Adri Kerciku is Managing Director at Evergreen (formerly M3 Capital Partners) a c. $15bn AUM permanent capital vehicle invested in 13 real estate platforms globally. He is a real estate professional with 17 years of experience spanning across investment, development and capital raising with a track record of over €5bn investments executed and developments completed and over €4bn of equity capital raised for Europe and Asia strategies.
He is currently responsible for sourcing and executing asset and corporate transactions across Europe including origination / growth of existing portfolio companies and new platform formation. Prior to Evergreen, Adri was responsible for investment and development across Europe at Hines, and real estate and PE investments at the William Pears Group. He is an adviser to microfinance institutions in the Balkans, a director and co-founder of the Oxford Real Estate Society and was a trustee for Engineers Without Borders (UK).
Adri holds a Masters in Engineering Science and an MBA both from the University of Oxford

Adri Kerciku

Managing Director

Evergreen

Sabina Reeves is Global Chief Economist and Global Head of Real Assets Research for CBRE Global Investors with full operational responsibility for the firm's strategy and research team and a specific role in selecting the economic scenarios and macro risk assessments that power the firm's real estate forecasts. Mrs Reeves is a member of the firm's Executive Committee, Global Investment Committee, and European and Global Leadership Teams.
Previously, Mrs Reeves served as Head of Research for the firm's EMEA region and the global quantitative team. Mrs Reeves joined the industry in 2001 and started working for CBRE Global Investors in 2008. Mrs Reeves was previously Chief Economist at IPD. Prior to IPD, she worked for Capital Economics, where she developed their UK residential and commercial property market analysis and forecasting service.
Mrs Reeves studied economics at Lincoln College, Oxford University, and is a member of the Society of Business Economists, the Society of Property Researchers, and the Investment Property Forum.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Sabina Reeves

Chief Economist & Head of Insights & Intelligence

CBRE Investment Management

Bryony is Head of European Capital Markets at Harbert Management Corporation, a privately-held alternative asset management firm that manages approximately $8 billion, most of which is in real estate and infrastructure. In her former role as Managing Director in Private Capital Advisory at Lazard, Bryony covered investors in UK, Nordics and Netherlands and worked with Lazard’s clients on preparing for their fundraises. Before that, Bryony was at MGPA in investor relations and prior to that she was at Cushman & Wakefield Investors doing investment management. Bryony has an MA in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Oxford (University College).

Bryony Tomlinson

Head of Europe Capital Markets

Harbert Management Corporation

MODERATOR

Joanne McNamara is Executive Vice President - Europe of Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager, responsible for the operating performance and leadership of the 40+ person European business. Jo is a member of Oxford's Leadership team, Investment and Executive Committees and recently took a non-executive role at ESR, a Pan-Asian fund management business.
Jo was one of Oxford's first team members in London, joining the investment team in 2010, and over the past decade has led many of the organization's most significant investment and development transactions.
Prior to joining Oxford, Jo worked at leading real estate companies and has a BSc in Mathematics from Cardiff University and a MSc in International Real Estate from Oxford Brookes University.
She previously received recognition as a PERE Woman of Influence and received a 2021 PERE Award for European Industry Figure of the Year.

Joanne McNamara

Executive Vice President, Europe & Asia

Oxford Properties Group

Jay Kwan joined QuadReal as Managing Director, Europe in February 2018. His focus is on building the international portfolio, with an emphasis on investing in Global Cities in the U.K. and Europe. Jay was formerly a Managing Director at TPG Real Estate, the real estate investment group of private equity firm TPG, specifically focused on European investments.
Prior to joining TPG in 2016, Jay was a Partner at Grove International Partners, an independent real estate private equity firm spun out from Soros Private Funds Management, where he spent 13 years investing in three continents across all asset classes at both the corporate and asset level.
Jay began his career at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners in New York in 2001. Jay graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University in New York.

Jay Kwan

Managing Director, Head of Europe

QuadReal Property Group

Gabi is a senior real estate specialist in Nuveen's International Advisory Services team, responsible for capital raising efforts for the firm's real estate platform. She is focused on developing and enhancing client and consultant relationships across the real estate sector, working closely alongside Nuveen’s broader sales team. Prior to joining the firm in 2019, Gabi worked at Tishman Speyer, responsible for client relationships and capital raising activities across the U.K., Ireland, the Netherlands, southern Europe and Israel. Before joining Tishman Speyer, she was director of institutional business with Henderson Global Investors, and worked at Jones Lang Wootton and LaSalle Investment Management. Gabi graduated with an M.A. in Modern Languages from Oxford University.

