Alexandra Lanni is the Head of Investments EMEA of the Credit Strategies business, the CBRE Global Investors debt business in Europe. In this capacity she oversees the investment policy, transactions and strategy for the investments team, as well as capital deployment, and investor relations. She is also involved in strategic management of the Fund portfolio and managing the fund teams. Miss. Lanni joined CBRE Global Investors at the end of 2019 when Laxfield Asset Management was acquired by CBRE Group and was merged with the Investment management business, CBRE Global Investors, in Europe.

Axel Brinkmann is the European Head of the Royal Bank of Canada’s Real Estate Capital Partners (RECP) group. This group provides a range of financial services including mortgage, whole-loan, mezzanine, and loan-on-loan facilities to real estate sponsors in the US, Europe, UK, and Australia. Axel is also a member of the RBC Capital Markets' European Executive Committee and manages the bank's European real estate corporate banking activities. Previously, he was part of LaSalle Investment Management's Debt Investment and Special Situations group, contributing to its establishment and growth since 2010. Axel began his career in the real estate structured finance team at Wells Fargo, working in Frankfurt and London.

Mr. Ben Eppley joined Apollo in 2013. Prior to that time, Mr. Eppley was a member of the Real Estate Structured Finance group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and prior to that was a member of the Commercial Real Estate Debt Capital Markets group at Barclays Capital. Mr. Eppley graduated from Yale College with a BA in English Language and Literature.

Dan is the Head of Debt Investment at Tristan. Prior to joining Tristan in 2021, Dan was Managing Director in the Debt & Special Situations team at LaSalle Investment Management where he was responsible for originating and executing transactions for the LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies fund series and several separate account mandates encompassing development finance, whole loan lending and special situations. During his time at LaSalle, Dan was directly responsible for transactions representing over €1.4bn of lending and was fund manager for the Special Situations program.

David Gorleku is a Managing Director and Head of Europe Originations in the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies group, based in London. Mr. Gorleku is involved in sourcing, underwriting, negotiating and structuring debt investments across all asset types throughout Europe.  Before joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Gorleku was a Principal at London-based Actis Capital in the real estate private equity group. Prior to that, Mr. Gorleku worked at TPG Real Estate Finance and at Goldman Sachs in New York where he focused on real estate debt and equity investments across the United States.

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..

George Molesworth is Managing Director, Credit at Apollo, where he works on the origination, structuring and execution of performing commercial real estate debt. Prior to joining in 2018, George was Executive Director in the Commercial Real Estate Finance Group at Goldman Sachs, and Associate Director in the Structured Real Estate Finance Group at Santander before that.

Hal Shaw is a Partner at KSL Capital Partners where he serves as Head of European Capital Solutions and is based out of London. Hal joined KSL in 2007 as a Summer Associate with the Private Equity Team. During his time at KSL, Hal has invested across the capital structure ranging from senior and mezzanine debt originations to acquisitions and has played a lead role in the formation and subsequent growth of KSL’s Capital Solutions strategies. Hal is a member of KSL’s Equity Investment Committee, Credit Investment Committee and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committee.

Hans Vrensen, CRE, CFA, Drs Econ & MRE, is an AEW managing director heading the European Research & Strategy team. He is a seasoned analyst in the international commercial real estate and capital markets with over 25 years of experience. He is a voting member of AEW’s European investment committee and has introduced new innovative big data methodologies and alternative data sources. Prior to AEW, Hans was global head of research at DTZ (now C&W) from 2009 to 2015. Other roles included Barclay’s head of European securitization research and senior credit officer at Moody’s. Before moving to the UK, Hans also worked at LIM and C&L (now PwC) in the US.

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Ms Khadija Benzit is Head of Europe at Mubadala Investment Company since 2017. Prior to joining Mubadala, Ms Benzit has held different positions since the beginning of her professional career having worked at ARES Management and AEW

Ms. Massague is a member of the real estate team. Prior to StepStone, Ms. Massague worked with the real estate finance fund at GAM International where she was responsible for the conception, structure and execution of real estate investments across the UK and Europe. Before that she was a vice president of real estate debt advisory at the Blackstone Group. Ms. Massague received a MBA in real estate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and dual BS degrees in architecture and management from MIT.

