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Europe's largest gathering of private real estate leaders
The PERE Europe Forum is your place to take stock of the European private real estate market after a tumultuous year of challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic to the economic repercussions of Brexit.
The forum will showcase the strategies of Europe’s leading investors and fund managers on how they are adapting to the continent’s changing real estate markets.
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Kevin Colket
Founder and CEO, Global Hospitality Investment Group
PERE goes out of their way to bring GPs, LPs and other people from the industry together, to not only discuss ideas, but even discuss new deals.
Joanne McNamara
Head of Investments - Europe, Oxford Properties
A very informative and enjoyable conference with great attendees and speakers.
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Executive Managing Director, Real Capital Analytics
PERE offers a great opportunity to network with senior industry professionals. Fantastic two days.
2020 featured speakers
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2020 featured speakers
Amy Aznar
Head of Debt Investments & Special Situations, LaSalle Investment Management
Ms Aznar is the Head of Debt Investments & Special Situations team at LaSalle Investment Management and CIO of LaSalle’s market leading European debt platform. She is responsible for LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies II & III (£1.5bn in com… Read full bio
Michael Abel
Partner, TPG Real Estate
Michael is a Partner at TPG, a leading global private investment firm with approximately $88 billion of assets under management. He has helped establish TPG Real Estate’s efforts in Europe and is a member of TPG Real Estate’s Investment Committee and… Read full bio
Tania Adir
Founder & CEO, Uncommon
Tania Adir is co-founder and CEO of Uncommon, owner-operator of design-led and experienced-focused flexible office spaces in London. With £250m backing from large institutional RE investors at the age of 28, Tania has grown Uncommon to 5 locations ac… Read full bio
Mark Allnut
Senior Managing Director, Greystar
Mark Allnutt is a Senior Managing Director and leads Greystar’s vertically integrated platform in Europe. He is responsible for overseeing investment, development and operations in seven markets – Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, The Netherl… Read full bio
Lisa Attenborough
Partner, Knight Frank
Lisa joined Knight Frank in 2017 to set up and lead the Debt Advisory team. She joined from CBRE where as a Director in the Debt & Structured Finance team she focused on advising and arranging finance for clients within the alternatives sector. L… Read full bio
Patricia Bandeira Vieira
Principal - Client and Partner Group, KKR
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, separa… Read full bio
John Barakat
Head of Real Estate Finance, M&G Investments
John Barakat joined M&G Investments in September 2008 as Head of Real Estate Finance to begin M&G’s direct lending activity in European commercial real estate. Since that time, John has been responsible for more than £10 billion of investment… Read full bio
Keith Breslauer
Managing Partner, Patron Capital
Keith founded Patron Capital in 1999 and is Managing Director. Keith began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he worked for nine years and led many transactions in the US distressed markets in the ‘80s and ‘90s. In 1992 he began working in London t… Read full bio
Neil Brown
Partner-Head of Investor Development Group, Actis
Neil joined Actis in 2013 as head of the Investor Development Group based in London, he is responsible for Actis’ global fundraising and investor relations activities. He is a member of Actis’ Executive Committee and Exit Committee, and sits as an ob… Read full bio
Tony Brown
Global Head of Real Estate, M&G Real Estate
Tony became Head of M&G Real Estate in April 2018 after four years as Chief Investment Officer. He has over 28 years’ real estate investment experience across the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Asia. Prior to joining M&G Real Estat… Read full bio
Guillaume Cassou
Partner - Head of European Real Estate, KKR
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… Read full bio
Adam Challis
Executive Director - EMEA Capital Markets Research & Strategy, JLL
Adam co-ordinates JLL Capital Markets Research & Strategy across Europe, Middle East & Africa. He overseas a network of research specialists that work closely with investors to build targeted property investment strategies as part of the 500+… Read full bio
