Christiane Conrads is a German qualified lawyer and a member of the Real Estate Advisory practice in Frankfurt am Main. Christiane leads the Global Real Estate ESG team at PwC. Prior to joining PwC in 2018, Christiane worked for more than 10 years in real estate teams of leading international and national law firms. Christiane Conrads has over 15 years of experience in real estate and transactional advisory. Her focus is on ESG in the built environment, where she has been leading national and international ESG advisory projects for almost 12 years, advising institutional investors, real estate portfolio owners, fund initiators and asset managers, among others.

Francesco Polastri is the Head of Group RE Portfolio & Transactions at UniCredit. He manages the Group's pan-European RE portfolio across +10 countries and provides strategic advice on the effective execution of investment and divestment processes. Furthermore, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the UniCredit Pension Fund. Over the years he has been appointed as member of the Investment Advisory Committees of several RE funds, also listed, and managed by primary global Asset Management Companies. Also, he recently joined the PRI’s Real Estate Advisory Committee, to advise on the development and execution the PRI’s sustainability-driven real estate work program His managerial path began in the early 2000s and has articulated through various positions, ranging from strategic consultancy to asset management and private equity. Francesco holds a degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic of Turin, as well as a Masters in Corporate Finance from School of Management-SDA Bocconi in Milan.

Stéphane Villemain is responsible for Ivanhoé Cambridge’s sustainable investment strategy, contributing to its portfolio’s resilience in addition to creating positive impact in our communities. In this capacity, his team drives asset decarbonization strategies and manages risks and opportunities arising from environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors for our investments. His mandate also includes the development of social impact and inclusion strategies.

Cristina is the Managing Partner in charge of Strategy and Corporate Development at Azora. Cristina focuses on defining the Azora´s corporate strategy in terms of new vertical selection, international expansion and client development. In 2014, she led the creation of Hispania, a SOCIMI listed and managed by Azora that raised over €1,100m in capital and was acquired by Blackstone. Azora currently manages c. €9 bn of AuM across Europe and the USA. Main areas of focus are hospitality & leisure, rented residential, senior living and energy transition. Prior to joining the Azora Group, she worked for 16 years in investment banking in London at Merrill Lynch (2 years) and at JP Morgan (14 years), where for more than 10 years she was Managing Director responsible for Corporate E. Derivatives for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina started her professional career at McKinsey in Spain. Cristina is also an independent director at Bankinter, Chairwoman of the Sustainability committee and member of the ESG Committee of INREV, and Honorary trustee at NGO Plan Internaitonal. Cristina graduated summa cum laude in Economics and Business Administration from ICADE and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

As chief executive of ULI Europe, Lisette van Doorn 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. She is responsible for working with ULI’s staff both locally and globally to deliver more high profile content and reports; coordinating Advisory Services panels and Urban Plan; and expanding the Institute’s thought leadership across Europe. Van Doorn joined ULI in January 2015 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 €1.6bn 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, 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. Van Doorn 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.