Gabi Stein

Managing Director - Head of Global Real Estate Distribution

Nuveen a TIAA Company

Investment professional with experience across private and public assets in the real estate and consumer sectors, with a focus on direct property and property-backed operating businesses across the land development, life sciences, student accommodation, and hotels.
I have a broad range of investment and financial skills, including expertise in underwriting and executing transactions, portfolio management, and the long-term stewardship of assets.

Robert Holl

Principal

The Wellcome Trust

Emma Huepfl has 30 years' experience in the real estate debt markets, having co-founded Laxfield Capital which was sold to CBRE Investment Management in 2019, where she then co-led its EMEA Real Estate Credit platform until 2023. She has also served as Chair and Board Member of CREFC, the trade body for the real estate finance industry, and is a Non-Executive Director of April Mortgages Ltd and Chair of the Bank of England Commercial Property Forum.

Emma Huepfl

Chair Commercial Property Forum

Bank of England

MODERATOR

Marc-Antoine Bouyer is Head of Carlyle Europe Realty and is based in London.
Prior to joining Carlyle in 2016, Mr. Bouyer was a Managing Director at Blackstone, where he spent 10 years as a member of the European Real Estate group and contributed to a variety of acquisitions, disposals, financings, restructurings and asset management transactions with a total investment value of more than €4 billion. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Bouyer worked at Lehman Brothers.
Mr. Bouyer received an MSc in management from HEC business school in Paris, where he majored in finance. Mr. Bouyer also holds a master's in international management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS).

Marc-Antoine Bouyer

Head of Real Estate Europe

The Carlyle Group

Michael Vrana is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group based in London. Mr. Vrana leads Blackstone’s real estate acquisitions in the U.K. and Ireland. Since joining Blackstone in 2013, Mr. Vrana has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments in Europe, including iQ Student Accommodation, St Modwen Properties plc, The Arch Company, Sage Homes, and The Office Group.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Vrana was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he spent eight years focused on equity and debt investment opportunities in North America on behalf of Goldman Sachs’ real estate private equity group.
Mr. Vrana graduated from Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Vrana serves on the Built Environment Committee of The Prince’s Trust.

Michael Vrana

Senior Managing Director

The Blackstone Group

Madeleine Cosgrave is a Senior Advisor and Non-Executive Director of Landsec. She is an experienced investor and board member.
Amongst other appointments, Madeleine is an independent member of CBRE IM’s EMEA Investment Committee, a senior advisor to ICG Real Estate and on the board of LandSec (FTSE 100 REIT).
Madeleine is former Head of Europe for GIC Real Estate (Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth fund) where she spent over 20 years. She was responsible for GIC Real Estate’s investment strategy, capital allocation, portfolio performance and team in Europe until July 2021. Having invested in traditional real estate, funds, public and private equity and real estate credit, she has experience across the capital stack as well as in multiple sectors; including logistics, office, retail, BTR, student and hospitality.
She is passionate about diversity and inclusion and is a volunteer mentor for IntoUniversity and GAIN – Girls Are Investors.
Madeleine studied Land Economy at Cambridge University.

Madeleine Cosgrave

Non-executive Director

Landsec

With over 20 years of experience in real estate private equity, I am currently the Co-Chief Investment Officer for Europe at LaSalle Investment Management. In this role, I oversee the investment strategy, portfolio management, and performance of our European funds, focusing on delivering attractive and sustainable returns for our clients and investors.
Additionally, I serve as the President of LaSalle Value Partners Europe, investing in value-add and opportunistic real estate assets across the region. As the Head of Debt & Value-Add Equity Strategies, I lead a team in sourcing, executing, and managing debt and equity investments in diverse sectors and markets across Europe.

Michael Zerda

Co-Chief Investment Officer, Europe

LaSalle Investment Management

Frances Heeney is Director of Product Development at Principal Asset Management. In this role, Frances is responsible for new product development globally and facilitates capital raise within the real estate boutique of Principal Asset Management. Frances oversees product messaging, client development, project and stakeholder management and client lifecycle management in the real assets space.
Prior to joining Principal Asset Management, Frances was a Director at CBRE Investment Management where she was part of the Strategic Client Account and Business Development Teams. Frances has held client relations, market insights, analysis, presentation and consultation roles for a global investment manager, two international commercial real estate firms, a boutique urban planning and communications firm and a global design and innovation-focused architecture firm. Frances is a connector of people and ideas, with experience living and working across four countries, delivering on a global remit from a client and product perspective.
Frances holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts, with a specialization in Geography and Urban Studies, from the University of Toronto, and attended the National University of Singapore, where she studied Urban Planning and the Geographies of Southeast Asia.

