Ekaterina is responsible for the overall leadership of the Mirastar platform. She is a recognised Pan-European industry leader and regular contributor to panels and articles in the logistics sector.

Ekaterina previously co-founded Delin Properties in 2011, first as Head of Investments and subsequently as MD, where she repositioned the business as a fully integrated Pan-European logistics development and asset management platform. Third party investment was secured through 3 separate mandates, enabling the development pipeline and assets under management to increase from EUR400m to over EUR1.3bn in less than 3 years. Before that, she worked in ING Real Estate’s lending team in the Netherlands and with GVA in Moscow.

Paul Bacon has been operating in the real estate market for 35 years, both as an advisor and investor.

He is founder and owner of BCN Capital Partners Srl, an Italian real estate investment Firm, which began operations in 2014.

The Firm invests on its own account and alongside Partners in Italian commercial real estate and are Asset and Development Managers.

Strategic advisory services are also offered to Banks and Developers in respect of large-scale development situations.

The Firm is in joint venture with TPG Angelo Gordon in the Italian self-storage sector and in June 2018 acquired Easybox Self Storage Srl, the largest self-storage operator in Italy. Paul was appointed as Easybox CEO & BCN as Asset and Development Manager.

The PBSA sector is of particular interest and a number of opportunities are being pursued, with transactions shortly to be announced.

Previous appointments include:

• Founding Partner & CEO - Cushman & Wakefield Italy (1990-2006)
• Senior Partner & CEO - Cushman & Wakefield EMEA (2007-2012) and Board Member Cushman & Wakefield Inc. (2008-2012)
• Chairman - Landid (2013-2014)
• Board Member Capital Dev (2016-2019)

Charitable appointments:

• Trustee - Schools Around the World (2007-2012)
• Pilotlight (2015-2017)

Paul holds a BSC in Urban Land Administration from Portsmouth University and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. In his spare time, Paul enjoys chess, game shooting, opera and racing classic cars.

Paul brings 26 years of industry experience to the Firm and is a member of the Firm’s Executive and Investment Committees. As Chief Executive Officer of Europe, based in London, he leads the expansion of Harrison Street’s European strategies and is responsible for overseeing and growing the Firm’s team of professionals across the UK and Europe.

Prior to joining Harrison Street, Paul was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer at Round Hill Capital, a real estate investment and asset management firm with a global footprint. While at Round Hill Capital, he managed a business with a USD8+ billion portfolio as well as a team of 260 people across 15 offices in 14 countries. He has overseen investment and development projects, regulatory approvals, complex refinancings and capital raises in multiple European locations across a wide array of real estate asset sectors including retail, commercial, residential and student housing. Prior to joining Round Hill, Paul served as a Partner at Aggmore Group, where he was responsible for raising and deploying over EUR500 million of new capital and developed JV partnerships with European operators in the residential and commercial real estate space. Earlier he served as Chief Operating Officer at North Bridge Capital Partners Ltd. he began his career at KPMG LLP as a senior manager in the transaction services department.

Paul earned a BA in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Newcastle University. he is ACA qualified and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Stéphanie Bensimon joined Ardian Real Estate in 2016 with over 17 years’ experience, most recently at Invesco Real Estate, where spent five years and was Head of Transactions in France, Belgium and Southern Europe from 2011. Prior to that, she held roles at Carval Investors, part of the Cargill Group, and GE Real Estate Group in Paris.

Partner and CIO at COIMA Group. With more than 20 years of experience in the real estate sector, Gabriele has followed transactions worth more than 9 billion Euros. Joined the platform in 2005, overseeing the investment and capital market divisions. Gabriele previously worked in the Beni Stabili Group (today Covivio) and Hines. He was also a member of the Hines group of Investment and Performance Global Committee.

Apr 2012 – present: Chairman of the re-established First Atlantic Real Estate, a leading Italian real estate

investment firm based in Milan.

Apr 2012 – present: Chairman of DEB HOLDING S.r.l.

DEB HOLDING S.r.l. is a private investment Company that invests in various asset classes of Real Estate,

including non-performing loans, commercial and residential real estate in Europe and USA and in the

entertainment business

Oct 2011 – Apr 2012: Executive Director, Foreign Business Development of IDeA FIMIT SGR, the leading

management company created through the merger of FIMIT SGR with First Atlantic RE SGR, part of First

Atlantic Real Estate Group founded by Mr. Buaron in 1998.

