Investing In A New World

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  Lars Huber

  Mr. Huber serves as CEO for Hines' European Region and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He is responsible for all development activity, acquisitions and operations in the region with Hines presence in 13 countries. Since joining Hines in 1996 he has contributed to over $20 billion of investments in Europe. In his prior roles, Huber oversaw equity capital raising for Hines in Europe and Asia, served as fund manager in the European Investment Management team, and worked on development and acquisitions as development officer in Germany. Huber graduated from the European Business School in Frankfurt.

  Hines

  CEO, European Region

  Lars Huber

  CEO, European Region

  Hines

Hunting for Yield

Where's Hot, Where's Not, Where's Next in 2020?

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  Lily Lin

  Lily Lin is a Managing Director responsible for acquisitions and asset management across the UK and Ireland. Prior to joining, Lily worked at Vanke from 2015 to 2020, where she established its UK platform as Managing Director. Previously, she worked at UBS in London across various UK and Pan European real estate funds, and at Ascendas, Singapore’s first and largest industrial REIT, in Shanghai.

  MARK

  Managing Director, UK and Ireland

  Lily Lin

  Managing Director, UK and Ireland

  MARK

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  Audrey Klein

  Audrey Klein Head of Investor Relations for Kennedy Wilson Europe. Prior to this she held roles at Cromwell and Corestate but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone. Prior to joining Park Hill, Ms. Klein ran her own business for five years marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes including private equity, real estate and hedge funds to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices and high net worth individuals. Prior to founding her company Ms. Klein worked at Babcock and Brown in Germany where she co-founded the German office and helped establish equity relationships across Europe. Before making the move to Europe she worked at Bank of America in San Francisco doing syndication across various sectors before co-founding a real-estate fund for her group. Ms. Klein is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA. She is also a graduate of Emory University where she received a degree in Economics.

  Kennedy Wilson

  Head of Fundraising

  Audrey Klein

  Head of Fundraising

  Kennedy Wilson

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  Martin Jepson

  Martin has a strong track record, primarily in Central London office developments and investments, but also in residential and mixed-use developments across the UK. Formerly President and COO, UK Office Division, Brookfield Property Partners, he has also held executive positions Hammerson, Howard Holdings, Taylor Woodrow and Delancey. Martin has worked extensively in acquisition, disposal, asset management and development, both on a project and portfolio basis, winning “Deal of the Year” awards every year between 2012 and 2016. Martin is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and a past board member of BCO. Martin is passionate about Sparks Charity, where he has been a trustee and was Chairman of their Annual Ball from 2010 to 2017, raising more than £2 million for research into children's diseases.

  Ergo Real Estate

  Co-Founder

  Martin Jepson

  Co-Founder

  Ergo Real Estate

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  Dan Gwilliam

  Dan Gwilliam is a real estate partner at international law firm Gowling WLG. Dan has over 20 years' experience in direct and indirect UK investment transactions, development projects and forward funding, real estate finance, leasing and asset management in all types of real estate assets including office, retail, industrial and alternative. Dan acts for many different types of client, from family landowners to some of the largest institutional investors in the UK and principal clients include AXA, USS, Aviva, NFU Mutual, Salmon Developments and Revcap.

  Gowling WLG

  Partner

  Moderator

  Dan Gwilliam

  Partner

  Gowling WLG

Optimising Property & Portfolio Efficiency

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  James Saunders

  James Saunders was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Quintain in October 2019 and since then has led the company through the Pandemic, during which Quintain achieved the biggest construction completion year in its 30-year history. Starting with just 141 apartments for rent in 2016, James has led the team to reach 3,651 homes under management, noting the 2022 year-end occupancy across the entire rental portfolio sat at over 98%. Since then, Quintain’s tenth build to rent development has opened at Wembley Park. James was previously Chief Operating Officer of Quintain and has been a main board director since 2017. As Chief Operating Officer, James led the place-making and estate management at Wembley Park, commercial partnerships, group marketing, IT and health and safety. During his time at Quintain, James has led the repositioning of Wembley Park from an event destination to an exciting new neighbourhood for London. He has created the strategic direction for marketing, communications and place making that has led to dramatic reconsideration of the area, increase in footfall, improvements in press coverage and word-of-mouth, plus new partnerships including with Boxpark, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Troubadour Theatres and Second Floor Studios. He has managed key stakeholder and commercial partner relationships with GLA, London Borough of Brent, Wembley Stadium, the FA, AEG and Realm. He was responsible for the renegotiation of agreements with adjacent landowners that unlocked the Wembley Park site from a development and operational perspective. Prior to joining Quintain, James was the Chief Marketing Officer at The Cloud Networks, a consultant to Vodafone Europe and Brand Director at Coca-Cola Great Britain. He holds a Sloan Masters from London Business School, a Law Degree from Cambridge University and is a barrister-at-law.