Laura is VP for European Debt Originations for PGIM based in London. Laura previously worked at Allianz and Maslow Capital on originations and loans

Lorcain Egan serves as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Private Credit at Starwood Capital Group. In this role, Mr. Egan oversees Starwood’s commercial real estate debt investment activities. Since joining the firm in 2013, he has played a key role expanding the firm’s global lending footprint. Mr Egan previously worked in the Capital Markets team, where he arranged financing for equity investments in Europe and Asia. He is a member of Starwood Capital’s Investment Committee and Starwood Property Trust’s Investment Committee (NYSE: STWD). Prior to joining Starwood, Mr. Egan was a Vice President at Barclays Bank in London, where he specialized in real estate lending. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Barclays and Allied Irish Bank, working across a range of asset-based lending and corporate finance areas. Mr. Egan holds a degree in Law and Economics from the University of Ulster.

Manja Stueck is a Managing Partner at BGO. She co- founded BGO's European debt business which has invested over $6 billion of capital from institutional investors and is an active lender on commercial real estate properties located in the UK and across Western Europe. She is a member of the Investment Committee and responsible for strategic business development, fundraising, fund management, and capital markets. In her prior role Manja was European head of Lehman Brothers Global Real Estate Syndication Group.

Mr. Rampin is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Private Credit team. Based in London, he leads Cerberus’ origination and execution of real estate debt investments across Europe. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Rampin served as a Managing Director for European Debt Strategies at CBRE Global Investors and separately, as an Executive Director at CBRE Capital Advisors. From 2007 to 2015, he we was Head of European Real Estate Finance within the Fixed Income division of BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking, where he was responsible for the bank’s commercial mortgage-backed securities program and the fixed income’s legacy commercial real estate loan book.

Michael Shields joined ING in May 2004 and has 25 years experience in real estate lending, asset management & restructuring. Based in London, he is currently responsible for ING REF’s EMEA lending platform – lending assets totalling over €18bn. He is also international head for Real Estate, looking after clients with a global real estate reach. Prior to his current role, he led ING REF’s highly successful U.S. lending platform which he helped grow from $200m to over $7.5bn at its peak in 2008. Before ING, Michael was an originator in BHF Capital’s U.S real estate lending team and was one of the original members of Helaba’s CRE finance team in the U.S. Michael started his banking career in Chemical Bank’s real estate group in Manhattan.

Industry leader with over 20 years experience in the European commercial real estate industry with a strong and loyal network of market players. Uniquely diverse background covering loan origination, structuring, underwriting, execution, capital markets and distribution of loans and bonds via CMBS and syndication. An inspirational and dynamic group leader with a history of transforming teams to drive optimum results whilst maintaining a strong risk discipline. Passionate about developing future talent and leading diversity initiatives. A qualified lawyer.

As the leading provider of smart financing, software products and digital solutions for the property sector and related industries we support our clients on three continents with our finance expertise and managing real estate projects. As a top employer with excellent trainee programs we offer various personalities a professional work place.

Mr. Parker is a Partner at Ares and serves as a member of the Ares Secondaries Group's Real Estate Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2021, he was a Partner in the Landmark Partners Real Estate Group, where he focused on the origination and execution of private equity real estate transactions and investor client relations across the United Kingdom, continental Europe and Asia Pacific. Previously, Mr. Parker was a Director of DTZ Investment Management Ltd, an FSA regulated subsidiary of DTZ Plc, now Cushman & Wakefield, where he was responsible for investment in direct and indirect real estate across Europe and Asia.

Philippe joined ICGRE in May 2020 and serves as Managing Director and Head of European Investments. Philippe joined from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he founded and headed the Real Estate Debt activity from 2017. Beforehand he was at Acofi Gestion where he was head of Real Estate Debt funds and was responsible for managing investments in CRE loans in Europe from 2013. In 2008 Philippe joined CBRE, the property consultancy firm, to set up the Debt Advisory business for France. Philippe holds a Master's degree in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon business school and a Master's degree in Business Law from Jean Moulin University.

