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Women Leading Real Estate

Name: Women Leading Real Estate
Start: 2023-10-18T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-10-18T12:30:00+01:00
Location: Sheraton Grand London Park Lane

A celebration of women leading the charge for pushing the envelope of DEI

Event Ended On: Wednesday October 18 2023

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Headline Presenting Partner

Greystar has 30 years of global experience investing in, developing and operating rental housing. We brought our vertically integrated platform to Europe a decade ago and now have a team of more than 830 people and a portfolio of over 55,000 student beds and rental homes across seven countries.

We create purpose-designed and highly amenitised buildings at scale for multifamily, young professional and student housing, investing in neighbourhoods for the long term. Our dedicated on-site team members provide residents with an exceptional experience and we also manage assets on behalf of third parties.

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Speakers and Panels

Keynote Interview With Vanessa Simms, CFO, Landsec

Keynote

Vanessa Simms

Chief Financial Officer, Landsec

Moderator

Jennifer Smith

Senior Managing Director, Greystar

Market Outlook: Identify Trends Driving Real Estate Forward

Explore What Sectors And Trends Are Attracting Investment And Development

Veronica Gallo-Alvarez

Veronica Gallo-Alvarez is Head of Core Europe Funds, a member of the Global Real Estate Leadership team at abrdn, and responsible for the abrdn office in Paris. She is also the lead fund manager of the European Property Growth Fund since 2014. She joined the company in June 2012 as deputy fund manager, providing senior assistance in developing and managing the European Property Growth Fund as well as supporting the European team in their growth strategy. She is based in the abrdn Paris office within the Real Estate team. Prior to joining abrdn, Veronica managed a Pan-European real estate fund for Lloyds Banking Group from 2007, initially as director (European property) in Invista Real Estate Investment Management Limited based in London and subsequently, as investment director of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership based in Edinburgh. Veronica was key in building up the European business of Invista, being actively involved in their acquisition programme as well as the asset management of its portfolio. Prior to Invista she held the position of Vice president at Harbert Management Corporation (HMC) based in London, where she was involved in acquisitions and asset management of the Continental European real estate portfolio in the value-added and opportunistic space from 2000. She started her career in real estate in 1998 as analyst in Security Capital based in Brussels and London. Veronica, having developed all her career within the investment management industry, has an extensive experience across acquisitions, asset and fund management with a focus on pan-European commercial real estate. Veronica graduated with a BA in Economics from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) and an MA in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). Veronica holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and is fluent in Spanish, French and English.

