Our Committees

Reporting & Accounting Committee
Regulatory & Taxation Committee
Sustainability Committee

Investor Relations Committee
Research Committee
Innovation and Tech 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.

Committee Chairman, PSP Swiss Property CEO

Giacomo Balzarini

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.

CFO

Soumen Das

Segro

Soumen Das is CFO of SEGRO plc, the leading pan-European developer, manager and owner of warehouses and industrial property. SEGRO is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris and is a constituent of the FTSE100. By market value, it is the largest publicly-listed REIT in Europe. Soumen joined SEGRO in January 2017 and combines leadership of the finance functions with a wider contribution to the business through responsibility for its strategy, investment and innovation teams. He brings his extensive board-level experience and deep knowledge of capital markets to the Group, having been Chief Financial Officer of listed companies for over 12 years and with a background as a corporate financier. Soumen is also a Non-executive Director of Next plc, a member of the FTSE100 and one of the UK’s leading retailers, and co-Chair of the Parker Review, the BEIS sponsored review into ethnic diversity on UK Boards.

Senior Vice President of Financial Standards

Chris Drula

Nareit

Christopher Drula is Senior Vice President of Financial Standards at Nareit. In this role, Drula is responsible for evaluating accounting and financial reporting proposals issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Prior to joining Nareit in 2010, Drula was a senior manager in PwC’s Banking and Capital Markets Practice where he provided audit and accounting advisory services to large publicly traded financial institutions that prepared financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS. During his time at PwC, Drula completed a two-year rotation in PwC’s National Office where he provided technical accounting guidance on financial instruments, fair value measurements, consolidation, and securitization. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with a minor in Spanish, summa cum laude, at King’s College. He holds his CPA license in PA, VA, and NJ and is a member of the AICPA, PICPA, and VSCPA.

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 before becoming Deputy CEO in charge of Finance in March 2019. He was awarded the Pierre d'Or 2020 in the "Financial Engineering" category.

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.

Member of the Management Board, CFO

Philip Grosse

Vonovia

Philip Grosse has held the position of CFO on the Management Board of Vonovia SE since January 2022. After completing his studies, he worked in investment banking in Frankfurt and London from 1997 to 2012, his last position being that of Managing Director and Head of Equity Capitals Markets in Germany and Austria at Credit Suisse. Philip Grosse has held leading positions with a focus on corporate finance and investor relations for the Deutsche Wohnen Group since 2013. In 2016, he was appointed to the Management Board of Deutsche Wohnen as CFO. Philip Grosse graduated from his studies in Business Administration with a focus in Banking and Finance at the University of Wurzburg in 1996. During the course of his studies he completed a scholarship between 1993 and 1994 at the European Business Management School in Swansea, Wales. Further Appointments and Mandates: • QUARTERBACK Immobilien AG (member of the Supervisory Board) • Commerzbank AG (member of Regional Advisory Council East)

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.

Partner

Avni Mashru

PwC

Avni is currently a partner within PwC’s Accounting Consulting Services (ACS) group which provides IFRS and UK GAAP accounting advice both internally and to external clients. Avni has supported a number of the firm’s largest clients when dealing with significant acquisitions or disposals, significant areas of accounting change, most recently with leasing, and responding to enquiries from the UK regulator. Avni also has a particular focus on the Real Estate industry; she chairs PwC’s global Real Estate industry accounting group and is a member of the British Property Federation accounting group. Avni joined PwC in 2000 and, in addition to working within ACS, she has completed a secondment to PwC USA, a secondment to the BBC as Head of Technical Accounting and has worked within the Consumer and Industrial Products and Services audit practice.

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.

Corporate General Manager (COO)

Miguel Ollero

MERLIN Properties

Miguel Ollero has experience as a real estate professional since 2005 Prior to joining MERLIN, he worked at Arthur Andersen, FCC Construcción, Deutsche Bank M&A and RREEF, as General Director having been involved in transactions with an aggregate value of approximately 4 billion €, from Core to Opportunity investments, and the subsequent management of the acquired assets Miguel is member of MERLIN’s management team since its foundation He holds superior degrees in Law and in Economics & Business Administration, with a specialization in Finance, from ICADE (E-3).

