Ways The Commercial Real Estate Industry Can Actually Mitigate The Energy Crisis

Grigor Hadjiev is Allianz Real Estate’s Head of Product & Development for West Europe responsible for the design and execution of large capex programs and topics including ESG and ‘smart‘. He also leads the Innovation & Digitalization activities, bringing data asset management into the firm’s existing expertise. Prior to joining Allianz Real Estate in 2018, he was Director for French-speaking Switzerland at Drees & Sommer. He started his career as an architect and general planner before joining a strategy & finance advisory firm. An alumnus of ETH Zurich, HEC Paris and ENSAPLV, Grigor holds master degrees in Architecture and Management. In 2017, he became a qualified member of RICS.

Debbie is a building physicist. Her passion is in making buildings work for both people and the planet. Have worked as a client, consultant and contractor she has seen all aspects of how great sustainability ambitions never come to fruition. She believes that all the rhetoric now needs to be converted into action, which means solving both the funding and people behaviour conundrums, given the technology is the easy bit.

Graham Reece is Senior Vice President, Head of European Logistics Construction for Trammell Crow Company. In this role, Graham oversees the analysis, procurement, and delivery of all industrial projects in Europe. He also serves as the Senior Technical Advisor for the European market. Graham has over 25 years of experience working on large-scale development and construction projects in EMEA. He has an in-depth comprehension of end-to-end real estate development in multiple countries, particularly relating to logistics. Graham is primarily responsible for technical analysis, budgeting and underwriting of potential new development projects in Europe./ In his role at Trammell Crow Company, Graham also provides expert commercial and technical leadership to design and construction teams in Europe with focus on creating efficient and attractive solutions and overseeing projects from acquisition and concept stages, through design development to final product delivery.

Chris has a wide range of FM consultancy experience across the asset lifecycle, both in the UK and internationally including FM strategy development, services procurement and operational cost modelling. Chris is passionate about championing the next generation, supporting career development within the team to help them achieve personal growth and career ambitions. Chris leads the lifecycle cost modelling function at G&T, delivering analysis of whole life costs and identifying options to improve and drive long term value and outcomes.