Kristian is a Managing Director in the Investment Team at Tristan Capital Partners with a 12-year track record in European real estate investment. Prior to joining Tristan, Kristian spent five years at CPPIB – Real Estate Investment, where he was focused on the acquisition and asset management of real estate across Europe. During his time in CPPIB, he was involved in direct asset acquisitions, platform investments and PIPE deals, successfully completing in excess of €3.0 billion in transactions. Kristian graduated with a first-class honours degree in Business and Legal Studies from University College Dublin and holds a MSc in Real Estate Investment from Cass Business School. Kristian is an Irish citizen.

Verity Knight is a Director in the Healthcare Capital Markets Team at JLL with over 15 years' experience as a trusted advisor on real estate transactions. She works with distinguished clients including Aberdeen, Blackrock, Franklin Templeton, M&G, and LaSalle, building long-term relationships through deep sector expertise and innovative deal structuring.

Verity provides advisory services spanning acquisitions, disposals, consultancy, and development feasibility. She specialises in creating innovative financing solutions that enable operators to scale their businesses strategically.

A key partner in establishing and growing JLL's Alternative Investment department from its inception, Verity helped build what became the Healthcare Capital Markets Team, cementing JLL's position as a leading sector advisor.

Verity holds a first-class honours degree from Exeter University and an MSc in Real Estate from Oxford Brookes University.

Giles has been with Elysian Residences since the company’s first site was acquired c.7 years ago. He is responsible for identifying and acquiring new sites and working alongside debt/equity partners to finance their delivery. He is also responsible for strategic financial analysis across the existing portfolio. Prior to joining Elysian, Giles worked at Jones Lang LaSalle for 6 years working in the Central London Investment team where he advised on c.£500m of acquisitions/disposals. Giles is a Chartered Surveyor and a member of the RICS having qualified in 2013.

Simon was formerly Head of Land & Development at JLL leading on some of London’s largest land transactions, regeneration and land assembly including Canada Water, Nine Elms and Meridian Water.

Since 2020 Simon has taken the lead on JLL’s UK Health, Later Living and Care business, focussing on better social outcomes through development, in recognition of increasing longevity. Utilising Simon’s significant exposure to the land, planning and development market, JLL is looking to help change the traditional thinking of retirement in later life, and encouraging policy makers and stakeholders to consider the changing needs of society through life. The UK needs a refreshed overview of its future housing needs in order to provide appropriate homes and multiple tenures for all stages and ages, and build more resilient communities.

Anthony is a leading expert in the care home and retirement living property markets having worked in the UK healthcare and later living market for over 15 years. Anthony is a Director with particular responsibility for facilitating investment into the later living market, for clients, through new sites, forward funding opportunities, disposals, and acquisitions of operational healthcare assets and real estate backed businesses. He is also a trustee of Brunelcare who operate a number of care home and extracare housing facilities in and around Bristol. When he is not working he enjoys leading a small group at church, walking the family dog and trying to keep up with his son on the parkrun!

Henry was formerly Head of Retirement Living at Savills. In that role he advised many of the leading UK extra care, assisted living and retirement developers and operators, as well as advising investors and new entrants. Henry in addition advised think tanks, policy bodies and industry groups. Prior to this role Henry was a partner for a retirement and care home developer / operator in Southern England. Over the course of his 20 year career in property, Henry has worked across the senior living sector.

Henry is a Director of Seniors Living Group, the owner of extra care operator Amicala where he is Chief Development Officer, and care home operator Allegra Care where he is Executive Director.

Amicala is delivering its first net carbon zero community in Bristol with First Base, as the first stage of a £300m JV with FORE Partnership. Allegra Care currently operates six care and nursing homes in the south of England and is in an initial £125m JV with Moorfield Group.

Arthur joined Cain International in 2021 through its acquisition of Fortwell Capital Limited and leads the firm’s newly developed Fortwell debt strategy. The strategy currently manages a multi-sector loan book in excess of £500M principally within the UK with debt sizes between £10m - £75m.

Arthur joined Fortwell Capital Limited in 2016 as head of development finance and was instrumental in the development of the business. He previously held positions at Royal Bank of Scotland and Qatar National Bank in London.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in geography from the University of Liverpool.

With over 12 years’ experience working in London, Yorkshire, Berlin and Birmingham, Tomasz leads on all things Build to Rent within Bond Bryan, in a nationally-focussed role. As a specialist in regeneration projects, he has also spent time working in Development Management for an Asian-based fund which was investing in London during the infancy days of the Build to Rent sector.

Through his experience of working within both client and consultant roles, his position at Bond Bryan has a special focus on bridging the gap between the traditional norms of architect and developer. These duties include identifying land suitable for BTR (both on and off market), working closely with investors – to ensure that maximum viability for BTR can be attained on sites - and acting as lead architect on projects both within the private and public sectors. Tomasz led the design of The Meridian BTR scheme on agateway site in Sheffield and has active sites throughout the UK, including several Pre-Planning schemes in Birmingham and is leading on a Masterplan for the Hagley Road which is being integrated into the Birmingham Future City Plan 2040. Tomasz also sits on the Colmore Row BID ‘Outstanding Places' Working Group and the Design Review Panel for the Jewellery Quarter.

He has a special interest in the role which BTR can play as an alternative model for housing delivery and is currently involved with bringing BTR investment models to support schemes for town centre regeneration and suburban locations using DfMA and MMC solutions.

Jonty has been a passionate exponent of brand, insight and creativity for over 20 years, working

internationally across a broad range of disciplines.

Having led award-winning brand agency Pollitt & Partners for 12 years, Jonty launched Boomer & Beyond

in 2017 - an agency dedicated to the burgeoning 55+ audience. Its mission is to challenge the pre-

conceptions of ‘old’ by talking regularly and openly to its audience and feed its insights directly into the

creative process. Its audience-led approach connects more effectively with consumers, driving greater ROI

for its clients and relevance, empathy and stimulation for their customers.

He has worked extensively in the later living sector for clients including; Riverstone Living, Amicala,

Birchgrove, Retirement Living and Churchill and recently helped launch Opus Complete Later Living, a new

entrant to the market.

“Emma is a Principal Associate in Mills & Reeve’s Real Estate Investment Senior Living Team with experience in advising investors, developers and operators within the Senior Living sector. This includes acting on the acquisition and site assembly of proposed developments for housing within the sector through to advising on rental models for the disposal of units to residents, estate management matters and undertaking secured lending work. Emma is a keen advocate for the Senior Living sector, she has contributed towards publications and is an active member of various sector organisations. Emma is also a member of Mills & Reeve’s dedicated Sustainability Group. This group promotes the need for sustainability to be integrated into all areas of real estate by actively speaking with likeminded organisations, producing commentary and precedents to accommodate this change in real estate and beyond.”