。JLLでは財産・資産管理責任者として、数カ国でポートフォリオデータ管理などの新サービスを開始し、世界金融危機後の混乱から事業を立て直した。直近では、2017年12月に上場した国内2位の宅配企業でIR担当役員をつとめる。IR業務プログラムを策定し、国内外の機関投資家との関係を構築。東京工業大学で建築工学士を取得した後、クレジットアナリストとして日本債券信用銀行（現あおぞら銀行）に入行。マサチューセッツ工科大学で不動産開発の修士号を取得。一級建築士資格取得。

Claire Tang is the Co-Chief Investment Officer for the Asia Pacific region and Head of LaSalle’s Greater China business. She is responsible for managing acquisitions, development management, and asset management teams in Greater China and is also responsible for overseeing investment decisions in the Asia Pacific region on behalf of LaSalle managed funds and separate accounts. Claire is a member of LaSalle’s Asia Investment Committee. She is an Executive Officer of the LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund series as well as LaSalle China Logistics Fund.

Since joining the firm in 2007, she has led and completed US$4.5 billion of commercial, residential and industrial transactions. She has over 17 years of experience in real estate and investment management both in the US and China. Prior to joining LaSalle, Claire held investment roles with JLL in Shanghai and GE Asset Management in the United States.

Claire earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and HKUST and a BBA from Babson College.

Ms. Thielke is responsible for acquisitions, development, and new business generation in Greater China. Prior to joining the Asia Pacific team, Claire served as Chief Operating Officer of Investment Management for Hines, overseeing new product development and fund operations for the firm’s 39 investment vehicles, totaling $20B AUM. Thielke graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University in Urban Planning and holds a Masters in Construction Management from Stanford University. She earned her Eng. from Stanford’s Civil Engineering Ph.D Department with a research focus on seismic data science and adaptive reuse for historic structures. She is member of Stanford University’s adjunct faculty, teaching on the intersection of technology, institutional investment and real assets.

Ilkka Tomperi is responsible for Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company’s domestic and international real estate investments totalling €4.6 billion. Varma is one of the largest private investors in Finland and an active real estate investor across Europe.

Prior to joining Varma in 2013, Ilkka was a Partner at the Nordic private equity firm CapMan’s real estate team. He expanded the real estate operations from Finland to Sweden and was involved in launching a Nordic real estate fund. Prior to CapMan, Ilkka was a Vice President at Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors and focused on the sourcing and due diligence of private real estate fund investment opportunities in the European markets being based in Frankfurt. Previously he was the Head of Other Investments and Portfolio Manager of the State Pension Fund (VER) of Finland.

Ilkka is also member of the Management Board of INREV and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company and RAKLI ry.

Ilkka received his Ph.D. in Finance, and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Vaasa in Finland. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company

Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company is a responsible and solvent investor. The company is responsible for the statutory earnings-related pension cover of some 900,000 people in the private sector. Premiums written totalled €5.3 billion in 2019 and pension payments stood at €5.9 billion. The company’s investment portfolio amounted to €43.6 billion at the end of March 2020. www.varma.fi

Graeme Torre is Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, APG Asset Management Asia. Based in the Hong Kong office he is responsible for the private and public market real estate portfolios in Asia Pacific. Prior to joining APG in 2017, Graeme was Managing Director, Asia Pacific for Invesco Real Estate (formerly AIG Global Real Estate) and prior to that Head of Asia Property for Henderson Global Investors. Graeme has covered the Asia Pacific markets for over 20 years investing across the risk spectrum in both public and private sectors. He is a member of APG’s real estate Global Management Team and Global Investment Committee, a board member of ANREV and a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He holds a Masters in Finance from University College Dublin.

Elisabeth (Liz) Troni is the Fund Manager of one of CBRE Investment Management's global indirect funds. Based in New York, Liz is responsible for the performance and strategy of the fund, working in close collaboration with the CIO of Global Real Estate, CIO of Global Indirect Real Estate, Deputy Fund Managers, CFO of the fund and Region Investment Heads. Liz joined CBRE Investment Management in 2019 as a Global Portfolio Strategist. Prior to joining CBRE Investment Management, Liz was the Head of EMEA Research and Insight for Cushman & Wakefield, leading a team of 80+ staff and serving on the firm's EMEA executive leadership team. Over her 20+ year career, she has also served as a Global Portfolio Strategist for Aberdeen Asset Management and UBS Global Asset Management, advising on global real estate portfolio strategy and serving as a voting member of both firm’s Indirect Real Estate investment committees. Liz earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honors) in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University. She is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Investment Property Forum. She holds dual citizenship of the U.S. and U.K. and is proficient in Italian and Spanish.

Simon is based in New York, US and Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt for the United States at NN Investment Partners (previously ING Investment Management) since 2015, where he is co-responsible for NN IP’s Commercial Real Estate lending activities. He has a particular focus on investment strategy, loan origination and execution and business development within the US market. The Commercial Real Estate Debt team of NN IP has been active since 2014 and has since invested around €7.5 billion in Commercial Real Estate Loans across 14 countries.

