Chris Badia

General (ret.), Senior Advisor
Agora Strategy Group

General (ret.) Chris Badia is Senior Advisor at Agora Strategy and serves as strategic advisor to leading defence technology companies. A former four-star German Air Force General, he served as NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. During his 40-year military career, he rose from fighter pilot to one of NATO’s leading experts on defence transformation and security strategy.

Richard Craddock

Head of Real Estate Debt
Redevco

Richard has over 17 years experience in real estate lending across European and Asia-Pacific markets. Prior to joining Redevco, he was Managing Director in LaSalle Investment Management’s Debt Investments business & fund manager for their European Whole Loan strategies. He has previously held senior roles in real estate lending across both US & European banks.

Mathew Crowther

Managing Director
PGIM

Mathew Crowther is a senior portfolio manager of PGIM's European high yield debt funds, with over $7 billion of capital raised for whole loans, junior debt and preferred capital investments, having closed over 120 investments since inception in 2009. The PRECap platform has funded residential and commercial assets (including development) in Germany, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium.

Mike Danielewsky

Partner | Rechtsanwalt
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Isobel Dench

Managing Director
ICG

Isobel Dench is a managing director at ICG, joining the business in 2022. She has been in the industry for over a decade, holding investing roles at Cheyne Capital and Lloyds Bank prior to her current role. Isobel plays a leading role in ICG Real Estate’s credit team and is responsible for sourcing and executing investment opportunities across all real estate sectors. Alongside this, she has played a key role in closing new products for the real estate business and drives forward various broader business-building workstreams.

Ali Durna

Senior Investment Manager
Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH

Ali Durna has been working as a Senior Investment Manager at Helaba Invest since June 2022. In this role, he is responsible for the manager selection for Real Estate Private Debt and Infrastructure Private Debt Fund of Funds. Ali is based in Frankfurt am Main at Helaba Invest’s main office. Prior to this, he worked as a Portfolio Manager for Real Estate Equity Funds at Universal Investment.

Dr. Bernhard Eschweiler

Senior Advisor
beta-economics

Bernhard Eschweiler holds a doctorate in economics and has been advising financial institutions on economic and strategic issues for 16 years. His clients are banks as well as asset and currency managers. Previously, Mr. Eschweiler worked at JPMorgan for 18 years with positions in New York, London, Frankfurt and Singapore, where he was Chief Economist and Head of Market Research for Asia.

Raphael Fishbach

Co-Chief Executive Officer
Mesa West Capital

Raphael Fishbach is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Mesa West Capital. Mr. Fishbach has been a member of the senior leadership team since 2013 and serves on both Mesa West’s investment and management committees. He previously held positions at RCG Longview and Wells Fargo Bank and graduated from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration.

Felix Frankl MRICS

Head of Real Estate
Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse

Felix Frankl manages the real estate portfolio of the EZVK Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse. Previously, he held senior positions at various investment firms and with various investors.

Rupert Gill

Head of European Real Estate Debt
Barings

Rupert Gill is Head of European Real Estate Debt Portfolio Management, providing oversight of strategy development and the execution of investment solutions for clients. Rupert also sits on the European Real Estate Debt Investment and Valuation Committees and leads the European Real Estate Debt Portfolio Management team that covers Private Debt Real Estate mandates encompassing both co-mingled funds and SMAs in Europe. Rupert joined the team in 2024 from BlackRock where he was Head of European Real Estate Debt for nearly seven years. He has also held senior positions at LNR Partners Europe / Hatfield Philips International, Lloyds Bank and ABN Amro Bank.

Andrew Gordon

Managing Director
Invesco

Andrew Gordon is Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Debt Europe at Invesco Real Estate, leading the firm’s European debt business and strategy. With over 25 years’ experience across lending, structured finance, distressed debt and M&A, he previously held senior roles at GAM, Renshaw Bay, Lloyds and Barclays.

Paul House

Chief Investment Officer
Penny Blue Capital Limited

Paul House is Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Penny Blue Capital, an independent European real assets private credit manager. Since founding the platform in 2013, he has led the deployment of over €5 billion of loans across Europe, spanning its time within ESR Group and its evolution into Penny Blue Capital.

Julian Koell

Investment Manager
Allianz

Julian Köll is an Investment Manager at Allianz Investment Management in Luxembourg. In his role, he is responsible for the internal investment management of various Allianz entities, with a particular focus on Real Estate Debt. His responsibilities include overseeing and monitoring investments, as well as collaborating with internal and external partners to implement investment strategies.

Cyrus Korat

Managing Partner
DRC Savills Investment Management LLP

Cyrus Korat has over 29 years of real estate and debt capital markets experience and is Managing Partner at DRC Savills IM. Prior to DRC Capital (now DRC Savills IM), Cyrus was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch & Co where he was a senior risk taker across a number of businesses including ABS/Mortgage trading, credit exotics trading and illiquids.

Alessandro Luca

Co-Head of European Real Estate Debt
Ares Management LLC

Mr. Luca is a Managing Director and Co-Head of European Real Estate Debt in Ares Real Estate. Prior to joining Ares in 2021, Mr. Luca was an Executive Director in the Real Estate Finance Group at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Luca holds an M.A. from the University of Oxford in Economics and Management.

Brian McCarthy

Head of Alternative Investments
Ampega Asset Management

Vincent Nobel

Head of European Real Estate Debt
Federated Hermes Limited

Vincent joined in January 2015 as the Head of Real Estate Debt and is now responsible for all asset-based debt strategies. He is responsible for leadership of the team and the coordination, origination, execution and management of commercial real estate debt investments for the Real Estate Senior Debt strategy and the Multi Asset Credit strategies. 

