- Reporting & Accounting Committee
- Regulatory & Taxation Committee
- Sustainability Committee
- Investor Relations Committee
- Research Committee
- PropTech and Innovation Committee
The goal of the Reporting & Accounting Committee is to develop and maintain a set of best practice recommendations to help property companies produce best-in-class annual financial and non-financial performance reports in order to reach listed equity investors' consistent and reliable disclosure expectations. It is also to advocate the interest of the European listed real estate sector to international accounting bodies.
Chairman Committee, PSP Swiss Property CEO
Giacomo Balzarini
PSP Swiss Property
Mr. Balzarini completed his business and economic studies at the University of Zurich in 1996, and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago (Ill., USA) in 2002.
Professional experience: From mid-1993 to 1996, Mr Balzarini worked at the Swiss banking company in Zurich in the fields of corporate banking and business development. From 1997 to 2006 he worked at the Swiss Reinsurance Company in the fields of risk and project management, strategy development and asset management, most recently as managing director, responsible for the development of the indirect, international property portfolio.
Other activities and interests: In addition to the mandates held in the group companies controlled by PSP Swiss Property AG, Mr Balzarini had the following functions and offices to be appointed under the RLCG: Member of the Board of Directors of Seewarte Holding AG, Zug, on 31 December 2016.
CEO
Olivier Elamine
alstria office REIT
Olivier Elamine is one of the founding members of alstria Office REIT-AG and became CEO of the Company in November 2006. Prior to the founding of alstria, he was a founding Partner of NATIXIS Capital Partners Ltd. (NCP; formerly IXIS Capital Partners) from 2003 to 2006. He participated in more than EUR 6bn of pan-European real estate transactions and led all the acquisition which form today alstria’s portfolio. In 2003, Olivier Elamine joined the Real Estate Investment Banking team at CDC IXIS as a Director and was one of the founding members of NATIXIS Capital Partners Ltd. In 1998 Olivier Elamine joined Ernst & Young as a consultant in the real estate industry and from 2000 to 2003 he headed the Sales & Leaseback advisory team.
Portfolio Manager in the Global Equities Team
Sara Bellenda
J.P. Morgan
Sara Bellenda, Executive Director, a Portfolio Manager in the Global Equities Team, based in London, responsible for global real estate strategies. Prior to joining the firm in May 2017 she was a research analyst at Fidelity Management and Research specialising in European real estate and homebuilders, a role held since 2011. Her experience prior to this includes roles within the property securities teams at CBRE Investors and Henderson Global Investors as analyst and fund manager. Prior to joining the investment management industry in 2003, Sara gained experience on the sell-side as well as in private equity, working for Lehman Brothers in equity research and Westmont Hospitality, a private equity fund investing in hotels. Sara holds a MBA in Hospitality Management from Cornell/ESSEC business school and is fluent in Italian, English and French
Partner KPMG Audit Head Real Estate & Hotels
Régis Chemouny
KPMG
Regis has a degree of ESCP Europe and of the Wharton Business School. He is a French chartered accountant and a Fellow of RICS.
He has a twenty-six year experience with KPMG in the real estate industry in Paris and London.
He is the Partner in charge of the France Real Estate & Hotels sector at KPMG Audit. He is a member of KPMG Global Steering Group.
His principal real estate clients (mainly audit and deal advisory) are, or have recently included French and international Reits (Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Altarea-Cogedim, Wereldhave, Mercialys, Klépierre, SFL, CeGeREAL, …), non listed real estate funds (Tishman Speyer, CarVal Investors, CBRE, Allianz Real Estate France, AEW Europe, ProLogis, Cordea savills …) and various PropTech, private equity funds, asset or property managers.
He is the advisor of the French Fédération des Sociétés Immobilières et Foncières. He regularly issues articles or benchmark surveys on reits, innovation, retail, and real estate funds.
Chris Drula
CFO
Nicolas Dutreuil
Gecina
A Dauphine and Sorbonne graduate, with a postgraduate DESS in banking and finance, as well as a postgraduate DESCF in accounting and finance, Nicolas Dutreuil began his career at KPMG Audit, before moving to the Investment Banking Department at Calyon, where he stayed from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was Head of Operations and Finance for Dolmea Real Estate, then Head of Investment Banking at Crédit Suisse. From 2009 to 2013, Nicolas Dutreuil was Deputy Finance Director at Icade, where his responsibilities included mergers-acquisitions, financing, cash management and investor relations. Nicolas Dutreuil joined Gecina in September 2013 as Chief Financial Officer.
CFO
Roberto Fraticelli
Eurocommercial Properties
Fraticelli is responsible for the Italian activities of Eurocommercial Properties, a company he joined in 1998. He is President of the committee for relations with associations and global international institutions at the Italian Property Federation, Assoimmobiliare, and a committee member for EPRA and CNCC. He has an EMBA from the Rotterdam School of Management/Erasmus.
Managing Director
Bart Gysens
Morgan Stanley
Bart Gysens is a Managing Director in charge of Morgan Stanley's pan-European property research team, which is currently number one ranked in the Institutional Investor survey. Gysens is also number one ranked individually by the Extel survey.
CFO
Jean Kotarakos
Cofinimmo
Jean Kotarakos joined Cofinimmo in June 2018 as CFO. He holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). He oversees the Accounting, Communication, IR, Control, IT, Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasury & Project Finance departments. He also holds several mandates in the subsidiaries of the Cofinimmo Group. He also holds several mandates in the subsidiaries of the Cofinimmo Group. During his career, Jean Kotarakos has occupied numerous financial positions in companies. After ten years at KPMG and D'Ieteren, he joined Aedifica as Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to May 2018.
Director of REIT Research
Cedrik Lachance
Green Street
Cedrik is Global Head of Company and Sector Research and a member of the executive leadership at Green Street. With more than 30 analysts based in London and Newport Beach, his team covers over 125 publicly traded real estate companies spanning core and niche property sectors and produces thought-leading research on some of the most important sector-focused topics in commercial real estate. Throughout his tenure at Green Street, Cedrik has authored research reports on real estate companies listed in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Canada. Cedrik earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He also holds a master's degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto and a B.A. in History from Université Laval in Quebec.
CFO
Bhavesh Mistry
British Land
Bhavesh was appointed CFO and Executive Director of British Land Company PLC in 2021 and is the Board lead for Sustainability. Prior to joining British Land, Bhavesh was Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Tesco PLC. Bhavesh has previously held senior finance and strategy roles in a range of consumer-facing businesses including Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants, Anheuser Busch InBev and Virgin Media. Bhavesh began his career with KPMG in Toronto, Canada and holds a Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from London Business School.
CFO
Fabrice Mouchel
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Fabrice Mouchel joined Unibail in 2001 as Head of Corporate Development. In 2002, he became Head of the Financial Resources and Investor Relations Department. In June 2007, he became Deputy Chief Financial Officer. He is appointed Group Finance Director & Chief Financial Officer Europe in April 2019. Prior to joining Unibail, he was Vice-President of Mergers and Acquisitions at ING-Barings (1997-2001). Before, he was a lawyer in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Gide Loyrette & Nouel (1993-1996). He holds a degree from HEC and a master’s degree in law (France)
Partner
Michael Mueller
Deloitte Germany
Michael leads the Real Estate Group in Germany with cross-functional responsibility for industry strategy, clients and initiatives. He is also a member of the Global Real Estate Executive and in this role leading the global Deloitte Real Estate ESG services. Michael’s activities are focussed on audit and advisory services for real estate companies, especially serving groups of companies operating on a worldwide basis. He has more than 30 years professional experience in various companies and lines of business in the national and international sector. He is a specialist, lecturer and publisher in “International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)”. He is member of the IFA (German standard setting committee for accounting in the real estate industry) and active member of various real estate associations.