Frances Heeney

Director of Product Development

Principal Asset Management

Partha Sarathy is Head of Asset Management - Real Estate at Pictet Real Estate. With over 14 years of experience in real estate, he was most recently Senior Vice President for European Credit Opportunity funds at Marathon Asset Management (Marathon) in London and has invested and developed across all major real estate asset classes. He joined Marathon in 2013 with responsibility for acquisitions and asset management of real estate equity and credit portfolios across Europe and India. Before joining Marathon, he worked with DPR Construction in San Francisco implementing and managing large capital real estate developments across the US. Prior to DPR, he worked in India and the Netherlands in the overall planning and coordination of real estate development projects. Sarathy holds an MS in civil engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He also holds a bachelor of architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi.

Partha Sarathy

Head of Asset Management - Real Estate

Pictet Alternative Advisors

MODERATOR

Tim is a Managing Director in the Sustainable Investing team responsible for real estate. Prior to 2022, Tim was a Managing Director in CPP Investments’ real estate equity team, responsible for origination and portfolio management across Continental Europe (ex. Germany and CEE).
Prior to CPP Investments, Tim worked at Grosvenor both on its London Estate and Fund Management businesses, based in Paris. Tim holds a BSc (Hons) from Edinburgh University and a MSc is Real Estate Finance from the University of Reading. Tim is also a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Tim Barlow

Managing Director

CPP Investments

RICS commercial surveyor with 13 years experience. Asset manager for over £2bn of central London offices/mixed use assets. Previously 10 years fund management experience as a national director. Undertaking a part masters in sustainability at University of Cambridge. Key focus on community and sustainability in additional to high quality commercial and interpersonal skills.

Paul Jaffe

Head of ESG: Real Assets

The Church Commissioners for England

With over 20 years of experience in the built environment sector, I am a commercially driven and executive sustainability expert who leads Global Sustainability and Climate Leadership at JLL, a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management.
As a Senior Director at JLL, I direct cross-functional teams to plan and implement profitable sustainability and ESG strategies for our clients and stakeholders, providing end to end lifecycle solution for their assets or portfolio and delivering climate-resilient solutions that align with the Paris Agreement.
My mission is to leverage my extensive network and knowledge in the sustainability and climate change field, and to influence and inspire others to take action for a greener and more equitable future.
I am a Senior Advisor for the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders at the World Economic Forum, skilled at leveraging networks and exchanging knowledge to develop ideas and business practices for lasting large-scale solutions and partnerships.

Nidhi Baiswar

Senior Director – Global Sustainability and Climate Leadership

JLL

Ben Sanderson is Managing Director of Real Estate for Aviva Investors and Head of Active Equity. Ben joined Aviva Investors in January 2022 and is responsible for the £15 billion real estate equity and infrastructure equity business lines. He oversees a team of 45 people in Paris and their London HQ and is a member of the Aviva Investors £50 billion real assets senior leadership team and investment committee.
Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Ben was an Executive Director at Federated Hermes Real Estate from 2008 where he was responsible for the global investment programmes made on behalf of Federated Hermes real estate clients as well as overseeing ESG strategy, UK residential and real estate debt investment programmes.
Ben was a Director at M&G/Prudential from 2003 to 2008 where he was manager of the M&G global real estate securities fund and managed that UK Prudential's global real estate securities exposure as well as leading the global view formation and strategy team for their private real estate investments. From 1998 to 2003 Ben worked in London and Tokyo for Jones Lang LaSalle.

Ben Sanderson

Managing Director Real Estate & Head of Active Equity Real Assets

Aviva Investors

Experienced, multilingual venture capital investor and non-executive. Particular expertise in climatetech and sustainability investments across equity, debt and grants. Previous experience in investment banking, green finance and sustainable development.
Qualified MEng Civil Engineer, CIMA certified Business Accountant and Newton Venture Fellow (LBS Exec Programme).
Outside of tech and climate, I like to collect art, scuba dive, ski, run, exercise, read and travel.

Margarita Skarkou

Principal

2150.vc

In my
role as President of Blueprint, I am looking for innovators and new ideas that will
transform the future of the built world. We work with real estate owners, operators,
developers, general contractors, investors and founders to help shine a light on examples of
creative thinking in real estate, construction and climate tech.

