Dr. Alexander I. Koblischek, Attorney at law, admitted in Germany and California (USA). Head of RFR Germany, overseeing the RFR investments in Germany RFR Management GmbH, headquartered in Frankfurt / Main, is responsible for the property and asset management of the RFR Group's entire German real estate portfolio, with spaces covering over 700,000 m². RFR Holding GmbH belongs to the RFR Group of the two German-born real estate investors Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs. RFR portfolio comprises commercial and residential real estate, including office towers, ultra-luxury condominiums, hotels and high-end retail developments.

AB Development has been successfully operating on the commercial and residential real estate markets in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. Being a CEO of the company, Alexey Blanin has 20 years of experience in development, he has developed more than 1 mn sqm of quality commercial and residential projects with a total budget exceeding USD 2 bn and net operating income amounting more than USD 500 mn. Alexey started his career in well-known international development company Hines. In 2005-2009 Alexey headed Horus Capital, one of the major players of Moscow commercial real estate market.

André Freitas is a founding partner of Hedge Investments, holding the positions of CEO and CIO. With over 40 years of experience in the financial market, André was a founding partner of Hedging Griffo CV S/A, where he led several initiatives in brokerage and asset management throughout his career at the company, which became one of the largest independent financial institutions in the country. In 2003, he structured and served for 13 years as Director of the real estate financial products management and administration area. After the completion of the sale of Hedging Griffo to Credit Suisse in 2011, André remained as Executive Director until 2016, when he left to found Hedge Investments.

Audrey Klein is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com) running the 3rd-party fundraising business and is based in London. Before SPH she held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. Audrey is on the Corporate Board of Great Ormond Street Hospital and is a Non-Exec Board Member at Thriving, SFO and Planet Smart City. She is a Trustee of ULI's Charitable Trust and is on the board of Verbier 3-D.

Barney Kelham is CEO at Blue Coast Capital. Mr Kelham has been with the business for many years and is responsible for all real estate investing. During his tenure BC Cap has grown significantly in opportunistic, and value add real estate, across the US, UK and EU.

Distinguished entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in real estate, Christo is the Founder and Chairman of AG Capital, a prominent residential and commercial property investor, and asset manager in Central and Eastern Europe. Under Christo's leadership, AG Capital has earned a reputation as a trusted and innovative multi-asset class real estate investment and management group of companies with AUM of EUR 750M. In addition to his role at AG Capital, Christo actively contributes to the professional community as a member of reputable organizations, including the YPO and the Harvard Business School Alumni network.

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.

Coley Brenan, Partner & Head of Europe, KSL Capital Partners. KSL is a leading private equity firm with $7.0 billion of equity capital commitments raised since 2005 and a 20-year track record of making investments exclusively in travel and leisure businesses. Through its investment vehicles, KSL has owned and operated some of the largest and most renowned hotel and resort properties in the United States and Europe, comprising 15,500 hotel rooms, 500 restaurants, 350 retail stores 250 golf courses and 630,000 members.

Dan-David Golla is one of the leading impact investment experts in Germany for investments in social infrastructure and demographic trends. As a pioneer, he constructed one of the first institutional investment funds for nursing homes and assisted living in Germany. With the foundation of AviaRent Capital Management S.à r.l. he established the company as the market leader in this asset class in Germany. During his time as CEO he also initiated the first and one of the largest investment funds for furnished apartments in Germany. Dan-David Golla decisively shaped the market and the concept of the new form of living, Microapartments. He also developed the largest kindergarten portfolio in Germany.

Davide Albertini Petroni serves as President of Assoimmobiliare, Italy's premier real estate association representing the country's leading property development and investment companies. Under his leadership, the organization advocates for industry interests and promotes sustainable urban development practices. With extensive experience in real estate and corporate governance, Albertini Petroni has been instrumental in shaping Italy's property sector policies and fostering dialogue between public institutions and private stakeholders. His expertise spans real estate finance, urban planning, and industry regulation, making him a respected voice in Italian real estate circles.