CFO
Miguel Ollero
MERLIN Properties
Mr. Ollero has over 13 years’ experience as a real estate professional. He has worked at Arthur Andersen, FCC Construcción, Deutsche Bank M&A and RREEF, as Managing Director. During his tenure at RREEF, he led the execution of real estate transactions with an aggregate value of approximately €4.0 billion, ranging from Core to Opportunistic, as well as the subsequent asset management of the resulting portfolios. He also played a key role in the structuring and equity raising of five investment vehicles for the Iberian peninsula and Morocco, in cooperation with the Private Wealth Management Division of Deutsche Bank.
Mr. Ollero holds superior degrees in Law and in Economics & Business Administration, with a specialisation in Finance, from ICADE (E-3).
Principal
Simon Robson Brown
Morgan Stanley
Simon Robson Brown joined Morgan Stanley in 2022, prior to that he worked at CBRE Clarion (then ING Clarion) from January 2006 as a Portfolio Manager and Principal of the firm. Prior to this, he was part of the Property Equity Research teams at both UBS (2003-2005) and Citigroup (1999-2003). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999, having graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge in 1995.
CFO
Nick Sanderson
Great Portland Estates
Joined in July 2011 as Finance Director. Former Partner, Head of Real Estate Corporate Finance Advisory at Deloitte. This followed a decade’s real estate investment banking experience in the UK and Asia with Nomura, Lehman Brothers and UBS Investment Bank.
Current external commitments: Member of the Finance Committee of the British Property Federation and the Reporting & Accounting Committee of EPRA
Group Financial Controller
Richard Shaw
Hammerson
Richard, a chartered accountant, joined Hammerson in 2000 from PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has undertaken a number of financial roles at the Company and was appointed UK Finance Director in April 2011. In March 2014 he was appointed Group Financial Controller.
CFO
Vanessa Simms
Landsec
Vanessa is the Chief Financial Officer for Land Securities plc, having joined the board on the 4th May 2021. Vanessa brings extensive financial experience to Landsec from the property sector, most recently as Chief Financial Officer at Grainger plc and prior to that Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Unite Group plc and UK Finance Director at SEGRO plc. Vanessa has particular expertise in leading and implementing strategic change in businesses and substantial experience of leadership roles in a listed environment. Vanessa is also the Audit Chair and a Non-executive Director for Drax Group Plc.
CFO
Stephane Tortajada
Klépierre
Stéphane Tortajada has joined Klépierre as Executive Board member and Chief Financial Officer since June 22, 2022. He has over 25 years’ experience in finance and real estate. He has assumed leadership roles in fields like mergers and acquisitions, financing, capital markets and asset management, having worked both in investment banking institutions, notably Lazard, and most recently as the group head of finance and investment of the energy group EDF for twelve years. He also managed the international real estate arm of Groupe Casino, implementing differentiated strategies of asset rotation, development, and rental reversion on a portfolio of shopping malls. Stéphane Tortajada is a civil engineer graduate of the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and is also graduated from a Master’s degree in Finance (IEP Paris) and is a member of the French Society of Investment Analysts.
Global REIT Analyst
Jan Willem van Kranenburg
Cohen & Steers
Jan Willem van Kranenburg, Vice President, is a research analyst covering European retail as well as Nordics and the Netherlands broadly. He has 11 years of experience. Prior to joining Cohen & Steers in 2015, Mr. van Kranenburg held real estate securities analyst positions with J.P. Morgan, ABN AMRO and Royal Bank of Scotland. He has an MSc from Rotterdam School of Management and is based in London.
Partner, Assurance Services
Daniel Zaugg
EY
Daniel is a Partner in Assurance Services for EY in Zurich, as well as Sector Leader of Real Estate & Construction. Furthermore, he is the Global Chairman of the EY IFRS Real Estate Group and a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). Daniel holds a graduate degree in Real Estate Investment Banking from the European Business School in Frankfurt.
With the EU institutions and Member States developing a large number of regulations affecting our members, EPRA's regulatory function is significant. Giving the sector a voice in the legislative processes, EPRA represents listed property companies, REITs and investors.
Regulatory & Taxation Committee Chair, Cofinimmo Executive Director
Françoise Roels
Cofinimmo
Executive Director, Secretary General & Group Counsel
Joined Cofinimmo in August 2004. She heads up the legal and the HR department and has charge of the Company’s General Secretariat. She is the Compliance Officer of Cofinimmo and also responsible for the risk management within the company, aspects connected with the shareholders and relations with the Belgian financial supervisory authorities. Before joining Cofinimmo, Françoise Roels worked for the law office Loyens, for Euroclear/JP Morgan and for the Belgacom Group. She had responsibility for tax affairs and Corporate Governance. She is a law graduate (RUG 1984), examinee in philosophy (RUG 1984) and holds a master’s diploma in taxation (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales 1986).
Mark Abramson
Andama Investments & Services
Mark Abramson began his career in global equity capital markets 25 years ago as a sellside analyst at the investment bank Bear Stearns (now JP Morgan). During his 11 years at the bank, working out the of NY, London and São Paulo offices, he provided the firm's institutional clients unique and top-ranked equity research analysis on a number of industries around the world, including several categories of REITs. He then moved to the buyside where he has developed, launched and managed a number of REIT investment products and strategies, global and Europe-focused, for a number of top global real estate investment management firms. He also advises listed real estate companies and private equity investors on strategy and corporate transactions. He is an independent director on the board of Echo Investment SA of Poland, the leading real estate developer. And he is co-founder of BrickMark AG, first mover in the new crypto REIT segment.
Senior Portfolio Manager
Gideon Agyemang
ASR Nederland N.V.
Gideon Agyemang joined the Dutch insurance company ASR Nederland N.V. in 2014 and works as a Senior Portfolio Manager for the department ‘ASR Real Assets Investment Partners’. He is responsible for the selection and monitoring of asset managers for listed real estate. Furthermore he is also responsible for the ASR Property Fund, which is an AIFMD-fund for a.s.r. unit-linked policyholders and pension products, that invests in European listed real estate. He is a holder of a Bachelor (HvA/HES) and Master of Business Administration (LOI).
Ariane Brohez
Loyens & Loeff
Ariane Brohez is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group and of the Benelux Investment Management/Funds Team, based in Brussels. She has a broad practice of counselling in real estate transactions and taxation. Ariane has particular experience in structuring real estate funds, real estate investments (acquisitions, disposals) and real estate financing. She assists clients in real estate transactions (portfolios, share deals, sale & lease back, (re)financing), negotiating deals from initial offer or term sheet to closing, and advising on all tax, regulatory and legal aspects. Ariane also specialises in Belgian corporate tax law and withholding taxes, incl. international tax developments and GAAR, as well as in (the compliance of domestic legislation with) European tax law and Constitutional tax law.
Partner
David Brown
Deloitte
David Brown is a partner in London and heads the Real Estate Funds practice working on UK and pan-European real estate capital flows, specialising in advising on the taxation aspects of real estate investment and development transactions. He has extensive experience having led cross-border engagements, assisting clients on acquisitions, fund formation and a number of high profile property transactions. He has an MA (Hons) from Jesus College, Cambridge and is a Chartered Accountant.
