EPRA - Key Persons


Agathe Bolli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
  • Sustainability & Communications Manager
Agathe joined PSP Swiss Property in the beginning of 2019. She is responsible for communicating PSP's sustainability strategy and performance externally as well as coordinating the sustainability ... related activities internally and fostering their integration into business processes. Prior to joining PSP, Agathe worked in the area of sustainable investing at UBS for 17 years, analysing material sustainability issues of industries and companies, developing various sustainability rating schemes, constructing sustainable products and mandates, screening client portfolios and advising clients on integrating values and sustainability. Agathe studied Environmental Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and holds an MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University. READ MORE

Aigline De Ginestous

Job Titles:
  • Group Director Institutional Relations
  • Group Director of Institutional Relations at Unibail - Rodamco - Westfield
  • Member of Committee
Aigline is the Group Director of Institutional Relations at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) since May 2021. Before joining URW, Aigline held several functions in the Public sector, notably within ... the Cabinet of the Ministers of Economy and Finance in France, and as Special Advisor for the President of the Economic Affairs Committee in the French National Assembly. Previously, Aigline worked for 9 years in Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers and Rothschild in London and Paris, specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions for Financial Institutions and Governments. Aigline holds a Master in Management from EDHEC Business School in France and a MBA from INSEAD.

Alex Moss

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • Research Committee Chair, Real Estate Course Director Bayes Business School ( Formerly Cass )
Alex has been involved in research and transactions in the global listed real estate sector for over 30 years. His career has encompassed award-winning sell side research (BZW), investment bankin... g (CSFB), private equity (Apax Partners Capital), and fund management. He formed AME Capital in 2002, which developed a proprietary database and analytical tool for all listed real estate companies and real estate securities funds globally. This business was sold to Macquarie Securities in 2008, where he stayed for over three years as Head of Global Property Securities Analytics. He formed Consilia Capital, a real estate investment advisory firm, in 2012, and has developed an international institutional client base, as well as publishing regularly in academic journals. Consilia Capital produces a monthly publication, based on the performance of real estate, infrastructure and real asset funds, which features academic papers of interest to practitioners. He is a member of the EPRA Research Committee, the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of European Real Estate Research, and was Chairman of the IPF Research Steering Group which sponsored the report on Real Estate Allocations within DC Pension Schemes in the UK. He is an advisor to Investec Asset Management, working with the Multi-Asset team, and is Chairman of the Investment Committee for the Investec GSF Global Real Estate Securities Fund, which he has been involved with since inception. In 2015 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and in 2016 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, City University, London. READ MORE

Alexis Arnaud

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Partner in the Real Estate
Alexis Arnaud is a partner in the Real Estate Tax team in London. He previously worked in the Luxembourg office for 4 years before joining the London Real Estate team in 2014. He is working on UK ... and pan-European real estate transactions, and has extensive experience having led cross-border engagements assisting clients on a number of high profile property transactions. READ MORE

Ali Zaidi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee

Aliénor Fusade

Job Titles:
  • Events & Communications Associate
Aliénor joined EPRA in May 2022 after a successful tenure organizing events in the luxury hospitality sector. Her expertise lies in providing unparalleled customer service and event experiences in esteemed 5-star establishments spanning from Monaco (Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer) to Singapore (Grand Hyatt Singapore). After covid, fueled by an insatiable curiosity, Aliénor made the choice to channel her skills beyond the realm of hospitality by joining EPRA taking care of the events, as well as the communication part. Aliénor is equipped with a Master's degree in Luxury Brand Management from INSEEC, Paris (2016), completing a Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Business Management from Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland (2013). She speaks French, English, has good notions of Portuguese and Spanish, and understands well Dutch and Italian.

Anders Berg

Job Titles:
  • Head of Communications & IR
Anders has been the Head of Investor Relations and Communications since 2016. Before joining Pandox, he was Partner and Senior Consultant at Hallvarsson & Halvarsson focusing on investor relat... ions advisory services for publicly listed companies, including preparation for IPOs. Anders has a long experience from the capital market having worked as Head of Research, Head of Markets and Head of Asset Management in Sweden for Evli Bank Plc during 2001-2012. Prior to that Anders also held various positions, including Manager Export & Project Finance at Ericsson.

Andrea Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
  • Responsible Investment Lead

Andreas Hoffmann

Job Titles:
  • Head of Property
  • Member of the Senior Management Team of Cromwell European REIT
Andreas is a member of the Senior Management Team of Cromwell European REIT and as Head of Property responsible for the Portfolio and Asset Management of a 2.1 bn portfolio of commercial assets i... nvested in 7 European countries. Andreas is also a member of the Advisory Board of BUILTWORLD and the Smart Building PropTech Spaceti. In his previous job, he was Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Europe at UBS Real Estate & Private Markets.

André von Rohr

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst
  • Member of Committee
  • Senior Analyst at B & I Capital
Andre von Rohr is a Senior Analyst at B&I Capital, based in Zurich, covering the listed real estate sector in Europe, Canada, and the self-storage and industrial REITs in the US. He previously... worked seven years as sell-side analyst at UBS covering real estate and small and midcap stocks. He holds a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Banking and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. READ MORE

Anne-Violette Faugeras

Job Titles:
  • Head of Financing and Investor Relations
Anne-Violette Faugeras is a graduate of ESCP Business School. She began her career in 2007 at Société Générale in the Inspection Department before arranging debt and equity capital market transact... ions for companies, particularly those in the real estate sector, from 2014 to 2021. She joined Icade in March 2021 as Head of Financing and was appointed in September 2021 Head of Financing and Treasury. Since July 2023 she is, ahead of her previous functions, responsible for Icade's financial communication and investor relations.

Ariane Brohez

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee
  • Member of the Real Estate Practice
Ariane Brohez is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group and of the Benelux Investment Management/Funds Team, based in Brussels. She has a broad practice of counselling in real estate transacti... ons and taxation. Ariane has particular experience in structuring real estate funds, real estate investments (acquisitions, disposals) and real estate financing. She assists clients in real estate transactions (portfolios, share deals, sale & lease back, (re)financing), negotiating deals from initial offer or term sheet to closing, and advising on all tax, regulatory and legal aspects. Ariane also specialises in Belgian corporate tax law and withholding taxes, incl. international tax developments and GAAR, as well as in (the compliance of domestic legislation with) European tax law and Constitutional tax law. READ MORE

Avni Mashru

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee
Avni is currently a partner within PwC's Accounting Consulting Services (ACS) group which provides IFRS and UK GAAP accounting advice both internally and to external clients. Avni has supported a ... number of the firm's largest clients when dealing with significant acquisitions or disposals, significant areas of accounting change, most recently with leasing, and responding to enquiries from the UK regulator. Avni also has a particular focus on the Real Estate industry; she chairs PwC's global Real Estate industry accounting group and is a member of the British Property Federation accounting group. Avni joined PwC in 2000 and, in addition to working within ACS, she has completed a secondment to PwC USA, a secondment to the BBC as Head of Technical Accounting and has worked within the Consumer and Industrial Products and Services audit practice.

Baker McKenzie

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
Laurent Fessmann heads the Banking & Finance practice at Baker McKenzie Luxembourg. He has 22 years' experience in business law and started his career in 1996 as in-house counsel in a French C... AC40 listed company, where he worked intensively on LBO transactions, capital markets and corporate law matters. He founded his own firm in August 2009 and established the Baker McKenzie Luxembourg office one year later. Laurent is a banking & finance lawyer who specializes in lending transactions and regulatory assistance, both at domestic and foreign level. Besides that, Laurent is also active in the capital markets area and is praised for his structured finance experience. He advises investment banks and issuers mainly in security admission projects, both for debt and equity instruments. Laurent holds a Postgraduate degree and Master's degree in Business Law from the University of Strasbourg and has been admitted to both the Strasbourg and Luxembourg bars since 2006. READ MORE

Baris Sari

Job Titles:
  • Reporting and Accounting Manager
Baris joined the EPRA's Financial Reporting and Accounting team in June 2021. After he graduated with Honors from the HEC-ULg Management School in Belgium and obtained Master's degree in Financial Analysis, Baris started his career at Deloitte Luxembourg as a Financial Auditor on the Real estate and Private Equity Markets. During his first year in Luxembourg, Baris also obtained his Certificate of the Formation complémentaire des candidats experts-comptables (Luxemburgish CPA). After 3 years in Luxembourg, he took part in the Global Deployment Program at Deloitte US and worked in their Philadelphia Office for another 2 years.

Barney Coleman - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO
Barney started his career as a General practice Surveyor training and practising in the Central London commercial property market in the 1990's. More recently his career has been property data related working on projects including the roll out of energy performance certificates in the UK and as Chief Operating Officer in a Joint Venture Company with HomeTrack.

Bart Gysens - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director in Charge of Morgan Stanley 's Pan - European
  • Member of Committee
Bart Gysens is a Managing Director in charge of Morgan Stanley's pan-European property research team, which is currently number one ranked in the Institutional Investor survey. Gysens is also numb... er one ranked individually by the Extel survey.

Bernd A. Stahli - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of Committee
Currently, Bernd A. Stahli is Chief Executive Director at NSI NV and Member of the Management Board. Prior to that, he was Head-European Real Estate Research at Merrill Lynch Ltd., Head-Global Rea... l Estate Securities Fund at AEGON NV and Head-European Real Estate at Kempen & Co. NV.