Mr. D’Alessandro is a partner at Castlelake, responsible for non-performing loan and real estate investment opportunities in southern Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Mr. D’Alessandro is also a rotating, voting member of the firm’s Investment Review Committee. He joined Castlelake in 2011 and became a partner in 2017. Mr. D’Alessandro leads the firm’s investment approach to Spanish land banking and is also responsible for its strategy in Portugal, Italy and Greece, the United Kingdom and Ireland. His expertise also includes direct asset and non-performing loan opportunities Germany and Eastern Europe.

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 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;

Gregorio Schneider is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of TC Latin America Partners. He has more than 25 years of experience in emerging markets, investing in both the public and private markets through a variety of assets and strategies, including debt, equity, distressed assets and real estate. Prior to forming TC Latin America Partners, Gregorio was Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets at Och-Ziff Capital Management, Portfolio Manager at The Rohatyn Group (TRG) and worked at Spinnaker Capital. Gregorio is a member of the EMPEA Latin America Council and the LAVCA real estate council. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the ITAM in Mexico City.

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.

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.

Jay Kwan joined QuadReal as Managing Director, Head of Europe in February 2018. His focus is on building the international portfolio, with an emphasis on investing in Global Cities in the U.K. and Europe. Jay was formerly an MD at TPG Real Estate, the real estate investment group of private equity firm TPG, specifically focused on European investments. Prior to joining TPG in 2016, Jay was a Partner at Grove International Partners (formerly Soros Real Estate Partners), where he spent 13 years investing in three continents across all asset classes at both the corporate and asset level. Jay began his career at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners in New York in 2001. Jay graduated with a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia NY

Chief Investment Officer, Aggregate Holdings, 2021 to present Founder and CEO, EG Real Estate Advisors (advisor to core shareholder of CA IMMO and to Starwood Capital), 2014 to 2020 Former member of the Supervisory Board of S IMMO, CA IMMO and O1 Properties, various positions between 2011 to 2021 Global/EMEA Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt, Deutsche Bank, 2001 to 2011 and Head of Real Estate Special Situations

Jon Rickert was Head of European Private Debt at Man Global Private Markets (‘Man GPM’), focusing on commercial and residential real estate debt. Prior to joining Man GPM in 2019, Jon was a managing partner at Renshaw Bay, which was later sold to GAM. Before that, he spent 15 years at JPMorgan, where he was one of the original members of their direct origination team, served as head of the real estate structured finance business in EMEA and ran both the EMEA special situations investing business and the UK residential mortgage business. Jon holds a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Louisville School of Law.

An accomplished investor in commercial real estate on a global basis with more than 30 years of experience in the market, Jon Vaccaro is CEO of V20 Group. Mr. Vaccaro is involved in the development of real estate projects within the TriState area. Prior to V20 Group, was CEO of Cantor Real Estate. Before Cantor Mr. Vaccaro was CEO of Ranieri Real Estate Partners and Deutsche Bank, as global head of real estate. While at RREP, Mr. Vaccaro acquired Berkley Point Capital, Situs AMC, and formed Resolution Recovery Partners, a special situations fund of which Mr. Vaccaro was the CEO and CIO.

Joseph Sitt is Chairman of Thor Equities, a leader in the global institutional real estate industry with divisions currently spread across three continents and a focus on subniche asset classes. Founded in 1986, Thor Equities owns prime assets in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, with portfolio transactions and a development pipeline spanning 50 million square feet in excess of $20 billion. Joe’s current focus involves emerging asset classes including technology and creative offices, biotechnology and life sciences, and logistics real estate.