Oscar Ciudad Apolinar
Director-Client Relations, Prologis
Mr. Ciudad joined Prologis in 2011. Prior to joining the client relations team, Oscar worked for FIBRA PROLOGIS (PLD’s publicly listed vehicle) in Mexico City, where he assisted with the debt restructuring as well as investor relations for over two y… Read full bio
Deborah Coakley
Executive General Manager, Funds Management, Dexus
Deborah Coakley is Executive General Manager of Funds Management at Dexus, one of Australia’s leading real estate groups. She has responsibility for managing its $16.2 billion funds management platform comprising a number of wholesale pooled funds an… Read full bio
Gila Cohen
Managing Director, Real Estate and Private Equity, MUFG
Gila R. Cohen is a Managing Director, Real Estate and Private Equity at MUFG. In this role, she is responsible for those businesses including investments/fund Allocation, Corporate Banking and Investor Services. Most recently, Ms. Cohen was the Manag… Read full bio
John Cole
Senior Managing Director, Cain International
John has over 30 years of experience in real estate debt lending and has been involved in underwriting many billions in debt transactions. At Cain International, he is primarily focused on structured debt provision within the UK, US and Europe. John’… Read full bio
Kevin Colket
Founder & CEO, Global Hospitality Investment Group
Kevin Colket is the Founder and CEO of the Global Hospitality Investment Group (GHIG), a real estate private equity firm incorporated in January 2019. GHIG focuses on investing in under-valued hotels (single assets, portfolios, and operating companie… Read full bio
Richard Croft
Executive Chairman, M7 Real Estate
Richard Croft is Executive Chairman of M7 Real Estate, a leading specialist in the pan-European, regional, multi-tenanted real estate market. M7 has over 200 employees in 14 countries across Europe and manages over 835 assets with a value of circa €5… Read full bio
Tarek Daouk
Managing Partner, Smartotels Group Holdings
Tarek M. Daouk is Founder and Managing Partner at Smartotels Group Holdings Limited, a hotel real estate investment and asset management company focused on developing hotels under its proprietary lodging brands. Prior to founding Smartotels, Mr. Daou… Read full bio
Daniel Dejanovic
Head of European Real Estate and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Global Investments
Mr. Dejanovic joined Cerberus in June 2006. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Dejanovic worked in the corporate finance arm of Ernst & Young in their London business modelling and valuation team from 2005 to 2006. From 2004 to 2005 Mr. Dejanovic wor… Read full bio
Robert Dobrzycki
Chief Executive Officer - Europe, Panattoni Europe
Robert oversees Panattoni Europe’s activities in the UK, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He set up the company’s CEE operations in Poland in 2005 and in 2014 was appointed CEO for Europe. In the 14 years of his mana… Read full bio
Peter Epping
Senior Managing Director, Hines
Mr. Epping is Senior Managing Director and Fund Manager for the Hines Pan-European Core Fund (HECF), as well as the separate accounts of HV Trophy Mandate (HV Mandate) and the Hines BVK High Street Retail Mandate. He started his career with Hines in… Read full bio
John Fitzpatrick
CTO Real Estate, Blackstone Group
John Fitzpatrick is a Managing Director and Global Chief Technology Officer of Blackstone Real Estate within the Technology and Innovations group. He is responsible for all aspects of technology across Blackstone Real Estate and our portfolio compani… Read full bio
Alexander Gebauer
Chief Executive Officer, Allianz Real Estate West Europe
Alexander Gebauer is the Chief Executive Officer for Allianz Real Estate West Europe. He is a member of the Executive Committee as well as a Member of the Management Board and a voting member of the Equity Investment Committee. Prior to this position… Read full bio
Marc Gilbard
CEO, Moorfield
Marc has been the CEO of Moorfield since he joined in 1996. Over the last 25 years Marc has led Moorfield’s transformation from a small property company listed on the London Stock Exchange into one of the leading UK specialist real estate private equ… Read full bio
Tyler Goodwin
CEO & Founder, Seaforth Land
Tyler is the Founder and CEO of Seaforth Land. He has 30 years of global real estate experience including 20 years in Asia working through both the Asian Financial Crisis and the Global Financial Crisis. Tyler has worked in property development, advi… Read full bio