Partner KPMG Audit Head Real Estate & Hotels
Régis Chemouny
KPMG
Regis has a degree of ESCP Europe and of the Wharton Business School. He is a French chartered accountant and a Fellow of RICS.
He has a twenty-six year experience with KPMG in the real estate industry in Paris and London.
He is the Partner in charge of the France Real Estate & Hotels sector at KPMG Audit. He is a member of KPMG Global Steering Group.
His principal real estate clients (mainly audit and deal advisory) are, or have recently included French and international Reits (Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Altarea-Cogedim, Wereldhave, Mercialys, Klépierre, SFL, CeGeREAL, …), non listed real estate funds (Tishman Speyer, CarVal Investors, CBRE, Allianz Real Estate France, AEW Europe, ProLogis, Cordea savills …) and various PropTech, private equity funds, asset or property managers.
He is the advisor of the French Fédération des Sociétés Immobilières et Foncières. He regularly issues articles or benchmark surveys on reits, innovation, retail, and real estate funds.
Director of Tax
Simon Clubbs
SEGRO
Simon Clubbs is Director of Tax at SEGRO, based in London. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) and has a degree in Economics from Leeds University. He previously worked as a tax adviser at KPMG for 8 years before joining Brixton plc in August 2006. He has worked for SEGRO since the acquisition of Brixton in August 2009.
Partner
Laurent Fessmann
Baker McKenzie
Laurent Fessmann heads the Banking & Finance practice at Baker McKenzie Luxembourg. He has 22 years’ experience in business law and started his career in 1996 as in-house counsel in a French CAC40 listed company, where he worked intensively on LBO transactions, capital markets and corporate law matters. He founded his own firm in August 2009 and established the Baker McKenzie Luxembourg office one year later. Laurent is a banking & finance lawyer who specializes in lending transactions and regulatory assistance, both at domestic and foreign level. Besides that, Laurent is also active in the capital markets area and is praised for his structured finance experience. He advises investment banks and issuers mainly in security admission projects, both for debt and equity instruments. Laurent holds a Postgraduate degree and Master’s degree in Business Law from the University of Strasbourg and has been admitted to both the Strasbourg and Luxembourg bars since 2006.
CFO
Roberto Fraticelli
Eurocommercial Properties
Fraticelli is responsible for the Italian activities of Eurocommercial Properties, a company he joined in 1998. He is President of the committee for relations with associations and global international institutions at the Italian Property Federation, Assoimmobiliare, and a committee member for EPRA and CNCC. He has an EMBA from the Rotterdam School of Management/Erasmus.
Group Director Institutional Relations
Aigline De Ginestous
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Aigline is the Group Director of Institutional Relations at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) since May 2021. Before joining URW, Aigline held several functions in the Public sector, notably within the Cabinet of the Ministers of Economy and Finance in France, and as Special Advisor for the President of the Economic Affairs Committee in the French National Assembly. Previously, Aigline worked for 9 years in Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Rothschild in London and Paris, specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions for Financial Institutions and Governments. Aigline holds a Master in Management from EDHEC Business School in France and a MBA from INSEAD.
Partner
Giuseppe Giannantonio
Chiomenti
Giuseppe Andrea joined Chiomenti Studio Legale in 1997, became a partner in 2003 heading the tax department through 2009. Before Chiomenti, Giuseppe Andrea worked from 1992 with Arthur Andersen tax department in Milan.
He seats at the Tax Committee of ASSOIMMOBILIARE (Italian real estate association) and of AIFI (Italian private equity association).
Giuseppe Andrea advised the Treasury in 2006 for the introduction of the SIIQ law and recently the Ministry of Economic development for its reform.
Frequent speaker at conferences and writer of articles on specialized magazines. Graduate cum laude at the Rome University La Sapienza, admitted before tax Courts in 1993, Cambridge Law Business School 2012.
Partner
Grégory Jurion
PWC Belgium
Grégory is a Tax Partner of the Real Estate department of PwC Belgium. He has worked for PwC Belgium’s Real Estate Group since 2001 and is now leading the PwC real estate practice in Belgium. He graduated from both University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Master in Law) and holds a Master in Tax Law from the Solvay Business School of Management. He is also a Certified Tax Advisors i.e., member of the Belgian Institute for Tax Advisors and Accountants. Grégory has broad experience in providing advice on international and Belgian tax restructuring and is tax advisor to a number of real estate funds, REITs and developers. He is specialized in structuring funds, from design to implementation (such as e.g. the Belgian real estate fund - FIIS). Grégory assists clients in due diligence process of real estate companies, including review of tax clauses in purchase agreements, etc. Grégory has broad experience in providing advice on international and Belgian tax restructuring and is tax advisor to a number of real estate investment funds, REITs and developers.
Partner, Business Tax Services
Stefan Laganà
EY
Stefan has 24 years Big 4 tax advisory experience with focus on corporate and real estate taxes, covering both domestic and cross-border investments, for Swiss and foreign real estate funds; real estate companies; pension funds and investment foundations.
Finance Director
Luca Lucaroni
Eurocommercial Properties
Finance Director at Eurocommercial Properties Italia S.r.l., he has been working for over 19 years in the Italian Real Estate sector, where he acted as Chief Financial Officer of listed companies as Beni Stabili and Aedes. Before joining the industry, he worked for 12 years in the audit department of Arthur Andersen and PwC.
Graduated in Economics at Università Bocconi of Milan, and registered with the Order of Certified Public Accountants (Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti), he achieved during his career a significant experience in Real Estate finance, accounting and tax.
With Assoimmobiliare, he worked to the introduction in Italy of the Siiq Law in 2006 and to its reform in 2014.
Partner
Christopher Luck
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswant LLP
Chris Luck is a Partner in the Funds and Indirect Real Estate team. His main focus is in the real estate and financial sectors for UK and International clients. Transactional activity includes M&A, joint ventures and listing real estate companies as well as setting up and acting for investors in real estate funds.
Senior Vice President and Lead Portfolio Manager
Jacques Perdrix
Heitman
Jacques Perdrix is a Senior Vice President and the Lead Portfolio Manager of Heitman's European Public Real Estate Securities group. He also serves on the group's Global Investment Committee and co-manages the group's global real estate securities strategies. Prior to joining Heitman, Jacques was at Griffin Capital Management where he worked as an analyst and assistant portfolio manager on long-only and long/short equity and fixed income funds covering mid/large-caps on a broad range of sectors and geographies. Previously, Jacques worked at equity long/short hedge fund Gugner Partners as a senior analyst and back-up trader focusing on European small/mid-caps across all sectors. Jacques started his career within Citigroup's Investment Banking Division, M&A Financial Institutions Group, in both Paris and London. Jacques, a French national, received a Specialised Master's in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon School of Management and a Master of Science in Management from ESC Grenoble School of Management.
Managing Director
Christian Schlüter
VictoriaPartners
Legal Counsel
Louis Servajean-Hilst
Cromwell EREIT Management Luxembourg
Louis serves as legal counsel for the manager of Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust since March 2020. He has more than 10 years of experience in the legal PERE industry. Before joining Cromwell, Louis worked as legal director for one of the largest retail real estate investment trusts and largest shopping mall operators in the US and as legal counsel for a leading real estate investment management firm. He holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Pantheon-Assas Paris II (France), a specialized master’s degree in law from the University of Montpellier (France) and a LL.M. degree from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada).
