Top team in urban real estate

Neil joined Standard Life Investments (SLI) in 2011, leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for product structuring, tax, legal and cross asset debt financing. Neil developed and fund managed SLI Real Estate’s investor loan platform and had responsibility for circa GBP 600m of capital across mandates.

Previously, Neil spent over 6 years in Switzerland with Man Group where he had responsibility for a multi-billion USD debt book in addition to leading the team structuring Man’s equity derivative products & OTC derivatives, fund financing and custodial structures. Neil was responsible for the commercial creation of various alternative assets funds, structuring solutions and delivered to market single and multi-strategy global and regional alternative asset products for the Asian, Middle Eastern and South American markets.

Neil is an English qualified solicitor. Neil received his MBA (Finance) with distinction from Manchester Business School in January 2007 and has a Master’s degree from St. Andrews University (1999). Neil completed MIT’s Advanced Management Programme in February 2019.

Veronica has 26 years of experience in Continental European Real Estate having been involved in fund management, acquisitions, asset management, research, and strategy.

Veronica joined from abrdn where she was Head of Core European Funds. where she was overseeing the multi-sector strategies investing in commercial pan-European real estate Previously, she was Deputy Head of Core Plus Funds at abrdn with responsibility over several core plus strategies across UK and Europe.

Veronica joined Standard Life Investments (SLI) in Paris as Deputy Fund Manager in 2012 to provide senior assistance to manage SLI European Property Growth Fund, becoming its Fund Manager in 2014. Since joining SLI, Veronica conducted a full repositioning of the portfolios to bring the fund to performance. In addition, she played a significant role in growing SLI European real estate portfolio and actively participated in the development of SLI’s approx. €2.5bn value-add strategies.

Prior to joining SLI, Veronica was responsible for managing a Pan-European Real Estate Fund for Clerical Medical (Lloyds Banking Group) from 2007, initially as Director, European Property in Invista Real Estate Investment Management Limited in London and subsequently, as Investment Director of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership based in Edinburgh. Veronica was a key element in building up the European business of Invista being actively involved in their acquisition programme as well as the asset management of its portfolio since 2005. Prior to Invista, she was a Vice-President at Harbert Management Corporation based in London, where she was involved in acquisitions and asset management of the Continental European portfolio with a focus on value-add and opportunistic strategies over 5 years. Previously, she was an Analyst at the research team in Security Capital in Brussels.

She has a Degree in Economics by Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) and a MA in Economics by the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).

Sasha has over 20 years’ experience in capital formation and real estate advisory.

Previously Sasha was a Senior Partner and Head of Client Development at Tristan Capital Partners, a European real estate private equity firm, where she led global client relations for over eight years and oversaw both equity and debt product development and fundraises closing c.€9 bn in institutional investor commitments.

Prior to Tristan, she had a 14-year career with Credit Suisse in investment banking and asset management, where she was responsible for executing over €12 bn in advisory and capital raising transactions across Europe. Within the CS Private Fund Group, a global placement agent, she led European real estate mandates and marketing coordination for five years.

Earlier in her career she worked with the Smithsonian Institution. A native of Miami Beach, Florida, Silver completed graduate studies at the Yale School of Management (MBA) and Yale School of the Environment (MF) and received her BA in Economics from Princeton University.

In his role as CFO Manolito is also responsible for for the functions Finance, IT & Information Management, Governance Risk & Compliance, Corporate Finance, Tax and Project Portfolio Management. Manolito is also a member of Redevco’s Investment Committees for Retail as well as Residential real estate.

Before he joined Redevco Manolito was working at KPMG Business Advisory Services as Financial & Restructuring Advisor. Manolito holds a Master of Economics from the University of Groningen and an Executive Master in Finance & Control from the Business University of Nyenrode.

Prior to joining Redevco, Ton was responsible for Human Resources at C&A Brazil from 2008 to 2012 and Human Resources & Internal Communications at C&A Europe from 2012 until he joined Redevco.

Prior to these roles within COFRA group, Ton worked in various management and HR positions at ABN Amro Bank in The Netherlands and Hong Kong, Korn/Ferry International in The Netherlands and ING Group in The Netherlands and Canada.

