Mario joined Hines in 2010 and in November 2015 he was appointed Managing Director assuming the responsibility of C.E.O. for all the Italian operations of the Group. Since being appointed Country Head of Hines Italy, he has been responsible for the successful investment of over €1bn volume, with different asset class and risk profile, and has established a team of 20 people.

Formerly, Mario was a Fund Manager and prior to that a member of the investment team of Hines Italia SGR. Prior to joining Hines, he worked for two years in the acquisition team of Generali Italia SGR and started his career in Tishman Speyer.

Mario holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Amsterdam.

Fabiano Alberti joined BCG early in 2008, after several experiences in fast consumer goods companies, such as Unilever and BIC.

He graduated in Agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Afterwards he had two main working experiences: the first at Unilever in 1986, covering roles in Marketing and Sales; the second in 1995 when he moved to BIC as Manager BIC Spain for three years, and then General Manager at BIC Italy.

Today Fabiano coordinates BCG staff (business service team) for Italy, Greece and Turkey, the three countries belonging to the IGT System. Moreover, he was also responsible for the project and the transfer of BCG Milan office to Via Foscolo 1 (Piazza Duomo), one of the most advanced BCG offices as for the implementation of smart working.

Giuseppe is the CEO of GVA Redilco and he is responsible for overseeing the management of the business. His main operating task is coordinating the relationship with key investors, corporate clients and partners for the whole group. Particularly, within GVA Redilco, he is responsible for overseeing the firm’s priority strategic initiatives and ongoing expansion of operations as well as acting as the country manager for the GVA Worldwide alliance.

In his role, Giuseppe assists the teams in originating, structuring, and closing investment and leasing transactions in all property types. In recent years, he has personally executed more than €1 billion in transactions, providing consultancy in the real estate sector at an international level and collaborating as an advisor in major sales and acquisitions. As a part of his job, Giuseppe coordinated some important GVA Worldwide accounts for their instructions and requirements in Italy. The advisory activity is directed to the active lease management, relocations and consolidations of offices on the national territory, disposition/acquisitions of properties, market researches and valuation.

Giuseppe holds a bachelor degree in business administration from Bocconi University in Milan and his background, prior to joining GVA Redilco, includes working experience in investment banking in London and audit services in Milan.

Pascal is currently HR Shared services Director and Smart Working program manager of AXA Italia. After graduating from Business Finance at the Paris Dauphine University and a Master in Management Control and Audit at La Sorbonne University, he started his career in AXA in France as an analyst in organization and subsequently as a Business Management Controller for P&C insurance companies in France.

In 1997, he joined AXA Assicurazioni as head of Management Control. Later he was Co General Manager of AXA SIM, Budget Planning & Results Director of AXA Assicurazioni and Chief Procurement Officer of AXA Italia.

He has also been responsible for the AXA Italia headquarters projects and workplace definition for Turin Corso Marconi (2011), Milan Corso Como (2013) and more recently for Rome Aldo Fabrizi (2017) which will become the unique headquarter of AXA Italia in Rome.

Jerry is Managing Director, Development of ECE Projektmanagement Italia, the post he took up in January 2014. Previously, he was General Manager, Development for Sonae Sierra in Italy, a company he joined in 2002 as New Business Manager. He has a BSc in Civil Engineering and Master of Engineering from UMIST, University of Manchester, UK and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, UK.

Paolo is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kryalos, an independent Real Estate AIFMD Regulated Fund Management Firm (SGR) and Asset Management Company based in Milan, with a team of 36 professionals.

Since the opening in 2013, Kryalos has been one of the most active players in the Italian real estate market and actually manages €3.8 billion of assets of which, through the SGR, more than €2.6 billion in 17 different funds.

Paolo is also Chairman and Board Member of different real estate companies, and Board Member of Assoimmobiliare.

Before founding Kryalos Paolo worked 18 years in Pirelli Real Estate, where he joined as an analyst in 1994. During his career he mainly focused on advisory and management services in the Italian market and from 2009 he has been responsible for the global investment and asset management business of the group, working from the Hamburg headquarter. Paolo resigned as Chief Executive Officer and General Manager at the end of 2012.