Pierre is Investment Director. He joined Oreima in 2025 and brings extensive European investment expertise and experience in forging partnerships with leading financial investors. Pierre has a solid investment experience across several key real estate asset classes, including office, retail, residential and logistics, and in European markets across France, UK and Germany. Pierre Leocadio was responsible for Oxford Properties’ French platform, including the responsibility of the asset management and leasing strategies for the existing Paris portfolio. Oxford Properties currently owns and manages a portfolio of four offices and one luxury high street retail in Paris, totalling approximately €1.5 billion of assets under management.

Rahul Sule is the Head of EMEA and APAC Real Estate Finance and Special Opportunities. He manages a cross functional team based in London, Milan, and Sydney The business underwrites and executes large, complex financing solutions and acquires stressed and distressed loans as a principal. Prior to this role, Rahul was the Co-head of EMEA, APAC Real Estate Finance focusing on origination, capital markets, risk pricing & trading. Previously he was responsible for EMEA CMBS Capital Markets having joined the CMBS business in 2007. He is based in London having previously been based in Tokyo and Hong Kong where he was part of JPM’s Asia Credit Markets team trading corporate high yield and distressed debt securities and loans.

Russell is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the EMEA CRE Finance team, business at Citigroup, focusing on origination, underwriting and distribution of senior and mezzanine debt. Over an 12 year career in commercial property finance Russell has expertise in loan underwriting, proprietary / special situation investing, CMBS bond and junior debt trading and underwriting & risk management across Europe and all traditional and operating asset classes

Shaun is Managing Director,Head of European Debt at Affinius Capital (Commercial Real Estate Finance). Previously, he was Managing Director at AIG and works out of London.

Managing Director at DWS. Head of UK Real Estate and Global Co-Head of Real Estate Research.

I lead the strategy and growth of a Pan-European multifamily rental platform, driving innovation and value creation in the residential real estate sector.

Andrew Radkiewicz is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and global head of Private Debt Strategy and Investor Solutions. Based in London, Andrew is responsible for developing and implementing real estate debt fund product architecture and strategic solutions for global investors. He also has oversight for PGIM Real Estate’s global banking relationships. Andrew is a member of the Global Management Council and Investment Committee, and the Global Operating Risk Committee. Previously, Andrew was co-head of Europe where he was responsible for PGIM Real Estate’s European businesses. In 2007, Andrew co-founded the boutique fund manager Paramount Private Equity, which was subsequently absorbed by PGIM Real Estate in 2009 to form the Pramerica Real Estate Capital (PRECap) platform.

Lorcain Egan serves as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate Private Credit at Starwood Capital Group. In this role, Mr. Egan oversees Starwood’s commercial real estate debt investment activities. Since joining the firm in 2013, he has played a key role expanding the firm’s global lending footprint. Mr Egan previously worked in the Capital Markets team, where he arranged financing for equity investments in Europe and Asia. He is a member of Starwood Capital’s Investment Committee and Starwood Property Trust’s Investment Committee (NYSE: STWD). Prior to joining Starwood, Mr. Egan was a Vice President at Barclays Bank in London, where he specialized in real estate lending. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Barclays and Allied Irish Bank, working across a range of asset-based lending and corporate finance areas. Mr. Egan holds a degree in Law and Economics from the University of Ulster.

Eliot is one of the founders of Puma which provides first-charge development finance loans of £10m-£75m across the UK in all asset classes. Eliot is a qualified solicitor by background and sits on the main Puma Capital Group board.

As Delancey’s Head of Real Estate Debt Strategies, Martin is responsible for managing debt investments and developing and executing real estate debt strategies. Martin has over 25 years of experience in real estate finance and investment and, prior to joining Delancey in 2022, Martin was at Brookfield, where he ran the European CRE credit business sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments.

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Omar el Glaoui is Managing Director and Co-Head of the EMEA Real Estate Finance business at Citigroup, focusing on origination, structuring and distribution of senior and mezzanine debt Over an 18 year career in commercial property finance, Omar has expertise in loan underwriting, distressed acquisitions, mezzanine / equity investments, CMBS bond trading and underwriting & risk management across Europe and all traditional and operating asset classes. He joined Citi in 2014, and prior to that was with J.P. Morgan in London where he started his career in 2005.

Rossitsa is a managing director in Real Estate Investing within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she is responsible for the origination and execution of new investments for the Real Estate Credit Partners program in Europe. Rossitsa earned a Masters degree in Management and Corporate Finance from ESSEC Business School in Paris in 2010.