Managing Director, Head of DACH
Dr. Wolfgang Speckhahn
DeA Capital
Dr. Wolfgang Speckhahn, LL.M. MRICS is based in Munich and is responsible for the business development and strategy of DeA Capital Real Estate operational activities in the D/A/CH regions as well as Investment and Products including distribution. He has many years professional experience in international Real Estate markets serving as senior manager in various operational and management functions in the real estate and finance industry. Wolfgang graduated from the University of Cologne having his major in Law and is admditted to the Bar since 1993 with special license in tax law. He is a post-graduate of the European Business School (Oestrich-Winkel) in Real Estate Economics and has been awarded a Master in International and European Business Law (LL.M.) as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) for a Thesis about tax regimes and treatment of REITs. Dr. Speckhahn is a Lawyer admitted to the Bar in Munich and a licensed Tax Law Specialist. Furthermore, he is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).
Partner, Global Real Estate Tax Leader
Uwe Stoschek
PwC
Uwe Stoschek joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1994. He is a Partner at PwC since 2000. He is PwC's Global Real Estate Tax Leader and for 5 years held the position of Real Estate Industry Leader EMEA. Uwe has been a member of the Tax Committee of the INREV until 2012. Furthermore, he was a member of the Consultative Working Group (CWG) of the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) Investment Management Standing Committee (IMSC) from 2013 to 2017. For many years, he has also supported German industry Associations such as ZIA and BSI. Uwe specializes in national and international open-end and closed-end investment funds tax issues as well as tax matters of institutional and private, German and foreign investors. Moreover Uwe has special expertise in advising German and foreign REITs and is one of the editors and authors of Kluwer's "Guide to Global Real Estate Investment Trusts". Main areas of expertise: Tax advice for open and closed funds, institutional investors, foreign investors and real estate companies; Structuring of venture capital and private equity funds; Dealing with the complex and critical tax, regulatory and legal issues facing the investment management industry; Advisory of German pension funds and other (tax-exempted) institutions.
CFO
Mickael Van den Hauwe
WDP
Mickael Van den Hauwe is the CFO of WDP since 2011. Next to that role, he also plays an active role in the BE-REIT Association. Prior to his current position, he has been working for 7 years as a sell-side real estate analyst. He is holder of a Master in Business Engineering from the Brussels Solvay Business School (VUB).
CEO
Evert Jan van Garderen
Eurocommercial Properties
Evert Jan van Garderen, a graduate of Erasmus University Rotterdam, joined the Company in 1994 after experience in a major law firm and an international investment group. He is both a Chartered Accountant and a qualified lawyer.
Group Director of Tax
Ruud Vogelaar
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Ruud Vogelaar is Group Director of Tax at Unibail-Rodamco, based in Schiphol (Netherlands).
He is a qualified Dutch CPA and has a degree in Law from the Dutch Open University. He worked at
the Dutch tax authorities for nearly 17 years, the bigger part of that working within the insurance
industry. After that, he worked for some 8 ½ years as an in-house tax counsel at a family office in
Amsterdam, in which role he was mainly involved in real estate investments. He joined Rodamco
Europe in December 2006, and is Group Director of Tax at Unibail-Rodamco since the merger
between Rodamco and Unibail in June 2007.
Senior Analyst
André von Rohr
B&I Capital
Andre von Rohr is a Senior Analyst at B&I Capital, based in Zurich, covering the listed real estate sector in Europe, Canada, and the self-storage and industrial REITs in the US. He previously worked seven years as sell-side analyst at UBS covering real estate and small and midcap stocks. He holds a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Senior Corporate Legal Counsel
Marie Waucquez
Befimmo
Ms. Marie Waucquez is Senior Corporate Legal Counsel at Befimmo SA, a Belgian Real Estate Investment Trust listed on Euronext. Before joining Befimmo, Ms. Waucquez worked as an attorney at Eubelius law firm, with a focus on corporate law, M&A and listed company obligations and as a legal advisor for Equilis, a real estate development company. In addition, she was a teaching assistant in corporate law at the Catholic University of Leuven (KULeuven). Ms. Waucquez holds a Master of Laws from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), as well as an Advanced Master in corporate law from the Catholic University of Leuven (KULeuven).
The overarching mission of the EPRA Sustainability Committee is to support the publicly listed real estate sector, through the EPRA platform, in playing its part in the global transition to an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable economy.
The Sustainability Committee does this by:
-Promoting the highest standards of transparency and reporting of sustainability metrics across the sector;
-Sharing sustainability best practice initiatives, outcomes and insight with the wider EPRA community and beyond;
-Contributing to international sustainability policy development as it relates to investment in and asset management of real estate;
-Collaborating with sector leading organisations to develop and promote initiatives that drive sustainable outcomes for the sector;
-Promoting dialogue between investors and investees.
Committee chair Sustainability, AXA IM - Real Assets
Justin Travlos
AXA IM Real Assets
Justin Travlos is currently Country Head, UK and Global Head of Sustainability at AXA IM – Real Assets.
Justin joined AXA IM – Real Assets in June 2018 as UK Head of Asset Management from Stockland, one of Australia’s largest diversified listed property companies, where he was Regional Development Manager (New South Wales, Commercial Property). In his role at Stockland, Justin led a team of development managers and property professionals, running a substantial development pipeline with responsibility for underwriting, acquisition, design, planning, construction and leasing.
In addition to his roles in development, Justin was held the role of National Sustainability Manager (Commercial). During this time Justin contributed to the development of Stockland’s sustainability strategy, leading to a sector leader status on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and inclusion of Stockland on the “Davos 100” most sustainable organisations.
Senior Portfolio Manager Real Estate
Jorrit Arissen
Kempen & Co
Jorrit is a Senior Portfolio Manager Real Estate at Kempen Capital Management.
Experience and expertise in portfolio management, fundamental stock selection, investment philosophy and process, scenario analysis, market research, risk management, governance, ESG, product development, product marketing, trading.
Sustainability & Communications Manager
Agathe Bolli
PSP Swiss Property
Agathe joined PSP Swiss Property in the beginning of 2019. She is responsible for communicating PSP’s sustainability strategy and performance externally as well as coordinating the sustainability related activities internally and fostering their integration into business processes. Prior to joining PSP, Agathe worked in the area of sustainable investing at UBS for 17 years, analysing material sustainability issues of industries and companies, developing various sustainability rating schemes, constructing sustainable products and mandates, screening client portfolios and advising clients on integrating values and sustainability. Agathe studied Environmental Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and holds an MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University.
Head of Sustainability
Janine Cole
Great Portland Estates
As head of Sustainability for Great Portland Estates plc, Janine leads on the development and implementation of sustainability strategy and reporting on ESG matters across the business. A key responsibility is to integrate sustainability, wellbeing and community related matters into all aspects of building design, construction and management.
Head of ESG and Sustainability
Jennie Colville
Landsec
Jennie is Head of ESG and Sustainability at Landsec. In her role, Jennie leads Landsec’s sustainability strategy and its implementation across the company’s £11bn portfolio.
A 20-year veteran of sustainability, Jennie has helped companies translate environmental, social and governance (ESG) opportunities and challenges into practical actions and business priorities. Jennie joined Landsec after three years at Capita, where she was the Responsible Business Director. Prior to that, she held numerous roles at both public and private sector companies including RSA Insurance Group, Kent County Council and Linklaters.