At the beginning of his career Paolo worked in Knight Frank in the City of London and in Deutsche Bank Leasing in Milan.

Paolo has also served as Deputy Chairman of Assofranchising (Confcommercio) and Board Member of la Rinascente.

David is Generali Real Estate Global Co-Head of Transactions. In his role he is in charge of supporting and coordinating transactions in France, Italy, Iberia, Benelux and Latin America. Generali Real Estate S.p.A. is the global real estate company of Assicurazioni Generali.

In parallel to this he is also the Chief Transaction Officer of the Italian branch Generali Real Estate SGR, being responsible for all the acquisitions, disposals and leasing transactions on behalf of the managed property funds and companies.

Prior to joining the Generali Group in 2008 David spent five years at AEW as Head of Investments, working on direct investments in Italy and advisory on third party funds. Before he worked for two years in the asset management team of Archon Group (Goldman Sachs).

David holds a Master Degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Pisa, and has attended several executive training programs in real estate management and property finance, both in Italy and abroad.

During his entrepreneurial career, Emanuele has created several companies and performed several roles since 1988 in Ar.Co.Graph. In 1996 he founded Abaco Servizi, a company operating in the real estate services industry, contributing, with acquisitions in Italy and abroad, to the birth of Abaco Team, a leader group in Real Estate Services. In 2006 he sold 65% of Abaco Team to Gabetti Property Solutions, keeping his role as Managing Director until 2009. In that year he sold the remaining 35% of the company and became shareholder of Gabetti, which he left in 2012. From 2009 to 2012 he was a member of the Governing Body of Gabetti Property Solutions, Gabetti Agency, Patrigest e TreeRe. In October 2012 he created Innovation Real Estate, ex First Atlantic RE, together with DeA Capital, of which he was Managing Director until 2014. On 28 April 2014 he was nominated Managing Director of DeA Capital Real Estate SGR, an Asset Management Company. It manages assets with a value of €9bln and the main shareholders are De Agostini Group and INPS.

He is a member of the Scientific Committee of EIRE and Quotidiano Immobiliare. He is in the Management Board of Assoimmobiliare and leads the Real Estate Services Committee of the Association.

Manfredi is majority shareholder and CEO of COIMA SGR after having co-founded the company in 2007 and acquired control in 2015. He is founder and CEO of COIMA RES, Italian REIT that since 13 May 2016, following the completion of the institutional placement, is listed on the Mercato Telematico Azionario, organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.

Manfredi joined Hines in 2001 and led all Italian operations, including the requalification project in Milan, Porta Nuova, known to be one of the largest mixed-use urban regeneration projects in Europe. Before Hines, he worked as Director and board member of J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management and prior to that he worked in investments for the Caisse Centrale des Banques Populaires, the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation in Paris and Heitman in Chicago.

Manfredi covered the role as President of ULI from 2004 until 2007 and is currently President of the Fondazione Riccardo Catella.

Paola has been working for il Sole24ore as real estate editor since 2004. Before that, she wrote for Bloomberg Investimenti, Il Corriere della Sera and Panorama as a financial editor.

Paola holds a degree in Economics from the University of Pavia, and since 2012 she has been teaching "International real estate market's trends" at the University of Parma.

She has a personal space on the video canal of the Sole24Ore.com, and she has made several appearances on SkyTg24.

Laurent Fléchet is a qualified lawyer and started his career as a notary, taking several roles related to real estate management.

Laurent joined Archon Group (Goldman Sachs Group) then, in 2002, Ixis AEW Europe (part of the Groupe Caisse des Dépôts), where he was in charge of the portfolio management department with over €8 billion of assets under management. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board at Ciloger, a subsidiary of Groupe Caisse d’Epargne and Banque Postale, where he was involved in launching the company's first OPCIs and in the company's rapid expansion. In June 2011, he moved to Groupe Primonial as Deputy CEO in charge of real estate, before becoming Chairman of Primonial REIM's Executive Board in October 2013.