1998 – Oct 2011: founder of First Atlantic Real Estate Group based in Milan. He acted as CEO of First Atlantic

Real Estate Holding, CEO of First Atlantic RE SGR and member of Board of Directors of First Atlantic Real

Estate NPL.

First Atlantic Real Estate Group was a leading Italian real estate investment firm specialized in:

• asset management and advisor for insurance companies, pension funds, closed-end real estate funds and
• international investment banks;
• acquisition, refurbishment, project management, development, sales and leasing;
• equity financing
• valuation of single properties and/or real estate portfolios.
• 2008 - 2012: member of Board of Directors of DeA Capital S.p.A.

1998 - 1999: Vice Chairman and CEO of Prinass S.p.A (Credito Fondiario e Industriale Group - Rome):

acquisition and management of non-performing loans

1995 - 1998: CEO of Metropolis S.p.A. (Rome): the real-estate portfolio management company for the Italian

railway operator, Ferrovie dello Stato

1985 - 1998: Founder and CEO of Tradital S.p.A. (IMI Group - Milan): operating in real estate development and

project financing

1980 – 1984: member of Board of Directors of De Angeli Frua S.p.A. (Cabassi Group Holding - Milan) and

CEO of Soval S.p.A.

Soval S.p.A. was the real estate company founded by Mr. Buaron and Cabassi Group, active in the acquisition,

management and disposal of Cabassi Group’s real estate portfolio. It acquired significant shares (La Rinascente

S.p.a., Intercontinentale, Veneta, Sapa, etc). In addition it developed and management Milanofiori office district

and Is Molas touristic and leisure center in Sardinia.

1976 - 1980: J.P. Morgan (New York)

Analyst in JP Morgan New York's Mergers & Acquisitions department

1972 – 1974: Chase Manhattan Bank (Milan)

Analyst in the Credit Department

Luigi Caruso is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and COO of Real Estate Asset Management Europe, based in London.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Caruso was a Principal at Rhône Group in the Private Equity Fund in London and New York; previously, he was at Goldman Sachs Real Estate private equity group in London.

Mr. Caruso received an MSc in Economics from Bocconi University.

Daniel Chang is European Head of ESG at Hines and in his role focuses on the transition to decarbonisation, enhancing meaningful social engagement in the built environment, and bolstering governance frameworks.

Daniel joined Hines in 1999 as Development Manager and from 2009 to 2021 was a Portfolio Asset Manager in investment management. He continues to play a key part in the success of Hines’ European Funds with all 4 funds achieving 5 green stars in 2023 by GRESB and several being awarded as Global Sector Leaders, including the Hines European Core Fund (HECF), achieving this recognition for the last seven consecutive years. In addition, HECF won the PREA open-end fund ESG award in 2021, 2022, and 2024, while HEVF2 won the PREA closed-ended fund ESG award in 2023 with Daniel playing an instrumental part in this accolade.

Daniel sits on the Advisory Board for the ULI Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability in Real Estate, which is dedicated to creating healthy, resilient, and high-performance communities around the world. Daniel is also part of the C Change steering committee and is a co-chair of ULI’s Sustainability Council in Europe.

Prior to Hines, Daniel worked as an architect at Architecture Studio in Paris. Daniel holds a BSc in Architecture from the University of Maryland and an MBA and MS in Urban Planning from Columbia University.

Rafael Coste Campos joined Bain Capital in 2020. He heads the European Real Estate team based in London. The team focuses on both equity and credit opportunities. Previously, Mr. Coste Campos led the European Real Estate and Asset-Backed securities business at King Street Capital in London. Before joining King Street in 2014, Rafael worked at Goldman Sachs in the ESSG/REPIA team, focused on real estate acquisitions, special situations and real estate lending across Europe.

Rafael received a M. Sc from HEC Paris and and M. Sc in Management from Esade in Barcelona.

Amal Del Monaco is Co-Head Investment Management & Global Head of Asset Management at PATRIZIA SE, a Global Investment Manager in Real Assets with over EUR58bn of assets under management.

Prior to joining PATRIZIA SE Amal spent 24 years at AXA IM Alts where she held several senior positions at Asset Management and Fund Management, gained substantial experience as an Investment Manager and successfully delivered profitable business growth through acquisitions and management of Global Real Estate portfolios in Europe, US and APAC.

Amal holds an MBA in International Businesses (ISG-Paris, France) and a Master’s Degree in Business and Management (Granada University, Spain). She is a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS), member of the European Executive Committee at ULI (Urban Land Institute) and member of the Operated Real Estate Committee at INREV (European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles).