Managing Director, Head of European Research

Peter Papadakos

Green Street

Peter is the Managing Director, Head of European Research at Green Street. He is the author of Heard on the Thames. Heard on the Thames is designed to provide thought-provoking commentary on a variety of issues for public and private real estate investors, lenders, bankers, and other industry participants. Since joining the firm in 2010, Peter has launched coverage of over 40 PropCos / REITs. He has played a central role in helping global investors from private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and institutional portfolio managers understand U.K./European office, retail, residential, self-storage, industrial, health care and hotel property sectors and how they compare to Green Street’s U.S. coverage. Before joining Green Street, Peter worked at J.P. Morgan in London and CEE/SEE real estate private equity funds in Athens. He received a first class M.Sc. (Hons) in Real Estate Finance and Investment from Henley Business School (University of Reading).

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

Nick joined GPE in July 2011 as Finance Director, and is now Chief Financial & Operating Officer. Previously, Partner and Head of Real Estate Corporate Finance Advisory at Deloitte, which followed ten years of real estate investment banking experience in Europe and Asia with Nomura, Lehman Brothers and UBS Investment Bank. External commitments: Member of the Reporting and Accounting Committee of EPRA and Trustee of the Outward Bound Trust.

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

Fredrik Sjudin

Platzer Fastigheter

Fredrik was appointed CFO of Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB in 2018. He also holds several mandates in subsidiaries and joint ventures of the Platzer Group. Prior to joining Platzer Fastigheter, Fredrik was Chief Financial Officer at real estate companies such as Partillebo AB and others with a mix of residential and commercial properties. Fredrik has a background in financing and business development in his role at Kommuninvest i Sverige AB. Fredrik has performed studies in executive leadership at Stockholm School of Economics and holds a degree from the University of Örebro in Master of Science in Business and Economics with a specialization in Finance.

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.

Committee Chairman / 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.

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, with offices in NY, London and São Paulo, 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).

Partner | Deloitte LLP

Alexis Arnaud

Deloitte

Alexis Arnaud is a partner in the Real Estate Tax team in London. He previously worked in the Luxembourg office for 4 years before joining the London Real Estate team in 2014. He is working on UK and pan-European real estate transactions, and has extensive experience having led cross-border engagements assisting clients on a number of high profile property transactions.

Partner

Sandra Aron

PWC France

Sandra is a Tax Partner at PwC Société d’Avocats. She specialises in real estate, hospitality and infrastructure. She has about 20 years of experience in international law firms and is fluent in English and German (2005/2007: Ernst & Young - 2007/2010: Clifford Chance - since 2010: PwC, Tax & Legal Services).

Global Head of M&A Tax

Elena Aubrée

Forvis Mazars Group

Elena Aubrée is a registered attorney-at-law and tax partner with Forvis Mazars Avocats in France. Her main practice area is corporate taxation, with a particular emphasis on corporate transactions and corporate restructuring. Elena Aubrée advises a wide range of corporate clients from Real Estate and Infrastructure industry, both listed and privately-owned companies, in France and abroad in the definition and implementation of their tax strategies, while also providing day-to-day tax assistance.

Group Director of Tax

Sandrine Berbel

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Sandrine Berbel is Group Director of Tax at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. She gained extensive experience in the real estate sector from various positions held at Archon Group France (Goldman Sachs Group), PwC Avocats and General Electric Capital Real Estate following which she joined Unibail-Rodamco in 2014. Sandrine holds a master’s degree in business law and a post graduate qualification in tax law. She is a lawyer admitted to the French bar.

Partner

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 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.

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

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.

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.

General Counsel

Sophie Grulois

Cofinimmo

Sophie Grulois joined Cofinimmo in April 2020. She holds a law degree from the KUL (1998), a LL. M in International Business Law from King’s College London (1999) and an Executive Master in Real Estate from Solvay (2011). She also attended a finance course at Insead (2023). Sophie Grulois is in charge of the legal affairs of the group. She started her career as a lawyer doing mainly corporate law. As of 2004 and for 7 years, she worked for Goodman, an Australian industrial property group, as a legal manager throughout Europe. Between 2013 and 2020, she has been with Immobel where she headed the legal department as of 2016. Beside her professional activities, she is active in the BE-REIT association and UPSI/BVS. Current position: General Counsel of Cofinimmo SA/NV. She has been a member of the Executive Committee since 01.06.2024.

Secretary General

Jörg Heirman

Montea

Jörg is the Secretary General of Montea. As Secretary General he is responsible for the corporate, regulatory, legal and compliance aspects of the Montea group. Prior to his current position, Jörg has been active as corporate/M&A lawyer for over 9 years at renowned Belgian and international law firms, with a specific focus on corporate real estate transactions.

