Investment opportunities for all?
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Life Sciences
Investment opportunities for all?
- Institutional Investment Appetite into Life Sciences
- Demand & Rental Growth Strategies
- Locations & Attracting Tenants
- Development Deals
Moderator
Abigail Shapiro
SVP Europe
Oxford Properties Group
Audrey
Klein
Partner
Spencer House Partners
Elle
Xu
Head of Acquisitions (Europe)
Lendlease
Katie
Nelson
Senior Asset Manager UK&I
Kadans Science Partner
Neelam
Patel
Non-Executive Director & Life Sciences Specialist
Health Research Authority NHS UK
Olaide
Oboh
Executive Director
Socius
Olivia
Drew
Director & Portfolio Manager, UK Life Sciences
UBS
Abigail Shapiro
SVP EuropeOxford Properties Group
United Kingdom
Abby has responsibility for leading the execution of Oxford's European investment strategy, with a particular focus on France and Germany, in line with Oxford's target for growth to over C$13.5bn AUM by 2020. Abby has over 10 years' experience in real estate development, investment and finance, working on over £3bn of transactions across Washington, DC, London and Paris. Prior to joining Oxford, Abby worked at The Carlyle Group’s European Real Estate Fund in London and at Buchanan Partners, a local real estate developer in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.
Audrey Klein
PartnerSpencer House Partners
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com) running the 3rd-party fundraising business and is based in London. Before SPH she held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. Audrey is on the Corporate Board of Great Ormond Street Hospital and is a Non-Exec Board Member at Thriving, SFO and Planet Smart City. She is a Trustee of ULI's Charitable Trust and is on the board of Verbier 3-D.
Elle Xu
Head of Acquisitions (Europe)Lendlease
United Kingdom
Elle Xu joined Lendlease in September 2023. Previously, she was the Investment Director at Qatari Diar Europe. In her role at QD, Elle has been responsible for originating new investment opportunities, structuring JVs, and raising debt finance for QD’s existing projects in Europe. Elle has over 15 years of experience in real estate and investment banking. Elle is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Msc in Investment Management from Cass Business School.
Katie Nelson
Senior Asset Manager UK&IKadans Science Partner
United Kingdom
Neelam Patel
Non-Executive Director & Life Sciences SpecialistHealth Research Authority NHS UK
United Kingdom
Neelam Patel serves as Non-Executive Director and Life Sciences Specialist at the Health Research Authority NHS UK. With extensive expertise in healthcare innovation and regulatory affairs, she brings valuable strategic oversight to clinical research governance. Her background spans pharmaceutical development, biotechnology, and healthcare policy, contributing to advancing medical research standards across the UK. Patel's leadership helps ensure ethical and efficient clinical trials that benefit patients and advance scientific knowledge in the NHS framework.
Olaide Oboh
Executive DirectorSocius
United Kingdom
Olivia Drew
Director & Portfolio Manager, UK Life SciencesUBS
United Kingdom
Timetable
14:30 - 15:00
Registration & Welcome
15:00 - 16:00
Discussion
Life Science Real Estate - Opportunities for All?
Life Science Real Estate - Opportunities for All?
16:00 - 17:00
Winter Social
hosted by GRI Women Leading RE Committee
hosted by GRI Women Leading RE Committee
Part of GRI Empowered by Women Series In Association with the GRI Club Women Leading Real Estate Europe Committee
Amy Aznar
Executive Chair Debt & Value Add Strategies
LaSalle Investment Management
https://www.lasalle.com
+1 312 897 4000
Florida | IL | USA
LaSalle Investment Management, an independent subsidiary of JLL, is a leading global real estate investment manager with a history spanning over 40 years. The firm builds long-term, trusted relationships with a diverse client base of institutional investors worldwide, including pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, governments, corporations, and private individuals.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle operates globally with 24 offices across 13 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. As of Q3 2024, the firm manages approximately $88.8 billion in private and public real estate equity and debt investments. LaSalle's focus encompasses a broad range of sectors, from traditional commercial properties to specialized areas such as life sciences, data centers, self-storage, and student housing. They leverage insight-driven research, intelligent technology, and sustainable building practices to deliver competitive investment performance.
Amy Price
President
BentallGreenOak
https://bentallgreenoak.com/
+1 (206) 623-4739
Seattle | WA | USA
Bentall brings together two highly complementary firms with leading capability across the real estate investment strategy spectrum.
Ana Estrada
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
http://www.gs.com
+44020 7774 1000
London | United Kingdom
The Real Estate Financing Group of Goldman Sachs' Capital Solutions / Investment Banking focuses on providing financing capital across all forms of real estate, across EMEA and across products including senior loan, whole loans, development loans, CMBS, back-leverage and other structured real estate debt products
Audrey Klein
Partner, Spencer House Partners; Board roles at Elix, PfP, SFO and Planet Smart City
Planet Smart City
http://www.planetsmartcity.com/en/who-we-are/
+39 011 0890040
London | United Kingdom
'We pioneer new standards for affordable housing worldwide.'