Sameer Dalamal is a partner at Cale Street Partners, a real estate investment and finance firm focused on the United Kingdom, Western Europe and North America. Since its inception in 2014, Cale Street has raised €7.6bn from a single sovereign wealth investor and has provided innovative structured debt and/or equity capital solutions to investors, operators and developers in ten countries across nearly every major real estate asset classes and in multiple currencies. Before joining Cale Street, Sameer spent 10 years at Och Ziff in London, where he was most recently the head of European commercial real estate credit. Prior to that Sameer was at Deutsche Bank in the European commercial real estate group for 6 years.

As the Founder and CEO of Puma Capital Group, David leads the strategy for its four core businesses: Puma Investments, Puma Private Equity, Puma Property Finance, and Puma Public Markets. David also co-leads the Shore Capital Group, overseeing its overall fund management activities.

I joined OakNorth Bank a few months prior to it’s initial launch in 2015. Since then, we're proud to have lent over £8bn to support fast-growth businesses. In 2021, I completed over 50 transactions, including several in the hospitality, leveraged finance and senior living sector. In 2020, I won the Corporate Banker of the Year Award at Insider Media’s South East Dealmaker Awards, having completed 30 transactions in the South East that year. Before joining OakNorth Bank, I spent almost 13 years at Santander where I was a Relationship Director originating and structuring deals for businesses with up to £50m turnover.

Joe joined ASK in June 2021 as part of the origination team: originating, analysing and executing transactions across all asset classes and capital structures. Joe was previously at property consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton where he held a variety of roles in property finance, corporate finance, investment management. Joe has executed over £500m of alternative real estate transactions at ASK focussing on bridging, development and value-add strategies across the UK for a range of sponsors from SME developers to larger institutions. Joe holds a BSc in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Real Estate from the University College of Estate Management.

Nadine has more than two decades of advisory and investment experience. She co-founded Zenzic Capital, a leading provider of real estate credit, in 2013 with Tom Lloyd-Jones. Over the past decade, Zenzic has advised on over $1bn of transactions across asset-backed sectors. Zenzic Capital transitioned from being an advisory business to an investment manager over 3 years ago and now provides a range of structured financing solutions to match the needs of borrowers, across the UK and Europe. Investment strategies include opportunistic credit and development finance. Zenzic also offers the Zenzic Estate Planning Service, enabling private investors to acquire shares in established UK real-estate lending businesses, providing access to attractiv

The first eleven years of my career took place in international banking in Real Estate Finance both in Madrid and in London (Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Agricole). In early 2013 I joined Sareb, the Spanish bad bank, where I led the strategy and workout of a portfolio of over €40bn of Outstanding Balance for four years. After that, I moved to the Instiutional Sales team where I led the creation of the Loan Sales Chanel and after took charge of the Institutional Sales department and was also in charge of the sale of portfolios of both NPLs and REOs. In 2021 I joined Sigrun Partner as Managing Director for the Real Estate Department where I closed several transactions in Alternative Lending of Real Estate projects in Spain and Portugal.

Andrew Radkiewicz is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and global head of Private Debt Strategy and Investor Solutions. Based in London, Andrew is responsible for developing and implementing real estate debt fund product architecture and strategic solutions for global investors. He also has oversight for PGIM Real Estate’s global banking relationships. Andrew is a member of the Global Management Council and Investment Committee, and the Global Operating Risk Committee. Previously, Andrew was co-head of Europe where he was responsible for PGIM Real Estate’s European businesses. In 2007, Andrew co-founded the boutique fund manager Paramount Private Equity, which was subsequently absorbed by PGIM Real Estate in 2009 to form the Pramerica Real Estate Capital (PRECap) platform.

Axel Brinkmann is the European Head of the Royal Bank of Canada’s Real Estate Capital Partners (RECP) group. This group provides a range of financial services including mortgage, whole-loan, mezzanine, and loan-on-loan facilities to real estate sponsors in the US, Europe, UK, and Australia. Axel is also a member of the RBC Capital Markets' European Executive Committee and manages the bank's European real estate corporate banking activities. Previously, he was part of LaSalle Investment Management's Debt Investment and Special Situations group, contributing to its establishment and growth since 2010. Axel began his career in the real estate structured finance team at Wells Fargo, working in Frankfurt and London.