Beñat Ortega - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Beñat Ortega, 41 years old and École Centrale Paris alumni took up his position as Chief Executive Officer on April 21, 2021. He joined Klépierre, a leading European listed retail real estate com... pany with a 22 billion euro portfolio, in 2012, and since then he has lead its operational activities. He has and played a key role in its transformation through the portfolio's refocusing around 120 leading shopping malls and an ambitious value creation and cash flow growth strategy. Since 2016, he was a member of the Executive Board, Chief Operating Officer. He previously spent nine years in Paris with the Office teams of the listed group Unibail-Rodamco.

Caroline Thirifay

Job Titles:
  • Director of Investor Relations
  • Shurgard in 1999 As a Financial Analyst
Caroline Thirifay joined Shurgard in 1999 as a Financial Analyst. She has held different positions in Finance such as Operations Controller and Senior Manager Financial Reporting. Caroline has ser... ved as Director of Investor Relations since October 2018. She started her professional career as an Auditor. Caroline holds a Master's degree in Political Sciences from ULB and a Master's degree in Auditing and Accounting.

Caroline Tivéus

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
  • SVP, Director of Sustainable Business

Charlotte Nisbet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee

Christian Schlüter - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of Committee

Christophe Cuvillier - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
EPRA Chairman Christophe Cuvillier and EPRA CEO Philip Charls look back at 2016 and report on several very positive developments despite a cloudy outlook for the world economy and geopolitics. At the end of the report you can also find the consolidated financial statements of EPRA for 2016.

Christopher Drula

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Senior Vice President of Financial Standards at Nareit
Christopher Drula is Senior Vice President of Financial Standards at Nareit. In this role, Drula is responsible for evaluating accounting and financial reporting proposals issued by the Financial ... Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Prior to joining Nareit in 2010, Drula was a senior manager in PwC's Banking and Capital Markets Practice where he provided audit and accounting advisory services to large publicly traded financial institutions that prepared financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and IFRS. During his time at PwC, Drula completed a two-year rotation in PwC's National Office where he provided technical accounting guidance on financial instruments, fair value measurements, consolidation, and securitization. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with a minor in Spanish, summa cum laude, at King's College. He holds his CPA license in PA, VA, and NJ and is a member of the AICPA, PICPA, and VSCPA.

Christopher Luck

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee
Chris Luck is a Partner in the Funds and Indirect Real Estate team. His main focus is in the real estate and financial sectors for UK and International clients. Transactional activity includes M&a... mp;A, joint ventures and listing real estate companies as well as setting up and acting for investors in real estate funds.

Claire Mogford

Job Titles:
  • SEGRO As Head of Investor Relations
  • Vice - Chair of the IR Committee, Head of Investor Relations
Claire joined SEGRO as Head of Investor Relations in October 2018. Prior to this she spent 10 years working in Corporate Access Origination roles at first Goldman Sachs and then Exane BNP Paribas ... with a focus on Banks, Insurance and Real Estate. She started her career on the Equity Graduate scheme at Goldman Sachs and has a BSc in International Business from the University of Warwick.

Clémentine Pacitti

Job Titles:
  • CSR Senior Manager
Clémentine Pacitti joins Klépierre Group as CSR senior manager in 2016. Clémentine is in charge of the Group's sustainability strategy and ensures its operational implementation across the Europea... n portfolio. She also liaises with the Group's external stakeholders to intensify the consideration of CSR issues within the sector. Clémentine began her career at Rexel as a CSR project manager and then joined Bouygues Construction where she was in charge of sustainability coordination for four years. She holds a double degree in environmental engineering and sustainable development management (HEC Paris). READ MORE

Daniel Zaugg

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Partner, Assurance Services
Daniel is a Partner in Assurance Services for EY in Zurich, as well as Sector Leader of Real Estate & Construction. Furthermore, he is the Global Chairman of the EY IFRS Real Estate Group and ... a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). Daniel holds a graduate degree in Real Estate Investment Banking from the European Business School in Frankfurt. With the EU institutions and Member States developing a large number of regulations affecting our members, EPRA's regulatory function is significant. Giving the sector a voice in the legislative processes, EPRA represents listed property companies, REITs and investors.

David Migueláñez Díez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee

David Moreno

Job Titles:
  • Indexes Manager
David joined EPRA in 2016. He has a background in financial markets within financial institutions mainly as analyst for fixed income and corporate finance. CFA charterholder. He is Economist and Professional in Finance from Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) and holds a joint Master degree in Quantitative Economics and Financial Engineering from Université Paris I Pantheón-Sorbonne (France) and Universitá Ca'Foscari di Venezia (Italy).

David Sleath - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
David has considerable board level experience of listed companies and has extensive knowledge of the real estate, manufacturing and distribution sectors and SEGRO. His financial and general manage... ment experience has helped lead the successful design and implementation of SEGRO's strategy during his tenure as Chief Executive. David is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Dominique Moerenhout - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
EPRA CEO Dominique Moerenhout reviews the achievements of 2018 and looks forward to the challenges that 2019 will bring. At the end of the report you can find the auditor's report and the consolidated financial statements of EPRA for 2018. Dominique joined EPRA as CEO in 2017, moving from BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management where he held the CEO position for Luxembourg and Belgium. After working in a private bank followed ... by five years as a management consultant on large financial sector projects for KPMG Consulting, he joined Fortis Private Real Estate in 2004, where he was COO for international investment and fund management activities in Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain until 2011, before moving with the company to the UK. He is a native French and Dutch speaker and fluent in English. He holds a Master in Business Administration from ICHEC Brussels and a European Master in Financial Analysis (CFA) from the Belgian Association of Financial Analysts.

Dr. Dilek Pekdemir

Job Titles:
  • Research Manager
Before joining EPRA in December 2018, Dilek worked for DTZ and Cushman&Wakefield Turkey as head of research, providing consultancy services including IPO documents, market research, investment strategy, and due diligence reports for international developers, investors, funds and financial institutions. She completed her MSc and PhD degrees focusing on urban economics and real estate markets. She also worked as part-time lecturer in real estate market analysis and finance courses at various academic institutions. She has memberships in both academic and professional organizations, including a board member of ERES and also a member of European Research Group at ICSC.

Dr. Susanne Hügel

Dr. Susanne Hügel leads the Digital Innovation & Business Acceleration team for Continental Europe at CBRE, the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. Before join... ing CBRE Susanne examined the topic "Innovation in the Real Estate Industry" in the context of her doctoral thesis and academically published her empirical research findings. Originally from the architectural sector, Susanne gained extensive practical experience in a Proptech startup of the very first hour. READ MORE

Edward Thacker

Job Titles:
  • Director of Investor Relations
  • Landsec in 2007 As Head of Investor Relations
Edward joined Landsec in 2007 as Head of Investor Relations. Before joining Landsec, he worked for The Boots Company for 14 years in a variety of roles. He joined The Boots Company in 1993 as an... economist and helped to develop rental forecasting models for Boots Properties PLC. Edward joined the finance department in 2000 as an analyst in the Investor Relations department. In 2002 he moved to the Group Finance department and managed the performance reporting team responsible for the analysis and reporting of the trading performance of the company. In 2006 he returned to the Investor Relations team to work on the merger of Alliance UniChem with The Boots Company to form Alliance Boots plc.

Elena Aubrée

Job Titles:
  • Law and Tax Partner With Forvis Mazars Avocats
  • Member of Committee
Elena Aubrée is a registered attorney-at-law and tax partner with Forvis Mazars Avocats in France. Her main practice area is corporate taxation, with a particular emphasis on corporate transactio... ns and corporate restructuring. Elena Aubrée advises a wide range of corporate clients from Real Estate and Infrastructure industry, both listed and privately-owned companies, in France and abroad in the definition and implementation of their tax strategies, while also providing day-to-day tax assistance. READ MORE

Evert Jan van Garderen - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of Committee
Evert Jan van Garderen, a graduate of Erasmus University Rotterdam, joined the Company in 1994 after experience in a major law firm and an international investment group. He is both a Chartered Ac... countant and a qualified lawyer.

Fabrice Mouchel - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of Committee
  • Unibail in 2001 As Head of Corporate Development
Fabrice Mouchel joined Unibail in 2001 as Head of Corporate Development. In 2002, he became Head of the Financial Resources and Investor Relations Department. In June 2007, he became Deputy Chief ... Financial Officer. He is appointed Group Finance Director & Chief Financial Officer Europe in April 2019. Prior to joining Unibail, he was Vice-President of Mergers and Acquisitions at ING-Barings (1997-2001). Before, he was a lawyer in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Gide Loyrette & Nouel (1993-1996). He holds a degree from HEC and a master's degree in law (France) READ MORE

Fernanda Amemiya

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
  • Sustainability Reporting Manager at Landsec
Fernanda is the Sustainability Reporting Manager at Landsec, leading all sustainability reporting and ESG engagement with investors and external benchmarks. Since Fernanda joined Landsec in 2017,... after completing her MBA at Cass Business School, she has successfully led Landsec in improving its performance in key ESG benchmarks, including ranking first in the UK and Europe among peer group both for GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) and DJSI (Dow Jones Sustainability Index) and A-list in CDP. Before moving to London, Fernanda worked for the largest Brazilian bank, developing projects in several areas, from process improvement to business model planning and franchising.