Having worked at Il Sole 24 Ore since 2004, Paola Dezza is Chief Editor of Monday edition and of Real Estate Sector at Group level. She joined the Finance editorial office two years ago, and she is the leading writer at the newspaper on real estate issues.

She writes about a wide range of real estate market issues; from the residential market to the world of real estate professionals, to news concerning Italian and foreign real estate companies and large projects.

Born in Milan, Paola has lived abroad for a long time: in the US (Arizona), in Iran (Tehran) and in France (Paris). She graduated in Economics and Commerce with an economic-political orientation, and she attended a marketing course, a master in technical analysis and the "Real estate valuation and financing" course at SDA Bocconi School of Management.

Before 2004 she worked in finance for the Stock Exchange and Finance and for Bloomberg Investimenti, in personal finance for Panorama and for Il Corriere della Sera. Between 2001 and 2003 she provided daily updates from the Italian Stock Exchange for Radio Capital.

She is fluent in English and French.

She also writes about lifestyle, luxury tourism and fashion.

Valeria Falcone is the Head of Value Add Strategy Europe and Portfolio Manager of Barings European Property Value Add funds, responsible for all aspects of the funds and in the delivery of the return objectives for investors. In addition, she is a member of the Investment Committee. Valeria has over 25 years experience in the real estate industry during which time she has completed in excess of EUR1.4bn of transactions.

Joanna Fisher has been CEO of ECE Marketplaces since 2021 and is responsible for the entire shopping center business in the ECE Group. She has been Managing Director since 2014 and most recently headed the center management and thus the portfolio business of ECE in this function. She started her career at ECE in 1998 as a center manager at various locations in Germany and abroad, in particular in Eastern Europe.

In addition to the management and numerous restructurings of existing properties, she was responsible for the opening and market launch of shopping centers. From 2011 to 2013, she was initially responsible for various regional areas as Regional Director Center Management. Subsequently, as Senior Director, she took over the responsibility for new markets and thus the supervision of ECE developments in countries such as Italy, Denmark, Turkey, and Qatar.

Joanna Fisher was born in Szczecin in 1973 and studied business administration at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), specializing in marketing and controlling. She has been Chairwoman of the European Council of Shopping Places since 2023.

Giulia Fradegrada, as Head of Investment Italy, is responsible for overseeing new acquisitions for GARBE in Italy. She has been part of the GARBE team since the opening of the Italian branch, working alongside Country Head Marco Grassidonio. Over the years, she has supported the development of the office through its initial phases, structuring, and consolidation, and has been directly involved in all of the group’s investments in Italy, from sourcing opportunities to execution.

With over eight years of experience in the real estate sector, Giulia has developed a solid expertise in logistics real estate investments. Prior to joining GARBE, she worked in asset management and transactions for two leading pan-European real estate companies. Her educational background includes a degree in Built Environment and Urban Planning from Politecnico di Milano, along with international experience at the University of the West of England in Bristol.

Franco's journey from Economist to entrepreneur is a testament to his passion and vision for value-added initiatives. After two decades in the pharmaceuticals industry, he set foot in the design world, transitioning in 2007 from a managerial role to co-founding Lombardini22 with five trusted partners, who later became six. What began as an architecture and engineering firm has since grown into a leading force in Italy's Real Estate sector, offering a diverse range of services—from cutting-edge design and neuroscience research to branding and design&build solutions.

Franco drives the Group's growth by focusing on strategy and people, which are, to date, the company's greatest pride and assets. He cultivates cultural and community-focused initiatives through high-profile relationships, infusing fresh energy into the organization in a continuous exchange with the supply chain and local stakeholder.

Mrs. Kroeger is the Chief Executive Officer Europe of PIMCO Prime Real Estate. She is a Member of the Management Committee and a voting Member on the Equity Investment Committee. Prior to this, Mrs. Kroeger was the CEO of North & Central Europe having joined the company in 2009, then named Allianz Real Estate, as a member of the investment team and subsequently Head of Acquisitions & International Asset Management for Germany. Before joining the company Mrs. Kroeger worked for Goldman Sachs Group in the Real Estate Principal Investment Area. Mrs. Kroeger holds a number of board roles within key industry associations, including non-executive director of IPUT, a board member of ZIA and Quo Vadis, and a member of ULI’s Global Governing Trustees. Mrs. Kroeger graduated from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel (Dipl.-Kauffrau) and holds an MBA from the Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Stefano Panseri was born in Bergamo, Italy 47 years ago.

Married and father of 3 daughters.