Ton holds a Master’s degree in Dutch Civil Law from the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.

In 2021 he was appointed Co-head Client & Fund Management and Fund Director for the portfolios of one of Redevco’s key clients, where he responsible for the execution of the transformation and diversification strategy of the proprietary portfolio and further developing the strategic scope for the Client & Fund Management team. Thierry is a member of Redevco’s Leadership Team and Investment Committee.

Thierry began his career as a Works Engineer for Bouygues S.A. before moving into financial planning, working on social initiatives managed by the Caisse des Dépôts. He was later appointed Programme Director at APSYS France, then crossed over to the world of big-name brands as Technical Director and subsequently Real Estate Director of the FNAC Group. 

Sasha has over 20 years’ experience in capital formation and real estate advisory.

Previously Sasha was a Senior Partner and Head of Client Development at Tristan Capital Partners, a European real estate private equity firm, where she led global client relations for over eight years and oversaw both equity and debt product development and fundraises closing c.€9 bn in institutional investor commitments.

Prior to Tristan, she had a 14-year career with Credit Suisse in investment banking and asset management, where she was responsible for executing over €12 bn in advisory and capital raising transactions across Europe. Within the CS Private Fund Group, a global placement agent, she led European real estate mandates and marketing coordination for five years.

Earlier in her career she worked with the Smithsonian Institution. A native of Miami Beach, Florida, Silver completed graduate studies at the Yale School of Management (MBA) and Yale School of the Environment (MF) and received her BA in Economics from Princeton University.

From 2010 through 2013, Patrick worked at Redevco’s sister company C&A in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2014 Patrick returned to Redevco as Portfolio Director for CEE, based in Zurich, Switzerland. Patrick joined Fund Management in 2018, as Director of the newly established residential business, and Redevco’s proptech activities. Patrick was subsequently appointed as Director of Business Development in 2020.

Prior to joining Redevco Patrick worked in Morgan Stanley’s investment banking team in NYC. In total Patrick has more than 19 years of experience in real estate. Patrick holds a BSc degree in Science and Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and a MSc in Real Estate from IE.

Previously, she held senior communications roles at Deutsche Telekom, is a leading global telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany, where she successfully managed European transformation programs and established a strong corporate reputation for innovation. At T-Mobile Netherlands, one of Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiaries at the time, Priscilla led corporate communications during a major merger and positioned the company as a market leader in mobile internet, also developing its corporate social responsibility strategy.  

She studied Communications at the University of Amsterdam with a specialisation in Information Studies has completed advanced leadership and strategic communication programs at renowned institutions like Nyenrode Business University and IMD Lausanne. 

Alice was previously an Executive Director at Tristan Capital Partners, a pan-European real estate investment manager, raising capital for core+, value-add and debt products. She started her career at Rothschild & Co in the real estate investment banking team.

Alexandra previously worked for six years at Dexus, an Australian based investment manager focused on real estate and infrastructure investment on behalf of third-party capital across Australasia. At Dexus, she worked in Strategy and Corporate Transactions, responsible for corporate and fund mergers and acquisitions, strategic fundraising activities and re-setting the group strategy.

Alexandra has a Bachelor’s double degree in Biotechnology and Business (Finance) from the University of Technology Sydney.

Veronica has 26 years of experience in Continental European Real Estate having been involved in fund management, acquisitions, asset management, research, and strategy.

Veronica joined from abrdn where she was Head of Core European Funds. where she was overseeing the multi-sector strategies investing in commercial pan-European real estate Previously, she was Deputy Head of Core Plus Funds at abrdn with responsibility over several core plus strategies across UK and Europe.

Veronica joined Standard Life Investments (SLI) in Paris as Deputy Fund Manager in 2012 to provide senior assistance to manage SLI European Property Growth Fund, becoming its Fund Manager in 2014. Since joining SLI, Veronica conducted a full repositioning of the portfolios to bring the fund to performance. In addition, she played a significant role in growing SLI European real estate portfolio and actively participated in the development of SLI’s approx. €2.5bn value-add strategies.

