Credit & Debt 
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Origin of the committee
Europe’s real estate debt market has entered a new cycle—defined by refinancing, structure, and credit selection. With higher-for-longer rates, valuation resets, and a growing maturity wall, the key questions are increasingly practical: what is financeable today, on what terms, and with which capital? The Debt & Credit Committee was created to bring together senior leaders across Europe’s real estate lending ecosystem into a trusted space to improve decision-making through closer collaboration, clearer signals on pricing and risk, and a more connected, cross-border dialogue on what comes next for European real estate credit.
 
Purpose
As part of our mission to convene forward-thinking leaders in real estate, this committee will bring together a select group of senior professionals from leading institutions across Europe and the UK. As we expand our presence, we recognize the growing need for a trusted, high-level environment where decision-makers from investment companies, lenders, institutional capital, and market specialists can connect among peers, share market intelligence, and influence the evolution of the financing real estate landscape. It is a strategic circle of influence, curated exclusively for those driving capital decisions and market direction within their organizations.
 
Who can join?
The committee is shaped by senior leaders directly responsible for investment, credit, equity/debt, and structured capital.
Build closer relationships with fellow committee and GRI Institute members via private gatherings, curated working sessions, and closed-door discussions.
Committee Members
Agnes Decourcelle
Global Head of Real Estate Syndicate
Societe Generale
Agnes Decourcelle
Societe Generale
http://www.sgcib.com/
+44 (0) 207 597 3000
London | United Kingdom
- French Retail Banking which encompasses the SG and Boursorama brands. Each offers a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation; - International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial Services, with networks in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are leaders in their markets; - Global Banking and Investor Solutions, which offers recognised expertise, key international locations and integrated solutions.
Andrea Bora
MD, Co-Head of EMEA RE Finance
Goldman Sachs
Andrea Bora
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
Axel Brinkmann
European Head - RBC Real Estate Capital Partners & Real Estate Corporate Banking
RBC - Real Estate Capital Partners
Axel Brinkmann
RBC - Real Estate Capital Partners
https://www.rbccm.com
+44 20 7653-4000
London | United Kingdom
RBC Real Estate Capital Partners (RECP) is a leading provider of debt capital to premier real estate owners and sponsors. Our mandate includes the origination of mortgage and mezzanine loans secured by stabilized and transitional real estate assets, in all major commercial real estate product types, in the US, Europe and Australia
Deepesh Thakrar
Managing Director Debt Finance
Oaknorth Bank
Deepesh Thakrar
Oaknorth Bank
https://oaknorth.co.uk/
+44-203-510-8120
London | United Kingdom
We’re helping businesses across all different industries thrive by funding their growth needs. And our savings customers can reach their long-term financial goals with competitive interest rates across a range of different savings accounts.
Fiona Voon
Head of Real Estate Capital Markets UK
BNP Paribas
Laurine Amiel
Investment Director, CRE Debt in Europe and UK
Australian Super
Laurine Amiel
Australian Super
Melbourne | Australia
Marco Rampin
MD & Head of Debt Investments Europe
Cerberus
Marco Rampin
Cerberus
London | London, City of | United Kingdom
Founded in 1992, Cerberus is a pioneer in alternative investing with approximately $60 billion in assets across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate platforms
Martin Farinola
Head of Real Estate Debt Strategies
Delancey
Martin Farinola
Delancey
http://www.delancey.com
+44 020 7448 1448
London | United Kingdom
Delancey is a specialist real estate investment and advisory company with over 25 years’ experience. We believe our edge is that we think and act like a principal.
Michael Shields
EMEA Head of Real Estate
ING Real Estate Finance
Michael Shields
ING Real Estate Finance
London | United Kingdom
ING is a global financial institution with a strong European base, offering banking services through its operating company ING Bank. ING Bank’s more than 51,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries.
Omar El Glaoui
Co-Head of EMEA Real Estate Finance
Citi Group
Omar El Glaoui
Citi Group
https://www.citi.com/
+44 207 508 8000
London | London, City of | United Kingdom
Citi's mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. Our core activities are safeguarding assets, lending money, making payments and accessing the capital markets on behalf of our clients. We have 200 years of experience helping our clients meet the world's toughest challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities. We are Citi, the global bank – an institution connecting millions of people across hundreds of countries and cities.
Tina Pristovsek
Vice President, Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets
Oxford Properties Group
Tina Pristovsek
Oxford Properties Group
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.