In the course of her career, Jennie has supported over 500 small and medium sized businesses to improve their environmental performance, secured £2.5 million to deliver a grant scheme for businesses in the low carbon sector and implemented a global law firm’s first ever ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
Hanna De Groote
Cofinimmo
Hanna joined Cofinimmo, the largest listed property company in Belgium and a member of the BEL 20, in 2004. Her mission as Head of Corporate Social Responsibility is to identify and continuously evaluate all elements that can improve the sustainability strategy of the company. She has 10 years of experience in environmental management systems and contributes since 2013 to sustainability reporting. In 2016 Cofinimmo won the Award for the Best Belgian Sustainability Report. Hanna studied civil engineering at KU Leuven.
Sustanability Coordination
David Migueláñez Díez
Colonial
He is responsable for Sustanability Coordination at Colonial Group in Spain. Prior to taking this role in 2020, David has been working in the fields of facilities, energy & environment over 15 years, playing different roles, such as project engineer, facility, project & environment manager. Specialising in office building, aside from the tertiary sector, he has a know-how in industrial & residential sectors. A believer in the people`s power like the mayor driver to transform the world in a more sustainable & healthier approach. His passion to perform in his job is transmitted every day.
CEO
Olivier Elamine
alstria office REIT
Olivier Elamine is one of the founding members of alstria Office REIT-AG and became CEO of the Company in November 2006. Prior to the founding of alstria, he was a founding Partner of NATIXIS Capital Partners Ltd. (NCP; formerly IXIS Capital Partners) from 2003 to 2006. He participated in more than EUR 6bn of pan-European real estate transactions and led all the acquisition which form today alstria’s portfolio. In 2003, Olivier Elamine joined the Real Estate Investment Banking team at CDC IXIS as a Director and was one of the founding members of NATIXIS Capital Partners Ltd. In 1998 Olivier Elamine joined Ernst & Young as a consultant in the real estate industry and from 2000 to 2003 he headed the Sales & Leaseback advisory team.
Head of Sustainability
Filip Elland
Castellum
I’d like to think of myself as a universal puzzle piece with infinite possibilities that is the most creative and useful with a kid’s imagination. I aim to work with organizations that value service-minded partnership, innovation and entrepreneurship, and I strive to be among the future leaders to create a more sustainable and better future.
- Head of Sustainability at Castellum
- Member of EPRA Sustainability Committee
- Member of GRESB Benchmark Committee
Head of Sustainability
Jean-Eric Fournier
Covivio
Head of CSR
Nicolas Jandot
Gecina
Former entrepreneur in sustainability consulting, Nicolas built a strong expertise in sustainability strategy and reporting among various sectors. Strong believer that finance and market economy can be a force for good when business and stakeholder issues come along. Nicolas is a Kedge Business School graduate.
Group Head of CSR
Clément Jeannin
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Before joining Unibail-Rodamco, Clément has held the position of Environment & Sustainability Manager at Rexel Group. He was previously
Sustainability Senior Consultant at BearingPoint from 2010 onwards.
CSR Director
Daphné Millet
Icade
Daphné Millet began her career in 2006 as an SRI analyst at Groupama Asset Management. She joined Icade in 2015 and has been its CSR Director since 2017.
Group Sustainability Senior Manager
Clémentine Pacitti
Klépierre
Clémentine Pacitti joins Klépierre Group as CSR senior manager in 2016. Clémentine is in charge of the Group's sustainability strategy and ensures its operational implementation across the European portfolio. She also liaises with the Group's external stakeholders to intensify the consideration of CSR issues within the sector.
Clémentine began her career at Rexel as a CSR project manager and then joined Bouygues Construction where she was in charge of sustainability coordination for four years. She holds a double degree in environmental engineering and sustainable development management (HEC Paris).
Responsible Investment Lead
Andrea Palmer
PGGM
Andrea is Responsible Investment Lead for PGGM’s Global Real Estate Securities portfolio where she oversees integration of ESG into investment underwriting, portfolio construction and corporate engagement. She has been working at the intersection of real estate and sustainable investment since 2014. Prior to PGGM, Andrea held ESG analysis and institutional capital raising roles at LaSalle Investment Management, GRESB and Triodos Bank. She graduated from Aurora University with a Bachelors in Marketing Research from Aurora University (Chicago) and a Masters in Real Estate Development and Sustainable Urbanization from IE School of Architecture and Design (Madrid). She holds a Series 7 securities license (U.S.), SASB FSA Credential (IFRS) and ESG Competent Boards Designation, and is founder and board chair of Net Impact Amsterdam, a professional network for sustainability professionals in The Netherlands.
Sustainability Manager
Jonathan Przybylski
Vonovia
Jonathan has been sustainability manager at Vonovia, Germany's largest housing company, since April 2017. He is responsible for the internal and external coordination and communication of sustainable topics as well as for setting impulses for new sustainability measures within the company and for corporate citizenship. Previously, Jonathan worked for a non-profit consulting firm in the field of social impact measurement and for the Bertelsmann Foundation. He studied political science, cultural studies and economics.
Portfolio Manager
Nicolas Scherf
Henderson Global Investors
Nicolas joined Janus Henderson in 2014 as a fund manager with the Property Equities team. His main responsibilities include running European portfolios of property equities. Nicolas has more than 10 years of industry experience.
Previously he was with Cohen & Steers where he spent a period of nearly eight years analysing listed property markets as well as managing equity portfolios. Initially based in Brussels he moved to London in 2010. Nicolas holds an MSc in International Business and Finance from Maastricht University.
Marketing and CSR Manager
Francesco Soldi
IGD
Francesco joined IGD, one of the most important players in Italy in the retail segment of the real estate sector, in 2011. He’s also part of IGD Sustainability Committee and member of ICSC Sustainability Group. Before joining IGD, Francesco was Sustainability Senior Consultant at SCS from 2005 onwards.
Fund Manager Listed Real Estate EU
Peter van den Tol
MN Services
Peter is Fund Manager European Listed Real Estate Securities at MN, one of the largest pension administrators and asset managers in the Netherlands. Peter’s core activities are Listed Real Estate Investing and continuously improving portfolio compositions, with a future proof perspective. ‘At MN we manage the portfolios of our institutional clients with the aim of long term value creation and with a focus on both people and the environment. By actively engaging with companies on ESG policies, ambitions and actions, we seek to provide both financial and social returns for our stakeholders.’ Combining expertise from the design side with the investment side of real estate, Peter aims to further enhance the efforts of the EPRA sustainability committee. Peter is also an investor member of the INREV sustainability committee.
Global REIT Analyst
Jan Willem van Kranenburg
Cohen & Steers
Jan Willem van Kranenburg, Vice President, is a research analyst covering European retail as well as Nordics and the Netherlands broadly. He has 11 years of experience. Prior to joining Cohen & Steers in 2015, Mr. van Kranenburg held real estate securities analyst positions with J.P. Morgan, ABN AMRO and Royal Bank of Scotland. He has an MSc from Rotterdam School of Management and is based in London.
Director, Sustainability, Group Operations
Gabriella Zepf
Segro
Gabriella Zepf is responsible for developing and driving the company’s Group sustainability strategy ensuring it meets its Responsible SEGRO commitment to champion low carbon growth and being net-zero carbon by 2030. She joins SEGRO from Big Yellow where she was Head of CSR leading the self-storage firm’s sustainability and climate risk strategy. She has also undertaken a range of consultancy and in-house roles focused on sustainability and the environment for companies including British American Tobacco and Orange/ EE. SEGRO is the leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses and industrial property.