Prior to joining SLI, Veronica was responsible for managing a Pan-European Real Estate Fund for Clerical Medical (Lloyds Banking Group) from 2007, initially as Director, European Property in Invista Real Estate Investment Management Limited in London and subsequently, as Investment Director of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership based in Edinburgh. Veronica was a key element in building up the European business of Invista being actively involved in their acquisition programme as well as the asset management of its portfolio since 2005. Prior to Invista, she was a Vice-President at Harbert Management Corporation based in London, where she was involved in acquisitions and asset management of the Continental European portfolio with a focus on value-add and opportunistic strategies over 5 years. Previously, she was an Analyst at the research team in Security Capital in Brussels.

She has a Degree in Economics by Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) and a MA in Economics by the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium).

Prior to joining Redevco in Amsterdam, Hannah was previously based in London working in real estate valuations and transactions advisory roles for the UK and European markets. She received a Distinction in her MSc in Real Estate from Reading University and holds a First Class BA from Nottingham University.

Before that he was Senior Managing Director of Greystar Europe where he grew its Continental European business from scratch.  In his time there he raised > EUR 1.5 b of institutional capital and managed the development of a Dutch PBSA/BTR portfolio under the name OurDomain, acquired RESA a Spanish PBSA platform and operating business, integrated a French PBSA operator and set up a European core+ open-end fund structure with acquisitions in Germany, NL, Spain, and Ireland.

Steven also worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager Real Estate for PGGM where he was responsible for selecting and investing in North American and Asian real estate initiatives on behalf of PGGM. Changing the business from fund investing towards direct joint venture partnerships was part of his achievement there.

Before this, Steven was a tax consultant at PWC advising international companies on their European tax structures.

Steven completed various Business School programmes at INSEAD, Nyenrode Business University and DeBaak, holds a masters in Tax Law from the University of Tilburg and is a CFA Charterholder.

Since 2021, Israel participated in leading the Transaction teams at Redevco. In April 2024, he has been appointed Head of Transaction Management. Israel is also a member of Redevco’s Investment Committee.

Since 2021, Israel participated in leading the Transaction teams at Redevco. In April 2024, he has been appointed Head of Transaction Management. Israel is also a member of Redevco’s Investment Committee.

In 2017 Lars re-joined Redevco as Managing Director Redevco Germany, to focus on further optimising the portfolio in Germany. Later he also became responsible for Redevco’s real estate activities in Austria, Switzerland, and Central Europe.

Previously, Fleur held positions at Asset Manager Merin in Amsterdam, where she was involved in asset management and redevelopment projects. She also worked for Investment Manager Bouwinvest in Amsterdam as Acquisition Manager for their Healthcare Fund. And earlier in her career, she served as real estate consultant for DTZ Zadelhoff in Amsterdam (now Cushman & Wakefield).

Fleur holds a master’s degree in Dutch Civil Law from Leiden University in the Netherlands and has completed additional studies in real estate, including a degree in real estate development. She is also a co-founder of a foundation promoting diversity in real estate and is an active member of the Women in Real Estate network in Amsterdam.

Besides his European transaction experience, J.P. also spent a significant portion of his career in the U.S., working in the sector of commercial real estate finance, as well as real estate investment banking, covering a broad spectrum of asset classes.

Alejandro has over 30 years of experience in real estate, and he has developed his professional career in property management, asset management and acquisitions acquiring a good understanding of the entire real estate cycle.

Prior to joining Redevco he was Director of Acquisitions for the Iberian Peninsula in Invesco, before that an asset manager in Unibail-Rodamco and started his professional career in the property management department of CBRE. 

In 2021 he was appointed Co-head Client & Fund Management and Fund Director for the portfolios of one of Redevco’s key clients, where he responsible for the execution of the transformation and diversification strategy of the proprietary portfolio and further developing the strategic scope for the Client & Fund Management team. Thierry is a member of Redevco’s Leadership Team and Investment Committee.

Thierry began his career as a Works Engineer for Bouygues S.A. before moving into financial planning, working on social initiatives managed by the Caisse des Dépôts. He was later appointed Programme Director at APSYS France, then crossed over to the world of big-name brands as Technical Director and subsequently Real Estate Director of the FNAC Group. 

