Maximilian Cosack

Head of Private Assets
HUK Coburg Asset Management GmbH

As Head of Private Assets, Maximilian Cosack is responsible for the asset classes Infrastructure, Private Equity and Private Debt at HUK-COBURG Asset Management GmbH. Maximilian Cosack studied insurance economics (B.A.) at Coburg University of Applied Sciences and holds a Master's degree in Financial Law (LLM) from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Dombret

Global Senior Advisor Oliver Wyman,
frmr. Board Member Deutsche Bundesbank,
frmr. Advisory Board Member ECB
 

Andreas Dombret worked from 1987-1991 at Deutsche Bank, from 1992-2002 at JP Morgan, from 2002-2005 at Rothschild and from 2005-2009 at Bank of America. From 2010-2018 he served on the Deutsche Bundesbank Board and from 2014-2018 on the ECB Supervisory Board. Andreas now teaches at Columbia University and acts, amongst others, as Global Senior Advisor to Oliver Wyman.

Jens Eisenschmidt

Managing Director Research
Morgan Stanley

Raphael Fishbach

Co-CEO
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.

Richard Flohr

Partner and Debt Portfolio Manager
CrossHarbor Capital Partners LLC

Richard Flohr is a Partner and Portfolio Manager of the CrossHarbor Strategic Debt Fund. In this role he oversees operations of the Fund and serves as a member of the Fund’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining CrossHarbor, Richard was a Managing Director with the Prudential Mortgage Capital Company where he worked for 28 years.

Felix Frankl MRICS

Head of Real Estate
Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse - EZVK

Felix Frankl (MRICS, MBA) is responsible for the real estate portfolio of EZVK Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse. He previously held management positions at various investment companies. He started in the private equity real estate sector and then worked in investment management and fund of funds.

Andrew Gordon

Managing Director, Fund Management
Invesco Real Estate

Andrew Gordon is responsible for managing the European debt business and developing and executing real estate debt strategies. Prior Invesco he managed GAM Investments European debt business and held roles at Renshaw Bay, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays Bank and Ernst & Young.

Charlotte Hartel

Senior Portfolio Manager
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank - pbb invest

Charlotte Hartel, Senior Portfolio Manager for equity and debt, has been working in real estate investment for institutional investors for almost 20 years. Previously, she worked for Real I.S. AG (German Special funds, € 2 bn volume) and Catella Real Estate. She has profound expertise in fund and portfolio management, product development, acquisition and asset management. She holds a diploma in economic geography (LMU Munich).

Paul House

Co-Head of Commercial Real Estate Debt
ESR Europe

Paul House is co-founder of the Commercial Real Estate business at ESR Europe and co-Portfolio Manager for the firm’s discretionary debt funds.   In addition, Paul is a member of the Investment Committee for the ESR Active Fund series, which are private equity funds active in investing into value add real estate equity opportunities across the UK and Europe.  Paul is a member of the CFA Institute and holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business in Toronto.

Cyrus Korat

Partner
DRC Savills Investment Management LLP

Cyrus Korat has over 25 years of real estate and debt capital markets experience and is a founding partner at DRC Savills IM. Prior to the establishment of DRC, Cyrus was a Managing Director and held senior management positions in the Fixed Income division of Merrill Lynch & Co.

Alexander Mayer

CFO/CRO
Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG

He worked as Head of Financial Management at Württembergische Lebensversicherung and Rating Manager of the W&W Group, was Spokesman of the Management Board of W&W Asset Management. He also became a member of the Executive Board of Württembergische Lebensversicherung and Versicherung, as well as CFO/CRO and member of the Executive Board of W&W. In July 2025 he starts as CFO and Executive Board of the ALH Group.

Aislinn McCarry

Head of EMEA Sales
Measurabl

Measurbl is the world’s largest sustainability platforms for real estate, servicing over $3T in AUM globally across 93 countries.
With a background in mechanical engineering from Canada, Aislinn leads the EMEA team, helping the world’s largest fund managers drive value at their real estate assets via strategic planning, energy management, decarbonisation and capital planning initiatives.

Phil Moore

Partner and Head of European Real Estate Debt
Ares Management

Mr. Moore is a Partner and Head of European Real Estate Debt in Ares Real Estate. He also serves on the Ares Real Estate Global Investment Committee (“IC”) and the Real Estate Debt IC. Prior to this, he was a Managing Director in The Carlyle Group's flagship Credit Opportunities Fund where he headed up the Real Estate investment activities for that strategy across Europe and North America.