  Quintain

  CEO

  James Saunders

  CEO

  Quintain

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  Anne Copeland

  Seventeen years ago I thought 'ok ... just what have I done' when accepting a new role and being told we won't tell you what sector it is until you accept. On arriving I was given a tatty lever arch folder labelled 'NOIR'.If you are looking for a candid expose on the trials and tribulations of long-dated operational business assets then look no further. If you want surprises then don't bother...I promise my clients not to surprise them.Those trusting investors have allowed me to create new solutions in healthcare for the benefit of the NHS, patients and investors......oh and NOIR, well that was Not Office, Industrial or Retail; the best decision I never made

  Kames Capital

  Fund Manager - Property

  Anne Copeland

  Fund Manager - Property

  Kames Capital

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  Johnnie Sims

  Prior to joining Coyote, Johnnie worked in the commercial real estate industry for eight years – two of those as a surveyor for JLL and six years at M7 Real Estate. Initially as a member of the acquisitions team buying multi-let real estate across Europe, and later as an Investment Manager where he was responsible for four of M7’s joint venture mandates and two of its discretionary funds, with aggregate valuations exceeding €1bn. As Client Services Director and Board member of Coyote, he has ultimate responsibility for managing the Customer Success, Professional Services and Project Management teams. As a Coyote user for the latter years of his real estate career, Johnnie gained a unique insight and understanding of Coyote from the client’s perspective and uses that knowledge to ensure Coyote delivers real value to its users, every day. Johnnie is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

  Coyote

  Client Services Director

  Johnnie Sims

  Client Services Director

  Coyote

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  Andrew Cook

  Andrew is an assistant fund manager for the M&G UK Residential Property Fund. He supports the Fund Manager in setting the investment strategy to meet the Fund’s strategic objectives. Andrew is responsible for acquiring, structuring and delivering investment opportunities in the residential sector throughout the UK. He is oversees the active asset management of these assets including the mobilisation and stabilisation of completed developments. Prior to joining M&G Real Estate in April 2015, Andrew worked as a valuer in Australia for CBRE and Knight Frank, before joining CBRE in London. His career has focused on the residential market, with a particular focus on the Private Rented Sector and development. Andrew is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Applied Economics degrees from the University of Canberra, in addition to a Graduate Diploma in Property from the University of South Australia

  M&G

  Deputy Fund Manager, UK Residential

  Andrew Cook

  Deputy Fund Manager, UK Residential

  M&G

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  Bonnie Calnan

  Bonnie is a partner in Dentons' Real Estate practice group, based in the London office. She leads high-end multidisciplinary transactions covering leveraged and unleveraged, upstream (real estate joint ventures and structuring) and downstream work (sales and acquisitions and investment letting structures) including multijurisdictional and cross-border transactions. Bonnie's clients include private equity and debt funds and she holds client relationship roles with Blackstone and various sovereign wealth funds. She has a particular emphasis on investment transactions involving alternative real estate asset classes.

  Dentons

  Partner

  Moderator

  Bonnie Calnan

  Partner

  Dentons

ESG Investment Agenda 2020

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  Charlotte Jacques

  Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment R.E.

  Schroder

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  Keith Breslauer

  Mr. Breslauer founded Patron Capital in 1999 and is the Managing Director of Patron Capital Advisers, LLP (and held a similar position in its predecessor vehicles), the investment adviser to the Patron Capital Funds (including Patron Capital Captive Fund, Funds I - V). In addition to his overall leadership responsibility, Mr. Breslauer is primarily responsible for leading the origination efforts of all Patron funds. Mr. Breslauer began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he worked for approximately ten years until 1997. At Lehman Brothers, Mr. Breslauer was involved in and led many transactions in the U.S. distressed markets in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1993, while with Lehman Brothers, he moved to London and assisted in creating and leading the Principal Finance Group to invest in financial institution and property assets and companies, and served as the co-head for the International Mortgage and Real Estate Department until 1997. In 1997, Mr. Breslauer left Lehman Brothers to create and manage an investment fund focusing on smaller European property and property-related opportunities which was a bridge to the ultimate formation of Patron.

  Patron Capital Partners

  Managing Partner

  Keith Breslauer

  Managing Partner

  Patron Capital Partners

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  Sadie Malim

  Sadie joined Moorfield in 2007 and sits on the Operational Board as Head of Special Projects & Legal. She is responsible for overseeing and implementing specific projects that require both private equity and real estate knowledge, as well as leading our in-house legal function. Sadie also manages the Moorfield (and its investments’) brand, corporate communications and digital media strategy, together with various other operational matters. She also oversees our ESG policy and our transactional, legal and regulatory functions. Sadie has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and a post graduate degree in Law. Prior to joining Moorfield, Sadie worked in the Private Equity group at Clifford Chance where she advised international private equity clients on acquisitions, disposals, MBOs and listings. Sadie sits on the BPF Healthcare Committee and Retirement Villages working group.

  Moorfield Group

  Head of Special Projects & Legal

  Sadie Malim

  Head of Special Projects & Legal

  Moorfield Group

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  Rebecca Perlman

  Rebecca is a corporate and charities lawyer at international law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills, where she co-chairs the firm's global impact investment and sustainable finance practice, HSF Impact, and oversees the transactional and advisory side of our pro bono practice. She specialises in ESG, impact investment, venture capital and philanthropy, advising entrepreneurs, investors, not-for-profits, governments and multilateral organisations on a range of corporate, commercial and charity law issues. Rebecca was seconded to the Government of Sierra Leone as legal adviser in the Office of the President in 2014, where she advised on the country’s response to the commercial impact of the Ebola crisis. She has also previously worked on secondment with the National Council for Civil Liberties. Rebecca has been recognised in Legal 500 and in NatWest's WISE100 list of the UK's most influential women in impact investment and mission-driven business.

  Herbert Smith Freehills

  Senior Associate

  Moderator

  Rebecca Perlman

  Senior Associate

  Herbert Smith Freehills