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).

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).

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.

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.

SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE CHAIR, 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

Sustainability Reporting Manager

Fernanda Amemiya

Landsec

Fernanda is the Sustainability Reporting Manager at Landsec, leading all sustainability reporting and ESG engagement with investors and external benchmarks. Since Fernanda joined Landsec in 2017, after completing her MBA at Cass Business School, she has successfully led Landsec in improving its performance in key ESG benchmarks, including ranking first in the UK and Europe among peer group both for GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) and DJSI (Dow Jones Sustainability Index) and A-list in CDP. Before moving to London, Fernanda worked for the largest Brazilian bank, developing projects in several areas, from process improvement to business model planning and franchising.

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 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, Quality & R+D+i 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.

ESG Manager

Marta Esquivias

Montepino Logistica Socimi SA

Marta Esquivias serves as ESG Manager at Valfondo Investment Management, an independent investment fund in the Spanish logistics sector, overseeing Montepino Logística, which is listed on Euronext Access with a Gross Asset Value (GAV) exceeding 1,250 million euros. Montepino specializes in owning and managing logistics real estate assets, such as warehouses and distribution centers, primarily in Spain. In her role, she leads the development and implementation of the sustainability strategy of the whole company. Since joining the company in 2021, Montepino has attained 14 LEED Gold and 2 LEED Platinum certifications, making it one of the few Spanish real estate firms with its entire portfolio meeting LEED certification standards. Marta has also successfully positioned Montepino among the top-performing Spanish companies in the GRESB index. She holds a degree in Environmental Studies and a master's degree in Sustainable Development. Prior to her current role, Marta spent a decade at Bouygues Construction, where she served as the Environment Manager within the Group's Sustainable Development Management for the last four years.

Head of ESG Department

Nikos Gkonis

PRODEA Investments

Nikos is the Head of ESG Department at PRODEA Investments group which is the largest REIC in Greece. His responsibilities cover all the ESG reporting obligations of the group including the sustainable financing part, the development of the sustainability strategy of the group as well as the business development of new energy and sustainability services around PRODEA’s assets. Nikos is also co-chair of the Greek ULI Sustainability Council and a founding member of Sustainable Building Council Greece. Before joining PRODEA in early 2019, Nikos held the position of senior energy efficiency expert in GIZ GmbH, providing technical assistance in the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy, demonstrating deep experience in policy making and energy strategy at national level with involvement in the drafting of several legislative acts and national action plans (NECP, NEAP etc.) He has also been an active member of different National and European Commission’s working groups and committees. Nikos holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from NTUA and a PhD in Energy Efficiency Policies from the Energy Policy Unit of NTUA.

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.

Portfolio Manager for Listed Real Estate

Oliver Keil

Norges Bank Investment Management

Oliver is a Portfolio Manager for Listed Real Estate at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which is the largest single owner in the world’s stock markets, owning almost 1.5 percent of all shares in the world’s listed companies. The purpose of the fund is to safeguard and build financial wealth for future generations of Norway. Since joining NBIM in 2015, Oliver has been involved in both unlisted and listed real estate investments and has worked in both London and New York. He actively engages with portfolio companies on sustainability topics. Oliver holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance with distinction from the London School of Economics and is a CFA charterholder.

Global Head of Sustainability

Laurent Lavergne

AXA IM Alts

Laurent Lavergne is Global Head of Sustainability for AXA IM Alts. He is responsible for the development and the deployment of AXA IM Alts’ sustainability strategy across all AXA IM Alts’ business lines, comprising Real Estate, Infrastructure, Alternative Credit and Natural Capital& Impact Investments. He is a voting member of investment committee for direct investments (Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity as well as Natural Capital). He is a member of AXA IM Real Estate Management Board. Previously, Laurent held various senior positions within AXA IM Real Assets, as Global Head of Asset Management and Development from 2020 until June 2023 and Co-Head of Fund Management from 2013 to 2019.

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.

Responsible Investment and Governance Analyst

Charlotte Nisbet

Janus Henderson Investors

Charlotte Nisbet is a Responsible Investment and Governance Analyst in the central Responsibility Team at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2020. Charlotte is responsible for supporting analysts and portfolio managers at Janus Henderson with thematic, industry and company specific ESG research, planning and conducting engagements and ESG training. Prior to this, she was a senior investment manager at Sarasin & Partners from 2015. Earlier, she was an account executive at Smithfield Consultants from 2013. Charlotte received her Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons) in History from Newcastle University.

