GRI Global Committee
Future Offices & Workspaces Chapter (September edition)
Wednesday, 23rd September
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GRI Global Committee
Future Offices & Workspaces Chapter
Future Offices & Workspaces Chapter
Adrián
Garcia Iza
Founder & President
IOS OFFICES
Ankur
Gupta
Deputy CIO Real Estate
Brookfield India
Brandon
Hollihan
Founding Partner
Four Towers
Christoph
Schumacher
Global Head of Real Assets, Private Markets
Blacklake Investment Manager
David
Pralong
Managing Partner
Maya Capital
Felipe
Góes
CEO
São Carlos
Frank
Zorn
Founder
Deskeo
Hubert
Abt
CEO & Founder
New Work Offices
Ilyas
Aslam
COO
Quadrum Global
Jo-anne
Cowen
CEO Architect
Jo Cowen Capital
John
Gardiner
Managing Director Commercial Real Estate
AIG
Jonathan
Perl
Partner
Arax Properties
Jorge
Ávalos
CEO
Fibra MTY
Just
Pereboom
Executive Director
EDGE Technologies
Marco
Hengst
Managing Director Logistics
Whitewood
Martin
Jaco
CEO
BGR ASSET
Mohit
Malhotra
Founder & CEO
NeoLiv
Oliver
Jackson
Director
Endurance Land
Patrick
Nelson
Head of International Real Estate
Almira
Paul
Sattlegger
Head of Capital Markets
DeWAG Management
Paula
Tauil
Investment Director
Goodman Group
Paulo
Millen
Managing Director
GTIS Partners
Rafael
Londoño
CEO
QBO
Raj
Menda
Chairman, Supervisory Board
RMZ Corporation
Robert
Murphy
Principal
StepStone Group
Rodrigo
Peredo
Managing Director
Hines
Sanjay
Dutt
MD & CEO
Tata Realty
Simon
Loh
COO
Regus
Stéphane
Bensimon
CEO
Wojo
Tal
Peri
Head of US East Coast and Latin America
Union Investment Real Estate
Tanya
Kosseva-Boshova
Managing Partner
Lion's Head
Tariq
Vaidya
MD - Real Estate
NV Capital Services
Thais
Galli
Managing Director, Head of Studio
McKinsey & Co - Headquarters
Tiago
Alves
CEO Brasil
Regus
Vicente
Naves
CEO
NAVECU
Vinamra
Srivastava
Chief Sustainability Officer (Designate)
CapitaLand Investment
Vinod
Rohira
MD & CEO
K Raheja Corp
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Adrián Garcia Iza
Founder & PresidentIOS OFFICES
Mexico
Born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon in May of 1976, he graduated from Law School at Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Currently studying an MBA in IPADE Business School. Adrian is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the Workspace and Coworking industry.
Ankur Gupta
Deputy CIO Real EstateBrookfield India
India
Ankur Gupta is Head of Asia Pacific and Middle East for Brookfield’s Real Estate Group. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all real estate activities in the region, including investments, portfolio management and new fund formation. He also has direct oversight of the South Asia sub-region.
Brandon Hollihan
Founding PartnerFour Towers
United Kingdom
Brandon co-founded Castleforge Partners (formerly Mercer Real Estate Partners) in July 2010. Prior to founding Castleforge, Brandon worked for Westbrook Partners and Morgan Stanley Real Estate. Brandon has been involved in transacting over £1.5b of Real Estate asset value across the U.S. and Western Europe and has experience as both an advisor and an investor across a diverse range of investment types and asset classes. Castleforge Partners manages discretionary funds on behalf of a range of institutional investors and can invest across asset classes. It focuses thematically on select opportunity sets and seeks to generate high cash flow using operations.
Christoph Schumacher
Global Head of Real Assets, Private MarketsBlacklake Investment Manager
Switzerland
Dr. Christoph Schumacher has been appointed as Global Head Real Estate at Credit Suisse Asset Management as of June 1, 2017. Christoph served as Managing Director at Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH, Germany, in charge of the Institutional Business and a member of Union Investment’s Real Estate Investment Committee. In January 2016, he became spokesman of the board of the German Property Federation ”ZIA Region Nord“. From 2005 to 2011, Christoph worked for Generali Real Estate, in Cologne, Luxembourg and Paris. Prior to that he was a lawyer for Linklaters in Berlin and London. He was previously a personal advisor/office manager to the minister of finance in Berlin.