Mr. Rampin is a Managing Director on the Real Estate Private Credit team. Based in London, he leads Cerberus’ origination and execution of real estate debt investments across Europe. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Rampin served as a Managing Director for European Debt Strategies at CBRE Global Investors and separately, as an Executive Director at CBRE Capital Advisors. From 2007 to 2015, he we was Head of European Real Estate Finance within the Fixed Income division of BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking, where he was responsible for the bank’s commercial mortgage-backed securities program and the fixed income’s legacy commercial real estate loan book.

CEO AEXX CAPITAL, a Madrid/London based privately held investment firm specialised in direct lending, asset backed distressed debt and other unique special situations, primarily in western Europe. Alberto is the Co-founder of URBANIA INTERNATIONAL, a real estate private equity firm with over €1 billion under management. Mr. Lopez has been involved in over €2 billion of opportunistic, value add and debt real estate investing in Europe. Mr. Lopez received an International MBA from EM Lyon & EOI and has a Bachelor’s degree of Economics.

Barbara Donato, since 2018 MRICS and Director at Aareal Bank where she is part of the Euro Hub Loan Origination team - Italy Branch. A graduate in business economics from Luiss University, she also attended RE Executive Management programs and Master programs in foreign Universities. Chartered Auditor since 1999. Before Joining the Real Estate structured financed division of Aareal Bank, she was co-responsible for the reporting to the Italian Bank Supervision Authority and accounting matters. In addition to underwriting and origination, she matured a significant experience in the restructuring of UTP positions.

Irakli Meskhi is a Managing Director and Head of Debt Origination for Europe at Starwood Capital Group. Mr Meskhi is responsible for originating, underwriting, structuring and executing the firm’s debt investment activities across all asset classes and geographies in Europe. Prior to joining Starwood Capital in 2015, Mr. Meskhi spent five years at BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking in the Real Estate Finance team originating and structuring large CRE loans for private equity sponsors. At BNPP, he was also responsible for the listed UK REIT and non-listed corporate real estate sector coverage advising on senior unsecured and convertible bond issuances. Before that, Mr. Meskhi was part of BNP Paribas’ Equity Derivatives & Structured Products team. Mr. Meskhi holds an MSc in Finance degree with Distinction from Cass Business School and is a CFA charter holder.

Isabel brings more than 18 years of Investment banking and private equity experience. She spent 14 years at UBS, running Capital Markets teams. While responsible for Equity Capital Markets, she successfully led the origination and execution of more than 60 deals that raised over $60bn from institutional investors, including several multi-billion deals. On 2014 she launched for UBS the EMEA Private Placement platform to raise capital for selected pre IPO companies from institutions. On 2016, she left the bank to lead a $250m private equity and Venture Capital Fund on the back of a multibillion Tech Company (AI). On 2017 she also co-founded WELZ, a real asset investment group focused in providing finance to a wide range of RE projects.

Frux Capital is a pan-European debt fund offering a full spectrum of capital solutions, from senior loans to preferred equity. The firm specializes in flexible, tailored financing for real estate companies, investors, and developers, supporting transactions across diverse asset classes and geographies. Itamar Volkov, Founder of Frux Capital, brings over 20 years of real estate investment expertise across equity and debt. He has held senior leadership roles in real estate companies and funds, and holds a B.A. in Economics as well as an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Pierre Lussato is Bayview’s European Portfolio Manager and is based in Geneva. He sarted and leads Bayview's European operations which have over 100 employees and participated in a variety of lending, performing and distressed transactions in the UK and continental Europe. It is a subsidiary of Bayview Asset Management, LLC ("Bayview"), initially founded in 1993, an investment management firm focused on credit investments. As of June 30, 2023 Bayview had assets under management of approximately $14.8 billion.

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Debt Financing Team - Head of International Financing at NREP

Fiona is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Capital Markets UK, based in London. She has been based in the UK since 2001, with c.20 years of experience in the real estate sector, spanning investment banking, debt funds and advisory in the UK and Europe. She started her career at Deutsche Bank in London, focusing on European large loan origination for CMBS/syndication exit and was most recently investing in UK and European real estate whole loans, senior loans and mezzanine loans at the real estate debt funds of Intermediate Capital Group and latterly M&G Investments, prior to joining BNP Paribas in 2017. At BNP Paribas, she is responsible for running the real estate financing and coverage business in the UK.