Wenzel is a senior European real estate investment executive with 20 years of experience at a major Canadian pension fund and a German open ended real estate fund and was appointed Managing Director / CEO of Triuva in February 2016. In this position, his main responsibilities are: corporate development, investor relations, portfolio management and operations, fund management, asset management, investment management and finance. Among others, he was responsible for building a European investment portfolio of CAD8 billion equity for Canadian pension fund, a member of global real estate investment committee for CAD250 billion multi asset class pension fund and responsible for transaction volume of EUR 10bn for German open ended fund in Europe and North America.

He has also been holding a position as board member of the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) since 2013.

Wenzel has a degree in Business Administration (University of Applied Sciences), Master of Science (USA), Real Estate Economist (ebs), and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Cyril joined AEW in September 2015. He has 25 years of experience in real estate from both perspective of expertise: in real estate valuation and structured finance.

Initially a valuer with Bourdais, Cyril later moved on to head of Ad Valorem’s valuation firm which he led for 5 years, leading annual portfolio valuation campaigns for insurance companies such as valuation for banks and investment funds. At Morgan Stanley, Cyril actively participated in sourcing and structuring in excess of €4bn of commercial real estate financing transactions, as well as their ultimate distribution through CMBS and/or syndication. More recently, Cyril established within JLL in Paris an advisory platform to assist property investors in addressing their debt financing requirements.

Cyril holds a BA in Corporate Finance from Paris Dauphine and a Master’s Degree in Commercial Real Estate from Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Silvia is an architect, an Associate Director in Jones Lang LaSalle. She is Project Director in complex projects and the responsible for delivering Jones Lang LaSalle’s Workplace Strategy Service. She provides measured value to organisations around work effectiveness, innovation, improved productivity, cost and risk reduction, sustainable change and reinforcement of brand. She is experienced in project management and design management industry and supports the Client on development of the most innovative and differentiated products or services that are best suited for them.

Silvia has over 12 years of experience in the project management industry and design management. Silvia has had project leader roles on numerous international projects, working with a diverse range of clients globally.

Guido is a partner of the law firm Belvedere Inzaghi & Partners. He used to be co-head of the real estate department and head of the town planning practice of DLA Piper, and is specialized in planning, environmental and public partnership law.

Guido assists private and public, national and international companies, as well as central public authorities and local entities. With regards to local planning and urban regeneration his most important mandates include Porta Nuova, Scali Ferroviari, Santa Giulia as well as several construction and refurbishment projects of important sports facilities. As to the sale of public properties, he was instructed by CDPI Sgr SpA, Invimit Sgr Spa, the Province of Trento and several international investors.

He is often commenting planning and construction matters for Il Sole 24 Ore and is constantly in the first tiers of international and national legal directories. He taught planning and environmental law at the Milan Politecnico and was President of the Urban Land Institute for Italy.

Barbara Knoflach was appointed Deputy Chief Executive & Global Head of Investment Management of BNP Paribas Real Estate (BNPPRE) on 1 August 2015. In her role she is responsible for the strategy of the business line. From 2005 to 2015, Barbara was CEO of SEB Asset Management AG. Before that, she was appointed Managing Director of the investment company SEB Investment GmbH in June 1999. Under her leadership, total Assets under Management grew from EUR 2 billion to over EUR 12 billion as of the end of 2013. Barbara joined the SEB Bank group in 1994, where she played a key role in establishing the Closed-end Real Estate Fund and Real Estate Leasing areas in the first few years. In 1997, she was appointed as Managing Director of the fund management companies.

After finishing her business administration studies in 1986, she began her career in Deutsche Bank AG’s International Project Financing unit in Frankfurt am Main. In 1991, she switched within Deutsche Bank Group to the Consulting and Research department of the bank’s real estate subsidiary.

Barbara is involved with numerous associations and organizations in the real estate industry. She was a Board Member of AFIRE. Furthermore, she is a Member of the Executive Committee of ZIA (Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss e.V) and a Trustee Member of ULI. She is also Chairman of the Advisory Board for CREA^® (Certified Real Estate Investment Analyst) which she initiated together with IREBS Immobilienakademie and DVFA.

Antonio is the Partner who heads the Finance & Projects department and is based in the Milan and Rome offices.