David Pralong
Managing PartnerMaya Capital
United Kingdom
Has over 12 years of real estate investment experience. David was previously Head of the Real Estate practice at Helios Capital, a London-based family office, and, prior to that, a senior member of the investment team at Moor Park Capital Partners. He has an extensive track record in real estate, having been involved in £2bn+ real estate transactions since the start of his career, both in equity and debt positions. David holds an MA from HEC Lausanne, HEC Paris and La Sorbonne University. He speaks French and English and is a Swiss and French citizen.
Felipe Góes
CEOSão Carlos
Brazil
Felipe Góes has been CEO of São Carlos since 2012. Previously, he was Municipal Secretary for Development in Rio de Janeiro and partner at the consulting company McKinsey, working in the infrastructure and financial sectors in Brazil, Europe and the USA. He has a degree in Business Administration from PUC-RJ and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
Frank Zorn
FounderDeskeo
France
Frank Zorn is a serial entrepreneur from Berlin. He started his career at Ebay in 2000 in the Marketing Department and then joined Rocket Internet as Venture Partner. After an MBA at the prestigious french university INSEAD, Frank co-founded “City Deal” in Paris in 2010, a digital marketplace for coupons. The company was acquired by Groupon a few months later and Frank Zorn was appointed Head of European Business. In 2016, Frank left Groupon to found Deskeo, a flexible office solution for companies with Benjamin Teboul, co-founder.
Hubert Abt
CEO & FounderNew Work Offices
Hungary
Hubert Abt has been working in the real estate industry for over 30 years. He worked as a Developer, structured finance with Mezzanine capital for various real estate projects and in 2013 he founded NEW WORK Offices in Budapest. The Company provides various flexible office Concepts and today is present in 5 countries. Hubert incorporated NEW WORK into a closed joint-stock company and now leads the company as CEO while focusing on Business Development, Investors relation and leading the Innovation lab dealing with digitalization and Space as a Service.
Ilyas Aslam
COOQuadrum Global
Cayman Islands
Ilyas Aslam is Chief Operating Officer at Quadrum Global and has been there since Quadrum’s inception in late 2013. Ilyas has over 18 years’ experience working within the investment and real estate sectors. During this time Ilyas has held various senior positions. He has established and maintained international offices as well as multi-jurisdictional corporate structures and has also managed numerous cross-border debt projects. He is a finance professional with broad Director level experience of both pan-European corporate & investment structures as well as in wider jurisdictions.
Jo-anne Cowen
CEO ArchitectJo Cowen Capital
United Kingdom
Jo Cowen Capital is led by award-winning architect Jo-anne Cowen, an expert on current trends within the London residential market and real estate investment arena. She is a highly sought-after consultant among leading estate agents, developers and funds, best known for her ability to analyse and creatively visualise a site’s potential, as well advise on planning risk. An authority on the influence of politics on architecture and the built environment, she is increasingly called upon to advise on how the sector will change post-Brexit. One of London’s leading female architects, Jo-anne runs a rapidly growing equity and site introductory platform, Jo Cowen Capital alongside the established residential, commercial, and mixed use architecture.
John Gardiner
Managing Director Commercial Real EstateAIG
United Kingdom
John Gardiner serves as Managing Director Commercial Real Estate at AIG UK, where he leads the commercial property insurance division. With extensive experience in the real estate and insurance sectors, Gardiner oversees strategic initiatives and client relationships across the UK commercial property market. His expertise spans property risk assessment, underwriting, and portfolio management. At AIG, he focuses on delivering comprehensive insurance solutions for commercial real estate clients, leveraging his deep industry knowledge to drive business growth and maintain AIG's competitive position in the UK commercial property insurance marketplace.
Jonathan Perl
PartnerArax Properties
United Kingdom
Jonathan is a partner at Arax Properties, a privately held property company which invests and manages assets primarily in the UK, Germany and France. Arax has over €2.0bn of assets under management, mostly held in joint ventures with institutional investors. Jonathan has 19 years of experience in real estate. Prior to joining Arax in 2015, Jonathan worked at Apollo Global Management, Citi Property Investors, London & Regional Properties, and Schroder Salomon Smith Barney.
