GRI Summit - Global Real Estate Institute
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Creators<br />
of the<br />
<strong>Summit</strong><br />
STÉPHANE THEURIAU<br />
managing director<br />
MORGAN STANLEY<br />
stéphane.theuriau@morganstanley.com<br />
tel +44.20 7425 5158<br />
JONATHAN THOMPSON<br />
head of uk real estate<br />
KPMG<br />
jonathan.thompson@kpmg.co.uk<br />
tel +44.20 7311 4183<br />
Stéphane Theuriau is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley’s<br />
<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Investment Banking Group based in London.<br />
Stéphane joined Morgan Stanley in 1998. He previously<br />
worked at DTZ France, Auguste Thouard and Goldman Sachs.<br />
He currently runs the <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Private Equity Group in<br />
Europe. Morgan Stanley owns over Euro 10bn of Assets in 6<br />
European Countries through it’s various proprietary Funds. He<br />
is a graduate from the EM Lyon, France.<br />
Jonathan Thompson is a partner in KPMG’s London offi ce.<br />
He heads up their International <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>, Building and<br />
Construction practice of some 2000 professionals providing<br />
audit, tax and advisory services to clients in over 44 countries.<br />
FRANÇOIS TRAUSCH<br />
managing director<br />
GE REAL ESTATE<br />
francois.trausch@ge.com<br />
tel +33.1 43 12 1781<br />
ANTONIO TRUEBA<br />
executive chairman<br />
URBIS<br />
presidencia@urbis.es<br />
tel +34.91 564.7707<br />
François joined GE <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> in 1996 for the opening of the<br />
France offi ce. He went on to head up the European acquisition<br />
team, before becoming the European e-business and 6 Sigma<br />
leader for GE <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>. In 2001, François became the<br />
European risk leader and senior investment offi cer for Europe.<br />
In 2003, François was promoted to Managing Director France<br />
with the responsibility for the overall French business of GE<br />
<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>. Prior to joining GE, François worked for Goldman<br />
Sachs in London and Tishman Speyer Properties in New York<br />
and Berlin. He graduated from Ecole Superieure de Commerce<br />
de Paris and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.<br />
Antonio Trueba has a Ph.D. in Physics and has studied<br />
extensively in Spain, France and the U.S. His experience in<br />
the real estate sector dates back to the early seventies, when<br />
he held posts in the Bank of Granada and the Explosivos<br />
Rio Tinto Group. He has also launched various World Trade<br />
Centers and has been Chairman of the World Trade Centers<br />
Association. In 1994, he was appointed Executive Chairman of<br />
Inmobiliaria Urbis, the real estate corporation of the Banesto<br />
Banking Group.<br />
CHARLES VERNON<br />
partner<br />
PI PARTNERS<br />
charles.vernon@ro.eylaw.com<br />
EDWARD VINSON<br />
senior managing director<br />
MILLS GLOBAL<br />
edward.vinson@themillsglobal.com<br />
tel +1.703 526 5049<br />
Charles has extensive Eastern European experience in real<br />
estate, mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications<br />
and corporate fi nance matters and has lived and worked<br />
in Romania, Slovakia, Moldova and Saudi Arabia. He has<br />
represented a variety of clients, including major retail, hotel,<br />
banking and telecommunication companies, in property<br />
development projects as well as representing clients in state<br />
institutions during privatizations. Currently, Charles is the<br />
managing attorney of David & Associates, Ernst & Young’s<br />
associated law fi rm in Romania.<br />
Edward Vinson is Executive Vice President, International<br />
Development at The Mills Corporation (NYSE: MLS), the<br />
nation’s leading developer and operator of super-regional<br />
retail and entertainment venues. Mr. Vinson joined the<br />
company in September 1995. He directs the company’s<br />
international development activities pertaining to the projects<br />
located throughout Europe. Mr. Vinson graduated from The<br />
Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA and has a BA from<br />
the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. He attended<br />
Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY, receiving<br />
his JD in 1978.<br />
ALEXANDER VOGT<br />
solicitor<br />
LINKLATERS OPPENHOFF & RÄDLER<br />
alexander.vogt@linklaters.com<br />
tel +49.69 71003 421<br />
Alexander Vogt is Partner and Head of the German Investment<br />
Management practice at Linklaters, based in Frankfurt. Having<br />
lived and worked in Australia, England and Germany, he is a<br />
native speaker of both German and English and also a qualifi ed<br />
lawyer in Australia, England and Germany. During more than 10<br />
years of private practice he has gained extensive experience,<br />
focussing during the last 7 years on structuring and realising<br />
investment funds and joint ventures investing in real estate,<br />
private equity and a variety of other assets, typically in crossborder<br />
situations.<br />
ROBERT WATERLAND<br />
president<br />
AWON<br />
robert.waterland@awon.net<br />
tel +33.1 44 51 55 00<br />
Robert Waterland, FRICS, has been involved in European<br />
commercial property investment for over 30 years initially<br />
as an advisor (Jones L.ang Wootton 1971-1995) and more<br />
recently as an asset manager and principal. In 2003 his<br />
company, Awon Group, acquired a listed dormant company : La<br />
Société de la Tour Eiffel with a view to transforming it into the<br />
first new property company to be quoted on the French Bourse<br />
for over a generation opting for the new S.I.I.C. fi scal status.
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