Jay Kwan is Co-President, International Equity at QuadReal. Based in London, he is responsible for advancing the company’s equity investment strategy across international markets, with a focus on the UK and Europe.

Jay joined QuadReal in February 2018 as Managing Director, Europe, and focused on building the international portfolio through investments in global cities. Prior to joining QuadReal, Jay was a Managing Director at TPG Real Estate, the real estate investment group of private equity firm TPG, specifically focused on European investments. Jay was also a Partner at Grove International Partners, an independent real estate private equity firm spun out from Soros Private Funds Management, where he spent 13 years investing in three continents across all asset classes at both the corporate and asset level. Jay began his career at Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners in New York in 2001.

Jay graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University in New York. Jay is an employee of QuadReal UK Services Limited, which acts in an advisory capacity to QuadReal Property Group.

Mike has 15 years' experience in the investment industry. He is Head of Asset Management for Europe excluding Ireland, having joined Kennedy Wilson Europe in October 2015. He has overall portfolio responsibility for the UK, Spain and Italy. Previously, Mike worked at The Blackstone Group for ten years where he was a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, and latterly he led the management of its pan-European logistics business (Logicor) as well as its core-plus office portfolio. Prior to Blackstone, Mike was at Deloitte. Mike is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

As the newly installed CEO of build-to-rent pioneer Get Living, Kate Freer takes over at a pivotal time for the company. It is no longer in rapid build-out mode, having developed a 6,200-home empire valued at £2.9B. The focus now is on operations, management and possibly adding scale. 

Prior to joining Get Living, Freer spent 12 years at Realstar, where she played a leading role in establishing and growing the company’s UK and Ireland platform. She was instrumental in building its UK multifamily business and the Uncle residential brand from the ground up, helping to create a significant portfolio of rental homes.

Before Realstar, she spent a decade at Blackstone, where she worked across a diverse range of major real estate investments and operating platforms, including NHP, Nido, Center Parcs, Logicor, MultiRetail and Chiswick Park.

Outside of work, she likes to keep fit by running and doing Pilates. She also enjoys playing tennis and padel with her children and friends.

Aref Lahham is CEO and co-Founder of Orion Capital Managers. Orion, a pan-European real estate private equity firm, was established in 1999 and has been responsible for over €12 billion of property investments throughout Europe.

Mr. Lahham has also held seats on the board of several publicly quoted companies and currently sits on the board of Neinor Homes and chairs its investment committee.

Mr. Lahham has over 39 years of real estate investment and development experience in the United States and in Europe. He has a BSc in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, an M.Eng. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a member of the ULI and the GRI, is a member of the Engineering College Council at Cornell as well as a member of the International Committee of the IE School of Architecture and Design. He is also a trustee of the charity theatre group Chickenshed.