Shivam Rastogi
Managing Director—European Commercial Real Estate Debt
AllianceBernstein
Shivam Rastogi
AllianceBernstein
London | United Kingdom
Our real estate platform leverages AllianceBernstein’s culture of research-based, deep value investing. We work to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns to investors in transitional lending.
Agnes Decourcelle
Agnes Decourcelle
Global Head of Real Estate SyndicateSociete Generale
United Kingdom
Agnes Decourcelle serves as Global Head of Real Estate Syndicate at Societe Generale UK, where she leads real estate syndication activities across international markets. Based in London, she oversees structured real estate financing solutions and manages relationships with institutional investors. With extensive expertise in real estate capital markets, Agnes has played a key role in developing Societe Generale's real estate syndication platform, facilitating complex transactions and providing strategic advisory services to clients. Her leadership encompasses deal origination, structuring, and execution of real estate investment opportunities across diverse property sectors and geographical markets within the global real estate finance industry.
Andrea Bora
Andrea Bora
MD, Co-Head of EMEA RE FinanceGoldman Sachs
United Kingdom
Andrea Bora is a Managing Director in Goldman Sachs Real Estate Finance team, he is located in London and co-heads the firm's EMEA CRE debt team, focusing on distribution. Andrea joined the firm from Morgan Stanley where he worked for 7 years in CRE finance mainly within the ELOC CMBS program and prior to that he was for 5 years at Bear Stearns on a similar role. Andrea has extensive experience in all aspects of CRE finance including origination, structuring and distribution. From his current role Andrea has recently run distribution of debt transactions in various jurisdictions including UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Benelux and Poland.
Axel Brinkmann
Axel Brinkmann
European Head - RBC Real Estate Capital Partners & Real Estate Corporate BankingRBC - Real Estate Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Axel Brinkmann is the European Head of the Royal Bank of Canada’s Real Estate Capital Partners (RECP) group. This group provides a range of financial services including mortgage, whole-loan, mezzanine, and loan-on-loan facilities to real estate sponsors in the US, Europe, UK, and Australia. Axel is also a member of the RBC Capital Markets' European Executive Committee and manages the bank's European real estate corporate banking activities. Previously, he was part of LaSalle Investment Management's Debt Investment and Special Situations group, contributing to its establishment and growth since 2010. Axel began his career in the real estate structured finance team at Wells Fargo, working in Frankfurt and London.
Deepesh Thakrar
Deepesh Thakrar
Managing Director Debt FinanceOaknorth Bank
United Kingdom
I joined OakNorth Bank a few months prior to it’s initial launch in 2015. Since then, we're proud to have lent over £8bn to support fast-growth businesses. In 2021, I completed over 50 transactions, including several in the hospitality, leveraged finance and senior living sector. In 2020, I won the Corporate Banker of the Year Award at Insider Media’s South East Dealmaker Awards, having completed 30 transactions in the South East that year. Before joining OakNorth Bank, I spent almost 13 years at Santander where I was a Relationship Director originating and structuring deals for businesses with up to £50m turnover.
Fiona Voon
Fiona Voon
Head of Real Estate Capital Markets UKBNP Paribas
United Kingdom
Fiona is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Capital Markets UK, based in London. She has been based in the UK since 2001, with c.20 years of experience in the real estate sector, spanning investment banking, debt funds and advisory in the UK and Europe. She started her career at Deutsche Bank in London, focusing on European large loan origination for CMBS/syndication exit and was most recently investing in UK and European real estate whole loans, senior loans and mezzanine loans at the real estate debt funds of Intermediate Capital Group and latterly M&G Investments, prior to joining BNP Paribas in 2017. At BNP Paribas, she is responsible for running the real estate financing and coverage business in the UK.
Laurine Amiel
Laurine Amiel
Investment Director, CRE Debt in Europe and UKAustralian Super
United Kingdom
Laurine Amiel is an Investment Director, CRE Debt in Europe and UK at AustralianSuper, a role she has held since February 2022. She is instrumental in expanding the fund's international investment portfolio, focusing on European mid-market corporate lending and commercial real estate debt through direct and indirect strategies. Prior to AustralianSuper, Laurine spent over a decade at Natixis, holding positions such as Vice President of Syndication in Real Estate & Hospitality for Europe and Vice President of Commercial Real Estate, with a focus on US Commercial Mortgage Loans. Her expertise spans private credit, real estate finance, and leveraged finance, contributing to AustralianSuper's significant presence in the European market. She holds Master's degrees from Université Paris Dauphine - PSL.