Michela Hancock
Managing Director - Europe, Greystar
Michela Hancock is managing director for Greystar Europe. She identifies new opportunities to support acquisitions, partnerships and joint ventures across student accommodation, build-to-rent and senior living. Michela is focused on growing Greystar’… Read full bio
Roxana Isaiu
Director - Real Estate, GRESB
Roxana Isaiu is Director Real Estate for GRESB. Roxana holds an Msc in Corporate Finance and is responsible for the development and implementation of the ESG standards, as well as the benchmarking methodology for the real estate sector. Since joining… Read full bio
Christian Jamison
Managing Partner, Valor Real Estate Partners
Christian Jamison is the managing partner of Valor Real Estate Partners LLP (‘Valor’), a pan-European industrial platform, headquartered in London, focused on urban/infill industrial and logistics properties. Founded in 2016 by Christian and his part… Read full bio
Karsten Kallevig
Special Advisor, Norges Bank Investment Management
Karsten Kallevig was appointed Chief Investment Officer for Real Estate in Norges Bank Investment Management on 1 April 2019. He came from the position as Chief Executive Officer of Norges Bank Real Estate Management. He joined Norges Bank Investment… Read full bio
Patrick Kanters
Managing Director - Global Real Estate & Infrastructure, APG Asset Management
Patrick Kanters is Managing Director Global Real Assets of APG Asset Management. APG Asset Management is specialized in managing pension capital, offering asset management services to the pension funds of the government, education and construction se… Read full bio
Audrey Klein
Head of Fundraising - Europe, Kennedy Wilson Europe
Audrey Klein is the Head of Fundraising for Kennedy Wilson Europe. Prior to this she held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of… Read full bio
Annette Kröger
Chief Executive Officer, Allianz Real Estate North & Central Europe
Annette Kroeger is the Chief Executive Officer for Allianz Real Estate North & 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 posi… Read full bio
Aref Lahham
Managing Director, Orion Capital Managers
Aref Lahham is CEO and co-founder of Orion Capital Managers. Orion, a pan-European real estate private equity firm was established 21 years ago and has been responsible for over €10.0 billion of property acquisitions throughout Europe. Mr. Lahham has… Read full bio
Wilson Lamont
Partner, Co-Head, European Real Estate Equity, Ares Management
Mr. Lamont is a Partner and Co-Head of European Real Estate Equity in the Ares Real Estate Group. Additionally, Mr. Lamont is a member of the Management Committee of Ares Management and the Ares Real Estate Group’s Global Investment Committee. Prior… Read full bio
Kirk Lindstrom
Chief Investment Officer, Round Hill Capital
Kirk Lindstrom is Round Hill’s Chief Investment Officer, and he brings over 20 years of experience in real estate, banking and corporate finance. Kirk has previously held senior positions at some of the world’s top investment firms. Prior to joining… Read full bio
Ramsey Mankarious
Chief Executive Officer, Cedar Capital
Ramsey Mankarious is Chief Executive of Cedar Capital Partners, a specialist hotel investment firm. Cedar has acquired hotels with a value in excess of €3 billion including the Savoy Hotel London, Four Seasons Geneva and the Mandarin Oriental Prague.… Read full bio
Daniel McHugh
Managing Director, Aviva Investors
Daniel is responsible for all business strategy, product initiatives, and external engagement across the real estate business. As well as leading the firm’s direct investment activity across the asset management development and transaction teams. Dan… Read full bio
Anuj Mittal
Head of Europe Real Estate, Angelo Gordon
Anuj Mittal is co-portfolio manager of European real estate with Adam Schwartz, focusing on real estate opportunities in the United Kingdom and Europe. Anuj has been directly responsible for, or overseen, in excess of $3 billion of real estate assets… Read full bio
Federico Montero
Managing Director & Head of Real Estate Europe, Evercore
Federico Montero is a Managing Director and the Head of Evercore's European Real Estate Portfolio Solutions team, based in London. Federico has more than 20 years’ experience leading commercial real estate and loan portfolio across Europe, the Americ… Read full bio
Nick Moore
Founder and Executive Director, Lionpoint