He is in charge from 2000 as CEO of Despe Spa, the family company specialized in demolition and decontamination projects, managed with his father Giuseppe and his brother Roberto.

Actual member of the Board of Director of NADECO, the Italian National Demolition Association.

Actual  President of the Board of Director of E.D.A. The European Demolition Association.

Stefano was Awarded as one of the Top 25 Newsmaker of the year 2017, by Engineering News Record Magazine for  leading the Team developing the “Self Climbing Kokoon”, an equipment for the safe and fast  steel erection in the  skyscraper construction.

Despe since 2000 has been awarded 16 times at the World Demolition Award, the international Prize context organized by KHL International Demolition & Recycling magazine.

Curzio is the Head of Transactions at Cromwell Property Group in Italy and has 10 years’ experience in Real Estate investments and developments across all asset classes, where he’s been responsible for sourcing, structuring and executing over EUR1,5B of transactions. Most recently Curzio has been leading the activities of the Cromwell’s Italian logistics platform which today accounts for almost 600K sqm of warehouses across the whole country. Prior to joining Cromwell, Curzio has covered investment roles for Generali Real Estate and for Investire SGR, executing single asset deals as well as portfolio acquisitions. Curzio holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Glion Institute des Haute Etudes (CH).

Sabina Reeves is Chief Economist and Head of Insights & Intelligence for CBRE Investment Management. She is responsible for the firm’s Research, Analytics and Quantitative Research teams and has a specific role in selecting the economic scenarios and macro risk assessments that power the firm’s proprietary real assets forecasts.

Sabina is excited by the enormous pace of technological change in real assets research, providing unprecedented access to new datasets and insights. She believes curiosity, ingenuity and creativity are vital to data analysis, and enjoys working in a field that can have a tangible, positive impact on the built environment and the communities where people live and work.

Previously, Sabina served as Head of Research for the firm’s EMEA region and the global quantitative team.]

Sabina started in the industry in 2001 and joined the firm in 2008. She was previously Chief Economist at IPD. Prior to IPD, she worked for Capital Economics, where she developed their UK residential and commercial property market analysis and forecasting service.

Sabina studied economics at Lincoln College, Oxford University and is a member of the Society of Business Economists, the Society of Property Researchers and the Investment Property Forum. She is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Sabina has previously been an External Examiner for the Real Estate Faculty at the University of Reading and is currently an Associate Fellow at the Said Business School, University Of Oxford.

Michael has been with ING since 2004 and is currently EMEA Head of Real Estate, ING’s RE lending platform with a loan book of over €30Bio globally. He is also Head of International Clients for Real Estate and coordinates global client relationships across the regions where ING is active – EMEA, Americas and APAC.  Michael is a member of ING Real Estate’s Global MT and its global Green Light Committee.

Prior to ING, Michael worked for the New York based real estate lending teams of BHF and Helaba.

Originally from Texas, Michael began his Real Estate Finance career in 1991 at Chemical Bank in New York.  He received his BBA in Finance from University of Texas at Austin and his MS in Real Estate from New York University.  He is based in London.

Trevor Silver is a non-executive Chairman of BCN overseeing, from a strategic sense, all of BCN’s development projects.

He is, by training, a Civil Engineer and an icon in the European Property Development business, having been responsible for the development of more than 1.5 million sqm of commercial space across the UK and Europe.

Trevor is the CEO and Founder of Landid, who have developed projects in close working partnerships with government agencies, local authorities and private landowners in Germany, France, Portugal and throughout the UK.

A particular speciality is to develop environmentally appropriate schemes and, for example, Landid were awarded a European Union grant to develop the first office in the UK with a fully integrated photovoltaic façade.

Landid are currently raising a GBP 1 billion fund promoting ESG offices across Europe. 

As chief executive of ULI Europe, is  responsible for the development of the Institute’s activities across the region, including its renowned pan-European conferences and over 250 local meetings and events across 14 countries.

Van Doorn joined ULI from LIRE, her own consultancy business, which advises international institutional real estate investors and fund managers on strategy, organisational optimisation and portfolio structuring.

Prior to this, van Doorn was country manager for CBRE Global Investors where she managed a EUR1.6bn portfolio of assets in Italy and fund manager of two shopping centre funds (EUR1.3 billion) with assets in Spain, Portugal and Italy.

Before joining CBRE Global Investors, van Doorn was founding chief executive for INREV, the European association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles for four and a half years. She started her career at ING Investment Management, where she held account manager and assistant controller positions before being made managing director of research & strategy for ING Real Estate Investment Management Europe.