Filip Elland

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
  • SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE CHAIR, Head of Sustainability

Florian Hauber

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations and Treasury at Swiss Prime Site
Florian Hauber has been Head of Investor Relations and Treasury at Swiss Prime Site since 2022; he is responsible for investor dialogue, corporate communications and group financing. He played a l... eading role in the strategic focusing of Swiss Prime Site as a pure-play property company with the spin-off of its service businesses and the expansion of the asset management division. Prior to this, Florian worked for Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking division in Zurich, London and Frankfurt from 2008. There he was responsible for financing and advising companies and private equity investors. Among other things, he developed the bank's capital market practice for the real estate sector and positioned European companies on the capital market with numerous transactions. READ MORE

Forvis Mazars

Job Titles:
  • Law and Tax Partner With Forvis Mazars Avocats
  • Member of Committee

Francesco Soldi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Francesco joined IGD, one of the most important players in Italy in the retail segment of the real estate sector, in 2011. He's also part of IGD Sustainability Committee and member of ICSC Sustain... ability Group. Before joining IGD, Francesco was Sustainability Senior Consultant at SCS from 2005 onwards.

François Trausch - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Global CEO for Allianz Real Estate
  • Member of Committee
François Trausch joined Allianz in January 2016 as global CEO for Allianz Real Estate. Allianz Real Estate is the global real estate investment and asset manager of Allianz, developing and execu... ting tailored portfolios and investment strategies worldwide for the various insurance companies of the Group. Starting with a direct equity portfolio of ca. EUR 16bn in 2008, Allianz's real estate AUM grew to 50bn as of 31st of December 2016 - across direct and indirect equity investments as well as senior debt financings. Last year Allianz Real Estate invested and financed for close to EUR 6bn. Prior to this position, Francois Trausch was CEO of Asia Pacific for GE Capital Real Estate and also served as President & CEO for GE Capital Real Estate Japan. He held earlier GE leadership roles in Western Europe and France, and had previous assignments in acquisition, risk and asset management. Before joining GE, Francois Trausch worked for Tishman Speyer in New York and Berlin and Goldman Sachs in London. He earned a business degree from ESCP in Paris and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a ULI Trustee and member of the ULI Europe executive committee. READ MORE

Fredrik Sjudin - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • CFO of Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB
  • Member of Committee
Fredrik was appointed CFO of Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB in 2018. He also holds several mandates in subsidiaries and joint ventures of the Platzer Group. Prior to joining Platzer Fastigheter, F... redrik was Chief Financial Officer at real estate companies such as Partillebo AB and others with a mix of residential and commercial properties. Fredrik has a background in financing and business development in his role at Kommuninvest i Sverige AB. Fredrik has performed studies in executive leadership at Stockholm School of Economics and holds a degree from the University of Örebro in Master of Science in Business and Economics with a specialization in Finance.

Gabriella Zepf

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Gabriella Zepf is responsible for developing and driving the company's Group sustainability strategy ensuring it meets its Responsible SEGRO commitment to champion low carbon growth and being net-... zero carbon by 2030. She joins SEGRO from Big Yellow where she was Head of CSR leading the self-storage firm's sustainability and climate risk strategy. She has also undertaken a range of consultancy and in-house roles focused on sustainability and the environment for companies including British American Tobacco and Orange/ EE. SEGRO is the leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses and industrial property. READ MORE

Giacomo Balzarini

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
Mr. Balzarini completed his business and economic studies at the University of Zurich in 1996, and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago (Ill., USA) in 2002. Professional experience: From... mid-1993 to 1996, Mr Balzarini worked at the Swiss banking company in Zurich in the fields of corporate banking and business development. From 1997 to 2006 he worked at the Swiss Reinsurance Company in the fields of risk and project management, strategy development and asset management, most recently as managing director, responsible for the development of the indirect, international property portfolio. Other activities and interests: In addition to the mandates held in the group companies controlled by PSP Swiss Property AG, Mr Balzarini had the following functions and offices to be appointed under the RLCG: Member of the Board of Directors of Seewarte Holding AG, Zug, on 31 December 2016. READ MORE

Giacomo Morri

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Associate Professor of Practice and Faculty Deputy in Corporate Finance & Real Estate
Giacomo Morri, Ph.D., MRICS, is Faculty Deputy and Associate Professor of Practice in Corporate Finance and Real Estate at SDA Bocconi School of Management and Real Estate Finance lecturer at Bocc... oni University. He was director of the Master in Real Estate, of the Executive Master in Corporate Finance and Banking and he was in charge of real estate executive education. He has published several books and articles on real estate, finance, appraisal, and investment funds; he is on the editorial board of the Journal of European Real Estate Research and Territorio Italia and on several scientific and technical committees. He is Member, Registered Valuer and Assessor of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Past president, and a board member of the European Real Estate Society. He is a freelancing advisor for several real estate companies and asset managers, and he is the non-executive director at UnipolSai Investimenti SGR. He serves in the advisory board for several real estate funds. Italian chartered certified accountant, expert in real estate litigation and valuation. READ MORE

Gideon Agyemang

Job Titles:
  • Senior Portfolio Manager
  • Member of Committee
Gideon Agyemang joined the Dutch insurance company ASR Nederland N.V. in 2014 and works as a Senior Portfolio Manager for the department ‘ASR Real Assets Investment Partners'. He is responsible fo... r the selection and monitoring of asset managers for listed real estate. Furthermore he is also responsible for the ASR Property Fund, which is an AIFMD-fund for a.s.r. unit-linked policyholders and pension products, that invests in European listed real estate. He is a holder of a Bachelor (HvA/HES) and Master of Business Administration (LOI). READ MORE

Giovanni Curatolo

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research and Indexes Analyst
Giovanni joined EPRA's Index team in 2023. He holds a Master's degree in Management from Grenoble École de Management. Prior to that, he graduated in Business Economics and Administration from Università degli Studi di Palermo.

Giuseppe Andrea

Giuseppe Andrea joined Chiomenti Studio Legale in 1997, became a partner in 2003 heading the tax department through 2009. Before Chiomenti, Giuseppe Andrea worked from 1992 with Arthur Andersen ta... x department in Milan. He seats at the Tax Committee of ASSOIMMOBILIARE (Italian real estate association) and of AIFI (Italian private equity association). Giuseppe Andrea advised the Treasury in 2006 for the introduction of the SIIQ law and recently the Ministry of Economic development for its reform. Frequent speaker at conferences and writer of articles on specialized magazines. Graduate cum laude at the Rome University La Sapienza, admitted before tax Courts in 1993, Cambridge Law Business School 2012. READ MORE

Giuseppe Giannantonio

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee

Grégory Jurion

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee
  • Tax Partner of the Real Estate Department of PwC Belgium
Grégory is a Tax Partner of the Real Estate department of PwC Belgium. He has worked for PwC Belgium's Real Estate Group since 2001 and is now leading the PwC real estate practice in Belgium. He g... raduated from both University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Master in Law) and holds a Master in Tax Law from the Solvay Business School of Management. He is also a Certified Tax Advisors i.e., member of the Belgian Institute for Tax Advisors and Accountants. Grégory has broad experience in providing advice on international and Belgian tax restructuring and is tax advisor to a number of real estate funds, REITs and developers. He is specialized in structuring funds, from design to implementation (such as e.g. the Belgian real estate fund - FIIS). Grégory assists clients in due diligence process of real estate companies, including review of tax clauses in purchase agreements, etc. Grégory has broad experience in providing advice on international and Belgian tax restructuring and is tax advisor to a number of real estate investment funds, REITs and developers.

Hanna De Groote - CSR

Job Titles:
  • Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Hanna joined Cofinimmo, the largest listed property company in Belgium and a member of the BEL 20, in 2004. Her mission as Head of Corporate Social Responsibility is to identify and continuously e... valuate all elements that can improve the sustainability strategy of the company. She has 10 years of experience in environmental management systems and contributes since 2013 to sustainability reporting. In 2016 Cofinimmo won the Award for the Best Belgian Sustainability Report. Hanna studied civil engineering at KU Leuven.

Hassan Sabir

Job Titles:
  • Finance & ESG Director
Hassan graduated with a LLB from Queen Mary, University of London and holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He has 18 years of work experience in finance, ESG & strategy including 7 years in the listed real estate space.

Helen Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive of Grainger Plc
Helen Gordon is Chief Executive of Grainger plc the UK's largest listed residential landlord. Helen was appointed Chief Executive of Grainger in January 2016 from RBS where she had been Global ... Head of Real Estate Asset Management since October 2011. Prior to that Helen was Director of Legal and General Property, responsible for the Main Life Fund and c.8 smaller Funds, and Group Property Director of Railtrack and Managing Director of John Laing Developments. Helen has held a number of non-exec positions, Government appointments, and is currently on the Board of Covent Garden Market Authority and was a Trustee for The College of Estate Management for nine years. READ MORE

Henrica Ginström - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of Committee
The Board of Directors of Citycon Oyj has appointed Henrica Ginström as Citycon's new CEO as of April 1, 2024. Ginström (Finnish citizen) has been with Citycon for almost 13 years since 2011 and i... s currently serving as a Chief Operating Officer, prior to which she served as the company's Commercial Director in Norway and Vice President of Investor Relations and Communications. She holds a master's degree in Technology from Aalto University School of Science and Technology in Helsinki and a second master's degree in Economics from the Hanken School of Economics, also in Helsinki.