He joined Redevco in January 2022 as Portfolio Director UK with over 30 years prior real estate experience across occupier, agency, investment, and developer environments. He became Head of Global Asset and Development Management in November 2022.

He started his career as a property manager within the Belgian distribution Group GIB,  and set up the new real estate company Gibimmo in 1997 together with the GIB management. Since Gibimmo was acquired by Redevco in 2001, the team has (re)developed more than 50 commercial sites in Belgium which equals approximately 600,000m², creating considerable value for the community and the portfolio’s investor clients. In 2024 Filip also became responsible for the Dutch retail assets with the Dutch commercial team.

Since 2016, Filip is also President of the BLSC, Belgian and Luxemburg Association for retail and shopping places. Filip holds a Master in Law agree from the Antwerp University and different post master management degrees from the Vlerick Business School Ghent-Leuven, and IMD Lausanne.

He held various other roles at Redevco, after joining Redevco Netherlands in 2004. Between 2011 and 2017 Rowan worked for C&A China as Real Estate Director. 

Before these roles within COFRA Group, Rowan was a tax advisor at Loyens & Loeff. In total Rowan has over 20 years of experience in real estate. Rowan holds a Master in Economics from the University of Tilburg and a postgraduate Master in Real Estate from the University of Amsterdam. 

Prior to these roles within Redevco, Cécile was financial auditor at EY (2000-2017). Cécile has over 15 years of experience in real estate from financial to operational areas. Cécile is graduated from a French Business School and is also graduated as chartered accountant and auditor in France.

Jordi began his career in the retail industry (Nike, Consum) and then worked for 10 years on different roles in the shopping center industry in Spain (Metrovacesa, Gentalia). In total Jordi has more than 21 years of experience in real estate.

Jordi holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Esade (Barcelona) and an Executive MBA from IESE (Madrid).

Deborah has held previous roles at Oxford Properties, British Land and Hammerson and has over 20 years’ experience across a variety of asset classes including office, retail and life sciences.  She is experienced in curating the retail, leisure and F&B mix of new developments and the regeneration of mature assets. 

He spearheaded Redevco’s formulation of its “Mission 2040”: the ambition to work towards a net zero carbon portfolio by 2040. Circularity, biodiversity, DE&I and social value are the other main topics of attention to drive Redevco’s ESG agenda.

In addition to his work responsibilities, Clemens is a Board member of the Redevco Foundation, facilitating employee philanthropy, and supporting initiatives that aim to accelerate the understanding of and the transition to a low carbon, circular and sustainable built environment. He is a Global Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and participates on ULI’s C Change SteerCo to help shape the research and knowledge-sharing agenda for this important decarbonisation initiative for the built environment.

Clemens holds a BA in Economics from Duke University in the USA, a MRE degree from the University of Antwerp and has attended several management and leadership courses at Harvard Business School, IMD and the Wharton School of Business.

Oliver is a specialist in complex property and portfolio transactions across all risk classes and has invested, managed and divested more than €10 billion since 1990.

Prior to Redevco, Mark founded a London real estate investment manager, implementing an urban value-add strategy with £500 million residential GDV upside.

Previously, Mark was UK Head and Managing Director at FREO Group, a German investment manager, where he was responsible for all UK real estate operations and expanding the firm’s international footprint.

Mark was previously a Director at Rockpoint Group, a private equity firm where he was responsible for UK and European investment and asset management activities. Mark formerly worked in Lehman Brothers’ real estate lending group and started his career at a real estate advisory company, where he became a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.”

Boris holds a BSc and MSc in Business Economics from the University of Brussels (Solvay Business School) and a Postgraduate in Real Estate from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL). Additionally, he has successfully passed Level II of the CFA program.

Prior to joining Redevco, Paul worked for redos, one of the leading retail investment and asset management platforms in Germany, in the business development and transaction team. Earlier in his career, Paul worked as an internal consultant in the trading industry in Germany, Mexico, China and Argentina.

Paul holds a BSc in Business Administration from the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) and a MSc in International Business and Management from the University of Groningen.