Abrdn

Head of Core Europe Funds

Veronica Gallo-Alvarez

Head of Core Europe Funds, Abrdn

Heather Topel

Development Director, Grosvenor

Lindsay Taylor

Head of Delivery - UK, Deepki

Georgie Drewery

Senior Account Executive, Yardi

Kelly Boorman

Head of Construction, RSM UK

Moderator

Reena Patel

Partner, Gowling WLG

Creating Social Value Inside And Outside

Explore How To Make Environments More Inclusive And Accessible

Janine Cole

Sustainability & Social Impact Director, Great Portland Estates

Lucille Watkins-Brazier

Head of Social Impact, Europe, Lendlease

Faith Locken

Founder & CEO, We Rise In

Jas Chahal

Head of Strategic Change, Real Assets, Legal & General Investment Management

Eva Holden

General Counsel, Chancerygate

Moderator

Patrick Williams

Partner, Fried Frank

Make Senior Management

Discover How To Overcome The Barriers To Making Leadership

Yuan Sun

Co-Head of UK, RE Capital

Emily Smith

Chief Operating Officer, Argyll

Karen Dunstan

Co-Founder and General Counsel, Precede Capital

Anne Spulber

Products Manager, Technology, Retransform

Moderator

Marion Silvey

Partner, Spector Constant & Williams

29 Women Changing The Face Of UK Real Estate

Nominated Honourees For Women Leading Real Estate 2023

Teresa Kotlicka

Head of Talent, Patrizia

Christina Forrest

Managing Director, CBRE Investment Management

Sue Asprey Price

CEO EMEA Work Dynamics, JLL

Nina Zeilerbauer

Co-Founder, Madison Berkeley

Charlie Williams

Head of Marketing and Communications, BNP Paribas Real Estate

Fiona Sullivan

Associate, Savills

Ellie Sharpe

Ellie Sharpe is marketing and business development director for global architecture and design firm Perkins & Will's London studio. Starting out as a professional ballerina at the English National Ballet, an injury resulting in two hip replacements before age 30 led Sharpe to reinvent herself in the built environment. An advocate for invisible disabilities, she raises awareness, promotes inclusivity and champions equal rights for those facing challenges not readily apparent to others. Sharpe oversees Perkins & Will’s communications and bid teams, spearheading its Europe, the Middle East and Africa strategic business development. Her unique journey, rooted in vocational dance training, deviated from traditional education as she pursued her ambitions. A vocal diversity advocate, Sharpe challenges the notion that university is the exclusive route to professional success, recognising the transformative perspectives and contributions that varied backgrounds can bring. Before joining Perkins & Will, Sharpe spent over six years at Landsec’s U+I before breaking into architecture and design. She recently assumed an organisational committee position on the Perspectives Network, an inclusive event series providing a safe space for men, women, nonbinary individuals and those who identify outside traditional gender norms to engage in conversations about overlooked workplace themes. The initiative tackles topics like motherhood, men's mental health and fear of self-promotion, offering a platform for diverse voices and transformative dialogue. Sharpe also represents Perkins & Will within the IDeA Network, a global collective that promotes inclusive approaches to sharing global experience; sits on CoreNet’s event committee; and holds a mentoring role within Perkins & Will’s Engage programme, which seeks to equitise skill-sharing across the practice.

Perkins & Will

Marketing and Business Development Director

Ellie Sharpe

Marketing and Business Development Director, Perkins & Will

Olivia Ralston

Chief Operating Officer, Boreal IM

Ally Reid

Associate Director, QNB Capital

Chloe Prince

Asset Manager, Catella APAM

Alison Mennecier

Director, Savills

Georgina Manly

Customer Propositions Director, Landsec

Stephanie Hyde

Stephanie Hyde is UK CEO and incoming CEO of markets advisory across Europe, the Middle East and Africa at JLL. Hyde joined the global real estate consultancy firm in 2021 following more than 25 years in professional services. Her responsibilities include driving strategy and results for JLL’s leasing advisory and property management businesses as well as delivering a connected approach for clients across the UK and EMEA regions. In 2022, Hyde was instrumental in implementing JLL’s Thrive programme in response to the realisation that career progression and retention was a challenge for ethnically underrepresented employees. The coaching programme focuses on engaging people approaching director or senior level, where representation tends to drop off. To date, 120 people have participated in Thrive, and 22% have moved roles internally. This programme was recognised by Bisnow as part of its Rise Initiative. JLL introduced a dedicated menopause policy in October 2022, recognising that an increasing number of people are working through and beyond perimenopause and menopause, and the company had a responsibility to provide practical and cultural support. Hyde helped champion the effort on World Menopause Day via a JLL-hosted webinar featuring a range of experts from across the industry. Since then, a monthly forum has arisen to discuss the topic and connect people to share experiences and provide support. Under Hyde’s leadership, JLL’s pay gaps in the UK have narrowed. The mean gender pay gap in 2022 was 18.9%, down from 20.5% in 2021 and 25.2% in 2017 when it first began reporting these figures in the UK. The mean ethnicity pay gap in 2022 was 14.3%, a reduction from 16.3% in 2021 and 2020 when JLL UK began reporting those numbers. She is also driving progress toward JLL UK gender and ethnicity targets set in 2021 to address opportunity imbalance. Outside of work, Hyde enjoys reading, swimming, spending time with her family and walking her two dogs.