The goal of the Investor Relations Committee is to develop the industry message to investors and assist EPRA with its mission to disseminate it amongst the industry.
IR Committee Chair, Vonovia Head of Investor Relations
Rene Hoffmann
Vonovia
Rene Hoffmann has been Head of Investor Relations at Vonovia since April 2016 after he had worked as a Senior Investor Relations Manager for the company since March 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, Rene Hoffmann was responsible for the investor relations activities of GAGFAH S.A., one of Germany's largest listed real estate companies at the time. Prior to his work in IR Rene Hoffmann worked as management assistant and as controller for the GAGFAH Group between 2005 and 2009, which is when he also obtained an MBA. Prior to his work in the industry, he worked as a freelance translator, and he holds a Master’s Degree as Translator and Conference Interpreter.
Vice Chair of the IR Committee, Head of Financial Communications
Samuel Henry-Diesbach
Gecina
Mr. Samuel Henry-Diesbach has been the Head of Financial Communications at Gecina SA since November 3, 2014. Mr. Diesbach served as Financial Analyst of Kepler Cheuvreux, Research Division since 2006 and was responsible for the European real estate sector. Prior to this, he was a Research Analyst at Kepler Capital Markets, Research Division. He covered the real estate and pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors. Mr. Diesbach holds a Masters in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon and a Masters in Economics from the Sorbonne.
Investor Relations
Inés Arellano
MERLIN Properties
Mrs. Arellano has over 15 years’ experience as a real estate professional having worked at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking and Real Estate Private Equity as Executive Director. During her tenure at Morgan Stanley Ines has participated in IPOs, M&A and in Value Added and Opportunistic real estate investments in Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco across all property sectors.
Mrs. Arellano holds a superior degree in Economics & Business Administration, with a specialisation in Finance and Management from University of Deusto, la Comercial.
Chief Communications Officer
Vasco Cecchini
PSP Swiss Property
As Chief Communications Officer his main tasks are relating to general corporate communications activities, such as positioning the PSP corporate brand accordingly in the Swiss real estate market and the global real estate equity/capital market. He also does Investor Relations activities, including all financial publications. Another main task is managing the Swiss media. Internally, most of his work is in favour of the executive board and the board. Born 1968 in Switzerland, Swiss & Italian nationality.
In mid-2000, Vasco Cecchini joined PSP Swiss Property. Prior to joining the company, he worked for Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) in Zurich in the areas of corporate finance, from 1995 to 2000. Mr. Cecchini completed his studies in business administration at the Höhere Wirtschafts -und Verwaltungsschule (Betriebsökonom HWV), Zurich in 1995. In 2000, he obtained an Executive Master of Corporate Finance (EMCF) from the Lucerne School of Business, University of Applied Sciences of Central Switzerland, Lucerne. In 2010 he obtained an Executive Master of Science in Communication Management (EMScom) from the University of Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, and the University of California UCLA, Los Angeles.
Head of Investor Relations
Claire Mogford
SEGRO
Claire joined SEGRO as Head of Investor Relations in October 2018. Prior to this she spent 10 years working in Corporate Access Origination roles at first Goldman Sachs and then Exane BNP Paribas with a focus on Banks, Insurance and Real Estate. She started her career on the Equity Graduate scheme at Goldman Sachs and has a BSc in International Business from the University of Warwick.
Director of Investor Relations
Edward Thacker
Landsec
Edward joined Landsec in 2007 as Head of Investor Relations. Before joining Landsec, he worked for The Boots Company for 14 years in a variety of roles. He joined The Boots Company in 1993 as an economist and helped to develop rental forecasting models for Boots Properties PLC. Edward joined the finance department in 2000 as an analyst in the Investor Relations department. In 2002 he moved to the Group Finance department and managed the performance reporting team responsible for the analysis and reporting of the trading performance of the company. In 2006 he returned to the Investor Relations team to work on the merger of Alliance UniChem with The Boots Company to form Alliance Boots plc.
Director of Investor Relations
Caroline Thirifay
Shurgard
Caroline Thirifay joined Shurgard in 1999 as a Financial Analyst. She has held different positions in Finance such as Operations Controller and Senior Manager Financial Reporting. Caroline has served as Director of Investor Relations since October 2018.
She started her professional career as an Auditor.
Caroline holds a Master’s degree in Political Sciences from ULB and a Master’s degree in Auditing and Accounting.
Head of Investor Relations
Maarten Otte
CTP
Maarten joined CTP as Head of Investors Relations in 2022. He is a CFA charter holder and studied Corporate Finance & Banking at Tilburg University and EDHEC Business School, and started his career at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in 2016. During his tenure there, he gained broad real estate experience working both within the Investor Relations and Investment department.
Anne-Sophie Lanaute
ICADE
Anne-Sophie Lanaute has been Icade’s Head of Financial Communication and Investor relations since December 2018. She previously was responsible in the Carrefour’s Investor Relations team between 2016 and 2018. She began her career in 2003 at Ernst & Young as a financial auditor and joined joined Carrefour as a Financial Controller (Consolidation) in 2009.
Head of Investor Relations
David Walker
British Land
David qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in London. Following this, he spent over seven years in the city at Deutsche Bank where he held a variety of roles within the Corporate Finance division, including Business Development and most recently as a Vice President in the UK Corporate Broking team. After leaving Deutsche Bank David worked for 7 years at Hays PLC, the FTSE250 listed specialist recruitment group, where he headed up the Investor Relations & Corporate Development team. In October 2017 he joined British Land, the FTSE 100 Real Estate company as Head of Investor Relations. David is also the Chair of the Investor Relations Society, having served on the Board since 2012 and is a Board Director of Glebe Housing Association.
Kurt Mueller
Grainger
Kurt is the Director of Corporate Affairs at Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential property company, and Board Director of Grainger’s affordable housing arm, Grainger Trust. At Grainger, Kurt is responsible for investor relations, corporate communications, government relations, ESG, branding and marketing.
Over recent years he has helped drive the strategic change at Grainger, as the company invests into new, purpose-built homes for rent.
Kurt is a member of Grainger’s Executive Committee and Management Committee.
Director Corporate Development and Sustainability
Michelle Ang
IRES REIT PLC
Michelle is Director of Corporate Development and Sustainability at IRES REIT PLC, a residential REIT with c. €1.5bn of real estate assets under management. Michelle is a multi-disciplined professional and currently oversees IRES’ Investor Relations and Sustainability strategy, planning, developing and defining strategic business growth and restructuring initiatives. Prior to that, she worked at Green REIT plc where she was a key member from inception to the sale of the company, she held a variety of functions including portfolio management, investor relations, digital strategy, marketing and data & insights. At Savills Ireland, Michelle helped set up the Hotels & Leisure business unit and was part of the investment team. Michelle graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an Executive MBA and also holds a Masters in Real Estate and BSc in Business Studies. Michelle is a qualified Chartered Surveyor.
The purpose of the Research Committee is to invest in high quality, independent academic research related to European listed real estate sector on topics relevant to EPRA members, and to help provide a focused research resource to members.