We are a proptech company addressing the global affordable housing challenge by building large scale real-estate projects. Our unique business model is an integration of realestate smart solutions coupled with lifetime digital services and an impactful framework of social innovation. By embracing digital transformation, we deliver a customer-centric experience, providing quality housing and digital services.
Cherine Aboulzelof
Managing Partner, Co-Head BGO Strategic Capital Partners
BGO
http://greenoakrealestate.com/
+44 20 7866 8800
London | United Kingdom
BGO is a leading, global real estate investment management advisor, real estate lending advisor, and a globally-recognized provider of real estate services. BGO has offices in 27 cities across thirteen countries with deep, local knowledge, experience, and extensive networks in the regions where we invest, provide real estate lending solutions, and manage real estate assets on behalf of our clients.
Cristina García-Peri
Senior Partner Head of Strategy and Business Development
Azora
http://www.azora.es/
+34 913 106 370
Madrid | Madrid | Spain
AZORA is an independent private equity styled asset manager of real assets, based in Spain but investing across Europe and the USA. It currently manages €9.2 bn of AuM (once its various vehicles committed firepower is fully invested) with Hospitality and Living representing c. 70% of this. AZORA has a value-add approach with a strong track record in pioneering new assets classes in Southern Europe and a special expertise in building fully integrated platforms in operational assets classes.
Irene Ryan
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset Mgmt
Starwood Capital Group
http://starwoodcapital.com/
+44 207 016 3650
London | United Kingdom
Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a primary focus on global real estate. Founded in 1991 by Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Capital's hallmark is to invest opportunistically, moving between asset classes, geographies and positions in the capital stack as the firm perceives risk/return dynamics to be evolving. To execute this strategy, Starwood Capital has built up asset-class and geographic expertise in our target markets.
Joanne McNamara
Executive Vice President, Europe
Oxford Properties Group
http://www.oxfordproperties.com
+44 207 822 83 00
London | United Kingdom
Oxford Properties Group is one of the world’s leading real estate companies. An integrated platform for investment development and asset management.
Kimberly Hourihan
Global Chief Investment Officer
CBRE
https://www.cbreglobalinvestors.com
+1 212 9846515
Los Angeles | USA
CBRE is one of the world’s leading real asset investment managers with $108 billion in assets under management.
Mary Ricks
President
Kennedy Wilson
Nathalie Palladitcheff
President & CEO
Ivanhoé Cambridge
http://www.ivanhoecambridge.com/
+55 11 4632 0170
Montreal | Quebec | Canada
Ivanhoé Cambridge, a global real estate industry leader, invests in high-quality properties and real estate companies in select cities around the world. It does so prudently, with a long-term view to generate optimal, risk-adjusted returns. Founded in Quebec in 1953, Ivanhoé Cambridge has built a vertically integrated business across Canada. Internationally, the Company invests alongside key partners and major real estate funds that are leaders in their respective markets. Through subsidiaries and partnerships, Ivanhoé Cambridge holds interests in nearly 800 buildings, primarily in the residential, office, retail and logistics real estate sectors. Ivanhoé Cambridge held approximately C$56 billion in assets as at December 31, 2016. The Company is a real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (cdpq.com),one of Canada's leading institutional fund managers.
Amy Aznar
Executive Chair Debt & Value Add StrategiesLaSalle Investment Management
United Kingdom
Amy is the Executive Chair of Debt & Value-Add Strategies and a member of its Investment Committee. Prior to that, she was the Head of Debt & Value Add Strategies, who oversaw the set-up and growth of LaSalle’s market leading European debt platform and LaSalle’s Value Add equity strategies in Europe. Amy was responsible for LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies II, III, & IV (c.€2.8bn in committed capital, of which LREDS IV has raised c.€940m excl. side-car allocation), LaSalle Residential Finance I – III (£1.5bn in committed capital), LaSalle Whole Loan Strategies (€964m committed capital), LaSalle UK Special Situations Fund and Special Situations Venture and is on LaSalle’s European and UK Management Boards.
