Adhirath Jalan serves as Director at Shekhawati Cred, a financial services company based in India. With expertise in credit and financial solutions, he plays a key role in driving the company's strategic initiatives and business development. His leadership focuses on expanding access to credit services and implementing innovative financial products. Jalan brings valuable experience in the Indian financial sector, contributing to Shekhawati Cred's growth and market presence through his strategic vision and industry knowledge.

As Head of Divestments at Skanska’s commercial development unit in CEE, Adrian is responsible for sourcing buyers and conducting transaction processes in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. While working at Skanska, Adrian has divested over 40 office buildings totaling almost EUR 2 bn. He has also expanded Skanska’s clients portfolio by 15 new buyers. Moreover, Adrian was involved in the sales process of Skanska’s asset in London and Helsinki. Adrian started his professional career in 1997 at Gerald Eve International. He went on to work for Knight Frank and GE Capital Golub Real Estate. Prior to joining Skanska in 2013, he worked for Echo Investment as the director responsible for the company’s asset divestments. Adrian is also coordinating the Skanska cross-border transaction team (CEE, US, and Nordics).

Real Estate expert with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, from retail and offices to industrial & logistics. Alfonso Brunet holds a Bachelor in Business Administration with Concentration in Finance from Boston University. He has dedicated his last 14 years in the retail Real Estate industry heading different projects, at CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) he assumed the position of responsible for logistics and industrial assets and in Pradera, a Private Equity Retail Fund he held the position of Country Head. Alfonso is since 2017, CEO of Castellana Properties REIT.

Alistair Calvert is CEO of Clarion Partners Europe, which was originally ThreadGreen Europe and then Gramercy Europe. He established the business in 2006, launching its first fund in 2007, with notable transactions of more than €2.2 billion of logistics and light industrial property. Alistair is a member of the Clarion Partners Europe Investment Committee. He became part of Clarion Partners in 2019 via Clarion’s acquisition of Gramercy Europe. Alistair began working in the real estate logistics sector in 2000.

Brian Welsh has over 14 years’ experience in the student accommodation and private rental sector markets. He has been responsible for the development and management of over 50,000 beds globally. Brian assumed the role of CEO of Nido Student in October 2017. Within this time, he has overseen the expansion of the portfolio from 2,000 to a pipeline of over 20,000 beds. Prior to joining Nido, Brian was Head of Operational Management at Liberty Living plc and then assumed the role of COO of Threesixty Developments and The Student Housing Company, where he oversaw the acquisition and delivery of over 17,100 beds across Europe, breaking into new PRS markets which have since become established, in particular Ireland and Spain.

Prior to joining Oaktree in 2019, Mr. Rich was a senior advisor to Oaktree’s Real Estate group for three years. Before joining Oaktree, he was responsible for European Commercial Real Estate lending at Credit Suisse within the Asset Finance team, and served as a managing director for LNR Partners Europe. Mr. Rich began his career in commercial real estate with Goldman, Sachs & Co., before moving on to Deutsche Bank as a director and founding member of the European Commercial Real Estate Group..

Dobrin Staikov serves as MD of Capital Markets at Lion's Head. Prior to this, he joined AG Capital’s executive team in July 2016 after over 12 years at EBRD in London. At EBRD he developed the bank's distressed asset & non-performing loan financing and investing practice and enhanced the private-equity type business in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Turkey, and North Africa. He was also part of the Deutsche Bank (London) Emerging Markets Structuring team with a focus on the CEE region. He has been a board member of equity investee companies across CEE and Turkey. He holds MBA from INSEAD and is chartered certified accountant in the UK (ACCA).

Gerhard Lehner serves as Head of Germany at Savills Investment Management, overseeing the successful growth of its German business. With nearly 30 years of experience in real estate investment management, he joined the firm in 2008. Lehner has been pivotal in developing and managing numerous funds and investment mandates for German institutional investors. He is also a member of Savills IM's European Investment Committee and ESG Committee, showcasing his extensive expertise in the sector. He previously served as Director of Investment.

Gunther Deutsch is Barings Head of Transactions Europe and Managing Director at Barings Germany. He is overseeing the investment markets Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, France and the UK. Transaction volume executed over the last 3 years. 3 bn EUR of acquisistions and 2.25 bn EUR of dispositions. Prior to co-founding PAMERA in 2010 (before its acquisition by Cornerstone/Barings in 2014), Gunther Deutsch was founder and owner of the asset management platform Metis Asset Management GmbH in 2004. Previous to that, he spent 13 years in senior positions at Deutsche Bank (RREEF) and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in Munich, Berlin and New York.

Joan is the Managing Partner of Spinnia, a leading real estate investment manager mainly focussed in Spain, Portugal and Florida (USA), sourcing, executing and managing opportunities for a broad base of international institutional investors in the industrial/logistics and hospitality sectors, eventually coinvesting in the opportunities. Through his 30-year career of real estate investment and development experience in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East, Joan has been active across various asset classes including industrial, office, mixed use, and residential, totalling a track record of almost €4 Bn of investments. Joan holds a BA (UB, Barcelona), and an MBA-MIM (ESADE, Barcelona).

