AI & Real Estate
Driving transformation & sustainability

A recognised Top 100 Global Change Leader 2025, I deliver transformative decarbonisation and ESG strategies for leading global real estate investors and financial institutions. Over my career, I have advised leaders of firms including BNP Paribas, Blackstone, BlackRock, Lloyds, and HSBC, as well as governments on policy and regulation. My work spans all major markets, asset classes, and risk profiles, covering portfolios representing in aggregate over $500 billion AUM. Combining technical expertise in carbon and regulation with commercial insight and AI innovation, I am driving AI adoption across JLL’s consultancy practice to shape global sustainability standards. I hold degrees from the University of Reading and Cranfield University, and I am a member of the ULI European and UK Sustainability Product Councils, an IPF Member, sit on the EU GRESB Benchmark Committee and the UKGBC Advancing Net Zero Taskforce.

Alexander Piur is responsible for Sustainability and Innovation for the global Real Estate Finance activities of ING Wholesale Banking, with local presence in APAC, EMEA and US. He has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate financing markets in Germany and Europa. Prior joining ING, he worked for several banks in Munich. Alexander is a member of IMMOEBS, has a degree as Immobilienökonom from the International Real Estate Business School in Regensburg and holds a B.Sc. in Finance and Management from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

Naqash Tahir is a managing director at PGIM, on the global CIO team. Based in London he supports efforts to continually evolve investment practices by exploring new technologies that are intended to leverage proprietary data and artificial intelligence to better inform investment decisions and improve processes. He also seeks to establish partnerships with third-party technology platforms and universities to develop solutions that can be leveraged across PGIM. Previously, Naqash served as Head of Systems for the Europe and led various technology initiatives in Asia Pacific.