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Robert Wolstenholme

Robert Wolstenholme

Founder & CEO

Trilogy Real Estate

Anthony Newton
Moderator

Anthony Newton

Partner

Pinsent Masons

Safinaz Zakaria

Safinaz Zakaria

Partner

Crosstree

Scott Parsons

Scott Parsons

COO UK

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Emma Mackenzie

Emma Mackenzie

Head of Asset Management & ESG

NewRiver

Robert Wolstenholme

Founder & CEO

Trilogy Real Estate

Mr. Wolstenholme formed Trilogy Real Estate LLP as a UK-focused

investment and development management business in 2015. His

principle responsibilities include the creation and management

of Trilogy’s projects.

Prior to founding Trilogy, Mr. Wolstenholme was Investment

Director at Resolution, where he was responsible for the

acquisition, strategic business planning, procurement, and

letting of multiple office, retail and residential schemes. While

at Resolution, Mr. Wolstenholme was personally responsible for

13 transactions, investing over £300m of equity with a gross IRR

of over 28% and a 1.9x cash multiple. Mr. Wolstenholme spent 14

years at JLL where he gained a wide range of professional real

estate experience, most notably advising a range of UK institutions,

developers and international corporations on the funding of major

real estate undertakings.

Mr. Wolstenholme has a degree in Architecture from the Batlet

School of Architecture, UCL and a qualification in Chartered

Surveying (MRICS), as well as a diploma in Finance from the

Securities Institute.

Safinaz Zakaria

Partner

Crosstree

Safi joined Crosstree in 2013 and is responsible for sourcing, execution and delivery of investments. Safi has worked on deals across most asset classes including office, retail, hotel, industrial, residential, co-living and student, investing across the capital stack. Prior to joining Crosstree, Safi was with Rothschild in the Real Estate and Leisure Investment Banking team. Safi holds an MA in Economics and Arabic from the University of Edinburgh.

Emma Mackenzie

Head of Asset Management & ESG

NewRiver

Emma is a Director of NewRiver and sits on the Executive Committee. As Head of

Asset Management, she has overarching responsibility for the financial and

operational performance of the retail portfolio throughout the UK. Emma’s

responsibilities also include oversight of New River’s property management and the

Company’s Environmental, Social and Governance programme.

Emma is a qualified chartered surveyor with over 20 years’ experience in the retail

property market. Emma is a Board member of the High Street Task Force which

provides guidance to help communities and local government transform their high

streets and Emma also sits on the Commercial Committee of the British Property

Federation.

NewRiver is a listed Real Estate Investment Trust specialising in buying, managing,

developing and recycling convenience-led, community-focused retail and leisure

assets throughout the UK. The NewRiver portfolio is focused on the fastest growing

and most sustainable sub-sectors of the UK retail market, with grocery,

convenience stores, value clothing, health & beauty and discounters. The portfolio

totals £1.2 billion and comprises 33 shopping centres, 25 retail parks and over 700

wet-led community pubs that provide important everyday household goods and

services to communities across the UK.

For more information about NewRiver REIT plc visit www.nrr.co.uk

Summary

  1. Strategies for gauging demand for an asset: what is it now, and what should it be?

  2. Not everything is possible: the physical constraints and opportunities that define the kind of conversion that can take place

  3. The possibilities opened up by new planning regulations

  4. How is the need for occupier engagement and providing a sense of purpose changing?

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