Martin Kelly

President

Blueprint

MODERATOR

Will leads NTT GDC's Investment function spanning data centers and digital infrastructure and oversees the group's organic and inorganic acquisitions, corporate finance and investor relations activities. Prior to joining NTT in 2018 will has held positions with a number of prominent institutional real estate investors, most recently with AXA Investment Managers where he led the operational real estate transactions function.

Will Innes

SVP - Global Investment

NTT

Ronen
Journo is a highly experienced property management and real estate professional with over 25
years of experience in the sector.
Joining Hines in 2020, he has successfully led their
European Management Services business, driving the creation of people-centric,
technology-driven workplaces fit for the future. Prior to Hines, Ronen held roles at WeWork
and Cisco where his focus was on global workplace trends, technology and corporate real
estate operations.
Ronen’s expertise extends beyond his primary role, serving as a
Non-Executive Director for the Property Agency in His Majesty’s Government, Co-Chair of the
Technology and Real Estate Council for the Urban Land Institute and member of its Editorial
Oversight Committee. He is also a Board Advisor at ARC, guest lecturer at Said Business
School - University of Oxford, and a mentor at Pi Labs and REACH UK.
With a
demonstrated history of achievement in diverse international markets, Ronen continues to be
a driving force in the real estate sector, leveraging his expertise to enable business
transformation and operational excellence. Passionate about human connection and lifelong
learning, Ronen's interests also span from karate and diving to marathon running.

Ronen Journo

Senior Managing Director, European Head of Management Services

Hines

David Matheson is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe, at Starwood Capital Group, a private investment firm with a core focus on global real estate and approximately $115 billion in AUM. David is responsible for the Firm’s real estate investments and real estate asset management across Europe. Since joining Starwood in 2022 he has been involved in transactions totalling over $5 billion. He is a member of Starwood’s global Investment and Operating committees.
Previously, David was an Executive Vice President at Oxford Properties Group, where he was a member of their Executive Committee and Investment Committee. David spent eight years at Oxford, leading investment and development activity across Europe and Asia Pacific. In this time, he completed transactions totalling over $20 billion and was responsible for leading the firm into new markets and sectors in Europe and Asia, such as built-to-rent residential and logistics.
Prior to his time at Oxford, David spent over a decade in European investment banking, most recently at Goldman Sachs, completing over $10 billion in transactions across M&A, equity and debt capital markets.
David received a B.A. degree in Modern Languages (Honours) from Oxford University.

David Matheson

Head of Real Estate - Europe

Starwood Capital Group

Vipul’s experience of more than two decades across the entire spectrum of real estate began with retail mortgages (sales & credit) and real estate transactions management. He then rapidly progressed to wholesale credit and private equity (raising, deploying, exiting of funds) and towards the creation of an institutional framework for standardisation and industrialisation of mass affordable housing.
His current initiative, HDFC Capital Advisors was launched in 2016 as a conceptual idea, and since then has gained mainstream status. The funds have raised the highest amounts across the industry, in their category, and have had an exceptional track record as well as being awarded for "Remarkable Contribution to Affordable Housing” by CNBC-AWAAZ Real Estate Awards in 2019. Today, HDFC Capital Advisors is one of the largest global platforms for financing and technology intervention for mass affordable housing.

Vipul Roongta

Managing Director & CEO

HDFC Capital Advisors

Samantha is the Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at IMMO. She has c20 years of real estate experience across private equity and corporate finance at Blackstone, PwC and Cushman & Wakefield. Her real estate acumen focuses on capital raising, acquisitions, portfolio management and the execution of both value-add asset management and workout strategies of direct real estate, and real estate loans for institutional investors. Sam is a Chartered Surveyor, MRICS in Real Estate Finance and Investment, and holds an MSc in Real Estate Investment (Distinction) and an MBA from London Business School.

Samantha Kempe

CIO

IMMO Capital

Imogen leads the Real Estate Practice and is a member of the Financial Services Practice. She advises clients across real estate and asset backed strategies with a focus on building investment teams across the capital structure. She has expertise in conducting cross border searches and advises on hiring diverse candidates.

Imogen Moon

Associate Partner

Blackwood Group

Katherine Lang is a senior lawyer within the real estate group at international law firm Baker McKenzie. She focuses on technical legal and industry knowledge, specialising in cross-jurisdictional thought leadership, training and internal know-how, legal innovation, and complex transactional advice. Katherine is an editorial board member for legal journal Landlord & Tenant Review and a consulting editorial board member for LexisNexis Property. Katherine also works with the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development on topics such as the digital transformation of real estate and decarbonisation of the built environment. Katherine read Geography at St. Peter’s College (1998-2001).

Katherine Lang

Senior Knowledge Lawyer

Baker McKenzie