He is specialised in finance and serves generally large banks in corporate lending structured finance, acquisition finance and other finance and restructuring matters. Moreover, he has gained a significant experience in M&A, distressed M&A and corporate transactions in general, both at domestic and international level as well as in private equity and venture capital transactions.

He is also and has been involved in international projects such as cross border acquisitions and financing of satellite consortia, joint ventures and public bids in Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.

Massimo is responsible of Restructuring Italy department at Unicredit. He has gained a solid experience in complex financial restructuring transactions, also in pre-bankruptcy procedures, being involved in large exposures restructurings in one of the most challenging sectors of the economy. Massimo, in his past experience, has accumulated a wide-ranging advisory experience in M&A and corporate finance transactions across different industries.

Alessio is Head of Asset Management and Transactions for Italy and a member of the AXA IM - Real Assets Executive Committee. Having joined in 2002, he was appointed Gatekeeper for the Italian market in 2005 and Managing Director in 2008.

Prior to joining AXA IM – Real Assets, Alessio developed his experience in valuation, asset and investment management by working for Cushman & Wakefield and AIG Lincoln.

Alessio has 18 years of experience in the real estate sector and holds a degree in Economics from the University of Rome.

After his law degree, Alessandro started his career at Procter & Gamble as Junior Communication Manager. He stayed at P&G for some years and was appointed Senior Communication Manager in 1996.

In 1998 he moved to The Coca-Cola Company, where he headed the Press Office and was responsible for Consumer Relations for Italy. After a period as Communication Manager at Nestlè Italia (2001-2005), in 2006 he worked in Coca-Cola HBC Italia as Communication and External Relations Manager. In January 2015 Alessandro started working for Whirlpool Corporation as Senior Director Communication and Government Relations, where he manages internal and external communication, institutional relationships, events, corporate social responsibility and crisis situation.

Alessandro is also a journalist and teaches at the Università di Roma La Sapienza, at the School of Il Sole 24Ore and at UILM.

Gabriele is a Principal of H.I.G. Realty and is responsible for sourcing real estate transactions in Italy. Gabriele has been investing in European real estate for more than 15 years, most recently as the Head of Southern Europe for the Alternative and Real Asset team of Deutsche Bank, focusing on Italy, Spain and Portugal, where he was responsible for the acquisition and management of real estate assets across a wide range of asset classes and investment strategies.

Gabriele began his career in real estate investment banking at JPMorgan Chase based in London. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan.

Etienne joined the PATRIZIA group in 2016. He has previously held several positions including Director of indirect property investments of Banque La Hénin from 1988 to 1992, Managing Director of SILH (Suez Bank Group) from 1992 to 1998, Managing Director and then Chairman of Constructa Asset Management from 1998 to 2003, Sales Manager of Gecina and Managing Director of Locare (Gecina Group) from 2003 to 2005, Executive Vice-President of UFG REM (Crédit Mutuel Bank Group) from 2005 to 2007, Executive Vice-President of STAM Europe from 2007 to 2014, and CEO & Partner of Alantra REIM from 2014 to 2016.

Etienne Marcot is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po).

Pietro holds a BA in International Relations and attended an international programme at the University of Pavia (Italy), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and Hunter College of the City University of New York (USA). Pietro also completed an MBA at the ISTUD Foundation, an independent business school based in Milan (Italy). He has been an entrepreneur since his twenties and today he is the co-founder and CEO of Windows on Europe SpA, a holding company controlling several brands, specialized in residential property management for the short term rental market, such as Halldis and Windows on Italy. He is also co-founder and CEO of Copernico Holding SpA, which controls Copernico Where Things Happen, a smart working platform managing buildings in Italy and internationally.

Alessandro, former Head of the Investment team at Insignia in 1999, became CEO of CBRE Italy after the acquisition of the company by CBRE Group. In 2008, the Group announced the acquisition of Espansione Commerciale (today known as CBRE S.r.l.), an Italian market leader in providing leasing and property management services for shopping centres, retail and entertainment parks. This acquisition expanded the range of retail services provided by CBRE at an international level and has allowed the Group to acquire the leading position in providing retail services in Italy, which is now considered the fourth largest European market in the sector.