Nick Moore is a Founder and Executive Director at Lionpoint Group, responsible for global business strategy and execution. He has a background in private equity and real estate along with extensive front-to-back office operations and technology exper… Read full bio
Robert Murphy
Principal - Real Estate, StepStone Group
Mr. Murphy is a member of StepStone’s real estate team. Prior to StepStone, Mr. Murphy was an assistant vice president at Partners Group, a private markets investment manager. Before that he was an executive in Ernst & Young’s real estate corpora… Read full bio
Patrick Nelson
VP, Head of International Real Estate, WeWork
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 Lond… Read full bio
Dan Nicholson
Managing Director, Regional Director-UK, Tishman Speyer
Mr. Nicholson is responsible for leading Tishman Speyer’s business in the United Kingdom, including acquisitions, sales, development and asset management activities. Prior to joining the company in 2011, he worked in private equity investing in UK op… Read full bio
Aleksandra Njagulj
Global Head of ESG, CBRE Global Investors
Aleksandra (Sasha) Njagulj is the Global Head of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). Ms Njagulj joined CBRE Global Investors in 2019 and is based in London. She has overall responsibility for developing and communicating global ESG prioritie… Read full bio
Roelof Opperman
Managing Director - Real Estate Technology, Fifth Wall
Roelof Opperman is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on technology and innovations within the multifamily, office, and hospitality real estate asset classes. Roelof has led Fifth Wall’s… Read full bio
Brendan O'Regan
Head of Property Funds, Irish Life Investment Managers
Brendan is responsible for the management of ILIM’s property funds on behalf of institutional and retail investors. He joined ILIM in 2015 and has over 20 years’ experience in direct and indirect real estate investment. He is former Head of Real Esta… Read full bio
Andrea Orlandi
Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments - Europe, CPPIB
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 lea… Read full bio
Peter Papadakos
Managing Director, Green Street Advisors
Peter is the Head of European Research at Green Street overseeing coverage of the Pan-European public and private market research. Peter has played a central role in helping global investors from private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and insti… Read full bio
James Piper
Partner, TPG Real Estate
Mr Piper is a Partner with TPG Real Estate based in London and is a member of its global Investment Committee. Mr Piper also serves on the board of Arlington Business Parks, a UK-based owner and manager of high quality office and innovation parks. Pr… Read full bio
Aditya Rajaram
Founder and Managing Director, Radar Holdings
Aditya K. Rajaram – Managing Director – Aditya Rajaram is a hospitality real estate expert working most recently at Ernst & Young as a Manager within their Transaction Real Estate Advisory Team. With over 15 years of experience in hospitality ope… Read full bio
Isabelle Scemama
Global Head of AXA IM Alts and Chief Executive Officer of AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets
Isabelle oversees AXA IM’s €150bn alternative business unit, AXA IM Alts, which employs over 700 people located in 16 offices, serving the needs of more than 350 clients globally. AXA IM Alts is a global leader in alternatives asset management, putti… Read full bio
Bill Schwab
Chief Executive Officer, LCI Investment Company
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… Read full bio
James Seppala
Senior Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Europe, Blackstone
James Seppala is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and the Head of Real Estate Europe, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Seppala has been involved in a number of Blackstone’s investments across Europe, including… Read full bio
Bill Sexton
President, EMEA -Trimont Real Estate Advisors
As President of Trimont for EMEA, Bill Sexton is the lead contact for our clients, prospects, rating agencies and regulators throughout the EMEA theatre. In this role, Mr Sexton oversees all of Trimont’s loan servicing, asset management and due dilig… Read full bio
Dhruv Sharma
CEO, Marcena Capital
Dhruv Sharma has experience within Private Equity, Real Estate, and Infrastructure Investing. Prior to establishing Marcena Capital, Dhruv was Asset Allocation Director at Strategic Assets Partners LLP, a regulated Multi-Family Office. In addition, D… Read full bio
Neil Slater
