Light Industrial & Logistics in Spain - Growing Investment Appetite

Ernesto is a Senior Director at EQT Exeter, managing our Logistics Managed Accounts in Europe, which includes an existing portfolio of €5B across 10 European countries. He joined EQT Exeter in 2021, and brings over 14 years of experience in Logistics Real Estate across Europe and Mexico. Prior to joining EQT Exeter, Ernesto was the Head for Logistics and Industrial at Round Hill Capital, where he was responsible for the management and growth of the €500m logistics platform at RHC during 2 years. Ernesto previously spent 3 years in the Pan-European Acquisitions team at Logicor, sourcing and executing on investments in several geographies across Europe.

Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner and Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for the Azora Group. Prior to joining Azora in 2011, she worked for 16 years in the investment- banking sector at both Merrill Lynch (2 years) and JP Morgan (14 years), where she held various positions across M&A and Equity Capital Markets, and for 10 year, she was Managing Director responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA as well as Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina holds a bachelor degree in Economics from ICADE (Spain) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (USA). Cristina is Board Member at Bankinter, a Spanish IBEX 35 banking institution, where she Chairs the Nominations and Sustainability Committee.

I joined Prologis in 2002 and left the company in 2019. During this time, I was directly involved in the development of 750K SM and the acquisition of 800 K SM of logistics buildings from third-parties, the disposition of 350K SM of assets. During 13 years, I led a team that managed a portfolio of 1.200.000 sqm of real estate (€800 Million value), occupied by 92 customers and generating €59 Million per annum of Gross Rental Income at the time I left Prologis. In February 2020, I joined Panattoni as Managing Director for Spain & Portugal, with the main goal of creating and managing the team that will take Panattoni to become one of the top leaders in the development of logistics and industrial real estate in these 2 countries in a few years.

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).

As Founder and CEO of Valfondo, he leads one of Spain’s leading logistics asset management firms, with a presence in three European countries and nearly €2 billion in assets under management. With more than 25 years of industry experience, he has transformed Valfondo from a logistics developer into a European benchmark in multi-manager logistics fund management, combining innovation, sustainability and strategic vision. His leadership is distinguished by a human-centred approach, focused on creating value and promoting projects with a positive social impact.

Nabil Mabid joined PGIM Real Estate in 2014. He is acting as Head of Transactions for France and Spain, and Portfolio Manager of PGIM’s European Value-Add Fund. Before joining PGIM Real Estate, Nabil was a Senior Associate at Doughty Hanson & Co working on acquisitions and asset management for their European Real Estate Opportunistic Fund. Prior to that, he was a member of the acquisitions team at Morgan Stanley Real Estate in Paris . He started his career in the Investment Banking division of Morgan Stanley in London. Nabil has a Masters degree in Civil Engineering and Finance from the Ecole Centrale Paris, is fluent in French, English, Arabic and speaks Spanish. Nabil is a French and Algerian national.

Reda Khatim is the Founder of Palm Capital, a UK-based investment firm specializing in strategic capital solutions and portfolio management. With extensive experience in financial markets and investment strategy, Khatim has established Palm Capital as a trusted partner for businesses seeking growth capital and strategic advisory services. His expertise spans across various sectors, focusing on identifying high-potential investment opportunities and delivering value-driven solutions. Under his leadership, Palm Capital has built a reputation for comprehensive financial services and client-focused investment approaches in the competitive UK market.