Alessandro currently oversees a team of over 600 professionals across Italy (Milan, Rome, Modena and Turin) and since 2010 has been part of the EMEA Board, which coordinates all activities of the Group in the EMEA region. He has personally executed transactions for over 10 billion Euros providing consultancy services in the real estate sector at an international level and acting as advisor to major CBRE sale transactions and acquisitions of Italian and international organisations.

Rainer is a Managing Director at MPC Micro Living Development GmbH, a subsidiary of MPC Capital, Hamburg based Investment and Asset Manager. Since 2014 MPC Capital has been developing Micro Living-Apartments for students, young professionals and commuters under the brand STAYTOO.

He has more than 20 year experience in the real estate and financial industry. After working at the investment company Union Investment, the trained banker held various management positions and board positions within the AXA Group since 1998.

From 2010 to 2013 Rainer was CEO of YOUNIQ AG (one of the market leaders for student housing). He directed all project development, asset management, sale & purchase activities and was in charge of ongoing improvement of operational processes and operational management of student accommodation sites as well as for investor relation and institutional clients.

Justin is the global CEO and Chairman of Savills IM's Global Executive Committee. Justin joined Savills IM in 2004 and was appointed CEO in 2006. Under his tenure, the business has grown significantly, expanding into new markets in Europe and Asia, broadening its investment capabilities and significantly increasing the range of investment opportunities offered. Justin has over 30 years real estate investment experience and has worked for companies including Lend Lease, Henderson Global Investors and the AMP Society.

Bart Pierik has been active in international unlisted real estate for more than 10 years. At Bouwfonds IM, he is Managing Director Parking and Commercial Real Estate. He is also a member of the Management Team of Bouwfonds IM.

Bart joined Bouwfonds IM in 2004. Prior to joining Bouwfonds IM he worked for Loyens & Loeff for more than 10 years.

Bart graduated in Dutch law (notarial law) at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Federico is the Deputy General Director of Camplus, Italy’s largest student housing operator with over 7,000 beds in its Collegi di Merito accredited by the Ministry of Education and Research, residences and apartments, and over 160,000 number of nights spent yearly at its hybrid short term leisure and business travel solutions.

He is responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of Operations, Sales, Marketing and Communications at Camplus as well as of management of the International Development Division of the company, driving its expansion strategy in its key target market across Europe.

He has over 14 years of experience in the student accommodation sector, and previously acted as Director of marketing and Partnerships and held several senior roles at Camplus.

Having graduated cum laude and with honourable mention in economics at the University of Turin, Ms. Rovere has now been working in the private equity and real estate finance industry for over twenty years, fifteen of which managing and structuring funds with over €6,5 billion of assets.

She is currently the President of Assoimmobiliare, the Italian real estate industry association, and CEO of Morgan Stanley SGR, Morgan Stanley’s asset management platform in Italy.

Beforehand, in 2003, she served as CFO of Patrimonio dello Stato S.p.A. (MEF) and was responsible for the program concerning public real estate funds (Fondo Patrimonio Uno e Fondo Immobili Pubblici) as well as the vehicles responsible for the development and privatization of the State’s assets.

She subsequently became Head of Business Development for Aedes Group in London and in 2009 became General Manager of REAM SGR, where she successfully executed the triennial growth plan, growing the AUM from €80 million to €1,2 billion.

She therefore contributed to the development of the socially responsible finance, establishing and managing two Italian social housing property funds.

In addition to her professional career she has also carried out academic research for multiple institutions, such as the Political Economy and Business Law Departments at the University of Turin, the L. Einaudi centre of Turin, and the Real Estate Finance Master of SDA Bocconi.

She is also a fellow member of RICS, member of the executive committee of ULI Italia and on the directive committee of Fondazione Res Publica, one of the leading Italian think tanks.

Christoph Schumacher has more than 23 years of professional experience in real estate, finance, legal and consulting in both managing and executive positions.

Christoph was appointed as the new Head of Global Real Estate at Credit Suisse Asset Management as of June 1, 2017.

