Gareth has over 20 years multi-disciplined experience across the UK, European and global real estate sector. He leads PwC’s real estate thought leadership and research on behalf of the European firm, including PwC/ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate European and Global reports. Having worked originally as a real estate advisor for EY in London and New York, he spent a number of years as an industry representative for the British Property Federation (BPF), European Public Real Association (EPRA) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). During his 5 years at EPRA, he represented the European REIT sector in their engagements with governments, regulators and global investors. At PwC, Gareth helps real estate businesses in the development and execution of their real estate strategy/operations and drives PwC’s knowledge and insight relevant to real estate businesses.

Mike Phillips is UK editor at Bisnow, the world's largest commercial real estate media business. His previous roles include stints as editor of Property Week and Europroperty.

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.

Christina is a Managing Principal, Global Head of Capital Markets and Co-Chair of Alternative Investments. She works closely with limited partners relating to capital raising and new product developments. Gaw Capital is a real estate private equity firm and has raised six commingled funds targeting the Greater China and APAC since 2005. The firm also manages value-add/opportunistic funds in Vietnam and the US, a Pan-Asia hospitality fund, a European hospitality fund, a growth equity fund and provides services for separate account direct investments globally. The firm has over USD$ 32.6 billion in AUM as of Q3 2021. She also serves as Executive Director of Pioneer Global Group (0224.HK) and Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of the Finance and General Committee and the Sustainability Committee of CLP Holdings Limited (0002.HK). Ms. Gaw was named Global PERE’s Rainmaker 30 and one of the Top 10 PERE’s Women of Influence in 2021.

Michèle Hubert is Chief Operating Officer. She is responsible for coordinating Ivanhoé Cambridge’s global operations, maximizing synergies between teams, and ensuring better return-risk-resilience integration within our portfolio. She is also responsible for activities related to Risk, CSR and Strategy. Michèle joined Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2017 to manage strategic planning activities. Upon her arrival, she was promoted to Senior Advisory Director and Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. She was appointed to the role of Vice President, Strategy and Transformation in September 2019, and to the role of Chief Operating officer in January 2022. Prior to joining Ivanhoé Cambridge, Michèle was a strategy consultant with KPMG Canada. From 2007 to 2017, she worked with leading organizations in various sectors to develop and implement several strategic projects. Michèle holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC Montréal, where she also completed Master courses in applied economics, with honours. In 2018, she completed the Real Estate Management Program at Harvard Business School Executive Education.