Jorge Ávalos
CEOFibra MTY
Mexico
Jorge Ávalos is Founding Partner and CEO of Fibra MTY, which went public in its initial public offering in December 2014. With more than 27 years of experience in the Finance Sector, Jorge was previously a Member of the Administrative Council of Banco Invex, and further acted as General Director of the bank’s Northern Region. Jorge serves on the board of directors of several public and private companies and additionally participates in several trade associations, such as the Asociación Mexicana de Fibras (AMEFI), where he serves as a Member of the Communications and Marketing Committee.
Just Pereboom
Executive DirectorEDGE Technologies
Netherlands
Just Pereboom is Executive Director Capital Markets at EDGE Technologies. He is responsible for fund and JV structuring, capital raising, debt structuring and investor relations. Prior to joining EDGE Technologies/OVG Real Estate in July 2012, He served as Director of Treasury Europe and Capital Markets at Prologis Inc. where he structured secured and unsecured credit facilities and raised public and private equity for Prologis’s European Logistics Funds and helped manage them. Prior to joining Prologis Inc. in 2006, Mr. Pereboom was with Royal Philips Electronics in Seoul, South Korea where he was a financial analyst in the global strategy team. Mr. Pereboom holds a MSc in International Business Administration from Maastricht University .
Marco Hengst
Managing Director LogisticsWhitewood
Belgium
Marco Hengst is Managing Director Logistics at Whitewood since January 2021. At Whitewood, an investment management firm, specializing in repositioning large buildings and portfolios, with a main focus on offices and logistics buildings, Marco is responsible for building a logistics platform of small and medium-sized logistics assets across the Benelux. He has 20 years plus experience in real estate, with more than 14 years in the logistics sector en a strong investment track record in the Benelux. Marco holds a degree in Architecture & Management in the Built Environment from the Delft University and a Master in Real Estate from the Antwerp Management School.
Martin Jaco
CEOBGR ASSET
Brazil
Martin Jaco started his career at Andrade Gutierrez and Método Engenharia. Then he went to CBRE, where he led the Investment department for 11 years. In 2007, he joined the startup BR Properties as CIO, with the objective of structuring the company's Investment department, responsible for acquisitions, market, development and leasing. In 2010, BR Properties made its IPO and today it is one of the most important commercial real estate companies in Brazil. Currently, Martin answers as CEO of the company.
Mohit Malhotra
Founder & CEONeoLiv
India
Mohit Malhotra(Ex MD & CEO of Godrej Properties Ltd (GPL)) is the Founder and CEO of NeoLiv- India’s foremost integrated residential platform that includes a fund management business as well as a development arm. This unique platform is designed to control the entire life cycle of a real estate project from financing to delivery. During his tenure at GPL, Mohit transformed the company from a relatively unknown player to market leader in 12 years (sales growth of 30x). In his 12 years, Mohit added 90 new projects with 150 Mn Sqft saleable area. In last 6 years as MD&CEO of GPL, deployed USD 1.5Bn in new deals and market cap of GPL grew by 6x to USD 6.2Bn.
Oliver Jackson
DirectorEndurance Land
United Kingdom
Oliver joined Resolution in 2017 and is responsible for overseeing all UK investment activity along with involvement in Resolution’s fund raising activities. Prior to Resolution Oliver was at Global Mutual Properties, a UK real estate investment manager and prior to that had a 14 year career spanning real estate structured and corporate finance, at RBS, Lloyds and Chalkhill Partners, during which time he has transacted in excess of £5bn of real estate and real estate backed companies.
Patrick Nelson
Head of International Real EstateAlmira
United Kingdom
Patrick Nelson is the Head of International Real Estate at Almira, a role informed by his extensive experience in global real estate strategy and operations. He previously spearheaded WeWork's EMEA expansion to 324 sites across 48 markets and successfully restructured its international portfolio, achieving significant financial abatements. A qualified accountant with an MBA from Columbia Business School, Patrick now leverages his deep expertise to provide advisory, brokerage, and consulting services, particularly in flexible office solutions.
Paul Sattlegger
Head of Capital MarketsDeWAG Management
Germany
Paula Tauil
Investment DirectorGoodman Group
Brazil
Paulo Millen
Managing DirectorGTIS Partners
Brazil
Paulo Millen is a Senior Director of Asset Management at GTIS, and is responsible for office development and asset management in Brazil. Mr. Millen’s experience in the real estate industry began in 2005, specializing in construction and development of residential, commercial and mixed-use projects in Brazil. Prior to joining GTIS, Mr. Millen was a Development and Sales Manager focused on marketing and sales strategy at Lindencorp, a major São Paulo-based development and investment firm. Prior to Lindencorp, Mr. Millen was responsible for project approvals at CIPASA, a major land developer in São Paulo. Mr. Millen received a Civil Engineering degree from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP).