Mr. Breslauer is the Managing Director of Patron Capital (including Patron Capital Captive Fund, Funds I–VII). Total capital under management represents approximately €5.3 billion and focuses on investments in property and European companies associated with property related activities. Mr. Breslauer is active as a senior patron of numerous charities including Vice Patron of The Royal Marine’s Charity and the Chairman of the PTI (formerly the Prince’s Teaching Institute). He has an MBA degree from University of Chicago and a BSc degree from NYU School of Business. He is an experienced Alpinist and Skier.

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.

Mr. Timmins serves as CEO of Atlas Management & Development (Atlas AMD). As Atlas' founder Mr. Timmins has led the start-up of Atlas AMD which currently has ~$2.2 billion of assets under management in the office, warehousing, retail and living sectors. Atlas AMD is a privately owned real estate manager and developer focused on Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In the past Mr. Timmins has established and deployed development and acquisition funds totaling over $3.5 billion of equity capital, and he has developed, acquired and managed more than $7 billion of real estate in Europe and Asia. Mr. Timmins received a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Cox School of Business at SMU.

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.

Manoj Menda is the firm’s Corporate Chairman. He leads the firms Executive Committee and sits on the Investment Committee. Responsible for the strategic client and business relationships globally. He contributes to business development and transaction strategy. He serves on the Investment and Advisory Committees of all RMZ private fund programs. Founder and Trustee of RMZ Foundation whose vision is to actively contribute to the social and economic development of the communities in which we operate.

Mohamad is CEO of SFO Capital Partners and chairs the firm’s Executive and Investment Committees. Mohamad has established SFO’s real estate investment management business and has been leading all aspects of the firm’s development since 2013. With over 16 years of experience, Mohamad has been involved in more than USD15 billion of transactions in both advisory and principle roles across the real estate, hospitality and financial services sectors. Prior to joining SFO, Mohamad held positions at Kingdom Hotel Investments, JLL and Gulf Merger where he advised and acted on behalf of institutional investors and family offices on cross border transactions.

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.

Nitin has over 25 years of rounded investment experience spanning private equity, private debt, capital markets and M&A. From 2013-2022, Nitin was Head of Direct Investments at L1 Treasury, responsible for all private equity, private debt and special situations investments within L1 Treasury. From 2013 -2019, Nitin was also a Partner in Pamploma Capital Management responsible for private debt and special situations in the credit opportunities fund. Prior to that, Nitin led the European Real Estate and Principal Finance businesses of Nomura and Bear Stearns. Nitin started his career at SG Warburg & Co (now part of UBS) in M&A.

Ole is Managing Partner of Nordstar, working with companies and clients on their growth strategy, taking active roles to help shape their future. Prior to founding Nordstar, Ole was MD, Global Strategy and Head of Asia at WeWork, and prior to that MD International at Airbnb leading the Asia-Pacific region as well as Northern Europe. Ruch has a broad track record investing in and advising growth companies on their international operations and expansion. Ole also serves on the board of Fredensborg and the Investment Committee of its group company Heimstaden, the 2nd largest owner of residential real estate in Europe with over 145 000 units and a GAV of ~27bn EUR.

Former Corporate Banker who rose to Executive level before leaving the industry in 2006. Led two high performing transacting teams that became market leaders in PFI and Real Estate. Member of the Bank’s Credit and Investment Committees and held Board positions in Housebuilding, Real Estate and Hotel & Leisure sectors. Became CEO of a pan European Property Company where she implemented a major restructure before moving to set up the UK office for a European Private Equity company. Formed Greyfriars in 2008 as a co-investing advisory business, working with US funds and HNWI sourcing debt and equity opportunities in the UK Real Estate sector. Greyfriars were the lead financial advisor on the delivery of a £300M Regional PRS portfolio.

Paulo Loureiro is the Founder and CEO of Bondstone. He was formerly the Managing Partner of Louvre Capital, a real estate developer focused on high-end residential projects. Since 2016, Paulo has structured real estate projects representing an investment of more than €100 million in Portugal. Prior to founding Louvre Capital and Bondstone, Paulo was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley in New York. He started his career with Schlumberger, spending six years in Argentina and Brazil holding various operational and management positions. Paulo received his MBA with honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and holds a Master of Science degree majoring in Maths and Physics.