Simon holds an MSc in Finance & Investments and an LLM Commercial Law (cum laude) from Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) and is both a CFA and CAIA Charterholder.

NN Investment Partners is an asset manager headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands. Since April 2022, the company is part of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. NN IP manages approximately EUR 300 bln (USD 306 bln) in assets for institutions and individual investors worldwide. NN IP employs over 900 staff and has offices in 15 countries, servicing clients across Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. NN IP focuses on areas and strategies where they excel, including Real Estate and Alternative Credit. NN IP’s Alternative Credit strategies cover European asset-backed securities (ABS), Dutch mortgages, commercial real estate debt, corporate loans, infrastructure debt, government-related loans and trade finance.

Bert van den Hoek has been Head of Bouwinvest’s New York office since the beginning of 2020 leading the origination efforts of real estate investments in North America on behalf of the Dutch Construction Workers Pension Fund, bpfBOUW. Bert has worked in real estate for almost three decades and has broad international experience in both Europe and the U.S. with Partners Group, Deutsche Bank, PGGM, GIC, Morgan Stanley and Westbrook Partners.

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors B.V. is specialised in managing real estate portfolios for institutional investors. Bouwinvest strives to achieve sustainable returns on behalf of its pension fund clients. We manage €13.4 billion (YE 2020) in assets within five Dutch property sector funds and three international real estate investment mandates in Europe, North-America and Asia-Pacific.

With 65 years of experience and a heritage rooted in pension funds and the construction industry, we understand the needs of long-term institutional investors and the dynamics of the domestic and international real estate investment markets. Bouwinvest has an experienced team of 190 investment professionals.

Mr. Van der Stichele has more than 20 years of experience in real estate and finance. Prior to Mileway, Emmanuel worked at Goodman for nearly eight years as a member of the European management team and board member of the management company of the Goodman European Partnership. Previously, he was a London-based member of Credit Suisse’s (formerly DLJ) real estate private equity and debt financing groups. He has also worked for JP Morgan in several corporate finance roles in Brussels, New York and London.

Shu is Managing Director, Head of Japan Real Estate at Nuveen Real Estate who is responsible for and leads all direct real estate investments in Japan. Shu joined the Nuveen in 2016 completing Nuveen's first, debut investment in Japan investing in Ginza office. Since then, the direct real estate exposure in Japan expanded to $1.2bn in 4 years including pre commitments, primarily focused on core assets comprised of multifamily and logistics meanwhile crystalizing gain for its debut investment of Ginza office. Shu also serves as the fund manager for the Tokyo Multifamily Partnership which was launched in 2018 and recently completed its 3rd capital raise in August 2020 which contributes to over $800m exposure in Japan when buildings are completed. Prior to joining Nuveen, Shu worked for JP Morgan Asset Management in Singapore, where he was a fund manager for its Tokyo Recovery Fund from inception in 2011 until its successful exit in 2015. Previous roles include fund manager at Aviva Investors, M&A and private placement roles at Macquarie Capital and Morgan Stanley in Japan. Shu started his career at one of the largest Japanese conglomerate, Itochu Corporation. Shu graduated with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University.

Leonie Wilkinson is a Senior Vice President in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group. In this role, Ms. Wilkinson is responsible for working with Brookfield’s local and global teams in overseeing portfolio management for Brookfield’s Australian core and core-plus real estate investment strategies, including fund and asset performance, return profile, and pursuit of acquisition and disposition opportunities. Ms. Wilkinson has over 20 years of experience in real estate funds management, and prior to joining Brookfield in 2020, she was a member of the QIC Executive Committee where she led a team of over 60 professionals covering global client relationships, capital raising and client service. Before joining QIC, Ms. Wilkinson held senior roles at LaSalle and Macquarie Capital focused on real estate private equity advisory, capital raising and investment management. Ms. Wilkinson holds a first-class honours degree in Mathematics and Finance from the University of Wollongong, and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance & Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Betty Wong leads the Colliers Capital Markets and Investment Services (CMIS) team in China. She has built a one-China CMIS platform, oversees the operations of the business and is responsible for providing Colliers’ clients with best-in-class capital markets & investment services. With a broad base of professional and management expertise, Betty has spearheaded China’s most significant investment team and has led her team to complete many substantial property transactions across China.

Nicholas Wong is a Partner of The Townsend Group and leads the Asia Pacific team based in Hong Kong. His team manages Townsend’s existing Asia Pacific portfolio and sources and underwrites best-in-class investments in the region which include pooled funds, secondaries, club deals, joint ventures and co-investments. His team is also responsible for business development in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining The Townsend Group in 2010, Mr. Wong was Managing Director, Asia Pacific of ING Real Estate Select, ING Group’s real estate multi-manager group. He held other senior positions as a property securities analyst, and as a real estate commercial and investment banker in Asia at HSBC James Capel, NatWest, ING Barings, DBS Bank and Hypo Real Estate. Mr. Wong started his career in the United States as a real estate appraiser in 1988. Mr. Wong received a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley (USA). He is a holder of the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and was a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser licensed by the State of California (USA).