Rafael Londoño
CEOQBO
Colombia
Rafael is founder, partner and CEO of QBO Constructores SAS, a company dedicated to real estate development since 2003. He is a Business Administrator from Universidad EAFIT with studies at the London School of Economics. He has held relevant positions in the Colombian financial industry during his time at the Corporación Financiera del Valle (Corfivalle) and in the aviation industry during his 5 years at Avianca where he was Commercial Vice President of the airline for Latin America.
Raj Menda
Chairman, Supervisory BoardRMZ Corporation
India
Under Raj Menda's visionary leadership, RMZ has become a global leader in alternative asset ownership, strategically investing in high-growth opportunities that foster a sustainable global economy. Raj was the first Indian to serve on the jury of the Urban Land Institute’s Awards for Excellence and currently chairs FICCI's 2026 Committee on Urban Development & Real Estate. His contributions to shaping urban landscapes are both pioneering and unparalleled.
Raj’s stewardship drives RMZ’s focus on sustainability and innovation, positioning it as a pioneer in emerging sectors. By leveraging strategic partnerships and advanced business acumen, he ensures RMZ delivers exceptional returns while shaping India's economic landscape with a global outlook.
Robert Murphy
PrincipalStepStone Group
Ireland
Mr. Murphy is a member of StepStone’s real estate team. Prior to StepStone, Mr. Murphy was an assistant vice president at Partners Group, a private markets investment manager. Before that he was an executive in Ernst & Young’s real estate corporate finance team. Before Ernst & Young, Mr. Murphy worked as an investment analyst at the Irish National Pensions Reserve Fund. Mr. Murphy holds a master’s degree in finance from University College Dublin and is a CFA charterholder.
Rodrigo Peredo
Managing DirectorHines
Mexico
Mr. Peredo serves as Managing Director for development, acquisitions, and asset management activities for Mexico and Central America. He is responsible for the development and management of office, industrial, residential, and retail projects in Mexico, as well as new business generation through the development and/or acquisition opportunities. Since 2008 at Hines in 2008, he has contributed to the development management and disposition of Real Estate projects in Mexico totaling +$800mi of value across different product types and markets. Prior to that, he served as Associate at Booz and Company in Dallas, TX. Holds a BA - Civil Engineering of the Universidad Iberoamericana, and an MBA of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Sanjay Dutt
MD & CEOTata Realty
India
Sanjay is the MD & CEO of TRIL and Tata Housing with over 28 years of experience in the Real Estate Development and Consulting space. He is managing 20 ongoing projects across 13 cities in India, Sri Lanka & Maldives, incl. Commercial, Retail, Hospitality and Residential as well as infrastructure projects incl. 3 rope ways, 4 roadways & a Metro project in Pune.
Previously, he was CEO India Operations & Private Funds with The CapitaLand, a multinational Alternative Asset Management Company. Sanjay spent 23 years with top 3 global real estate consulting companies. He was MD South Asia at C&W (2001-2008 and 2012-2016), also CEO Business with JLL (2008 – 2012) and was one of the founder member of CBRE, India (1996-2001).
Simon Loh
COORegus
United Kingdom
Focused on growing and diversifying B2C and B2B revenue and shaping industries, experienced in turning around operational performance in thin margin businesses, engages diverse stakeholder commitment and enthusiasm, furthermore, passionate about organisational cultural and diversity, actively seeks out emerging and consumer technology to improve products and processes.
Stéphane Bensimon
CEOWojo
France
Stéphane Bensimon, President of Wojo, has a Master of Business from HEC Paris, and degrees from Sup de Pub and the École Hôtelière de Paris. He joined Wojo after a long and successful career with AccorHotels, most recently as the group’s Southern European Deputy CEO. Stéphane is recognized for having launched the brand Ibis Styles in 2010, which includes over 200 hotels in France today.
Tal Peri
Head of US East Coast and Latin AmericaUnion Investment Real Estate
USA
Tal Peri is a senior real estate investment and finance professional with over 20 years of industry experience across markets and product types. Tal has closed more than $5 billion of real estate transactions. He serves as Head of U.S. East Coast and Latin America for Union Investment Real Estate in their New York office with the primary responsibility of overseeing equity investment activities in these regions. Union Investment is the largest open-ended real estate fund in Germany with a global real estate AUM of $55 billion and a US AUM of $6 billion. Prior to this role, Tal was an Associate Director at WestLB, New York, where he was responsible for real estate acquisition and development finance transactions.
