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Oliver Knight - Head of Workplace at Landsec. Landsec build and invest in buildings, spaces and partnerships to create sustainable places, connect communities and realise potential. They are one of the largest real estate companies in Europe, with a £10.2bn portfolio spanning retail, leisure, workspace and residential hubs. Oli is responsible for the Strategy, Product, Leasing, Investment Manageme...

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, W. P. Carey is one of the largest diversified net lease REITs, specializing in the acquisition of operationally critical, single-tenant properties in North America and Europe. Karolis worked in banking and has held roles at UBS and Jefferies before moving to WP Carey in 2015. He has responsibility for Sale-Leaseback, Build-to-Suit Finance and Net-Lease Acquis...

Jessica Piltz - Head of Sustainable Investing, Private Markets at Fiera Capital. Fiera Real Estate UK is wholly owned by Fiera Capital Corporation, a leading independent global asset management firm with more than USD121 billion of AUM as at 31st March 2023. Jess is responsible for leading Fiera Capital's global sustainable investing strategy across private markets, alongside and working closely w...

V7 is a creative and forward-thinking asset and development management company, passionate about transforming mismanaged office buildings or sites into dynamic, highly sustainable service-led workspaces. Working with partners including institutional funds, family offices, private equity, and individual investors V7 add value to buildings by repositioning them in line with the very latest workplace...

Roebuck is an an institutional grade pan-European real estate logistics investor who identify and create investment strategies across the risk spectrum, including core, core + and value add. Their current portfolio spans 7 countries, with more than 100 assets and a value in excess of €2.6bn. Hugh is a graduate of Cass Business School (now Bayes) and started his career at BNP Paribas – he has since...

Grow Places are a creative and compassionate property developer and development manager who build long term relationships to unlock complex problems found in the built environment, focused on future trends and design excellence.   They bring fairness and compassion to the development process for all stakeholders, combining a growth mindset and approach.   Tom has worked in real estate since 2009,...

Cadillac Fairview  is a globally focused owner, operator, investor, and developer of best-in-class real estate across retail, office, residential, industrial and mixed-use asset classes. Wholly owned by the  Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan , CF manages in excess of $40 billion of assets across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.   In the past couple of years, Cadillac's landmark European investments ha...

Alpha is a specialist real assets investment manager focused on secure income strategies with over £4 billion of assets under management. They invest in UK and European assets with predictable secure long term cash flows – these investments cover commercial ground rents, UK renewable infrastructure, social real estate and secured lending, combining operational real estate expertise and fixed incom...

Bert Broadhead has worked for a number of leading firms from DTZ, Rockspring as well as Och-Ziff Capital Management before setting up Alterx in 2014 as a 'value investor' focused on the Western European real estate market.   Today, the business operates in three countries and controls over 2m sqft of commercial assets and over 30,000 residential plots. Bert is also the host of a real estate podcas...

The  DWS Group  (DWS) – formally Deutsche Asset Management is one of the worlds leading asset managers and currently boasts €841bn of assets under management. Issie studied Real Estate at the Royal Agricultural University before joining Deutsche Bank as an Analyst. She has since held roles at Eden Rock Group, LaSalle, Aviva Investors, and her experience spans investment, investment specialist, rea...

Paul is responsible for the strategy, placemaking, stakeholder management, capital allocation and strategic direction of the London Estate. He has previously held roles in investment, asset management and portfolio management across Grosvenor Europe and has managed three cross-border retail funds on behalf of various international investors, and he also set up Grosvenor's Stockholm Office.   Paul...

Johan set the business up with partner Fawaz AlRajhi in 2019 to provide international investors, typically from the GCC region, direct access to UK and European real estate investment opportunities, asset management and advisory services.   Prior to setting up the business Johan was the Head of International Real Estate at AlRajhi United, managing a multi sector real estate portfolio across the US...

Ben leads the team at DHL Supply Chain, tasked with stepping up its acquisition, disposal and development programme. Previously Ben was Managing Director at Round Hill Capital, building its logistics platform. He has experience across all the major asset classes and has held asset management, fund management and investment positions throughout his career spanning the UK, European and Global market...