Amy Price
PresidentBentallGreenOak
USA
Amy has over 20 years of experience in investment strategy and transaction execution, combined with significant management experience. Prior to joining Bentall Kennedy U.S. in 2012, Amy was a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investing for the Western United States at Morgan Stanley, where she was an Investment Committee member and
founded the real estate investment management business in San Francisco. Amy also spent time in Morgan Stanley's New York and Hong Kong offices
Ana Estrada
Managing DirectorGoldman Sachs
United Kingdom
Ana is a managing director in the Merchant Banking Division responsible for sourcing executing and managing real estate investments across Europe. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2003 as an analyst and was named managing director in 2015. Ana earned a BS in Ec
Audrey Klein
Partner, Spencer House Partners; Board roles at Elix, PfP, SFO and Planet Smart CityPlanet Smart City
United Kingdom
Audrey Klein has held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. She serves as the ESG Chair for a real estate company called SFO Capital and an affordable housing real estate company called Planet Smart City.
Cherine Aboulzelof
Managing Partner, Co-Head BGO Strategic Capital PartnersBGO
USA
Cherine Aboulzelof is Managing Partner & Global Co-Head for BGO Strategic Capital Partners ("BGO SCP") and sits on its global investment committee. BGO SCP provides strategic capital by way of asset and portfolio recapitalisations, structured transactions, co investments trhrough its discretionary co-mingled vehicles, and fund investments for managed accounts. Prior to joining BGO SCP platform in 2017, she has been responsible for Europe investments with two different real estate investment managers, investing across a number of real estate sectors in Europe between 2005 and 2017. She started her career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. She holds an M.B.A from INSEAD and a graduate degree from EM Lyon. She is a French, British and Lebanese citizen. Cherine serves as a Non Executive Director on the board Urban Logistics REIT.
Cristina García-Peri
Senior Partner Head of Strategy and Business DevelopmentAzora
Spain
Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner and Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for the Azora Group. Prior to joining Azora in 2011, she worked for 16 years in the investment- banking sector at both Merrill Lynch (2 years) and JP Morgan (14 years), where she held various positions across M&A and Equity Capital Markets, and for 10 year, she was Managing Director responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA as well as Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina holds a bachelor degree in Economics from ICADE (Spain) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (USA). Cristina is Board Member at Bankinter, a Spanish IBEX 35 banking institution, where she Chairs the Nominations and Sustainability Committee.
Irene Ryan
Managing Director, Head International Debt Asset MgmtStarwood Capital Group
United Kingdom
Irene Ryan is an advisory board member of GRI Women Leading RE Europe and is a Managing Director at Starwood Capital Group. Irene is responsible for the asset management of debt investments by Starwood’s international lending platform in Europe and Asia-Pacific. Since joining Starwood Capital in 2013, Irene has managed over $14bn of loans held across multi-asset classes including loans on refurbishment and construction projects. Prior to joining Starwood Capital Group, Irene worked in a real estate focussed bank in London, holding a variety of lending roles from origination to loan restructuring and recovery. Before that, she worked at KPMG in Ireland and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland (FCA).
Joanne McNamara
Executive Vice President, EuropeOxford Properties Group
United Kingdom
Joanne McNamara is Executive Vice President – Europe of Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, asset manager and business builder. In this role, Jo is responsible for all aspects of Oxford’s business across Europe. Jo is a member of Oxford’s global Executive and Investment Committees, and also a member of OMERS Portfolio Management Committee and OMERS Europe Executive Leadership Team. Jo was one of Oxford’s first team members in London, joining the European investment team in 2010, and over the past decade has contributed to and led many of the organization’s most significant investment and development transactions. Jo was most recently responsible for the operating performance of Oxford’s European business and leadership of the 40+ person European team.
Kimberly Hourihan
Global Chief Investment OfficerCBRE
USA
Kim Hourihan is Chief Investment Officer for CBRE Investment Management. In this role, Kim is responsible for investment strategy, performance and risk. She chairs the Global Investment Committee and has oversight of all the regional and strategy-specific investment committees. She previously served as CIO – Americas Direct Real Estate Strategies for CBRE Investment Management and Portfolio Manager for one of the firm’s comingled funds. She also served as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for two international sovereign wealth fund clients, with total assets under management of more than $4 billion representing 11.7 million square feet.
Mary Ricks
PresidentKennedy Wilson
United Kingdom
Mary Ricks served as President of Kennedy Wilson, a global real estate investment company. With over 30 years of international real estate experience, she oversaw investment activities focused on multifamily and office properties across the Western U.S., UK, and Ireland. Ricks was instrumental in establishing Kennedy Wilson Europe in 2011, serving as President and CEO and leading transactions exceeding $10 billion in real estate assets across Europe. She also served on Kennedy Wilson's Board of Directors and investment committee, championing diversity initiatives.
Nathalie Palladitcheff
President & CEOIvanhoé Cambridge
Canada
As President and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoé Cambridge, Nathalie Palladitcheff is responsible for the Company’s overall strategy, growth and evolution. After a successful career based in France and the Indian Ocean, she joined Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was appointed President in 2018. Her achievements from 2015 to 2019 include overseeing the Company’s digital shift with a view to a sustainable and forward-looking performance.
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