Jeffrey F. Fastov, Senior Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager- Credit Strategies. Mr. Fastov is responsible for establishing, overseeing and implementing Affinius Capital’s strategic direction with respect to all credit initiatives. Prior to joining Affinius Capital in 2013, Mr. Fastov was Co-head of Credit Suisse’s Real Estate Finance and Securitization Group. Prior to Credit Suisse, he founded Oasis Real Estate Partners, a capital markets advisor to foreign and domestic financial institutions, private equity funds and other significant real estate credit market participants. From 1992 to 2009, Mr. Fastov was with Goldman Sachs, where he ultimately served as Co-head of the commercial real estate lending business.

Ms. Massague is a member of the real estate team. Prior to StepStone, Ms. Massague worked with the real estate finance fund at GAM International where she was responsible for the conception, structure and execution of real estate investments across the UK and Europe. Before that she was a vice president of real estate debt advisory at the Blackstone Group. Ms. Massague received a MBA in real estate from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and dual BS degrees in architecture and management from MIT.

Managing Director at M7

Anders currently leads the European real estate team at SVP, having built the team and deployed over €400 million since joining. Before SVP, he headed the CRE special situations at Deutsche Bank, where they invested in CRE secured NPLs. Anders began his career at HSBC Bank Canada, moved to London in 2011 to work in the investment bank, and joined Deutsche Bank in 2013. Anders is originally from Toronto, Canada, with a bachelor's degree in history and economics from the University of British Columbia. They attended the executive program for leadership development at the Harvard Business School. In his free time he is the chairman of Forma Arts and Media, a non-profit producing experiential and visual art.

Alex Riches is a 12 year qualified lawyer who moved into private equity real estate six years ago, becoming a Managing Director at Curzon Advisers Limited, the captive asset manager of Kildare Partners. Alex became a Partner of Clifford Street Advisors in 2023, a private equity real estate platform that manages assets with a GAV of approximately €350m. Alex is also working to establish a new fund in Abu Dhabi in 2023.

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.

Matteo joined Cain International in 2014 and is a principal in the firm’s Real Estate Debt team. He plays a key role in the origination and development of the firm's UK debt portfolio, as well as driving its expansion into continental Europe.

Andrea Bora is a Managing Director in Goldman Sachs Real Estate Finance team, he is located in London and co-heads the firm's EMEA CRE debt team, focusing on distribution. Andrea joined the firm from Morgan Stanley where he worked for 7 years in CRE finance mainly within the ELOC CMBS program and prior to that he was for 5 years at Bear Stearns on a similar role. Andrea has extensive experience in all aspects of CRE finance including origination, structuring and distribution. From his current role Andrea has recently run distribution of debt transactions in various jurisdictions including UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Benelux and Poland.

Michael Shields joined ING in May 2004 and has 25 years experience in real estate lending, asset management & restructuring. Based in London, he is currently responsible for ING REF’s EMEA lending platform – lending assets totalling over €18bn. He is also international head for Real Estate, looking after clients with a global real estate reach. Prior to his current role, he led ING REF’s highly successful U.S. lending platform which he helped grow from $200m to over $7.5bn at its peak in 2008. Before ING, Michael was an originator in BHF Capital’s U.S real estate lending team and was one of the original members of Helaba’s CRE finance team in the U.S. Michael started his banking career in Chemical Bank’s real estate group in Manhattan.

Nicolas Massiere is a Partner at Cale Street Partners, a real estate investment and finance firm focused on the United Kingdom, Western Europe and North America. Since its inception in 2014 Cale Street has raised €7.6bn from a single sovereign wealth investor and has provided innovative structured debt and/or equity capital solutions to investors, operators and developers in ten countries across nearly every major real estate asset classes. Before joining Cale Street, Nicolas was a member of the real estate principal group of Oaktree Capital Management in London where he focussed on pan-European direct asset and portfolio acquisitions as well as NPL and distressed debt purchases. Prior to that, Nicolas was at Benson Elliot.