Inés Arellano

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the IR Committee, Director, Head of Investor Relations
Inés Arellano has experience as a real estate professional since 2004 Prior to joining MERLIN in 2015 as a member of the management team, she worked as a Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Ban... king and Real Estate Private Equity where she participated in IPOs, M&A transactions, Value Added and Opportunity investments in Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco across all types of real estate assets She holds a degree in Business Administration and Management with a specialization in Finance and Management, from the Universidad Comercial de Deusto. READ MORE

Isabelle Scemama - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Member of Management Board and Executive Committee of AXA IM - Real Assets. Member of AXA IM Management Board. Isabelle Scemama is Chief Executive Officer of AXA IM - Real Assets and chairs the M... anagement Board and the Executive Committee. Her responsibilities include the definition of AXA IM - Real Assets' strategy and its day-to-day management. Prior to that, Isabelle was responsible for the Funds Group which includes CRE Finance, Infrastructure, Alternatives, Core & Value-Add funds and European Sales. Isabelle joined AXA IM - Real Assets in 2001 to head real estate fund structuring and financing. In 2005, she launched the CRE Loans platform which currently manages mandates of over 10 billion on behalf of AXA insurance companies and more than 40 institutions from 10 different jurisdictions. In 2013, she was appointed to launch the Infrastructure lending platform, an initiative managed on behalf of the AXA Group that aims to invest up to 10 billion in infrastructure loans. In 1995, she joined the real estate financing department where she was responsible for the financing of investors. Isabelle started her career in 1989 at Paribas in the large cap corporate financing department. She has 25 years of experience in financing including 19 years in real estate finance. Isabelle graduated from IEP Paris (Sciences Po) with a degree in Political Science in 1989.

Iskren Marinov

Job Titles:
  • Membership Manager & Index Analyst
Iskren has 8 years of EU association management and public affairs experience gained at Knowledge4Innovation and the European Parliament. Iskren holds a MA degree in European Affairs from Maastricht University and a graduate degree in International relations from Sofia University.

Ismael Clemente - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of Committee
  • Vice Chairman and CEO of MERLIN Properties
Mr. Clemente is Vice Chairman and CEO of MERLIN Properties and has over 20 years' experience as a real estate professional. He has worked at Garrigues, Bankers Trust REIB, DB Real Estate and RREEF... , as Managing Director, involving transactions of approximately 5.0 billion across all property sectors. Mr. Clemente holds superior degrees in Law and in Economics & Business Administration, with a specialisation in Finance, from ICADE (E-3), is a lecturer of the MRE programme at IE Business School and a member of the Spanish Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).

Jacques Perdrix - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President
  • Member of Committee
  • Senior Vice President and Lead Portfolio Manager
Jacques Perdrix is a Senior Vice President and the Lead Portfolio Manager of Heitman's European Public Real Estate Securities group. He also serves on the group's Global Investment Committee and c... o-manages the group's global real estate securities strategies. Prior to joining Heitman, Jacques was at Griffin Capital Management where he worked as an analyst and assistant portfolio manager on long-only and long/short equity and fixed income funds covering mid/large-caps on a broad range of sectors and geographies. Previously, Jacques worked at equity long/short hedge fund Gugner Partners as a senior analyst and back-up trader focusing on European small/mid-caps across all sectors. Jacques started his career within Citigroup's Investment Banking Division, M&A Financial Institutions Group, in both Paris and London. Jacques, a French national, received a Specialised Master's in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon School of Management and a Master of Science in Management from ESC Grenoble School of Management. READ MORE

James Wilkinson

Job Titles:
  • Co - Global Chief Investment Officer of the Global Real Estate Securities Group
  • Co - Global CIO, Global Real Estate Securities
James Wilkinson is BlackRock's Co-Global Chief Investment Officer of the Global Real Estate Securities Group. His 18-year career in investment includes working at Thames River Capital and Henderso... n Global Investors as a real estate securities fund manager. Prior to this he was a Chartered Surveyor at Healey & Baker. Wilkinson joined EPRA's Advisory Board in 2014 and a year later EPRA's Board of Directors. READ MORE

Jan Willem van Kranenburg - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Member of Committee
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Jan Willem van Kranenburg, Vice President, is a research analyst covering European retail as well as Nordics and the Netherlands broadly. He has 11 years of experience. Prior to joining Cohen &... ; Steers in 2015, Mr. van Kranenburg held real estate securities analyst positions with J.P. Morgan, ABN AMRO and Royal Bank of Scotland. He has an MSc from Rotterdam School of Management and is based in London. READ MORE

Janine Cole - CSR

Job Titles:
  • Head of Sustainability
  • Head of Sustainability for Great Portland Estates Plc
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
As head of Sustainability for Great Portland Estates plc, Janine leads on the development and implementation of sustainability strategy and reporting on ESG matters across the business. A key res... ponsibility is to integrate sustainability, wellbeing and community related matters into all aspects of building design, construction and management.

Jean Kotarakos - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of Committee
Jean Kotarakos joined Cofinimmo in June 2018 as CFO. He holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). He oversees the Accounting, Comm... unication, IR, Control, IT, Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasury & Project Finance departments. He also holds several mandates in the subsidiaries of the Cofinimmo Group. He also holds several mandates in the subsidiaries of the Cofinimmo Group. During his career, Jean Kotarakos has occupied numerous financial positions in companies. After ten years at KPMG and D'Ieteren, he joined Aedifica as Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to May 2018.

Jean Kreusch - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Shurgard in 2003 As Group Controller
Jean Kreusch joined Shurgard in 2003 as Group Controller. He has served as CFO from June 2005, and as such he is responsible for Finance, Information systems, Data Team, Pricing, Marketing and Inv... estor Relations. Jean joined Shurgard from Latexia, where he worked from August 2000 and where his position was that of VP Finance & Administration. Before that, Jean held the position of Group Reporting and Taxation Manager with European Vinyl's Corporation from 1996 to 2000. He spent 4 years from 1992 to 1996 with Holiday Inn's Headquarters for Europe, Africa and the Middle East as Financial Planning Manager and Director of Management Information. Jean holds a Degree in Business Administration and Finance from ICHEC Business School. READ MORE

Jean-Marc Jestin - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Jean-Marie Simon

Job Titles:
  • EU Policy Manager
Jean-Marie is EU Policy Manager within EPRA. He is responsible for ESG and financial related policies. Before joining EPRA early 2024, Jean-Marie worked as a consultant for a compliance boutique firm and for the consultancy firm Lighthouse Europe, where he provided strategic counsel to a wide range of clients. Since the beginning of his career, Jean-Marie developed an expertise in assisting all kind of stakeholders both private and public to raise their awareness on specific topics such as green finance, ESG, and digital. He holds a L.LM from the Institute for European Studies of the Free University of Brussels (IEE-ULB) as well as a double degree in Law from the Friederich Alexander University (Germany) and the Université Rennes 1 (France). Jean-Marie is fluent in English, German and French.

Jean-Pierre Hanin

Jean-Pierre Hanin has a licentiate degree in Law from the KUL (Catholic University of Leuven). He also holds a Master in Tax Management from the Solvay Business School and a LL.M from Georgetown U... niversity. He started his career as a business lawyer. He then joined various international groups where he took up financial and management positions, among which Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Lhoist Group, global leader in lime and dolime. More recently, he was Chief Financial Officer then manager of the Building Performance division of the construction materials group Etex. His functions led him to operate in various regions all over the world for over 20 years, and to carry out both consolidation and development activities. READ MORE

Jonathan Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Carmila As Head of Investor Relations
Jonathan Kirk joined Carmila as Head of Investor Relations in October 2021 after 12 years in banking in Paris and London. In his current role, he is also in charge of financing. Jonathan has a M... asters degree from the University of Oxford and is a CFA Charterholder. READ MORE

Jonathan Murphy - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • CEO of Assura
  • Member of Committee
Jonathan Murphy is the CEO of Assura and was previously the Finance Director, having joined the Group in January 2013. Jonathan was previously Finance Director of the fund management business of B... rooks Macdonald Group plc, having joined as a result of the acquisition of Braemar Group plc in 2010, where he was Finance Director for four years. Jonathan was previously Managing Director for the property management business of Brooks Macdonald. His earlier career included commercial and strategic roles at Spirit Group and Vodafone. Jonathan qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, holding management roles in both the UK and Asia. Jonathan holds an MBA from IESE, the leading European Business School in Barcelona. READ MORE

Jonathan Przybylski - CSR

Job Titles:
  • Sustainability Manager
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Jonathan has been sustainability manager at Vonovia, Germany's largest housing company, since April 2017. He is responsible for the internal and external coordination and communication of sustaina... ble topics as well as for setting impulses for new sustainability measures within the company and for corporate citizenship. Previously, Jonathan worked for a non-profit consulting firm in the field of social impact measurement and for the Bertelsmann Foundation. He studied political science, cultural studies and economics.

Jonathan Vydt

Job Titles:
  • Policy Manager
Jonathan joined EPRA's Public Affairs team in March 2023 coming from an EU agency. As a barrister, he began his career at the Brussels bar in 2014. Following that, he spent several years in Central Europe, most notably in Hungary as a financial and legal advisor to real estate investors for over three years. He holds a Master's degree in law from the Université catholique de Louvain and a postgraduate degree in European studies from the College of Europe where he focused on EU Public Affairs and Policies.

Joost Uwents - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of Committee
  • WDP in 1999 As CFO
Joost Uwents joined WDP in 1999 as CFO. Now, he is executive director and CEO since 2010. Together with Tony De Pauw, he forms the WDP executive management team. He is a commercial engineer and ho... lds an MBA. He has ultimate responsibility for financial policy, internal reporting, commercial policy and investor relations. Recently, he became an independent non-executive director of Xior Student Housing.