Philipp has 20 years' experience in real estate and NPL principal investing across Europe. He joined Castlelake, a global private investment firm with AUM of c. USD15bn, in 2017 and acts as Co-Head of the European Assets Team. Prior to his current role he was a Partner at Benson Elliot where he started in 2009. Previously he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, managers of the Whitehall Funds within the real estate principal investment area (REPIA). He started his career with Goldman Sachs in London in 2000 and played a leading role in the acquisition of over €6.0 billion of property assets.

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 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.

Rob is a global real estate investment, management, and development professional with 30 years of experience. He has managed and invested over €50 billion across various jurisdictions including the UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Nordics, APAC, and North America. His expertise spans a wide range of asset classes such as office, logistics, industrial, residential, care homes, student accommodation, BTR, and hotels.

Sascha M. Wilhelm launched the real estate company x+bricks Group in 2018. The investor specialized in grocery-anchored properties, focuses on the purchase of portfolios and individual properties in German cities. The Group has internalized the entire value chain and has a clear focus on digitalization and process optimization. Therefore, x+bricks has developed the software solution PATA ® for real estate analyses. Prior Sascha was CEO of Corestate Capital Group until April 2018. Sascha studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) and obtained an MBA in International Real Estate Management in Germany, London and Zurich.

Seth Lieberman established Drayton Capital Advisors to advise and invest in real estate transactions. Seth is an Investment Advisory Committee Member of EQT Real Estate Fund II. Previous board positions include Stendörren Fastigheter AB (Co-Founder, Chairman & Board Member), Kvalitena AB (Chairman & Board Member) SBB AB (Board Member) and Maha Energy AB (Board Member). He has 41 years of real estate industry experience in both the US and in Europe. Previous senior positions include Advanced Capital (CIO Real Estate), UBS Investment Bank (MD & Commitment Committee Member), Hypo Real Estate (Joint MD), Lehman Brothers International (ED), Credit Suisse Praedium Funds (Principal) GE Capital (Director). He was an Executive Committee Member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe (2014 – 2016) and ULI Global Audit Committee Member (2015 – 2016). Seth earned a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University.

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.

Tyler is the Founder and CEO of Seaforth Land. He has over 30 years of international real estate experience across Asia, North America and the UK in property development, investment banking, principal investment, and investment management. He is a passionate and vocal proponent of good design, sustainability, diversity, and transparency in our industry. Tyler was ranked #35 in the “Estates Gazette 2014 Power List 50” as one of the 50 most influential people in the UK property industry.

Van Stults is a Founding Partner of Orion Capital Managers, a pan-European RE private equity investment firm. He has over 30 years of real estate investment management experience. Van, with his partners, created the opportunistic Orion European Real Estate Funds I, II, III, IV and V and the core fund, Orion Income Return Partners, which combined have €15 billion of investment capacity. The Orion Funds target a wide range of RE investments throughout EU. Prior to Orion, Van spent 15 years with LaSalle Partners in the US and EU where he was a Main Board Member and a Managing Director. He is a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business

For more then 25 years Will has been working in Real estate and Capital markets. At Morgan Stanley, LCF Rothschild, Astor Capital and Tolaxis. Will served on the boards of public companies, including companies listed on London Stock Exchange. Will has an MBA degree from UC Berkeley.

Yuri Babin is a Chief Investment Officer and Head of Capital Markets for Wainbridge International. Prior to that he was a Director of Strategic Partnerships at Russian Direct Investment Fund, a $40 billion sovereign wealth fund of the Russian Federation. Before that he spent more than 10 years as an investment banker in London with J.P.Morgan and Morgan Stanley. He holds Bachelor of Laws degree from Moscow State University, LL.M. from Cornell Law School, andMBA from Insead.

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).