Vincent Nobel is head of asset-based lending at Federated Hermes Limited.

Vincent joined the company in 2015. He is responsible for the coordination, origination, execution and management of commercial real estate debt investments.

Prior to joining Federated Hermes, Vincent was a senior member of the M&G Real Estate Debt team, where he helped found and develop the European Senior Real Estate Debt platform. Before this, Vincent worked at Barclays Corporate in its specialist debt team, and at Barclays Capital, where he successfully led the structuring and negotiating of secured lending transactions within the Real Estate Group across Europe.

Vincent holds master’s degrees in International Business Studies from the University of Maastricht, Netherlands, and from Sciences-Po (IEP) in Paris, France.

A seasoned professional, Julie has previously held the CEO position in companies such as Qbic Hotels and a Cerberus Capital Management Platform, with extensive ESG experience and a background in private equity. Fawcett's strategic vision and leadership acumen are set to enhance Auriens' commitment to consumer-facing businesses, aligning with their plans for brand expansion and growth.

Filippo is a senior member of Cheyne Capital’s UK and Ireland investment team where he is

responsible for sourcing, structuring, closing, and managing debt and equity investments across all

asset classes.

Since joining in 2018, Filippo has closed over £1.5 billion of investments with key client relationships.

Prior to joining Cheyne he has held several real estate financing roles at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank,

Starwood Capital and LNR Partners.

Filippo has over 10 years of direct lending and investment experience and holds an MSc in Real

Estate Finance & Investments from the University of Reading.

Kyle heads our Health and Social Care Team. He is a real estate projects lawyer focused on the intersection between accommodation and health and social care provision. Kyle has worked across a wide range of healthcare real estate based transactions involving investors, operators, the private and public sectors, from IRCs to private hospitals to care homes to accommodation and other services and settings for working age people with disabilities. He also assists clients on contracting structures and models relating to service delivery, particularly in care home and domiciliary care settings. Kyle is a leading authority and regular speaker and writer on retirement sector, particularly in relation to event fee models and the regulatory regimes that underpin them. He has contributed to many conferences and thought leadership pieces in this area, including through Trowers & Hamlins role as Strategic Partners to ARCO.

Dr Zoe Wyrko joined Riverstone as Well-being Director in March 2021 after over 20 years in the NHS,

latterly as a Consultant Geriatrician. She is a healthcare systems strategist who successfully designs

and implements system based services to improve the lives of older people. These have ranged from

specialised wards and areas within hospital environments, to working with system partners to

develop the integration of health and social care across Birmingham and Solihull. She’s now

responsible for overseeing Riverstone’s approach to wellbeing, which includes supporting the

holistic physical and mental health of residents by making sure they can access the best available

health and care providers, and ensuring that the latest scientific evidence in the rapidly growing field

of healthy ageing research is kept at the forefront of what we do.

Dr Wyrko has previously held officer roles within the British Geriatric Society. She is passionate

about changing the way society views ageing, from the negative language used to the way health

and care systems are often set up around institutions rather than people. She was a subject matter

expert for the multi-award winning Channel 4 programme Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds

She tweets @geri_baby

Ellen Pearce is the Head of Planning at leading Integrated Retirement Community (IRC) developer and operator, Inspired Villages, and is responsible for driving the businesses planning strategy. Ellen joined Inspired in 2020 and plays an important role in its growth plans. The need for more age-appropriate housing for over 65s is significant. Inspired Villages is supporting this need with its plan to create 34 communities across the UK with over 5,100 new, purpose-built homes, supporting 8,000 residents supported by a £500 million Joint Venture agreement with NatWest Group Pension Fund and Legal & General. It currently operates nine villages with a further two openings planned for Q4 2024 and early 2025.

Matt is Birchgrove’s Director of Data & Insight. Having been with Birchgrove since its creation, he has helped oversee its growth within the Integrated Retirement Community sector. He also has responsibility to ensure Birchgrove adopts the latest innovations to best help all residents and staff.

Prior to joining Birchgrove, Matt worked at Saga the over 50s specialist provider of holidays, cruises and insurance

Ben has been with rg+p for over nine years, where he’s made a significant impact as Design Director. He’s been key in expanding the firm’s work in Later Living, Care, and Extra Care projects. Ben leads up to planning submission on key projects in the Later Living sector and is actively involved in developing new designs and products for clients like Riverstone, Inspired villages, McCarthy and Stone, Housing 21, ExtraCare Charitable Trust, and Midland Heart. With a wealth of experience across different development models and market levels, he’s currently researching innovative typologies for Later Living.

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As part of the banking and finance team, Isobel specialises in acting for borrowers and lenders on complex and high value financings across a broad range of real estate asset classes. Isobel has particular expertise in the care and living sectors having acted for both lenders and borrowers on development and investment financings for care homes and integrated retirement living communities working through all stages of the development and operational lifecycle including sale and leaseback as a means of exit for investors. Isobel takes pride in building long term relationships to achieve the commercial goals of her clients.

Iain leads a team of specialist Operational Living Consultants and Research Analysts at Bidwells, based

in its London office, with over 140 clients from the UK, Ireland and Spain. The team have worked on over

60k+ Rental Homes and Student Beds covering PBSA, Co-living, Build to Rent, Single Family

Housing/Rental, Later/Senior Living and Retirement.

Iain is considered a veteran of the Living sector adding it to his 38-year career. The past projects on his

CV are considerable, over £8bn of schools and hospitals in the PPP market as a Partner at G&T, the

Estates Rationalisation Project for HMNB Clyde (Faslane & Coulport), over 50 Care Homes both

Developed and Operated, and a strong background in FM including a term as Chair of the Professional

Institute for FM the now IWFM and Deputy Chair of Global FM.

Iain entered the Rental Living Sector over a decade ago founding LIV Consult, alongside Graham Bates,

and the LIV Group, before selling the business to Cortland in 2019. Bidwells acquired the Operational

Consultancy Team in April this year. The team are known for their knowledge leadership in Operational

Living and Iain is recognised as a subject leader and an accomplished speaker in the industry. He and

his team have delivered advice on over £6.2bn of assets.

Iain is Chair of the Association of Rental Living Scottish Hub, sits on their Strategic Group for the UK and

is a member of the Whole Life Cost Hub. Iain is also a mentor for the ULI.