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GRI Global Summit 2026
Where Global Real Estate Leaders Shape the Future
9th December
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ABOUT GRI GLOBAL SUMMIT 2026
By Application, by Fit
On 9 December, Abu Dhabi hosts the GRI Global Summit, one focused day for the senior people who set direction in real estate. It is built around GRI members and opens to a select group of leaders beyond the membership. Every place is assessed. What gets you in is seniority and fit with the room.
A Global Circle of Decision-Makers
The day brings developers, investors, advisers, and institutional leaders into the same room for direct conversation, not presentations. Sessions run off the record, which is what keeps the exchange honest and the relationships real. With a strong GCC presence, the summit connects global capital with the region.
Who is in the Room
Chief executives, managing partners, and the LPs and GPs behind the capital. They come from Europe, Asia, and the United States, and they meet a deep base of GCC sovereign funds, institutions, and family offices. Therefore strategy and capital sit at the same table.
Discussions
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Some of the Confirmed Attendees
Achal
Gandhi
CIO - Global Indirect Real Estate Strategies
CBRE Investment Management
Alan
Tan
Managing Director & Head of Capital Raising / Managing Director, Special Projects
CapitaLand Fund Management Pte Ltd
Anshul
Jain
Chief Executive– India, SEA, MEA & APAC Office and Retail
Cushman & Wakefield - India
Cai
Wenzheng
Regional Head, Real Estate Americas
GIC
Clemens
Schaefer
Head of Real Estate, APAC & Europe
DWS
Daniel
Fletcher
Head of Americas, Real Estate at Mubadala
Mubadala Investment Company
David
Haltiner
MD Neuberger Berman & Partner Almanac Realty Securities
Neuberger Berman Global
Drew
Goldman
Global Head - Real Estate Investments
ADIA
Jeff
Fastov
Senior MD & Head of Credit Strategies
Affinius Capital
Julien
Romanet
Head of Real Estate
Dar Global
Khadija
Benzit
Director of Real Estate
Mubadala Investment Company
Matthias
Neuling
Head of Asia Pacific - Real Estate
Mubadala Investment Company
Nael
Mustafa
CEO
GFH Partners
Niranjan
Hiranandani
Founder & MD
Hiranandani Group
Patrick
Brauer
Head of Real Estate - Investment Director
EIA
Steven
Orbuch
Founder & President
Sculptor Capital Management - USA
Tiago
Almeida
Head of Real Estate Investments & Asset Management
ADCG - Abu Dhabi Capital Group
Opening Discussion | 9th Dec | 10:45 - 12:00
Global Capital Formation
The 2027 Architecture of Allocation
Breakout Discussions | 9th Dec | 12:30 - 13:30
United States - Where the Cycle Turns
Distress, Data Centres, and Multifamily -Credit's Moment or a Permanent Reallocation?
Breakout Discussions | 9th Dec | 12:30 - 13:30
GCC at the Centre
A Fast-Scaling Real Estate Market - How Global Capital Enters, Partners, and Wins
Breakout Discussions | 9th Dec | 14:30 - 15:30
Europe - The Selective Return
UK Residential, Core Repricing, and Regional Conviction - Who Controls the Next European Cycle?
Breakout Discussions | 9th Dec | 14:30 - 15:30
Real Assets When the Boundary Dissolves
The Asset Class That Defies the Mandate - Power, Place, and the Emerging Market Infrastructure Opportunity
Breakout Discussions | 9th Dec | 16:00 - 17:00
Asia Pacific - Depth and Momentum
Scale, Liquidity, and Gateways - Finding Conviction in APAC's Bifurcated Cycle
Breakout Discussions | 9th Dec | 16:00 - 17:00
Artificial Intelligence - The Force Reshaping Real Assets
AI's Real Demand vs. Market Hype: Reshaping Infrastructure, Power, and Real Estate
Closing Panel Discussion | 9th Dec | 17:30 - 18:30
Family Offices - The Capital That Sets the Pace
Pace, conviction, and how private family capital deploys across geographies.
Achal Gandhi
CIO - Global Indirect Real Estate StrategiesCBRE Investment Management
United Kingdom
Achal Gandhi serves as Chief Investment Officer – Global Indirect Real Estate Strategies at CBRE Investment Management, based in London. With over two decades of experience in financial services and real estate investment, he oversees global indirect real estate strategies and investment processes. Having joined CBRE in 2008, his background includes roles at Bear Stearns International and Deloitte. Achal is a Fellow of the ICAEW and holds a BSc in Economics from University College London, bringing an analytical approach to complex market dynamics.
Alan Tan
Managing Director & Head of Capital Raising / Managing Director, Special ProjectsCapitaLand Fund Management Pte Ltd
Singapore
Anshul Jain
Chief Executive– India, SEA, MEA & APAC Office and RetailCushman & Wakefield - India
India
Anshul has 25+ years of experience across South East Asia (India, Singapore, Indonesia) and Europe (UK, Central & Eastern Europe). His real estate experience spans across work on funding & equity placement requirements, consulting large corporates on transactions, fit outs & Integrated Facility Management solutions and exposure in the Singapore REIT market, PE funds in real estate and debt financing transactions. With his well-rounded domain expertise and an exceptionally strong penchant towards delivering client solutions; coupled with sharp P&L focus and an eye for operational excellence, Anshul is currently responsible for driving growth and transformation of Cushman & Wakefield in India & South East Asia.
Cai Wenzheng
Regional Head, Real Estate AmericasGIC
Singapore
Cai Wenzheng leads GIC’s real estate equity and debt investment
activities in the Americas. Wenzheng joined GIC in 2008 in the Real
Estate department in the Singapore office where he focused on
investments in South Asia. Subsequently, he led investment teams in the Real Estate Americas portfolio (2014-2017) and in Shanghai
(2017-2019) before being appointed Head, Real Estate Korea in 2019. Most recently, he was Head of Global Investment and Portfolio Strategy (GIPS), which drives deal underwriting, investment strategy, and overall portfolio monitoring for the Real Estate department.