Tanya Kosseva-Boshova
Managing PartnerLion's Head
Bulgaria
20 years of experience on the SEE commercial property market. Acted as partner and managing director of the largest and most successful property companies in Bulgaria – Colliers International, Landmark Property Bulgaria, European Trade Center. Led the development, leasing and management of several successful commercial projects in the region – with a focus on shopping malls and office buildings. Tanya is the Chair Person of the Association of Commercial Building Owners in Bulgaria. The organization represent the largest commercial developers in the country. Tanya also acts as Chair Person of Ladies Forum, non-for profit organization of business women.
Tariq Vaidya
MD - Real EstateNV Capital Services
India
Tariq is the Managing Director & CEO of New Vernon Capital, with a demonstrated history of success in the real estate Private Equity space. He has spent over 25 years in the Real Estate industry. He was instrumental in setting up Knight Frank in India and ran their Advisory and Corporate Real Estate functions before joining NV Capital Services in 2005. Built up a commercial real estate portfolio of ~8.5 mn aft and successfully exited ~6.5 mn sft to global and domestic institutional investors with arguably some of the best returns in the industry.
Thais Galli
Managing Director, Head of StudioMcKinsey & Co - Headquarters
USA
Ms. Galli joined Tishman Speyer in 2016 and currently oversees Studio, the firm’s global coworking and flexible leasing platform. She previously was a part of the Strategy team, where she focused on corporate initiatives. Prior to Tishman Speyer, Ms. Galli was a consultant for McKinsey & Company, where she worked on restructurings, turnarounds, mergers, and acquisitions for large global corporations. She holds her BA in Business and Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas and her MBA from Harvard Business School.
Tiago Alves
CEO BrasilRegus
Brazil
Tiago Angelo Alves, current role as Regus Brasil CEO. Former LatAm Managing Director of Johnson Controls & ISS, both multinational service companies, having worked also in Large corporations like Cushman & Wakefield and Grupo Semco S/A.. Graduated with MBA degree by University of California - Irvine, Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV in Sao Paulo and Degree on Mechanical engineer by Universidade do Estado de Sao Paulo – UNESP.
Vicente Naves
CEONAVECU
Mexico
Vicente Naves Ramos, is a Civil Engineer graduated with Honorable Mention from Universidad La Salle, has an MBA (Master in Business Administration) from IPADE, in addition to various courses. The Naves Engineer has 31 years of work experience, more than 25 years in real estate development, always with an ascending career. He has extensive experience as CEO in leading development companies and infrastructure concessionaires. He was a Member of the ARA Consortium Board of Directors (2008-2011), Leadership and direction of high-performance and multifunctional teams, and Vice President of the National Chamber of Industry for the Promotion and Development of Housing (CANADEVI), from 2000 to 2011.
Vinamra Srivastava
Chief Sustainability Officer (Designate)CapitaLand Investment
Singapore
Vinamra Srivastava was the Chief Executive Officer, India Business Parks for Capitaland. Vinamra oversees investments, development, operations, asset management and strategic planning for the business parks in India, and leads the expansion and enhancement of the Group’s portfolio of assets in the country. He was previously based in Singapore heading Group Corporate Strategy & Development. He contributed to the successful Ascendas-Singbridge post-merger integration process and played a key leadership role to develop the India strategy.
Vinod Rohira
MD & CEOK Raheja Corp
India
Equipped with an MBA from Booth School of Business, Chicago, and a law degree from the Mumbai University, Vinod began his career with the K. Raheja Corp, over two decades ago. A fine example of his work philosophy has resulted in building brand ‘Mindspace’ – with the idea of establishing world-class business districts; a concept which has completely revolutionized the Commercial Real Estate sector in India. Having led the development of Grade A commercial real estate across the country, and the listing of Mindspace Business Parks REIT on the Indian stock exchanges, his current focus is on driving the commercial business’ strategic operations with an emphasis on stakeholders’ management and business development.
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Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico State, MexicoRegus is a global provider of work environments. Its network of more than 3,000 business centers in more than 104 countries. It provides convenient and high-quality spaces for people to work on, whether for minutes or years.
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