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.

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.

SVP, Director of Sustainable Business

Caroline Tivéus

Pandox

Caroline is a member of the Executive Management team with responsibility for the entire ESG area in Pandox, which involves 159 hotel properties in 12 countries in Europe. Under her leadership Science Based Targets has been approved. The first part of the road map to reach the targets for Scope 1 and 2 is already signed by the Board of Directors. The ambition is to present the road map for scope 3 during 2024. Further, two green investment programs have been rolled out successfully, Pandox first three green agreements has been signed, green executive incentives has been implemented and 12 of the properties within own operation is now BREAAM certified at level Very Good. She is Board Member of Prisma Properties, a real estate company in Sweden. She previously held various communication management roles including Investor Relations and Communication Manager at listed Nordic companies. She started her career within accounting and corporate finance. Caroline holds a Bachelor Degree in accounting from the University of Lund. Caroline is also a member of the Energy & Environment Alliance's Capital Committee and part of Fastighetsägarna’s Sustainability Council, which is Sweden’s real estate trade association.

Senior Portfolio Manager

Mihail Tonchev

Van Lanschot Kempen

Mihail Tonchev is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Van Lanschot Kempen’s Real Estate team based in Amsterdam responsible for European and Global real estate strategies. Before joining this team he was a Senior Research Analyst for Kempen’s sell side equity research department. Previous to his roles at Kempen Mihail has worked in London for Grosvenor’s listed real estate Securities team and in Montreal, Canada for Stanton Asset Management as an Associate Portfolio Manager. Mihail is a graduate of McGill University in Canada as well as Bayes Business School in London, UK. He is a CFA charterholder since 2014.

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.

Head of European Listed Real Estate

Ryan Watson

Macquarie Asset Management

Ryan is Macquarie Asset Management’s (MAM’s) Head of European Listed Real Estate. He is responsible for capital and risk allocation across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. This involves strategic direction of research and management of the team of analysts on the ground. Ryan joined MAM as part of an acquisition from AMP Capital, where he had spent 13 years in various roles, including Head of European Listed Real Estate, since January 2017. Ryan began his career in financial services with AMP Capital’s direct property asset manager before transferring to the Global Listed Real Estate team, where he focused on capital transactions, retail asset management, and fund of fund investing. He then moved to AMP Capital’s Global Listed Real Estate team in Sydney, covering Australian and Asian listed companies and relocating to London in 2014, where he began his coverage of European names. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Applied Finance from Macquarie University.

Head of Environmental Sustainability

Matt Webster

British Land

Matt is Head of Environmental Sustainability for British Land, a UK focussed REIT. Matt leads the implementation of British Land’s environmental sustainability strategy across both the standing portfolio and the development pipeline, responsible for ensuring assets are designed, built and operated to the highest environmental standards. He has held various roles across the business, including establishing British Land’s approach to wellbeing in the built environment and most recently developing and implementing our approach to smart buildings and digital placemaking. Recent development projects include the delivery of 100 Liverpool Street, 1 Broadgate, 3 Sheldon Sq and leading sustainability at Canada Water - a 53 acre mixed use regeneration project.

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.

Chair of the IR Committee, Director, Head of Investor Relations

Inés Arellano

MERLIN Properties

Inés Arellano has experience as a real estate professional since 2004 Prior to joining MERLIN in 2015 as a member of the management team, she worked as a Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Banking and Real Estate Private Equity where she participated in IPOs, M&A transactions, Value Added and Opportunity investments in Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco across all types of real estate assets She holds a degree in Business Administration and Management with a specialization in Finance and Management, from the Universidad Comercial de Deusto.

Vice-chair of the IR Committee, 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.

Head of Communications & IR

Anders Berg

Pandox

Anders has been the Head of Investor Relations and Communications since 2016. Before joining Pandox, he was Partner and Senior Consultant at Hallvarsson & Halvarsson focusing on investor relations advisory services for publicly listed companies, including preparation for IPOs. Anders has a long experience from the capital market having worked as Head of Research, Head of Markets and Head of Asset Management in Sweden for Evli Bank Plc during 2001-2012. Prior to that Anders also held various positions, including Manager Export & Project Finance at Ericsson.