JLL

UK CEO

Stephanie Hyde

UK CEO, JLL

Alexa Baden-Powell

Senior Investment Manager, GPE

Cristina Grecu

Senior Associate, Blackstone

Claire Ezekwe

Senior Associate Director, Apache Capital Partners

Kate Honey

Group Community Advocacy Lead, Landsec

Anna Budd

Co-Head of Legal, Hines

Angel Chen

Senior Development Manager, Get Living

Ilda Krekurti

Associate, Cushman & Wakefield

Victoria Smith

Chartered Surveyor, Cushman & Wakefield

Azzees Minott

Director, Facilitator and Chief Operating Officer, 2-3 Degrees

Sarah Birchley

General Counsel, Quintain

Yvonne Ambo

Senior Transactions Manager, Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets

Madeleine Davitt

Senior Partner and Co-Founder, Davitt Jones Bould

Jennifer Offord

Co-Founder, AbilityRE

Vanessa Curtis

Founder and Chair of AbilityRE, AbilityRE

Andrea Carpenter

Co-Founder, Diversity Talks Real Estate

Emily D’Enrico

Development Manager and Project Director, M3 Consulting

Ana Klein

Partner, Maples Teesdale

Women Leading Real Estate Is Back!

Bisnow is excited to bring you the sixth edition of our UK Women Leading Real Estate event series! Since 2018, we have been growing this programme to become one of the most significant diversity events within the UK commercial real estate industry.

The core purpose of this event is to enhance the success of women in the commercial real estate industry and promote industry diversity more generally. This event will provide education, networking and resources for professional development. We hope through this event we are able to promote the employment and advancement of gender diversity in the industry and strive to create a better awareness of viable career paths in commercial real estate.

Our 2023 event will bring together top female executives from all elements of the UK real estate community. They will give their take on the current market, share career advice on how to reach senior management and discuss innovative strategies to push diversity within commercial real estate. Find out what makes these executives tick and how they are leaving their mark on the industry.

2023 Women Leading Real Estate List: In the run up to this event each year, Bisnow produces an annual list of female real estate professionals doing brilliant things, celebrating the diverse range of talent within UK property. We are thrilled to showcase our 2023 honourees as listed above and you can read more about them
here.

What You'll Learn:

How to push for diversity and inclusion beyond gender diversity by exploring viable strategies and initiatives
How to overcome the barriers to reaching senior management
The trends market leaders see are shaping the commercial real estate industry
How to navigate the current unstable market conditions

This event promises to be a can't-miss opportunity to meet and mingle with the most impactful and influential professionals in our industry. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you for another fantastic Women Leading Real Estate event.

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Venue

Sheraton Grand London Park Lane
Piccadilly, London W1J 7BX.

Please see the venue's location opposite Green Park here. The entrance to the Ballroom is right next to the hotel’s main entrance

Function room: The Ballroom

Parking Information:

A garage at the back of the hotel is available – entrance is through Brick Street (or Down Street if Brick Street is closed). Once the attendees arrive, they need to inform the garage attendant that they are attending an event, so that they are charged the discounted rate of £20.00 per car.

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 8:45 AM	Breakfast & Networking
8:45 AM 8:55 AM	A Welcome From Greystar
8:55 AM 9:20 AM	Keynote Interview With Vanessa Simms
9:20 AM 10:00 AM	Market Outlook: Identify Trends Driving Real Estate Forward 1. Which sectors in real estate are gaining the most traction currently? 2. How are companies overcoming unstable economic conditions? 3. How are women in leadership adapting their real estate strategies to meet the changing demands and nature of UK’s workforce?
10:20 AM 10:45 AM	Get To Know Your Neighbour Break
10:45 AM 11:25 AM	Creating Social Value Inside And Outside 1. What is being done to address diversity, equity and inclusion in the UK’s real estate market? 2. What strategies have been set up to make environments more inclusive and accessible? 3. How can the CRE industry collaborate to help push and scale up diversity initiatives?
11:25 AM 12:05 PM	Make Senior Management 1. What strategies should be employed by organisations to create a clear plan to accelerate the advancement of diverse experts into leadership? 2. What barriers are in place that restrict women from making senior leadership? How have women overcome these barriers? 3. What lessons can be learnt from other industries to facilitate women making senior management?
12:05 PM 12:35 PM	Networking