Christopher Yvo Oertl

Geschäftsführer
Oreda GmbH

Dr. Christopher Yvo Oertel is the Managing Director of Oreda GmbH, which develops bespoke strategies for complex financing and investment structures and specializes in real estate (project developments) in special situations. He has a long term experience and expertise in the areas of debt asset management, rescue and recovery management, and financing and strategic advisory.

Alexander Oswatitsch

Head of Real Estate Debt
DWS Alternatives GmbH

Alexander Oswatitsch, Head of European Real Estate Debt. Alexander joined the Company in 2015 with 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining, Alexander served as an originator at BAWAG in Austria. Before that, Alexander worked for Hypo Real Estate in New York where he was responsible for real estate debt transaction underwriting. He holds a Master's degree from European Business School (EBS) Oestrich-Winkel.

Dan Ottensoser

Managing Director, Co-Head of Credit
CIM Group

Daniel Ottensoser is a Managing Director in the Investments group and Co-Head of Credit. He is responsible for overseeing portfolio construction and asset allocation for CIM’s credit funds, including handling first mortgage and mezzanine loans on real estate assets, single-tenant credit lease assets, broadly syndicated corporate loans and CMBS securities. Prior to joining CIM, Mr. Ottensoser was a Partner and Managing Director at H/2 Capital Partners. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from The City University of New York, Queens College and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbia University School of Law.

David Rueckel

Chairman of the Advisory Board and Managing Partner
PIA Pontis Institutional Advisors GmbH

David Rueckel founded PIA in 2015 and manages all aspects of the business. PIA is a leading German and European placement advisor for real estate and infrastructure investment managers. PIA also creates real estate club structures, predominantly for family offices. He chairs the USA Conference and Real Estate Debt Conference and is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the German American Exchange.

Marco Simonis

Partner
Clifford Chance

Marco Simonis is a lawyer and tax advisor at Clifford Chance Frankfurt since 2001. He specializes in structuring and establishing open-ended and closed-ended investment funds for institutional investors, as well as providing tax advice on fund-related structured products and securitisation transactions.

Claus Skrumsager

Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Claus Vinge Skrumsager is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Head of North Haven Secured Private Credit(“NHSPC”). Mr. Skrumsager joined Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”) in 2017 to lead the establishment of MSIM’s European private real asset backed credit platform NHSPC and today manages in excess of €3.3bn of committed capital on the platform.

Oliver Strumpf

Founder
FondsForum Platform

Oliver Strumpf studied Business Information and Real Estate Economics at the European Business School. After gaining professional experience at international real estate companies, he founded the FondsForum platform in 2012 and is setting up a unique network in the institutional real estate industry to enable a better understanding and communication between the parties within the investment branch.

Stefan Stute MRICS

Managing Director
Wüest Partner Deutschland

Stefan has worked in the institutional real estate industry for more than 25 years. He is a partner at the Swiss consulting firm Wüest Partner and is responsible for the business area "Investment Consulting". In addition to a degree in civil engineering from the University of Hanover, Stefan has various additional qualifications from the universities of Cambridge, Yale and Bayes Business School.

Pontus Sundin

Co-Head of Credit
Niam Credit Advisory AB

Pontus Sundin is Co-Head of Credit at Niam Group, with over 20 years of international experience in Real Estate and Debt Capital Markets. He has a proven track record in building debt platforms, shaping strategy, and leading business operations. His expertise spans credit analysis, structured finance, and cross-border transactions. 

Chris Taube

Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

Chris Taube is global head of real estate for Alternatives Capital Formation within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He is responsible for real estate equity and credit products globally, inclusive of draw-down funds, evergreen vehicles, and separately managed accounts.

Jeff Thompson

President
GID Credit

Jeff Thompson is Co-Head and President of GID Credit with more than 29 years of commercial real estate experience spanning lending, investing, fundraising, and portfolio management. Prior to GID, he led PIMCO’s private CRE debt platform, raising its inaugural $1.25 billion fund. He previously held senior leadership roles at Annaly Capital and GE Capital Real Estate.

Kristof Vashegyi

Managing Director
AltamarCAM Partners

Kristof is a Managing Director at AltamarCAM Partners, leading a $1B+ US and European private credit program since 2021. Previously, he was an Executive Director at JP Morgan Cazenove in London, advising public and private REITs on M&A, equity, and debt capital market transactions. He studied Financial Economics at Maastricht University and UC Berkeley.

Itamar Volkov

Managing Partner
Frux Capital Investments S.L.

Itamar Volkov is the Founder and Managing Partner of Frux Capital Investments, a Madrid-based alternative real estate credit manager. With over 20 years of experience in real estate investment and credit, he has led more than €1 billion of financing transactions across Europe. Frux provides senior and other capital solutions to real estate companies and investors. 

Hans Vrensen

Head of Research & Strategy
AEW Investment Management

Hans Vrensen is managing director and head of AEW’s award-winning European Research & Strategy team. He covers macro trends, occupier and investment markets including quantifying debt-related and climate-linked challenges. Hans is a member of AEW’s European Executive, Investment, Debt and Risk Committees. He has over 30 years of international experience and is a frequent conference speaker.

David White

Head of Real Estate Debt, Europe
LaSalle

David White is Head of LaSalle's Europe debt platform and oversees debt investment vehicles and fund structures, including the LREDS series. He's responsible for investment strategy, capital raising and deployment and has extensive experience investing across the capital structure, including senior/whole loans, mezzanine, preferred equity, opportunistic credit, direct investments and distressed situations.

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