Marco Rampin
Marco Rampin
MD & Head of Debt Investments EuropeCerberus
United Kingdom
Mr. Rampin is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Private Credit team. Based in London, he leads Cerberus’ origination and execution of real estate debt investments across Europe. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Rampin served as a Managing Director for European Debt Strategies at CBRE Global Investors and separately, as an Executive Director at CBRE Capital Advisors. From 2007 to 2015, he we was Head of European Real Estate Finance within the Fixed Income division of BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking, where he was responsible for the bank’s commercial mortgage-backed securities program and the fixed income’s legacy commercial real estate loan book.
Martin Farinola
Martin Farinola
Head of Real Estate Debt StrategiesDelancey
United Kingdom
As Delancey’s Head of Real Estate Debt Strategies, Martin is responsible for managing debt investments and developing and executing real estate debt strategies. Martin has over 25 years of experience in real estate finance and investment and, prior to joining Delancey in 2022, Martin was at Brookfield, where he ran the European CRE credit business sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments.
Michael Shields
Michael Shields
EMEA Head of Real EstateING Real Estate Finance
United Kingdom
Michael Shields joined ING in May 2004 and has 25 years experience in real estate lending, asset management & restructuring. Based in London, he is currently responsible for ING REF’s EMEA lending platform – lending assets totalling over €18bn. He is also international head for Real Estate, looking after clients with a global real estate reach. Prior to his current role, he led ING REF’s highly successful U.S. lending platform which he helped grow from $200m to over $7.5bn at its peak in 2008. Before ING, Michael was an originator in BHF Capital’s U.S real estate lending team and was one of the original members of Helaba’s CRE finance team in the U.S. Michael started his banking career in Chemical Bank’s real estate group in Manhattan.
Omar El Glaoui
Omar El Glaoui
Co-Head of EMEA Real Estate FinanceCiti Group
United Kingdom
Omar el Glaoui is Managing Director and Co-Head of the EMEA Real Estate Finance business at Citigroup, focusing on origination, structuring and distribution of senior and mezzanine debt Over an 18 year career in commercial property finance, Omar has expertise in loan underwriting, distressed acquisitions, mezzanine / equity investments, CMBS bond trading and underwriting & risk management across Europe and all traditional and operating asset classes. He joined Citi in 2014, and prior to that was with J.P. Morgan in London where he started his career in 2005.
Tina Pristovsek
Tina Pristovsek
Vice President, Real Estate Finance & Capital MarketsOxford Properties Group
United Kingdom
Tina Pristovsek serves as Vice President of Real Estate Finance & Capital Markets at Oxford Properties Group UK, a leading global real estate investment and development company. In her role, she oversees financial strategies and capital market initiatives across Oxford's diverse portfolio. With expertise in real estate finance, investment structuring, and market analysis, Tina plays a key role in driving the company's growth and capital optimization strategies. Her experience encompasses complex real estate transactions, debt and equity financing, and strategic capital allocation across commercial and mixed-use developments throughout the UK and European markets.
Shivam Rastogi
Shivam Rastogi
Managing Director—European Commercial Real Estate DebtAllianceBernstein
United Kingdom
Shivam Rastogi is a Managing Director for AllianceBernstein's (AB) European Commercial Real Estate Debt (ECRED) business. He plays a key role in the ECRED team, which focuses on direct origination and secondary participations in whole loans, subordinate loans, preferred equity, and other real estate-backed investments across the UK and European markets. Rastogi joined the ECRED leadership team, based in London and Frankfurt, at its launch in November 2020. Prior to AllianceBernstein, he was the Head of Deutsche Bank's Debt Origination and High Yield Lending business in Europe.
Upcoming Activities
Pan-European Equity & Debt Strategies 22nd April | 09:30 - 11:30 BST (GMT+1)
Is it competition or collaboration?
Omar El Glaoui (Citi Group) - "Private Credit vs. Bank Capital: Collaboration in Real Estate Finance" 
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Ludwig Menke
Ludwig Menke
Global Production, Real Estate, Europe
GRI Institute
Ludwig Menke
Ludwig
Ludwig Menke
Global Production, Real Estate, EuropeGRI Institute
International Relations and Affairs Analyst and Economist at Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP). Study abroad in France and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA Program) at ICN Business School. Currently, Global Production, Real Estate, Europe at GRI Club. I'm an experienced conference/event producer with +45years of experience in the real estate industry, producing local and global private gatherings for leading real estate players and companies. Responsible for the whole cycle of production activities, including project management, market research, program and business development, for online and face-to-face meetings. Brief work with commercial team and customer relationship.
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