Jorge Manrique

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Investments at Welltower Inc.
Jorge Manrique is Vice President, Investments at Welltower Inc. and leads the firm's London office. He previously worked at Sidewalk Labs, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Tishman Speyer. We... lltower (NYSE: WELL; USD 55 billion enterprise value) is the largest owner of healthcare real estate globally, with a portfolio of 2,000 properties focused primarily on the private pay seniors housing space. READ MORE

Jörg Heirman

Job Titles:
  • Secretary General
  • Member of Committee
  • Secretary General of Montea
Jörg is the Secretary General of Montea. As Secretary General he is responsible for the corporate, regulatory, legal and compliance aspects of the Montea group. Prior to his current position, Jörg... has been active as corporate/M&A lawyer for over 9 years at renowned Belgian and international law firms, with a specific focus on corporate real estate transactions.

Kieran Farrelly

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Head of Global Solutions, Real Estate
  • Schroders Capital As Head of Global Solutions
Mr. Farrelly joined Schroders Capital as Head of Global Solutions for Real Estate. Prior to Schroders Capital, Mr. Farrelly was a member of the real estate team at StepStone. Prior to StepStone, ... Mr. Farrelly was a Principal at the Townsend Group and a Director at CBRE Global Investment Partners where he focused on client portfolio management and investment activity. Previously, Mr. Farrelly was a research analyst with M&G Real Estate. READ MORE

Kim Wright

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
Kim leads the Listed Real Estate team. Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2018, she was Global Head of Real Estate Equities Research at UBS. Based in Hong Kong, where she was responsible for form... ulating and presenting the UBS global real estate view. Kim covered listed real estate for UBS for more than 22 years, leading top-rated real estate equities research teams in Australia, Europe and Asia. Before that, Kim worked in fund management at Armstrong Jones Management Ltd., where she was responsible for managing the company's Property Securities Fund. Kim holds a BComm from the University of Western Sydney, Australia. She is a CFA charterholder. READ MORE

Kurt Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Director of Corporate Affairs at Grainger Plc
Kurt is the Director of Corporate Affairs at Grainger plc, the UK's largest listed residential property company, and Board Director of Grainger's affordable housing arm, Grainger Trust. At Grainge... r, Kurt is responsible for investor relations, corporate communications, government relations, ESG, branding and marketing. Over recent years he has helped drive the strategic change at Grainger, as the company invests into new, purpose-built homes for rent. Kurt is a member of Grainger's Executive Committee and Management Committee.

Laurent Fessmann

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee

Laurent Lavergne

Job Titles:
  • Global Head of Sustainability for AXA IM Alts
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Laurent Lavergne is Global Head of Sustainability for AXA IM Alts. He is responsible for the development and the deployment of AXA IM Alts' sustainability strategy across all AXA IM Alts' business... lines, comprising Real Estate, Infrastructure, Alternative Credit and Natural Capital& Impact Investments. He is a voting member of investment committee for direct investments (Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity as well as Natural Capital). He is a member of AXA IM Real Estate Management Board. Previously, Laurent held various senior positions within AXA IM Real Assets, as Global Head of Asset Management and Development from 2020 until June 2023 and Co-Head of Fund Management from 2013 to 2019. READ MORE

Louis Servajean-Hilst - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Legal Counsel
  • Manager
  • Member of Committee
Louis serves as legal counsel for the manager of Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust since March 2020. He has more than 10 years of experience in the legal PERE industry. Before joining... Cromwell, Louis worked as legal director for one of the largest retail real estate investment trusts and largest shopping mall operators in the US and as legal counsel for a leading real estate investment management firm. He holds a master's degree in law from the University of Pantheon-Assas Paris II (France), a specialized master's degree in law from the University of Montpellier (France) and a LL.M. degree from the University of Sherbrooke

Lourdes Calderón Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • ESG Manager
Lourdes embarked on her professional journey with EPRA in 2019, joining the Indexes & Research team and initiating her path in the listed real estate industry . In 2023, she transitioned to the Sustainability team, furthering her commitment to driving impactful initiatives in the industry within EPRA. Prior to joining EPRA, Lourdes worked at Kartesia (Brussels), monitoring 2 debt portfolios, and at Banco Santander S.A. (Madrid), contributing to key European regulatory projects. She holds a Master's degree in Law alongside a Business Diploma from ICADE - Comillas Pontifical University.

Luca Lucaroni - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director
  • Member of Committee

Maarten Otte

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Head of Investors Relations
Maarten joined CTP as Head of Investors Relations in 2022. He is a CFA charter holder and studied Corporate Finance & Banking at Tilburg University and EDHEC Business School, and started his c... areer at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in 2016. During his tenure there, he gained broad real estate experience working both within the Investor Relations and Investment department. READ MORE

Marcus Phayre-Mudge

Job Titles:
  • Fund Manager
  • Member of Committee
Marcus has been managing TR Property Investment Trust since 2011 and is a partner at Thames River Capital (now part of Columbia Threadneedle Investments). Previously he was a fund manager at Hende... rson Global Investors from 1997 to 2004. Along with managing the TR Property Investment Trust, he is a co-manager of the CT Property Growth & Income Fund (which he launched in 2005) and CT Global Real Estate Securities Fund. Prior to joining Henderson, Marcus was an Associate Partner at Knight Frank. He is a Chartered Surveyor and holds a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from Reading University.

Mark Abramson

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
Mark Abramson began his career in global equity capital markets 25 years ago as a sellside analyst at the investment bank Bear Stearns (now JP Morgan). During his 11 years at the bank, with offic... es in NY, London and São Paulo, he provided the firm's institutional clients unique and top-ranked equity research analysis on a number of industries around the world, including several categories of REITs. He then moved to the buyside where he has developed, launched and managed a number of REIT investment products and strategies, global and Europe-focused, for a number of top global real estate investment management firms. He also advises listed real estate companies and private equity investors on strategy and corporate transactions. He is an independent director on the board of Echo Investment SA of Poland, the leading real estate developer. And he is co-founder of BrickMark AG, first mover in the new crypto REIT segment. READ MORE

Mark Allan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Marta Esquivias

Job Titles:
  • Manager
  • ESG Manager
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Marta Esquivias serves as ESG Manager at Valfondo Investment Management, an independent investment fund in the Spanish logistics sector, overseeing Montepino Logística, which is listed on Euronext... Access with a Gross Asset Value (GAV) exceeding 1,250 million euros. Montepino specializes in owning and managing logistics real estate assets, such as warehouses and distribution centers, primarily in Spain. In her role, she leads the development and implementation of the sustainability strategy of the whole company. Since joining the company in 2021, Montepino has attained 14 LEED Gold and 2 LEED Platinum certifications, making it one of the few Spanish real estate firms with its entire portfolio meeting LEED certification standards. Marta has also successfully positioned Montepino among the top-performing Spanish companies in the GRESB index. She holds a degree in Environmental Studies and a master's degree in Sustainable Development. Prior to her current role, Marta spent a decade at Bouygues Construction, where she served as the Environment Manager within the Group's Sustainable Development Management for the last four years. READ MORE

Martin Hoesli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Professor of Real Estate Finance

Matt Webster

Job Titles:
  • Head of Environmental Sustainability
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee

Matthew Fletcher

Matthew joined EPRA in 2013, moving from P3 Limited where he was Head of Investor Relations. After joining the Schroders graduate scheme, he qualified as a management accountant before joining SVG Capital as an investment analyst. Matthew gained extensive private markets and real estate business development experience at Cambridge Place Investment Management and Hermes GPE. He holds a French and Management BA (Hons) from King's College London and is a fluent French speaker.

Matthew Norris

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Senior Portfolio Manager
Matthew Norris is a senior portfolio manager and analyst, based in London, investing globally in next generation real estate and infrastructure securities. He has over two decades of experience an... alysing and investing in listed companies. He is a high conviction portfolio manager with extensive experience running a variety of investment vehicles including open-ended investment companies, family office mandates and long/short absolute return funds. At Gravis he is Director of Real Estate Securities, part of a team investing more than £1bn in next generation real estate and infrastructure companies. These investments benefit from four powerful mega trends: ageing population, digitalisation, generation rent, and urbanisation. He is the lead manager to the VT Gravis UK Listed Property Fund, the VT Gravis Digital Infrastructure Income Fund and the Robeco Gravis Digital Infrastructure Income Fund. He is a past Governor of the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. He served as Interim Lead Governor and sat on the Nominations & Remuneration Committee. As well as contributing thought pieces to a variety of leading publications he participates in industry panel discussions on real estate trends and investment strategies. Matthew is a CFA charterholder and holds an honours degree from the University of York in Economics and Politics. READ MORE

Matthew Richards

Job Titles:
  • CEO Capital Markets, EMEA

Matthias Bange - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Strategy Director
  • Head of the Strategy Department at LEG Immobilien SE
Since 2022, Matthias Bange has served as the Head of the Strategy Department at LEG Immobilien SE, Germany's second-largest residential landlord, managing over 165,000 units. In this role, he lead... s strategy development and oversees strategic projects focusing on digitization, automation, artificial intelligence, and new digital business models. Prior to joining LEG, he spent several years at the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked in the financial and public sectors. He holds a PhD on the origins of credit money and studied history and economics in Hamburg, Calgary, and Montpellier.

Merlin Properties

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Merlyn Pérez

Job Titles:
  • Office Assistant
Merlyn joined EPRA in November 2018. Prior to this, she worked as Customer Service Representative at Orega, having previously held the position of receptionist at the Hotel Best Western Royal Centre. Merlyn started her career as a hotel receptionist in Cuba after she graduated from Alberto Delgado tourism school at Villa Clara.

