creators of the summit - Global Real Estate Institute
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DR ILJA GOP<br />
managing director<br />
DR GOP & KLINGSÖHR PROJEKTENTWICKLUNG UND<br />
MARKTFORSCHUNG GMBH<br />
JONAS GRANDÉR<br />
executive director<br />
LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL<br />
Dr. Ilja Gop is Managing Partner <strong>of</strong> Dr. Gop & Klingsöhr Group,<br />
a real estate company, based in Berlin, acting in business<br />
areas as Consulting, Project Management, Asset Management<br />
and Development. The group <strong>of</strong>fers services for commercial<br />
and residential properties and is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> leading specialists<br />
in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> german health care real estate. Ilja Gop was<br />
co-founder <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> firm in 1994. Prior he worked for McKinsey<br />
& Company. He holds a master and Ph.D. in economics from<br />
Technical University <strong>of</strong> Berlin.<br />
Jonas Grandér is a Principal and Senior Vice President <strong>of</strong><br />
Lehman Bro<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Partners. Prior to joining<br />
Lehman Bro<strong>the</strong>rs in 2005, Mr. Grandér was a principal in<br />
Doughty Hanson & Co. <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Fund where he worked from<br />
1999. At Doughty Hanson, Mr. Grandér was responsible for<br />
<strong>the</strong> Nordic activities, and successfully managed a real estate<br />
investment and development portfolio worth more than Euro<br />
1 billion in total value. Prior to joining Doughty Hanson, Mr.<br />
Grandér worked at GE Capital <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> where he was part<br />
<strong>of</strong> establishing and growing <strong>the</strong> Swedish and Danish loan<br />
portfolio <strong>of</strong> senior, mezzanine and participating debt. He has<br />
11 years <strong>of</strong> real estate experience and holds an M.Sc. from<br />
Stockholm School <strong>of</strong> Economics.<br />
PHILIPPE GRASSER<br />
managing director<br />
MORGAN STANLEY<br />
DR THOMAS GUGLER<br />
member <strong>of</strong> executive board<br />
KARL STEINER AG<br />
Philippe is currently in charge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Investment Banking<br />
department in France and also intervening on transactions<br />
in o<strong>the</strong>r countries <strong>of</strong> Continental Europe. Philippe joined<br />
Morgan Stanley in 1999 working in <strong>the</strong> Mergers & Acquisitions<br />
department in London and in Paris. In 2004 he joined <strong>the</strong><br />
Firm’s <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> department in Paris where he has been<br />
involved in <strong>the</strong> most recent significant transactions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
French real estate market. Philippe holds an MBA from<br />
INSEAD and a masters degree in Finance from <strong>the</strong> Ecole<br />
Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and <strong>the</strong> Diploma <strong>of</strong> French<br />
Chartered Accountancy Studies.<br />
Member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Executive Board, Karl Steiner AG, Zurich.<br />
Graduate <strong>of</strong> Zurich Law School & Attorney at Law.<br />
Responsible for Project Development & Facility Management.<br />
KARIM HABRA<br />
managing director ce<br />
GE REAL ESTATE CENTRAL EUROPE<br />
DR PETER HAENSELER<br />
chairman<br />
PH INVESTMENT AG<br />
Karim Habra manages GE <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>’s operations across <strong>the</strong><br />
Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Bulgaria, and<br />
is leading <strong>the</strong> entrance into <strong>the</strong> Baltic and Romanian markets.<br />
Since 2001, Karim has grown GE’s business in Central Europe<br />
and led <strong>the</strong> Prague and Warsaw-based teams. He has actively<br />
participated in every transaction GE has completed in <strong>the</strong><br />
region, which consists <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> acquisitions <strong>of</strong> 40 retail, <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
and industrial assets (Euro 1bn <strong>of</strong> value) and 3 non-performing<br />
loans portfolios. Prior to this, Karim was based in GE <strong>Real</strong><br />
<strong>Estate</strong>’s European headquarters in Paris, where he worked on<br />
transactions in France, Germany, Spain and Italy.<br />
Peter Haenseler is <strong>the</strong> founder and Chairman <strong>of</strong> PH Investment<br />
AG (PHI), which is managing several Russian <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong><br />
funds. PHI has <strong>of</strong>fices in Zurich, Moscow and Krasnodar.<br />
Previously he was a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> senior management <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Marc Rich Group (Switzerland) responsible among o<strong>the</strong>rs for<br />
Russian <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>. He began his career working as a lawyer<br />
specialised in international real estate transactions with Baer<br />
& Karrer in Zurich. Peter Haenseler holds a JD and Ph.D. from<br />
Zurich University law school and an LL.M. from Georgetown law<br />
school, Washington, D.C., he is admitted to <strong>the</strong> Zurich Bar.<br />
DANA HAMILTON<br />
managing director<br />
ARCHSTONE B.V.<br />
HANS HAMMER<br />
ceo<br />
HAMMER AG<br />
Dana is Managing Director <strong>of</strong> Archstone B.V., a wholly owned<br />
Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands-based subsidiary <strong>of</strong> Archstone-Smith (NYSE: ASN)<br />
that invests in residential real estate outside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> US. Prior<br />
to moving to <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands, Ms. Hamilton was executive vice<br />
president-National Operations. Part <strong>of</strong> Archstone-Smith since<br />
1994, she has held a variety <strong>of</strong> senior positions in <strong>the</strong> areas<br />
<strong>of</strong> business development, marketing and communications<br />
and national operations. Ms. Hamilton received her Master<br />
<strong>of</strong> Business Administration degree from <strong>the</strong> Haas School <strong>of</strong><br />
Business at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> California at Berkeley, and her<br />
Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Arts degree from Stanford University.<br />
Hans Hammer studied civil engineering at <strong>the</strong> Technical<br />
University in Munich and gained his Master <strong>of</strong> Business<br />
Administration at INSEAD in Fontainebleau/France. In 1990<br />
he began working in <strong>the</strong> real estate business and in 1998<br />
took over <strong>the</strong> management <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hammer Group. He has<br />
been CEO <strong>of</strong> Hammer AG since 2002. Hans Hammer is also<br />
honorary consul to <strong>the</strong> Democratic Socialist Republic <strong>of</strong> Sri<br />
Lanka for <strong>the</strong> states <strong>of</strong> Bavaria and Hessen.