Research Committee Chair, Real Estate Course Director Bayes Business School (formerly Cass)
Alex Moss
Consilia Capital
Alex has been involved in research and transactions in the global listed real estate sector for over 30 years. His career has encompassed award-winning sell side research (BZW), investment banking (CSFB), private equity (Apax Partners Capital), and fund management. He formed AME Capital in 2002, which developed a proprietary database and analytical tool for all listed real estate companies and real estate securities funds globally. This business was sold to Macquarie Securities in 2008, where he stayed for over three years as Head of Global Property Securities Analytics. He formed Consilia Capital, a real estate investment advisory firm, in 2012, and has developed an international institutional client base, as well as publishing regularly in academic journals. Consilia Capital produces a monthly publication, based on the performance of real estate, infrastructure and real asset funds, which features academic papers of interest to practitioners.
He is a member of the EPRA Research Committee, the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of European Real Estate Research, and was Chairman of the IPF Research Steering Group which sponsored the report on Real Estate Allocations within DC Pension Schemes in the UK. He is an advisor to Investec Asset Management, working with the Multi-Asset team, and is Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Investec GSF Global Real Estate Securities Fund, which he has been involved with since inception. In 2015 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and in 2016 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, City University, London.
Professor of International Real Estate
Éamonn D'Arcy
Henley Business School
Éamonn is a real estate and urban economist whose research and teaching interests focus on the internationalisation of real estate involvements, institutional frameworks for property market analysis, structural change in real estate markets, the future of real estate services in the global economy and developments in the provision of real estate education. His teaching portfolio covers real estate and investment economics, urban and regional economics and international real estate markets.
As executive director of the European Real Estate Society (ERES) he has played a leading role in establishing the twice yearly ERES Industry Seminar from 2003 and the annual ERES Education Seminar from 2005. In 2010 he was involved in establishing the ERES Doctoral Network to support real estate research students across Europe. He was invited to join the board of The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) in 2010 and helped establish its programme of funded research through his role as chair of its research committee. He has participated as an invited panellist on topics related to real estate education at real estate conferences around the world and has given keynote speeches to both academic and practitioner audiences. In addition to his duties as co-editor of the Journal of European Real Estate Research he services on the editorial board of the Journal of Property Investment and Finance.
Head of Global Solutions, Real Estate
Kieran Farrelly
Schroders Capital
Mr. Farrelly joined Schroders Capital as Head of Global Solutions for Real Estate. Prior to Schroders Capital, Mr. Farrelly was a member of the real estate team at StepStone. Prior to StepStone, Mr. Farrelly was a Principal at the Townsend Group and a Director at CBRE Global Investment Partners where he focused on client portfolio management and investment activity. Previously, Mr. Farrelly was a research analyst with M&G Real Estate.
Head of Research
Stéphanie Galiègue
Institut De L’Epargne Immobiliere & Fonciere - IEIF
Professor of Real Estate Finance
Martin Hoesli
University of Geneva
Professor of Real Estate Finance at the University of Geneva and Professors of Finance at the University of Aberdeen Business School.
Managing Director and Founder
Philippe Le Trung
VIEWS+S Consulting
Managing Director and Founder of VIEWS+S, an advisory and consulting business focused on strategy and corporate finance, and specialising in the real estate sector.
Head of Investment Strategy & Research
Mahdi Mokrane
Patrizia AG
Head of European Research & Strategy at LaSalle in London, responsible for European property investment strategy and the regional Strategy team.
Associate Professor of Practice and Faculty Deputy in Corporate Finance & Real Estate
Giacomo Morri
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Giacomo Morri, Ph.D., MRICS, is Faculty Deputy and Associate Professor of Practice in Corporate Finance and Real Estate at SDA Bocconi School of Management and Real Estate Finance lecturer at Bocconi University. He was director of the Master in Real Estate, of the Executive Master in Corporate Finance and Banking and he was in charge of real estate executive education.
He has published several books and articles on real estate, finance, appraisal, and investment funds; he is on the editorial board of the Journal of European Real Estate Research and Territorio Italia and on several scientific and technical committees.
He is Member, Registered Valuer and Assessor of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Past president, and a board member of the European Real Estate Society.
He is a freelancing advisor for several real estate companies and asset managers, and he is the non-executive director at UnipolSai Investimenti SGR. He serves in the advisory board for several real estate funds. Italian chartered certified accountant, expert in real estate litigation and valuation.
Head of Responsible Investment
Hans Op 't Veld
PGGM
Hans Op ‘t Veld is Head of Listed Real Estate at PGGM Investments.He is the Fund Manager responsible for PGGM’s global listed real estate securities portfolio of € 12.5 billion.
His background is in real estate investment, strategy, allocation and performance measurement. Hans was a partner with Global Property Research (GPR), a company specialized in strategy, benchmarking and performance measurement of listed property companies, from its start in 1996. In 2001, he joined Kempen & Co’s corporate finance practice focusing on property company transactions. Subsequently he joined IPD in London in 2003. As the Head of Property Vehicles, his responsibilities included the UK AREF indices for non-listed property fund performance and the development of the European INREV indices.
Hans is Co-Chair of the European Investment Advisory Committee and the Index Committee of the Asian Public Real Estate Association. Hans is also a Fellow at the Amsterdam School of Real Estate.
Director, European Real Assets Research
Cynthia Parpa
BlackRock
Head of Real Assets Index Research
Ali Zaidi
LSEG
The purpose of the committee shall be to review and oversee the sector’s capabilities and direction in terms of technology, science and innovation, monitor technological initiatives, share industry best practices and identify risks and challenges that could threaten the European listed real estate sector.
PROPTECH & INNOVATION COMMITTEE CHAIR, Cromwell European REIT Head of Property
Andreas Hoffmann
Cromwell European REIT
Andreas is a member of the Senior Management Team of Cromwell European REIT and as Head of Property responsible for the Portfolio and Asset Management of a €2.1 bn portfolio of commercial assets invested in 7 European countries. Andreas is also a member of the Advisory Board of BUILTWORLD and the Smart Building PropTech Spaceti. In his previous job, he was Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Europe at UBS Real Estate & Private Markets.
CTO
Marc De Bosscher
WDP
Mr. Marc De Bosscher, CTO with WDP, has over 30 years of experience in the construction and development business.
He completed his master studies at the Ghent University in Belgium where he achieved the master degree in Civil Engineering/Architecture.
Before joining WDP, Marc worked mainly for BESIX and DEME in different countries within Europe, the Middle East (UAE, Qatar,…) and Asia (Vietnam, Singapore,…)
In 2016 he joined WDP as CTO where, together with a team of about 20 technically oriented persons (Project Managers, Facility managers,…) he is the end responsible for technical matters related to the WDP business in Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Romania,…
Regional Director; European Sales
Richard Gerritsen
Yardi Systems
Richard combines a financial accounting background with over 20 years’ experience in international software sales, sales management and business development. He has served as Financial Manager, European Controller, Sales Manager and Managing Director for several software companies before joining Yardi, the global real estate technology firm, in 2005. As Regional Director, Richard has a leadership role for sales and business development across Continental Europe, and continues to help the Yardi European organisation grow from strength to strength.
CIO
Paul Glibbery
Grainger PLC
Paul Glibbery is the Chief Information Officer for Grainger PLC the UK’s largest listed residential landlord. His appointment reflects Grainger’s significant investment in its technology platform CONNECT, which provides an integrated solution to enhance the customer experience and improve operational efficiency. Paul has over 20 years of extensive experience leading the delivery of global technology and digital business transformation programmes for major brands including Hewlett Packard, Airbus and Fujitsu. During his 7-year tenure at Hewlett Packard, Paul held a number of appointments. He was Delivery Director for the $1Bn HP UK Defence contract, led the Group’s EMEA Business Transformation Programme and was most recently responsible for a Global business, with the remit of helping clients implement a strategy to transition to digital services.
