Henri Alster
Henri Alster
Chairman
GRI Institute
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Founding Chairman of the GRI, a global club of investors active across the Americas, Europe, India and the Far East since 1998. He previously worked for 20 yrs as a RE investment banker, advising or partnering with Goldman’s Whitehall Street, KLM Pensioenfonds, Forest City Enterprises and others across the USA and Europe. He led Citicorp's RE investment banking efforts in Europe between 1988-94, closing Europe’s two largest land deals in Paris on behalf of Exxon and Pechiney. He previously spent 5 yrs in f/x activities with ITT Corp and Chemical Bank in New York and Brussels. A Columbia Business School MBA ('74), Henri is an undergraduate Technion Israel Industrial Engineer ('72). He is fluent in English, French, Hebrew, Dutch and German.
Kirsty Stevens
Kirsty Stevens
Partner
GRI Institute
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12 years experience within conference production in infrastructure, tax, finance and real estate. Previously working with RICS for four years helping drive the global CPD rollout. I have been with GRI Club for over 4 years, from Sales Director, UK Markets Director, Content Director and now as Global Head of Content with Sales Specialty within our Europe and USA markets. Ask me about our European events,asset class specialisms and connecting wtih investors globally. BA Hons in Philosophy from Kings College London, hobbies include Rugby, Theatre Production and Time Out Tastemaker.
This month’s discussion talking points will include
GRI Chairmen's Talk (February eMeeting)
Retreat Members include
Brooks
Blake
Partner, Head of Europe
NW1 Partners
Edward
Aldag
Chairman, President & CEO
Medical Properties Trust
Florian
Schaefer
Senior MD
Northwood Investors
Gustavo
Nicola
Managing Director
Akylas Patrimonial
Lars
Von Lackum
CEO
LEG Immobilien SE
Luis
Pereda
Chairman
Grupo Lar
Neil
Hasson
Managing Director
Investcorp
Stefan
Zimmermann
Managing Partner
4 Friends Investment
Brooks Blake
Partner, Head of EuropeNW1 Partners
United Kingdom
Real asset investor with 20 year track record. Have built and led investment programs through direct investments, co-investments and fund investments in North America, Europe and Asia. Committed $850m+ of equity in 90+ investments in real estate, energy, mining and agriculture. Eight years of direct development experience across office, residential, hospitality, retail and mixed-use projects totalling nine million square feet.
Edward Aldag
Chairman, President & CEOMedical Properties Trust
USA
Ed Aldag launched Medical Properties Trust in 2003 as the world’s only real estate investment trust focusing exclusively on hospitals. Today, company assets have grown to nearly $25 billion and the number of hospital beds owned is more than 46,000. A business and finance graduate of the University of Alabama, Ed serves on the board of Children’s of Alabama, one of the nation’s leading hospitals for children, and as a director and member of the investment committee of the Alabama Children’s Hospital Foundation. He also serves as a board member of Mitchell's Place, the Birmingham Education Foundation and the American Sports Medicine Institute, and as an executive committee member of the Birmingham Business Alliance.
Florian Schaefer
Senior MDNorthwood Investors
United Kingdom
Florian Schaefer is a Senior Managing Director at Northwood and is responsible for sourcing and executing real estate equity and debt opportunities in Europe. Prior to joining Northwood Investors, Mr. Schaefer served as a Managing Director at the Blackstone Real Estate Group. During his 14 year career at Blackstone, Mr. Schaefer was based in London and Hong Kong and was involved in over $10 billion of real estate acquisitions, disposals and financings across all property types in Europe and Asia. He has been involved in the Blackstone Real Estate Group’s international expansion and most recently played a key role in leading Blackstone Real Estate’s core plus business in Asia. Mr. Schaefer received an MBA from the EBS University;
Gustavo Nicola
Managing DirectorAkylas Patrimonial
Brazil
Gustavo Nicolau is an economist graduated from PUC-SP and executive MBA from Ibmec (Insper). He was financial manager of an electrical engineering company with operations in infrastructure, shopping centers, hypermarkets and industries in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. He was also financial and administrative consultant for companies related to the real estate industry and family office, focusing on strategic, corporate and succession planning areas. Developed a residential development in partnership with a major player in the real estate market and established Akylas Patrimonial in the real estate development market.
Lars Von Lackum
CEOLEG Immobilien SE
Germany
Lars von Lackum joined LEG Immobilien AG as Chief Digital Officer January 1, 2019 and took over as Chief Executive Officer of the Group on June 1, 2019. He was previously with ERGO Group, Munich RE‘s primary insurance operations, as Chief Executive Officer for the Global LPI activities. Before that, Lars was Deputy CEO and CFO of Corpus Sireo Group and responsible for all private equity clients of the firm. Lars is a graduate of the university of Cologne, is a German Tax Consultant and holds an US CPA.
Luis Pereda
ChairmanGrupo Lar
Spain
Luis Pereda Espeso is Executive Chairman of Grupo Lar, a Spanish developer and investor currently active in Europe and Latin America, and manager of Spanish REIT Lar España Real Estate. Luis has a BA in Law and a BS in Econometrics from the University of Madrid, and postgraduate degrees from IESE, MIT and Harvard. He is Professor of Management at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Advisor to the Board of Grupo Barceló and Member of the Advisory Board of GED Fund Management.
Neil Hasson
Managing DirectorInvestcorp
United Kingdom
Neil Hasson joined Investcorp in 2016 from Macquarie Group, where he was responsible for the firm’s European real estate lending business. Prior to Investcorp, Mr. Hasson spent seven years at Citi Property Investors, where he was Head of Europe and Chief Investment Officer of CPI Capital Partners Europe. He started his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., followed by four years at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette where he was a Managing Director. Mr. Hasson holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and a MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Stefan Zimmermann
Managing Partner4 Friends Investment
Germany
Stefan is a founding partner of 4 Friends Investment Group (4FI) and responsible for the general strategy, acquisition and structuring as well as member of the investment committee. 4FI is a privately held investment manager with a focus in the sectors health & lifestyle and real estate combining both platform and corporate investments. Through different subsidiaries 4FI has acquired real estate in continental Europe in excess of 700mn EUR and has invested into five different platforms. Prior to 4FI, Stefan founded ACREST Property Group, Germany’s largest non captive retail asset manager and worked for companies such as TishmanSpeyer or Tenkhoff Properties. He is an active member of ULI and ZIA.
Discussion
Vaccines
Back to Normal or un-managed expectations?
Back to Normal or un-managed expectations?
Trump, Brexit & COVID Variants
2 down, 1 to go – are capital markets too happy?
2 down, 1 to go – are capital markets too happy?
Dry Powder January
Are valuations too uncertain?
Are valuations too uncertain?
Logistics & Living Sectors
Further yield compression or over-hyped?
Further yield compression or over-hyped?
Offices
Thirsting for company culture, will WFH die fast?
Thirsting for company culture, will WFH die fast?
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