Global Head of Real Estate and Deputy Head of Private Markets, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Neil Slater is the Global Head of Real Estate & Deputy Head of Private Markets at Aberdeen Standard Investment. Neil joined Aberdeen Standard Investments (“ASI”) in August 2011, leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for product/fund struct… Read full bio
Gabi Stein
Managing Director-Senior Real Estate Specialist, Nuveen
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 acro… Read full bio
Florian Stöbe
Head of Investment – Germany, Verdion
Florian leads Verdion’s investment activity in Germany, currently focussed on acquiring strategic, value-add opportunities for its €316 million VELF 1 fund. He sits on Verdion’s investment committee and works closely with the firm’s development, asse… Read full bio
Peter Stoll
Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Europe, Carlyle Real Estate Advisors
Peter Stoll is a Managing Director and head of Carlyle's European real estate business. He is based in London. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2015, Mr. Stoll was a senior managing director at Blackstone where he spent 12 years building Blackstone's Euro… Read full bio
Paul Tebbit
Managing Director, BlackRock Real Assets
Paul Tebbit, Managing Director, is the Portfolio Manager for the BlackRock UK Property Fund and is responsible for fund strategy, portfolio management and performance of the Fund. Paul has deep investment and transactional experience and in the past… Read full bio
Ilkka Tomperi
Head of Real Estate, Varna
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 Eu… Read full bio
Edward Tran
Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Edward Tran is a partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP. He advises clients worldwide on corporate real estate and other transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, co-investments, other fund investm… Read full bio
Franҫois Trausch
CEO, Allianz Real Estate
François Trausch is the global Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer of Allianz Real Estate. He joined the company in 2016 and chairs the Management Board and the Executive Committee. He is a Voting Member on both the Equity and Debt… Read full bio
Elisabeth Troni
Fund Manager, CBRE Global Alpha Fund, CBRE Global Investment Partners
Elisabeth Troni is the Fund Manager of the Global Alpha Fund within the Global Indirect Real Estate Strategies team. Based in London, Liz is responsible for performance and strategy of the Fund working in close collaboration with the CIO of Global Re… Read full bio
Chris Urwin
Director of Research - Real Assets, Aviva Investors
Chris leads the research team, overseeing the production of property forecasts and preparation of key strategy and research reports. His team plays a key role in developing investment views of markets and sectors and identifying strategic opportuniti… Read full bio
Zach Vaughan
Managing Partner - Real Estate, Brookfield Asset Management
Zach Vaughan is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group and Head of Real Estate in Europe. In this role, he oversees all of Brookfield’s real estate activities in the region, including investments, portfolio management and new fund forma… Read full bio
Gavin Vollans
Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Gavin is a Real Estate solicitor with a specialism in the hotel sector. Gavin advises his hotel and apart-hotel clients in respect of their purchasing, disposals, leasing, acquisitions, financings and operational requirements. Gavin’s clients include… Read full bio
Derk Welling
Senior Responsible Investment & Governance Specialist, APG Asset Management
Derk Welling is Senior Responsible Investment & Governance specialist at APG Asset Management, focusing on real estate and infrastructure investments. He is a member of the GRESB Real Estate Advisory Board and also a member of the INREV Sustainab… Read full bio
Cornel Widmer
Managing Director - Head of Group Real Estate, Zurich
Cornel Widmer has been appointed Zurich’s Global Head of Real Estate in 2012. In his role Cornel is responsible for the formulation and implementation of the centrally driven real estate investment strategy across Zurich’s global insurance balance sh… Read full bio
Bronny Wilson
Regional Head - UK and Ireland, Equiem
Bronny has led Equiem’s UK team since its inception in 2017, having headed up Client Services and Onsite Staffing in Equiem’s Australian business for five years prior. She has spearheaded the company’s stellar three years in the UK market, overseeing… Read full bio