Jai Patel

Co-Head Real Estate Debt
ICG

Jai is Co-Head of Real Estate Debt at ICG and jointly responsible for the day-to-day implementation of ICG Real Estate’s debt strategies. Prior to joining ICG, Jai was Investment Director at Amro Partners – an investment firm focused on residential assets across Europe. Prior to this he has held various investment roles at ICG and Barclays, starting his career at Lehman Brothers.

Dan Riches

Head of Real Estate Finance
M&G Investments

Dan Riches is Head of M&G Real Estate Finance and responsible for all strategic and operational matters. He is a member of the Real Estate Finance Investment Committee. Dan joined M&G in 2010 and has been involved in the origination and execution of investments as well as capital raising for the Real Estate Debt Fund series which has raised more than EUR 4bn of investor commitments to date.

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.

Dr. Daniel Schmidt

Head of Credit Strategies
Empira AG

Dr. Daniel Schmidt ist Head of Credit Strategies bei der Empira AG und verantwortet dort den Bereich Real Estate Private Debt. Zuvor war er unter anderem für die Commerzbank, Oceans & Company sowie als Gründungsgeschäftsführer von LOANLAND tätig. Seine Promotion im Bereich Corporate Finance absolvierte er in Großbritannien. Die Empira AG ist Teil der Partners Group.

Niraj Shah

Partner
Rockwood Capital

Mr. Shah is the Head of Rockwood’s Credit Strategies Team.  He is responsible for overseeing Rockwood’s credit and structured investment strategies and is also a member of the firm’s investment committees. Prior to Rockwood, Mr. Shah was at Citi where he was responsible for the pricing, structuring and distribution for the CRE group.  Prior to Citi, Mr. Shah was with PwC in its TS practice, providing M&A advisory services to private equity firms.

Janine Spieker

Head of Real Estate
Gothaer Versicherung

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.

Pontus Sundin

CEO
Niam Credit

With 20 years of international experience in real estate and debt capital markets, Mr Sundin has developed extensive expertise in building debt platforms and business operations. He has held several senior management positions, most recently serving as Chief Representative for Helaba in the Nordics, where he was responsible for establishing the bank’s Nordic presence, with a focus on commercial real estate debt.

Jeff Thompson

Co-Head & President
GID Credit

Jeffrey Thompson is Co-Head and President of GID Credit. He brings extensive leadership experience in commercial real estate, having held senior roles at PIMCO, Annaly, and GE Capital, with expertise spanning credit investment, large loan lending, and portfolio management.

Dr. Gertrud R. Traud

Chief Economist and Head of Research
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale

Dr. Gertrud R. Traud has been Helaba's Chief Economist since 2005, in 2006 she also became the Head of Research. Previously she worked for Julius Bär and Bankgesellschaft Berlin. She is a member of numerous committees, such as the supervisory board of DLE Group AG and the asset advisory board of VOLKSWAGEN Foundation. She is involved in social projects, including being patron of ZONTAlente.

Max von Below

Managing Director
Affinius Capital

Max von Below serves as Managing Director for Affinius Capital. He is based in Amsterdam and responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with institutional investors, their managers, advisors and consultants both domestically and internationally. Prior joining Affinius Capital he worked in similar positions on the Manager but as well on the Investor side and brings 20 years of work experience.

Peter Weidmann

Managing Partner
Related Fund Management LLC

Peter Weidman is a Managing Partner of Related Fund Management. At RFM, Mr. Weidman is Head of the Credit Team and also works with the Firm’s senior leadership team to oversee all aspects of RFM’s investment strategy, fundraising and operations as well as focusing on ways to grow new and existing business lines on the Firm’s investment platform. He is a member of the RFM Management and Investment Committees.

Andrew White

Managing Director, Head of US Real Estate Credit Investing
Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Andrew is managing director in Real Estate within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, serving as Head of US Real Estate Investing. He is a member of the Private Real Estate Investing Committee. Andrew joined Archon Group, formerly a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, in 2006 as an analyst and was named managing director in 2019. He earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame in 2005.

David White

Head of LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies, Europe

David White oversees the LaSalle Real Estate Debt Strategies (LREDS) business. He has a 16+ year track record of working in real estate private equity and debt investment in Europe, the US and Asia. He has extensive experience lending throughout the capital structure and in real estate debt investments, including mezzanine and whole loans, as well as direct real estate investments, distressed credit, and restructuring. 

Gregory White

Senior Managing Director
Blue Owl Capital

Anshumann Woodhull

Partner and Co-Head of Private Debt
PAG

Mr. Woodhull is a Partner and Co-Head of Private Debt for PAG Credit & Markets. He has over 25 years of experience in reorganizations, restructurings and corporate workouts. Prior to joining PAG in 2009, Mr. Woodhull was a Managing Director and Distressed Asset Trader at Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong branch from 2000 to 2009. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Bristol.

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