Michael Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee
Michael leads the Real Estate Group in Germany with cross-functional responsibility for industry strategy, clients and initiatives. He is also a member of the Global Real Estate Executive and in t... his role leading the global Deloitte Real Estate ESG services. Michael's activities are focussed on audit and advisory services for real estate companies, especially serving groups of companies operating on a worldwide basis. He has more than 30 years professional experience in various companies and lines of business in the national and international sector. He is a specialist, lecturer and publisher in "International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)". He is member of the IFA (German standard setting committee for accounting in the real estate industry) and active member of various real estate associations.

Mickael Van den Hauwe - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • CFO of WDP
  • Member of Committee
Mickael Van den Hauwe is the CFO of WDP since 2011. Next to that role, he also plays an active role in the BE-REIT Association. Prior to his current position, he has been working for 7 years as a ... sell-side real estate analyst. He is holder of a Master in Business Engineering from the Brussels Solvay Business School (VUB). READ MORE

Mie Caroline Holstad - CIO

Job Titles:
  • CIO
Mie Caroline Holstad is overall responsible for investments and portfolio and asset management in unlisted and listed real estate; and unlisted renewable energy infrastructure. In addition, the Ch... ief Investment Officer Real Assets is overall responsible for real assets operations, ensuring adequate guidelines, resources and tools, and encouraging continuous improvement of processes. Mie Caroline Holstad was appointed Chief Investment Officer Real Assets on 6 October 2020. She came from the position as Global Head of Real Estate Operations. She joined Norges Bank Investment Management in September 2010 and has held a number of positions. From 2014-2019, she held the position of Chief Administrative Officer of Norges Bank Real Estate Management. Prior to joining Norges Bank Investment Management, Ms Holstad worked for PwC, within audit and advisory services. Ms Holstad holds a Master of Science in Business and Economics and a Master in Professional Accounting, both from BI Norwegian Business School. READ MORE

Miguel Ollero

Job Titles:
  • Corporate General Manager ( COO )
  • Member of Committee
Miguel Ollero has experience as a real estate professional since 2005 Prior to joining MERLIN, he worked at Arthur Andersen, FCC Construcción, Deutsche Bank M&A and RREEF, as General Director... having been involved in transactions with an aggregate value of approximately 4 billion , from Core to Opportunity investments, and the subsequent management of the acquired assets Miguel is member of MERLIN's management team since its foundation He holds superior degrees in Law and in Economics & Business Administration, with a specialization in Finance, from ICADE (E-3). READ MORE

Mihail Tonchev

Job Titles:
  • Senior Portfolio Manager
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
  • Senior Portfolio Manager at Van Lanschot Kempen 's Real Estate
Mihail Tonchev is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Van Lanschot Kempen's Real Estate team based in Amsterdam responsible for European and Global real estate strategies. Before joining this team he wa... s a Senior Research Analyst for Kempen's sell side equity research department. Previous to his roles at Kempen Mihail has worked in London for Grosvenor's listed real estate Securities team and in Montreal, Canada for Stanton Asset Management as an Associate Portfolio Manager. Mihail is a graduate of McGill University in Canada as well as Bayes Business School in London, UK. He is a CFA charterholder since 2014. READ MORE

Mr. Marc De Bosscher - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
  • CTO With WDP
Mr. Marc De Bosscher, CTO with WDP, has over 30 years of experience in the construction and development business. He completed his master studies at the Ghent University in Belgium where he achiev... ed the master degree in Civil Engineering/Architecture. Before joining WDP, Marc worked mainly for BESIX and DEME in different countries within Europe, the Middle East (UAE, Qatar,…) and Asia (Vietnam, Singapore,…) In 2016 he joined WDP as CTO where, together with a team of about 20 technically oriented persons (Project Managers, Facility managers,…) he is the end responsible for technical matters related to the WDP business in Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Romania,… READ MORE

Nick Sanderson - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of Committee
Nick joined GPE in July 2011 as Finance Director, and is now Chief Financial & Operating Officer. Previously, Partner and Head of Real Estate Corporate Finance Advisory at Deloitte, which foll... owed ten years of real estate investment banking experience in Europe and Asia with Nomura, Lehman Brothers and UBS Investment Bank. External commitments: Member of the Reporting and Accounting Committee of EPRA and Trustee of the Outward Bound Trust.

Nicolas Dutreuil - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of Committee
A Dauphine and Sorbonne graduate, with a postgraduate DESS in banking and finance, as well as a postgraduate DESCF in accounting and finance, Nicolas Dutreuil began his career at KPMG Audit, befor... e moving to the Investment Banking Department at Calyon, where he stayed from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was Head of Operations and Finance for Dolmea Real Estate, then Head of Investment Banking at Crédit Suisse. From 2009 to 2013, Nicolas Dutreuil was Deputy Finance Director at Icade, where his responsibilities included mergers-acquisitions, financing, cash management and investor relations. Nicolas Dutreuil joined Gecina in September 2013 as Chief Financial Officer before becoming Deputy CEO in charge of Finance in March 2019. He was awarded the Pierre d'Or 2020 in the "Financial Engineering" category.

Nicolas Jandot - CSR

Job Titles:
  • Head of CSR
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Former entrepreneur in sustainability consulting, Nicolas built a strong expertise in sustainability strategy and reporting among various sectors. Strong believer that finance and market economy c... an be a force for good when business and stakeholder issues come along. Nicolas is a Kedge Business School graduate.

Nicolas Joly - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chief Executive Officer of Icade
  • Member of Committee
Graduate of CentraleSupélec, Nicolas Joly has been the Chief Executive Officer of Icade since April 2023. He began his career at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in 2004, and was appointed Deputy D... irector of Investments in 2006. In 2008, he joined the Casino Group, where he held various positions: director of real estate arbitration until 2011, then director in charge of real estate operations between 2013 and 2016. In 2016, Nicolas Joly also joined Mercialys, as Deputy Managing Director of Asset Management (2016-2020), and was appointed Chairman of Casino Immobilier. In 2022, he was also appointed M&A Director of the Casino Group and joined the Group's Executive Committee.

Olafur Margeirsson

Job Titles:
  • Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management
Olafur Margeirsson is a Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Olaf joined Credit Suisse in 2021 after having worked for Zurich Insurance for nearly seven years and Kaupthing Bank in Iceland ... before 2008. He finished his PhD in Economics in 2014, sat on the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of Iceland 2018-2021 and was a member of the INREV Research Committee 2018-2020.

Oliver Keil

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
  • Portfolio Manager for Listed Real Estate at Norges Bank Investment Management
Oliver is a Portfolio Manager for Listed Real Estate at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which is the largest single owner in the world's stock markets, owning almost 1.5 percent of all s... hares in the world's listed companies. The purpose of the fund is to safeguard and build financial wealth for future generations of Norway. Since joining NBIM in 2015, Oliver has been involved in both unlisted and listed real estate investments and has worked in both London and New York. He actively engages with portfolio companies on sustainability topics. Oliver holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance with distinction from the London School of Economics and is a CFA charterholder. READ MORE

Olivier Elamine - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of Committee
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee
Olivier Elamine is one of the founding members of alstria Office REIT-AG and became CEO of the Company in November 2006. Prior to the founding of alstria, he was a founding Partner of NATIXIS Capi... tal Partners Ltd. (NCP; formerly IXIS Capital Partners) from 2003 to 2006. He participated in more than EUR 6bn of pan-European real estate transactions and led all the acquisition which form today alstria's portfolio. In 2003, Olivier Elamine joined the Real Estate Investment Banking team at CDC IXIS as a Director and was one of the founding members of NATIXIS Capital Partners Ltd. In 1998 Olivier Elamine joined Ernst & Young as a consultant in the real estate industry and from 2000 to 2003 he headed the Sales & Leaseback advisory team. READ MORE

Paul Glibbery - CIO

Job Titles:
  • CIO
  • Chief Information Officer for Grainger PLC
Paul Glibbery is the Chief Information Officer for Grainger PLC the UK's largest listed residential landlord. His appointment reflects Grainger's significant investment in its technology platform ... CONNECT, which provides an integrated solution to enhance the customer experience and improve operational efficiency. Paul has over 20 years of extensive experience leading the delivery of global technology and digital business transformation programmes for major brands including Hewlett Packard, Airbus and Fujitsu. During his 7-year tenure at Hewlett Packard, Paul held a number of appointments. He was Delivery Director for the $1Bn HP UK Defence contract, led the Group's EMEA Business Transformation Programme and was most recently responsible for a Global business, with the remit of helping clients implement a strategy to transition to digital services. READ MORE

Paul Hewlett

Job Titles:
  • Director of Strategy & Corporate Development

Paul Sweeney - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer

Pere Viñolas Serra

Job Titles:
  • Inmobiliaria
Pere Viñolas is a Graduate and Master in Business Administration (MBA) at ESADE, Barcelona. He's also a graduate in business administration by the University of Barcelona, where he also studied La... w. He has the Advanced Studies Diploma by the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Pere Viñolas has been Head of Research, Chief Financial Officer and Dep. Chief Executive Officer at the Barcelona Stock Exchange. He has also been Chief Executive Officer at Filo, Barcelona, a listed real estate company that went into a successful turnaround. He's been partner and Chief Executive Officer at Riva y Garcia, a Spanish independent investment bank. Member of the Board of Directors of Inmobiliaria Colonial, Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise, Grupo Mecanotubo, Riva y Garcia Investment bank, among others. Pere Viñolas is Chairman of the Barcelona District Council of the Urban Land Institute. He has been Chairman of the Catalan Foundation of Financial Analysts and Vice chairman of the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts. He's been member of the International Federation of Stock Exchanges and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Spanish derivatives market (MEFF). Pere Viñolas is Professor of finance at ESADE, Barcelona. Visiting professor at the Financial Studies Institute, Barcelona. He's been in charge of the Real Estate Chair at ESADE, Barcelona. He's author of different books and articles related to financial and investment analysis. READ MORE