Clemens Schaefer
Head of Real Estate, APAC & EuropeDWS
Germany
He has been with the company since 1998 and has 21 years of experience in real estate investment and management. During his career, Clemens has been responsible for nearly €20 billion in transaction activity and has built several major client relationships with institutional investors for DWS. Prior to his current role, Clemens Schäfer was Chief Investment Officer and Head of Portfolio Management of the Real Estate division in Europe.
Clemens Schäfer is a member of the "Real Estate" working group of the German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (DVFA) and the Real Estate Committee of the German Investment and Asset Management Association (BVI).
Daniel Fletcher
Head of Americas, Real Estate at MubadalaMubadala Investment Company
United Arab Emirates
Head of Americas, Real Estate at Mubadala
David Haltiner
MD Neuberger Berman & Partner Almanac Realty SecuritiesNeuberger Berman Global
USA
Drew Goldman
Global Head - Real Estate InvestmentsADIA
United Arab Emirates
Drew Goldman serves as Global Head of Real Estate Investments at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. In this senior leadership role, he oversees ADIA's extensive global real estate portfolio and investment strategy across diverse markets and asset classes. Goldman brings significant expertise in institutional real estate investment management, with a focus on identifying and executing large-scale investment opportunities worldwide. At ADIA, he leads strategic initiatives to optimize the fund's real estate holdings while managing risk across international markets. His leadership contributes to ADIA's mission of achieving long-term investment returns for Abu Dhabi's economic diversification goals.
Jeff Fastov
Senior MD & Head of Credit StrategiesAffinius Capital
USA
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.
Julien Romanet
Head of Real EstateDar Global
United Arab Emirates
Khadija Benzit
Director of Real EstateMubadala Investment Company
United Arab Emirates
Khadija Benzit is Director of Real Estate at Mubadala Investment
Company, where she leads the firm’s global real estate business
across North America, Europe, and Asia. In this role, she is
responsible for defining the real estate investment strategy, directing
capital allocation across markets and sectors, overseeing asset
management and performance across a globally diversified portfolio
spanning equity, credit, and structured investments. She is also
responsible for driving the development of strategic partnerships
and the continued expansion of Mubadala’s real estate activities
globally.
Khadija brings years of experience at Mubadala and has been
instrumental in shaping and growing its real estate business into a
globally integrated, mu
Matthias Neuling
Head of Asia Pacific - Real EstateMubadala Investment Company
United Arab Emirates
Matthias Neuling serves as Head of Asia Pacific - Real Estate at Mubadala Investment Company, one of the world's leading sovereign wealth funds based in Abu Dhabi. In this strategic role, he oversees real estate investment activities and portfolio management across the Asia Pacific region for the UAE-based investment firm. Neuling brings extensive experience in real estate investment, asset management, and regional market expertise to his position at Mubadala, where he plays a key role in identifying and executing investment opportunities in one of the world's most dynamic real estate markets. His leadership contributes to Mubadala's diversified global investment strategy across multiple asset classes and geographic regions.
Nael Mustafa
CEOGFH Partners
United Arab Emirates
As CEO of GFH Partners Ltd., Nael leads with a mandate to build a globally competitive real estate investment platform rooted in institutional discipline and sector specialization. With over $10 billion in gross real estate transactions value executed across the U.S. and GCC, he brings a deep understanding of both developed and growth markets—coupled with the ability to translate investment strategy into scalable, risk-adjusted performance.
Niranjan Hiranandani
Founder & MDHiranandani Group
India
Niranjan Hiranandani is arguably, India’s ‘builder extraordinaire’, the person credited with changing Mumbai’s skyline. Niranjan Hiranandani has virtually revolutionized the real estate industry in the country. Since then, the Hiranandani Group has come a long way and is recognized for their modern state of the art mixed used township projects in Powai & Thane, both of which have become preferred residential and commercial locations in and around Mumbai. Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani is a Business Leader with a combination of qualities like sharp professional business acumen, concerned citizen with social awareness, Industry leader with up to date knowledge, and above all, ensuring that the company gives value to every Customer.
Patrick Brauer
Head of Real Estate - Investment DirectorEIA
United Arab Emirates
In charge of the global real estate investment department. Setting the investment strategy, sourcing and executing investments across the capital structure in real estate opportunities globally. Regular participant in the Investment Committee. Non-Executive Director and Advisory Board member of private equity real estate funds in the US, Europe and Asia.
Steven Orbuch
Founder & PresidentSculptor Capital Management - USA
USA
Steve Orbuch is the Founder and President of Sculptor Real Estate at Sculptor Capital. He is also an Executive Managing Director and a member of the Firm's Partner Management Committee. In this role, Mr. Orbuch oversees the Firm’s global real estate activities and dedicated team, including acquisitions, asset management and dispositions, investing across the capital structure spectrum in both opportunistic equity and credit strategies.
Tiago Almeida
Head of Real Estate Investments & Asset ManagementADCG - Abu Dhabi Capital Group
United Arab Emirates
20+ years building and managing real estate portfolios across the Middle East, Europe, and Brazil.
Head of Real Estate at Abu Dhabi Capital Group, overseeing a diversified portfolio and driving new investment activity in the UAE and internationally.
Track record in acquisitions, portfolio management, strategic divestitures, and asset performance optimization, with consistent delivery of strong financial results and board-level stakeholder engagement.
Economics degree from Nova SBE, Lisbon | Postgraduate in Corporate Finance, ISCTE, Lisbon | MBA, INSE
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