From March 2011, Christoph served as CEO/Managing Director at Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH, Germany, in charge of the Institutional Business and as a member of Union Investment’s Real Estate Investment Committee. In January 2016, he became spokesman of the board of the German Property Federation “ZIA Region Nord”. From 2005 to 2011, Christoph worked for Generali Real Estate, in Cologne, Luxembourg and Paris. Prior to that he was a lawyer for Linklaters in Berlin and London. He was previously a personal advisor/office manager to the minister of finance in Berlin.

Christoph studied at the University of Freiburg, Geneva and Bonn and owns a PhD from the University of Münster, Institute for International Business Law.

Filippo is a building engineer with 8 years experience in the real estate and social infrastructure sector.

He joined Lendlease in 2011 after a master’s degree in building engineering and 3 year experience in architecture and engineering design firms in Italy and the US.

With Lendlease he followed several real estate and infrastructure development projects in Italy, from bid to conversion and delivery stage, including the set up and structuring of Project Companies, negotiation of design, construction and O&M contracts with tier one contractors. The projects he was involved in include the urban regeneration initiative for the former Milan Expo 2015 site, the Project Financing for the “Cittadella Sanitaria” in Treviso and other PFI and private development initiatives such as the Four Seasons Hotels & Resort in Siracusa, the new Marche Nord Hospital, the extension of the Chieti Hospital and the new Padova Hospital.

Dario Valentino is a graduate in economics and business from the University of Rome.

He has held many positions within the field of finance, including Treasury Manager at Cofiri S.p.A. and Integrated Treasury Manager and Assets and Liabilities Manager at Cariverona Banca S.p.A. He was also Manager of the Financial Risks Office at Mediocredito Centrale. In 1999 he joined Beni Stabili S.p.A., in charge of Corporate Development and Investor Relations Management.

Since September 2001 he has worked for Gruppo Banca Finnat Euramerica S.p.A., where he was responsible for the foundation of Investire Immobiliare SGR, one of the leading companies in Italy in real estate funds management, of which he has been CEO since its foundation.

Dario Valentino is the CEO of InvestiRE SGR, the new name that Investire Immobiliare SGR adopted after it became part of Beni Stabili Gestioni SGR and Polaris RE SGR.

Lisette, a highly regarded real estate investment professional with experience across Europe, was appointed chief executive of ULI's European operations in January 2015.

Lisette 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, she was country manager for CBRE Global Investors where she managed a €1.6 billion portfolio of assets in Italy and fund manager of two shopping centre funds (€1.3 billion) with assets in Spain, Portugal and Italy.

Before joining CBRE Global Investors, Lisette 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 and strategy for ING Real Estate Investment Management Europe.

Eric joined Valoig in 2003 and is now General Manager, based in Italy. Prior to that, he was vice president of ProLogis and analyst at GE Artesia Bank.

Eric also holds a position as conseiller consulaire at the Assemblée des Français de l'Etranger.

He completed an MBA at the ESSEC Business School.

Thomas was appointed Head Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM), UBS Asset Management in January 2017. In this role he is responsible for the combined real estate, infrastructure and private equity asset management businesses that invest directly into real assets, unlisted funds, listed real estate securities as well as multi-manager solutions globally. Thomas is a member of the UBS Asset Management Executive Committee and he chairs the Real Estate & Private Markets Management Committee. Thomas also chairs the REPM Real Estate Brazil Management Committee.

Thomas joined UBS Asset Management in 2005 and was Chief Operating Officer from 2010-2012 with overall responsibility for a number of business support functions. He has also headed the global Fund Services business, where he led its integration and further expansion, and was Global Head of Strategic Planning with responsibility for driving forward strategic business initiatives. From 2012-2016, Thomas was Head of Global Real Estate at UBS Asset Management, responsible for the leadership of the businesses investing in real estate.

Prior to joining the firm, he gained significant experience as a management consultant having been a Partner at McKinsey & Co and a Senior Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants where he led their Asset Management, Insurance and Risk Management Practice.

Thomas is on the Board of Directors of Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc., a joint venture between UBS and Mitsubishi Corporation, and the Fund Management Company Board for the UBS / Gemdale partnership in China.