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.

Josh Livingstone is a vice president on the Investments team at Equity International, responsible for origination of new investments, deal execution and portfolio management. Josh joined Equity International in 2014 and serves as a director on a number of EI portfolio companies. Prior to EI, Josh worked in HSBC’s Latin America investment banking group, focusing on diligence, valuation, and execution of M&A involving real estate, infrastructure, consumer goods, and telecom. He spent two years with the group in New York and two years in São Paulo, Brazil. Josh holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and an AB from Brown University.

Juliana Blau is the managing partner of B3 Empreendimentos Imobiliários. She is responsible for the consolidation of previously acquired assets, professionalization of the firm as well as new investments and portfolio strategy. Juliana holds a bachelor degree in Business from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).

Kevin is Co-Head of ICGRE, managing responsibility for Sale & Leaseback, Development Finance & Private Equity strategies. Kevin previously held responsibility for the Partnership Capital investment strategy. He is a Member of the ICGRE IC, AM IC & ICG Management Committee. In 2006 Kevin co-founded Longbow Real Estate Capital, a real estate private capital business, which was acquired by ICG in 2011. Prior to joining ICG, Kevin was a Managing Director at GMAC & lead the market entry and expansion of GMAC’s U.K. real estate debt business (2002-2006). Prior to joining GMAC, Kevin was a Founder Member of the Structured Property Finance business for Halifax from 1998-2002. Kevin began his career as a trainee corporate banker at Barclays.

Luke Savage serves as VP of International Acquisitions for MPT the leading source of capital for hospitals in the United States, Australia, and Western Europe and the only U.S. healthcare REIT focusing exclusively on hospitals. He has been a part of MPT since 2007, serving in the Birmingham, AL corporate headquarters, the NY office, and has opened and is currently located in the company’s Luxembourg office. His responsibilities include leading the international acquisitions team, sourcing, due diligence and selection of investment opportunities as well as International Operations. During his career with MPT, the company’s portfolio has grown to almost 400 hospital properties in 8 countries, worth over $16 billion USD.

Peter became Chief Executive Officer at the Hyde Group in September 2019 after two years as Group Finance Director. He also has 25 years of pan European real estate sector involvement covering a broad range of strategic leadership roles and over £20bn of investment, asset management, joint venture, capital markets, treasury and fundraising experience. Peter moved from the Starwood Capital Group where, as a Partner for five years, he managed the firms Special Situations and Credit investing businesses in Europe as well as creating and being the fund manager for Europe's largest publicly traded real estate finance company. Prior to this Peter held senior EMEA real estate investment banking roles such as BNP Paribas, Barclays, Deutsche Bank.

Robert has over 17 years of experience in M&A and Corporate Finance. He has advised on real estate transactions in excess of €5bn. Transactions include the acquisitions of shopping malls as well as large residential portfolios, financings of such acquisitions with German mortgage banks (Pfandbriefbanks) as well as with commercial banks and the CMBS (pre-Lehman as well as CMBS 2.0). Robert started his career with the investment bank Lazard and worked as a lawyer and partner for international law firms in Frankfurt, Munich, London and New York. Robert received a law degree from Heidelberg University.

Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO of ANAROCK Capital Advisors, is a visionary entrepreneur and one of the prominent faces in the Indian real estate market. With a profound experience of over 22 years in real estate investments, he has been instrumental in leveraging Indian RE to the global Capital Market platform. At ANAROCK Capital, he steers the strategic direction for RE Investment Banking Advisory through various investment verticals to serve the best interest of his clients. His in-depth knowledge coupled with his long-standing relationships with developers & capital providers has resulted in multi-billion dollar deals. In his past role, he had a successful 17-year stint at JLL India where he led the Capital Markets division with aplomb.

Tero Loukonen is Head of Research in PASSERINVEST GROUP, he joined the company in January 2012. In addition Tero is a member of the board in Prague based Association of Real Estate Developers. Tero has 20 years’ experience from real estate industry in Prague and he started his career in 2000 with Jones Lang LaSalle, and he then joined King Sturge in 2003 to become Head of Research. Prior joining PASSERINVEST GROUP, he was Head of Office Agency in Prague branch of EHL Immobilien GmbH, an Austrian real estate consultancy. Tero has Master of Science degree from The Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland. In addition, he has completed Central and Eastern European Studies Program in University of Economics, Prague.

25+ years in the CEE real estate market with top legal teams. Managing Partner of WolfTheiss Poland since 2019. Tomasz covers both transactional work and development/construction matters, covering all sectors with a special interest in retail and BTR/PRS.

Zsolt Kohalmi is Global Head of Real Estate and Deputy CEO of Pictet Alternative Advisors. Zsolt brings over two decades of pan-European investment experience and has invested in excess of $20 billion into all real estate asset classes in more than 20 European countries throughout several investment cycles. Zsolt is also an active member of the World Economic Forum, part of the NZCC Expert Group members (Net Zero Carbon Cities program).