CCO & Head of IR

Vasco Cecchini

PSP Swiss Property

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 financing and investor relations

Anne-Violette Faugeras

Icade

Anne-Violette Faugeras is a graduate of ESCP Business School. She began her career in 2007 at Société Générale in the Inspection Department before arranging debt and equity capital market transactions for companies, particularly those in the real estate sector, from 2014 to 2021. She joined Icade in March 2021 as Head of Financing and was appointed in September 2021 Head of Financing and Treasury. Since July 2023 she is, ahead of her previous functions, responsible for Icade’s financial communication and investor relations.

Head of Investor Relations and Treasury

Florian Hauber

Swiss Prime Site

Florian Hauber has been Head of Investor Relations and Treasury at Swiss Prime Site since 2022; he is responsible for investor dialogue, corporate communications and group financing. He played a leading role in the strategic focusing of Swiss Prime Site as a pure-play property company with the spin-off of its service businesses and the expansion of the asset management division. Prior to this, Florian worked for Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking division in Zurich, London and Frankfurt from 2008. There he was responsible for financing and advising companies and private equity investors. Among other things, he developed the bank’s capital market practice for the real estate sector and positioned European companies on the capital market with numerous transactions.

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.

Head of Investor Relations

Jonathan Kirk

Carmila

Jonathan Kirk joined Carmila as Head of Investor Relations in October 2021 after 12 years in banking in Paris and London. In his current role, he is also in charge of financing. Jonathan has a Masters degree from the University of Oxford and is a CFA Charterholder.

Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communication

Vladimir Minot

Covivio

Vladimir Minot has been Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communication at Covivio since June 2022. Before joining Covivio, he worked 10 years as equity and financial analyst, at Natixis and then Invest Securities, covering the European listed real estate sector. Vladimir graduated in Finance from HEC Montreal.

Director of Corporate Affairs

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.

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.

Head of Investor Relations

Samuel Santacreu

Colonial

Samuel Santacreu is Head of Investor Relations at Colonial since 2021. Samuel holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from ESADE Business School (Spain). He began his professional career at Deloitte in the Audit and Financial Advisory Services. Then, in 2014 he joined Colonial as a Corporate Development Analyst participating in corporate deals, company strategy and financial reporting.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Research Fellow

Hans Op 't Veld

Amsterdam School of Real Estate ASRE

Hans Op ‘t Veld is a Research Fellow from Amsterdam School of Real Estate ASRE. He was Head of Listed Real Estate at PGGM Investments and was 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, MERLIN Properties CDO/CTO

Antonio Rivas

MERLIN Properties

Mr. Rivas has experience as a real estate professional since 2013. He is part of MERLIN Properties team since its foundation in 2014. Since 2018 he is the responsible for the full digitalisation of MERLIN Properties, including technology, data and innovation, where he creates and develops disruptive and innovate projects for the Company. Mr.Rivas is also member of Fifth Wall’s Real Estate Innovation Council, in which are represented more than 300B real estate assets, and Associate Professor at IE MBA Business School at its Innovation & Proptech program. Previously 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 as part of the team acting as Blackstone’s local partner in Spain. From 2015-2018, he was assigned to Testa Residencial (with ca. 10,000 residential units under management), focus on the day-to-day management and new acquisitions of MERLIN’s affiliate.

Strategy Director

Matthias Bange

LEG Immobilien SE

Since 2022, Matthias Bange has served as the Head of the Strategy Department at LEG Immobilien SE, Germany's second-largest residential landlord, managing over 165,000 units. In this role, he leads strategy development and oversees strategic projects focusing on digitization, automation, artificial intelligence, and new digital business models. Prior to joining LEG, he spent several years at the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked in the financial and public sectors. He holds a PhD on the origins of credit money and studied history and economics in Hamburg, Calgary, and Montpellier.

Head of corporate relations & innovation

Philippe Boyer

Covivio

Philippe BOYER is as a real estate professional since 1993. In 2004, he joined Foncière des Régions’s team (to be renamed Covivio in 2018) and, over time, has been appointed Head of Financial and Corporate communication and later, VP Institutional & Press relations. From 2011 up to 2016, Philippe was VP Marketing & Innovation Officer at Urbis Park, Foncière des Régions’s car park subsidiary. In 2016, he was appointed Covivio’s Chief Innovation Officer and, since 2020, Philippe is also Head of corporate relations. Philippe BOYER very regularly writes about new technologies for French financial newspaper “La Tribune”. He is also author of several books. Philippe graduated from Sciences-Po as well as EM Lyon, business school (MBA).