Peter Papadakos

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Head of European Research
  • Member of Committee

Peter van den Tol

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee

Philip Charls - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Philip Grosse - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of Committee
  • Member of the Management Board, CFO
Philip Grosse has held the position of CFO on the Management Board of Vonovia SE since January 2022. After completing his studies, he worked in investment banking in Frankfurt and London from 19... 97 to 2012, his last position being that of Managing Director and Head of Equity Capitals Markets in Germany and Austria at Credit Suisse. Philip Grosse has held leading positions with a focus on corporate finance and investor relations for the Deutsche Wohnen Group since 2013. In 2016, he was appointed to the Management Board of Deutsche Wohnen as CFO. Philip Grosse graduated from his studies in Business Administration with a focus in Banking and Finance at the University of Wurzburg in 1996. During the course of his studies he completed a scholarship between 1993 and 1994 at the European Business Management School in Swansea, Wales. Further Appointments and Mandates: • QUARTERBACK Immobilien AG (member of the Supervisory Board) • Commerzbank AG (member of Regional Advisory Council East) READ MORE

Philippe Boyer

Job Titles:
  • Head of Corporate Relations & Innovation
Philippe BOYER is as a real estate professional since 1993. In 2004, he joined Foncière des Régions's team (to be renamed Covivio in 2018) and, over time, has been appointed Head of Financial and ... Corporate communication and later, VP Institutional & Press relations. From 2011 up to 2016, Philippe was VP Marketing & Innovation Officer at Urbis Park, Foncière des Régions's car park subsidiary. In 2016, he was appointed Covivio's Chief Innovation Officer and, since 2020, Philippe is also Head of corporate relations. Philippe BOYER very regularly writes about new technologies for French financial newspaper "La Tribune". He is also author of several books. Philippe graduated from Sciences-Po as well as EM Lyon, business school (MBA). READ MORE

Philippe Le Trung - Founder, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Research Committee

Rene Hoffmann

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations at Vonovia
Rene Hoffmann has been Head of Investor Relations at Vonovia since April 2016 after he had worked as a Senior Investor Relations Manager for the company since March 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, Re... ne Hoffmann was responsible for the investor relations activities of GAGFAH S.A., one of Germany's largest listed real estate companies at the time. Prior to his work in IR Rene Hoffmann worked as management assistant and as controller for the GAGFAH Group between 2005 and 2009, which is when he also obtained an MBA. Prior to his work in the industry, he worked as a freelance translator, and he holds a Master's Degree as Translator and Conference Interpreter. READ MORE

Richard Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Group Financial Controller
  • Member of Committee

Rita-Rose Gagné - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of Committee
Rita-Rose Gagné has extensive experience in international real estate investment and strategy. Prior to joining Hammerson, Rita-Rose was President of Growth Markets at the global real estate compa... ny, Ivanhoé Cambridge, where she had responsibility for $7.6bn of real estate assets across Asia Pacific and Latin America. Rita-Rose joined Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2006 and held a variety of roles from Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel at Société immobilière Trans-Québec (SITQ) to Executive Vice President of Global Strategy, Portfolio Management and Investment Funds at Ivanhoé Cambridge. As Executive Vice President, Rita-Rose was tasked with developing, leading and executing the investment strategy in Asia and Latin America, prior to being made President of Growth Markets. She is a Non-Executive Director of Value Retail plc. Rita-Rose is also a lawyer and holds an MBA from McGill-HEC Montreal. During her career, she has worked in property markets across the world, including the UK, France and Germany, and her expertise spans across various asset classes and mixed-use assets, including residential, retail, office and logistics. READ MORE

Robbert Heekelaar - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
Robbert Heekelaar, as VP, IT Architecture & Emerging Technologies, is responsible for the organisations IT architecture, but his core task is to establish and grow the new global Prologis Inno... vation Lab. Robbert is leading the establishment of an Innovation program involving leadership across Europe to drive a common approach to identifying and evaluating new technologies to benefit Prologis. Robbert Heekelaar joined Prologis in May 2013. He brings almost twelve years of real estate, finance and technology experience to Prologis and worked at Deloitte and Confia as consultant, manager and owner. Robbert's former role within Prologis was Real Estate Applications Manager where business engagement was his primary focus. Robbert has a Master degree (Msc) in Business Administration and a Bachelor of International Hospitality Management.

Robert-Jan Foortse

Job Titles:
  • Head of European Property Investments at APG
Robert-Jan is the Head of European Property Investments at APG. He joined APG (then ABP) in December 2002. From 2003-2007 he was responsible for all APG's real estate investments in the Asia/Pacif... ic region, both in listed property securities as well as non listed private real estate funds. Robert- Jan gradually transferred responsibilities to the newly formed team in Hong Kong, which allowed him to assume a leading position in the European property team from early 2008. In addition, he is involved in the regional allocation of funds between the US, Europe and Asia/Pacific. Robert-Jan has 30 years of experience in real estate. Before Robert- Jan joined ABP in December 2002, he was Director of Real Estate Corporate Finance at Arthur Andersen. Robert-Jan holds a Masters degree in Financial Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and received a post Masters degree in Real Estate from the Amsterdam School of Real Estate.

Roberto Fraticelli - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Member of Committee
Fraticelli is responsible for the Italian activities of Eurocommercial Properties, a company he joined in 1998. He is President of the committee for relations with associations and global internat... ional institutions at the Italian Property Federation, Assoimmobiliare, and a committee member for EPRA and CNCC. He has an EMBA from the Rotterdam School of Management/Erasmus.

Rolf Buch - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • CEO of Vonovia SE
Rolf Buch has been CEO of Vonovia SE since April 2013. After studying mechanical engineering and business management at RWTH Aachen University, he began his career as an assistant to the manageme... nt at Bertelsmann Distribution GmbH in Gütersloh in 1991. In 1996, he was promoted to managing director of Bertelsmann Services France and became a member of the management board of Arvato AG in 2002. In 2008, he became CEO of Arvato AG and was appointed to the management board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. He is a member of the executive board of the German Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies (GdW), vice president of the German central real estate committee Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss (ZIA) and the German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development. Rolf Buch is married and has two children. READ MORE

Roxana Caba

Job Titles:
  • Events & Communications Manager
Roxana joined EPRA from EurActiv, where she was responsible for events and marketing. She is a graduate in European Union Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands and also has an academic background in Communication Studies and European Public Administration.

Ryan Watson

Job Titles:
  • Head of European Listed Real Estate
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee

Régis Chemouny

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Samuel Santacreu

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Head of Investor Relations at Colonial
Samuel Santacreu is Head of Investor Relations at Colonial since 2021. Samuel holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from ESADE Business School (Spain). He began his professiona... l career at Deloitte in the Audit and Financial Advisory Services. Then, in 2014 he joined Colonial as a Corporate Development Analyst participating in corporate deals, company strategy and financial reporting. READ MORE

Sandra Aron

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of Committee
  • Tax Partner at PwC Société D'Avocats
Sandra is a Tax Partner at PwC Société d'Avocats. She specialises in real estate, hospitality and infrastructure. She has about 20 years of experience in international law firms and is fluent in E... nglish and German (2005/2007: Ernst & Young - 2007/2010: Clifford Chance - since 2010: PwC, Tax & Legal Services).

Sandrine Berbel

Job Titles:
  • Group Director of Tax at Unibail
  • Member of Committee
Sandrine Berbel is Group Director of Tax at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. She gained extensive experience in the real estate sector from various positions held at Archon Group France (Goldman Sachs ... Group), PwC Avocats and General Electric Capital Real Estate following which she joined Unibail-Rodamco in 2014. Sandrine holds a master's degree in business law and a post graduate qualification in tax law. She is a lawyer admitted to the French bar. READ MORE

Sarah Corbett

Job Titles:
  • Director of Commercial Finance and Investor Relations
Sarah is Director of Commercial Finance and Investor Relations at Shaftesbury Capital PLC, the leading central London mixed-use REIT. Sarah joined Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco) in ... 2011 where she worked in a variety of finance roles before moving into Investor Relations in 2017. Sarah is responsible for Investor Relations and Commercial Finance including financial planning and analysis and has completed several major corporate transactions including the sale of Earls Court and the merger of Capco and Shaftesbury PLC. Sarah is a chartered accountant, started her career as an auditor with EY Dublin and holds an MSc in Accounting from Dublin City University. READ MORE

Serkan Erol

Job Titles:
  • Investor Outreach Manager - Continental Europe
Serkan became a part of EPRA's Investor Outreach team in March 2019, bringing with him experience from The Bank of New York Mellon where he served as an Account Manager within the Broker-Dealer & Advisory Services division. His expertise was further recognized when he was chosen for the Brussels Talent Program in 2018. Before joining EPRA, he had notable stints at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Euroclear, taking on various client-centric roles across Brussels, Singapore, and London. Serkan is also advancing his education as an Executive MBA candidate for the Class of 2025 at ESCP Business School, in addition to holding a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Vesalius College.

Shaohong Wu

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager
Shaohong joined EPRA in 2014 after having worked as an image officer for an American oil and gas company, TD Williamson, and as a business travel agent for CarlsonWagonlit Travel. She holds a bachelor degree in tourism.