Chief Digital Officer
Katri Harra-Salonen
Kojamo
Katri is responsible for the strategic development and the ICT and development team at Kojamo Plc, a real estate company with a mission to create better urban housing as part of the Executive Management Team. Kojamo is part of the OMX Helsinki 25 index. Before Kojamo, she served in the leadership team of Finnair Plc as the first Chief Digital Officer ever, building the future travel experience for a global passenger portfolio and transforming the business operations through digital and data. She is also Board Member at Veho Oy Ab and Rototec. She was a finalist in Digital Leader of the Year in both 2018/2019.
Vice President
Robbert Heekelaar
Prologis
Robbert Heekelaar, as VP, IT Architecture & Emerging Technologies, is responsible for the organisations IT architecture, but his core task is to establish and grow the new global Prologis Innovation Lab. Robbert is leading the establishment of an Innovation program involving leadership across Europe to drive a common approach to identifying and evaluating new technologies to benefit Prologis. Robbert Heekelaar joined Prologis in May 2013. He brings almost twelve years of real estate, finance and technology experience to Prologis and worked at Deloitte and Confia as consultant, manager and owner. Robbert’s former role within Prologis was Real Estate Applications Manager where business engagement was his primary focus. Robbert has a Master degree (Msc) in Business Administration and a Bachelor of International Hospitality Management.
Head of Digital Innovation & Business Acceleration Continental Europe
Susanne Hügel
CBRE
Dr. Susanne Hügel leads the Digital Innovation & Business Acceleration team for Continental Europe at CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. Before joining CBRE Susanne examined the topic „Innovation in the Real Estate Industry“ in the context of her doctoral thesis and academically published her empirical research findings. Originally from the architectural sector, Susanne gained extensive practical experience in a Proptech startup of the very first hour.
Director of Workplace and Innovation
James Pellatt
Great Portland Estates
James is Director of Workplace and Innovation responsible for ensuring that the workplaces that GPE provides remain ahead of occupier demand – taking in emerging trends around workplace as well as integrating the best available technology that enhances our real estate offer.
Head of Real Estate
Andy Pyle
KPMG
As Head of UK Real Estate for KPMG in the UK, Andy is responsible for overseeing all of the firm’s services to real estate clients. He leads KPMG’s transaction advice to fund managers, direct investors and corporates on large and complex real estate acquisitions and disposals, particularly portfolio deals or where assets are sold in a corporate structure. Andy is a chartered accountant and has significant experience as a reporting accountant on real estate IPOs and capital markets transactions.
Andy has advised a number of investors who have bought and sold real estate assets in the UK and Europe within the commercial office, retail/shopping mall, industrial/warehousing/logistics, residential, self-storage, student accommodation and serviced office sectors covering both development and investment assets.
Andy is a regular speaker at property conferences and events. He chairs the BPF Technology & Innovation Working Group and is a member of the Management Committee of Real Estate Balance.
CEO Capital markets, EMEA
Matthew Richards
JLL
Matt oversees the part of the business that helps clients plan, develop and carry out their real estate investment strategies
A JLL veteran, he joined in 1998 after completing his Masters in Land Management. He worked his way across every aspect of Ca
pit al Markets, before
being promoted to lead the whole business in 2017. He also has oversight of JLL in the Nordics and Switzerland, and the EMEA Val uations function.
As real estate grows as an asset class and attracts more investment, clients need more specialist and sophisticated advice. M
att is committed to
providing a broader service, diversifying the traditional offering of buying and selling property. This diversity translates to the range of skillsets and
professionals across the region. Asked about a defining moment in his working life, he credits a secondment to a high profile cl ient early in his career to
teaching him the value, and skill, of building relationships.
Outside the day job, Matt is an industry insider. He comments regularly in the real estate press, speaks at global conference
s a nd actively supports the
Urban Land Institute.
Away from work, Matt shares his passion for
music, classic cars and all things outdoors (preferably at high altitude) with his wife and two young
children.
CDO/CTO
Antonio Rivas
MERLIN Properties
Mr. Rivas has over 7 years’ experience as a real estate professional. Previously to MERLIN Properties, he worked at the Corporate Financing department of Banco Popular (2009-2013) where he participated in the negotiation of more than 40 large banking financings, highlighting the negotiation and signing of the largest banking refinancing transaction completed in Spain during 2013 (2.5 billion euros).
In 2013 he joined Magic RE (founders of MERLIN Properties in June 2014), as part of the team acting as Blackstone’s local partner in Spain.
From 2015 to 2018, he was assigned to Testa Residencial (with ca. 10,000 residential units under management), focused on the day-to-day management and new acquisitions of this MERLIN’s affiliate.
Since 2018, he is the responsible for the full digitalization of MERLIN Properties, including technology, data and innovation, where he creates and develops his own disruptive and innovative projects for the Company.
Mr. Rivas holds superior degree in Economics & Business Administration, with a specialization in Finance, from CUNEF.
Chief Information Officer
Kirsi Simola-Laaksonen
Citycon
Kirsi serves as Chief Information Officer at Citycon, the leading owner, manager and developer of mixed-use centers for urban living in the Nordics and Baltics. Today she leads the business technology, sustainability and business processes improvement and operations development teams. She is a passionate leading-by-data enthusiast, being well at work advocate and gets excited when talking about sustainable property management and development. Kirsi has +10 years of experience in the real estate industry and has also worked in the big4 professional accounting and consulting services network for almost a decade.
Co-Head Global Property Securities
Tom Walker
Schroders
Tom Walker is Co-Head of Global Real Estate Securities at Schroders, which involves being responsible for the investment strategy of the Schroder Global Cities Real Estate, Schroder ISF Global Property Securities, Schroder Global Real Estate Securities Income and Schroder ISF Asia Pacific Property Securities. The total AUM is approximately £1.1bn GBP. He joined Schroders in 2014 and is based in London.
Tom was a Deputy Head of Global Listed Real Estate at AMP Capital from 2005 to 2014, which involved being responsible for investment, team management and client relationships.
He was in the Valuation, Funds Management, Advisory departments at Jones Lang LaSalle from 1999 to 2005, located in both London and Sydney.
Head Group Corporate Ventures & Innovation
Bastian Zarske Bueno
Swiss Prime Site
Bastian Zarske Bueno heads Group Corporate Ventures & Innovation at Swiss Prime Site, Switzerland’s leading listed real estate company. In this function, he is in charge of the group-wide Future Board and the creation of strategic alliances between start-ups and all Group companies of Swiss Prime Site. Furthermore he oversees the group’s VC/proptech portfolio and develops future real estate strategies for the company.
Director of Strategy & Corporate Development
Paul Hewlett
Workspace Group PLC
Paul is Director of Strategy & Corporate Development at Workspace Group PLC, responsible for the flexible office provider’s strategic investments and ambitious growth plans. He was previously Executive Director of the UK investment Banking Real Estate team at J.P. Morgan Cazenove. Paul has extensive Corporate Finance advisory and Corporate Broking experience, advising companies across the sector on a wide variety of transactions, notably focused on Merger & Acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets. Having joined Workspace in October 2021, Paul headed up Workspace’s recent acquisition McKay Securities PLC in spring of 2022, and has driven the integration of the company and its assets into Workspace’s portfolio.