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,…

ICT Manager

Steven Geniar

Care Property Invest

Steven joined Care Property Invest in May 2021 as IT-manager to further professionalize the IT-environment: starting with IT-security, IT-governance, a full migration to the cloud, implementing and standardizing new IT-software solutions. Worked previously at ARCADIS NV in various functions, e.g.: o As Associate Director Digital Solutions - Implementing global QA and service processes in different regions - The setup of a global development capability for internal IT and the business - The implementation and migration of a state-of-the-art HR-solution using CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) o As Global Delivery Manager for the streams ‘Finance & Procurement’ and ‘Deliver to Result’. Managed the transition from SAP towards Oracle. In the first years managed the roll-out of SAP BPC. Prior to ARCADIS he worked as Head of customer services of ‘Client Facing IT’ implementing the service and support delivery for many major global asset management projects. Worked 5 years as IT business consultant for Randstad Belgium. Five years at AS-Adventure, a retail company, Steven supervised all critical business software solutions, implemented and delivered a data warehouse; providing insights for c-level, enabling to make decisive decisions. He studied Computer Science and Business Management and will be starting a postgraduate degree in AI at the University College in Hasselt. Steven is very passionate about new technologies and new methodologies. Always eager to learn, Steven is a believer in co-creation to optimize work efficiency and he stimulates innovation. Moreover he has a “People first” mentality.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Head of Digital & Technology 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.

CFO

Jean Kreusch

Shurgard

Jean Kreusch joined Shurgard in 2003 as Group Controller. He has served as CFO from June 2005, and as such he is responsible for Finance, Information systems, Data Team, Pricing, Marketing and Investor Relations. Jean joined Shurgard from Latexia, where he worked from August 2000 and where his position was that of VP Finance & Administration. Before that, Jean held the position of Group Reporting and Taxation Manager with European Vinyl’s Corporation from 1996 to 2000. He spent 4 years from 1992 to 1996 with Holiday Inn’s Headquarters for Europe, Africa and the Middle East as Financial Planning Manager and Director of Management Information. Jean holds a Degree in Business Administration and Finance from ICHEC Business School.

Vice President, Investments at Welltower Inc

Jorge Manrique

Welltower

Jorge Manrique is Vice President, Investments at Welltower Inc. and leads the firm’s London office. He previously worked at Sidewalk Labs, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Tishman Speyer. Welltower (NYSE: WELL; USD 55 billion enterprise value) is the largest owner of healthcare real estate globally, with a portfolio of 2,000 properties focused primarily on the private pay seniors housing space.

Head of Global Real Estate Research

Olafur Margeirsson

Credit Suisse Asset Management

Olafur Margeirsson is a Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Olaf joined Credit Suisse in 2021 after having worked for Zurich Insurance for nearly seven years and Kaupthing Bank in Iceland before 2008. He finished his PhD in Economics in 2014, sat on the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Iceland 2018-2021 and was a member of the INREV Research Committee 2018-2020.

Sustanability Coordination

David Migueláñez Díez

Colonial

He is responsable for Sustanability Coordination, Quality & R+D+i 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 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.

Chief Strategy Officer

Paul Sweeney

The Unite Group PLC

Experienced strategic advisor and implementation partner for CEOs and leadership teams in multiple FTSE100/250 businesses. Proven ability to deliver across the entire spectrum from strategy development to operational execution. Currently Chief Strategy Officer for Unite Group (FTSE100, the UK's leading developer and operator of student accommodation). Expertise: Strategy development & Execution, primarily in real estate (Student Accommodation, Build-to-Rent, Retail, Logistics). Operating model design. Business model innovation. Culture. Structuring and leading cross-cutting transformation programs. Multi-sector and international project experience. London Business School MBA (distinction).

Digital Transformation Lead

Michael Vartholomaios

PRODEA Investments

Michael Vartholomaios leads digital transformation and technology initiatives at PRODEA Investments R.E.I.C, Greece's largest listed real estate investment company. With over a decade of experience in both real estate and technology, Michael holds an MBA focused on digital transformation, equipping him with a unique blend of strategic foresight and technological expertise. He oversees the integration of cutting-edge cloud technology, implements asset management software, and establishes advanced ICT infrastructure. Additionally, Michael is responsible for managing portfolio-related data metrics and ensuring cybersecurity measures. Demonstrating proficiency in strategic planning, technology integration, product refinement, and data-driven decision-making, Michael consistently drives value and operational efficiency. His commitment to innovation positions PRODEA Investments as a leader at the intersection of real estate and technology.