Lloyd Lee is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Yoo Capital. He has over 24 years of experience in real estate private equity and principal investing and has been involved in £12 billion of real estate acquisitions, public and private corporate opportunities, special situations and asset management turnarounds across the UK, Europe, US and emerging markets.   He graduated from both Harvard and...

Quadrant work with a variety of best in class LP's from KKR, Tristan, Aimco, Blackrock and Oaktree and invest in UK real estate assets across the risk spectrum, with a focus on managing, repurposing and developing offices, out of town retail and leisure assets. Vanessa has worked at the business since 2014 from CBRE and has had a meteoric rise up the ranks.   I sat down with Vanessa to discuss a b...

Ainslie joined Henderson Global Investors in 2002 and remains with the business today having gained extensive experience running commercial property mandates investing in the U.K. and European markets.   In 2016, Ainslie was recognised by City A.M., as one of the city's 100 most influential women. She was short-listed for Investment Week's "Fund Manager of the Year" in 2017, Janus Henderson U.K. P...

Andrew has had two careers – first with the RAF as a helicopter pilot, and secondly in the Real Estate Development world working at Skanska before moving to LCR Property.   At LCR he is an executive board member with national P&L responsibility for their development and property portfolio. He has oversight and leadership of 30+ staff to motivate and the delivery of 50+ projects.   I sat down with...

Set up in 2022 by Andrea Vanni – in a 50:50 joint venture with Invel Real Estate, Areli Living is making a push into the UK real estate market. Michael's experience spans direct investment, asset management, and development of both residential and commercial real estate and he also has extensive experience across equity and debt funding covering all asset classes. I sat down with Michael to discus...

Alex Kim is Director of Workplace at the Crown Estate. Here he is responsible for the entire Central London Workplace Portfolio 2.5m+ sqft. Alex is responsible for refurbishment, and development of the workplace assets as well as developing The Crown Estate's workplace product line to ensure it is fit for use in the ever-changing market. Alex started his Real Estate career as a leasing agent, befo...

Ekaterina set the business up alongside Anthony Butler in 2019 with a vision to create a new pan-European business dedicated to the development, investment, and management of logistics assets across key metropolitan areas in Europe. The team has grown rapidly to over 34 people, across 5 European offices with £bn's AUM. In 2018 Biz now profiled Ekaterina in their top 51 most influential women in UK...

TSP is a vertically integrated Real Estate Investment Company with an award-winning property management capability.   Their mission is to build an investment business that remains relevant to its time and place. One that chooses rehabilitation over ruin. Partnerships over rivalries. Responsibility over excuses.   Zac studied Politics at Nottingham University before joining  Goldman Sachs  as a Gra...

Blackbrook Capital is a specialist real estate investment firm focusing on future-proof supply chain infrastructure across Europe. The team behind Blackbrook has a combined real estate investment track record of deploying over 20 billion Euros in more than 20 countries across Europe and North America.   Jon Strang joined Blackbrook Capital in September 2020 from the logistics investor Clarion Gram...

Headquartered in London, Boreal is an opportunity driven investment manager with a current focus on logistics and light-industrial properties across Europe. Set up in 2022, it is led by its founding partners former Blackstone, TPG and Europa execs who secured €1bn of equity from Canadian pension giant Cadillac Fairview, with a plan to create a €3bn pan European portfolio. I sat down with James to...

Blue Current Capital is an ESG-focused real estate investor, developer, and operator enabling and accelerating the electrification of commercial fleets across the UK and Continental Europe. I sat down with Nick to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following: How he got into Real EstateWorking at a GP, LP and then setting up his own business Meeting his Co-Founder  Max Bot...

Audrey Klein has 25 years of global real estate experience – she has run her own business, held positions at Blackstone, Cromwell Property Group, Kennedy Wilson where she has raised £bn's of equity. Passionate about ESG and impact investing she is a UK founding member of WIRE - an organization dedicated to providing a networking venue for women in the private equity real estate business. Audrey cu...