Simon Clubbs

Job Titles:
  • Director of Tax at SEGRO
  • Member of Committee
Simon Clubbs is Director of Tax at SEGRO, based in London. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) and has a degree in Economics from Leeds University. He previously worked as a tax adviser a... t KPMG for 8 years before joining Brixton plc in August 2006. He has worked for SEGRO since the acquisition of Brixton in August 2009. READ MORE

Simon Robson Brown

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Member of Committee
Simon Robson Brown joined Morgan Stanley in 2022, prior to that he worked at CBRE Clarion (then ING Clarion) from January 2006 as a Portfolio Manager and Principal of the firm. Prior to this, he w... as part of the Property Equity Research teams at both UBS (2003-2005) and Citigroup (1999-2003). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999, having graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1995. READ MORE

Sissi Li

Job Titles:
  • Investor Outreach Analyst
Sissi first joined EPRA Hong Kong office in 2015, and relocated to Brussels in 2020. Prior to that, she worked as a service management specialist for Synnex Group. Sissi is from Mainland China and she received her master degree in science from the City University of Hong Kong.

Sophie Grulois - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Member of Committee
Sophie Grulois joined Cofinimmo in April 2020. She holds a law degree from the KUL (1998), a LL. M in International Business Law from King's College London (1999) and an Executive Master in Real E... state from Solvay (2011). She also attended a finance course at Insead (2023). Sophie Grulois is in charge of the legal affairs of the group. She started her career as a lawyer doing mainly corporate law. As of 2004 and for 7 years, she worked for Goodman, an Australian industrial property group, as a legal manager throughout Europe. Between 2013 and 2020, she has been with Immobel where she headed the legal department as of 2016. Beside her professional activities, she is active in the BE-REIT association and UPSI/BVS. Current position: General Counsel of Cofinimmo SA/NV. She has been a member of the Executive Committee since 01.06.2024.

Soumen Das - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • CFO of SEGRO Plc
  • Member of Committee
Soumen Das is CFO of SEGRO plc, the leading pan-European developer, manager and owner of warehouses and industrial property. SEGRO is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris and is ... a constituent of the FTSE100. By market value, it is the largest publicly-listed REIT in Europe. Soumen joined SEGRO in January 2017 and combines leadership of the finance functions with a wider contribution to the business through responsibility for its strategy, investment and innovation teams. He brings his extensive board-level experience and deep knowledge of capital markets to the Group, having been Chief Financial Officer of listed companies for over 12 years and with a background as a corporate financier. Soumen is also a Non-executive Director of Next plc, a member of the FTSE100 and one of the UK's leading retailers, and co-Chair of the Parker Review, the BEIS sponsored review into ethnic diversity on UK Boards. READ MORE

Stefan Laganà

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
  • Partner, Business Tax Services
Stefan has 24 years Big 4 tax advisory experience with focus on corporate and real estate taxes, covering both domestic and cross-border investments, for Swiss and foreign real estate funds; real ... estate companies; pension funds and investment foundations.

Stephen Burrows

Job Titles:
  • Director of Investor Relations and Joint Director of Finance
Steve joined GPE in 2003 and has worked in a variety of finance roles and was appointed Director of Financial Reporting and Investor Relations in 2017 . Before joining GPE, he worked in Ernst &... ; Young's real estate team for 5 years. Prior to that he qualified as a chartered accountant with the National Audit Office. Current responsibilities include corporate comms & IR, financial reporting and running the insurance function. He has a BA in Economics and Politics and a Masters in Political Behaviour. READ MORE

Steve Buller

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee

Steven Geniar

Job Titles:
  • ICT Manager
Steven joined Care Property Invest in May 2021 as IT-manager to further professionalize the IT-environment: starting with IT-security, IT-governance, a full migration to the cloud, implementing an... d standardizing new IT-software solutions. Worked previously at ARCADIS NV in various functions, e.g.: o As Associate Director Digital Solutions - Implementing global QA and service processes in different regions - The setup of a global development capability for internal IT and the business - The implementation and migration of a state-of-the-art HR-solution using CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) o As Global Delivery Manager for the streams ‘Finance & Procurement' and ‘Deliver to Result'. Managed the transition from SAP towards Oracle. In the first years managed the roll-out of SAP BPC. Prior to ARCADIS he worked as Head of customer services of ‘Client Facing IT' implementing the service and support delivery for many major global asset management projects. Worked 5 years as IT business consultant for Randstad Belgium. Five years at AS-Adventure, a retail company, Steven supervised all critical business software solutions, implemented and delivered a data warehouse; providing insights for c-level, enabling to make decisive decisions. He studied Computer Science and Business Management and will be starting a postgraduate degree in AI at the University College in Hasselt. Steven is very passionate about new technologies and new methodologies. Always eager to learn, Steven is a believer in co-creation to optimize work efficiency and he stimulates innovation. Moreover he has a "People first" mentality.

Struan Robertson

Job Titles:
  • Member of Committee
Struan joined BofA in mid-2018 following a thirty year career as both a principal and an advisor. Previously, Struan was Chief Investment Officer of Global Student Accommodation (Sydney, Dubai, Lo... ndon) and earlier of Host Hotels & Resorts (Bethesda, MD, USA). He started his career at Morgan Stanley, where he worked nearly 24 years in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo with his last roles being Head of European Real Estate Investing & Advisory and finally Co-Head of Global Real Estate Investment Banking. Struan is a Life Trustee of the ULI and a founding Board Member of EPRA.

Stéphane Tortajada - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Klépierre As Executive Board Member and Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of Committee
Stéphane Tortajada has joined Klépierre as Executive Board member and Chief Financial Officer since June 22, 2022. He has over 25 years' experience in finance and real estate. He has assumed leade... rship roles in fields like mergers and acquisitions, financing, capital markets and asset management, having worked both in investment banking institutions, notably Lazard, and most recently as the group head of finance and investment of the energy group EDF for twelve years. He also managed the international real estate arm of Groupe Casino, implementing differentiated strategies of asset rotation, development, and rental reversion on a portfolio of shopping malls. Stéphane Tortajada is a civil engineer graduate of the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and is also graduated from a Master's degree in Finance (IEP Paris) and is a member of the French Society of Investment Analysts. READ MORE

Tobias Steinmann - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Public Affairs
  • Director Public Affairs
Tobias is the Director of Public Affairs and responsible to give the stock listed real estate sector and EPRA's members a voice in the legislative processes across the EU. Before joining EPRA, Tobias worked for BASF, the largest chemical corporation globally, in the Government Relations office in Brussels, representing the company's Innovation & Technology hub. As such, he was also member of the management committee of the European Association for Bioindustries, Europe's largest and most influential biotech industry group. Prior to that, Tobias worked as Parliamentary Advisor and Head of office for a Member of the European Parliament in the Legal Affairs, Budgetary Control and Social Affairs Committee, followed by a position as consultant for Public Affairs in several areas of EU policy-making. He holds a Bachelor (Hons) in Business Administration from Munich University of Applied Sciences and received a Master double-degree in European Studies from the Universities of Vienna and Krakow.

Ulrika Hallengren - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Since 2018, Ulrika Hallengren has been CEO of Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB, an Öresund-based real estate company listed on the Large Cap List of Nasdaq Stockholm. The years before, she was Director of... Projects & Development at the company and before that CEO of Wihlborgs and Peab jointly own Fastighets AB ML4, which built and owns the synchrotron-light facility MAX IV in Lund. She sits on the board of several regional organisations, i.a. The South Swedish Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Öresund Bridge Consortium and the Öresund Metro Executive. Ulrika Hallengren has a BSc in Civil Engineering from Lund University's Faculty of Engineering.

Van Lanschot Kempen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Sustainability Committee

Vanessa Simms - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Chief Financial Officer for Land Securities Plc
  • Member of Committee
Vanessa is the Chief Financial Officer for Land Securities plc, having joined the board on the 4th May 2021. Vanessa brings extensive financial experience to Landsec from the property sector, mos... t recently as Chief Financial Officer at Grainger plc and prior to that Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Unite Group plc and UK Finance Director at SEGRO plc. Vanessa has particular expertise in leading and implementing strategic change in businesses and substantial experience of leadership roles in a listed environment. Vanessa is also the Audit Chair and a Non-executive Director for Drax Group Plc.

Vasco Cecchini

Born 1968 in Switzerland, Swiss & Italian nationality. In mid-2000, Vasco Cecchini joined PSP Swiss Property. Prior to joining the company, he worked for Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) in Zur... ich in the areas of corporate finance, from 1995 to 2000. Mr. Cecchini completed his studies in business administration at the Höhere Wirtschafts -und Verwaltungsschule (Betriebsökonom HWV), Zurich in 1995. In 2000, he obtained an Executive Master of Corporate Finance (EMCF) from the Lucerne School of Business, University of Applied Sciences of Central Switzerland, Lucerne. In 2010 he obtained an Executive Master of Science in Communication Management (EMScom) from the University of Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, and the University of California UCLA, Los Angeles. READ MORE

Vladimir Minot

Job Titles:
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communication
Vladimir Minot has been Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communication at Covivio since June 2022. Before joining Covivio, he worked 10 years as equity and financial analyst, at Natixis an... d then Invest Securities, covering the European listed real estate sector. Vladimir graduated in Finance from HEC Montreal. READ MORE

Yakir Gabay

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board
  • Member of Committee
Advisory Board Deputy Chairman. Mr. Gabay was previously the chairman & managing partner of an investment company which managed over $30 billion of assets, and before that the CEO of the inves... tment banking of Bank Leumi. Mr. Gabay holds an MBA , BA in Accounting/Economics, and CPA.