Tess Pula, ESG Manager. Ms. Pula develops and promotes global sustainability strategy at GLL Real Estate Partners (Maquarie Group), designing pathways for buildings around the world to reach net zero carbon. At GLL, Ms. Pula managed international portfolios in Australia and Central Eastern Europe, and previously held positions at Allianz Real Estate and HR&A Advisors. Ms. Pula holds a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with distinction, as well as a BA from Bryn Mawr College in Growth and Structure of Cities (Magna cum Laude). She holds a LEED Green Associate credential and is a member of the ULI Europe Young Leaders Executive Committee.

Richard is a Founding Partner of Real Asset Media, launched in 2019 as a platform to create, curate and share industry insights, strategy & research via live events, TV, digital and print media. As well as running over 60 events a year, Real Asset Media also hosts the successful International Investors Lounge at MIPIM and EXPO Real as well as RealCast – a new weekly roundup of the market. Richard started his career at Euromoney Institutional Investor before working with companies including FT Business, Eurozone Advisors, Property Investor Europe, and launched Real Asset Media after 7 years at PropertyEU. Richard has moderated & created events in Europe, USA and China and brings over 30 years of experience in financial markets, TV, events & publishing.

Ibrahim has overseen the work and thinking at Portland Design for 20 years, he is based in London and works globally Portland is a leading strategic branding and retail design business and works on a broad range of projects including retail, F&B, consumer brands, shopping centres, airports, train stations, mixed use developments and urban regeneration. Portland is part of the Perkins & Will architecture and design network. Ibrahim’s understanding of consumers’ relationship with brands and their engagement with branded physical and digital environments lies at the heart of his work. This understanding is built through research and insights that drive future customer expectations. Portland places great emphasis on ‘future readiness’. Ibrahim originally trained as an aeronautical engineer and is a post graduate of the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a regular speaker at conferences and a frequent contributor to journals and trade press. He has written regular pieces for The Economist ‘Insights’.

Cees has a long history in the real estate and building industry and is currently working for EDGE (an OVG Real Estate company), a leading real estate tech company from The Netherlands and rapidly growing in Europe and United States. After a long career abroad when working for corporate companies in the international construction industry (Italy, The Netherlands, Scandinavia), he became an expert in design, architecture and sustainability. Cees joined OVG Real Estate 13 years ago to be the head of the Sustainability Center. His first project was the first LEED Platinum TNT HQ and the first sustainable lab/office/factory, the Danone Innovation Center, both initiated by his team. The well-known office building The Edge in Amsterdam was the best example of smart and sustainable development and become a blueprint of the future of working and according to BREEAM, the most sustainable office building in the world. Today Cees is one of the initiators of the new company EDGE Technologies, a tech scale-up of OVG. With (future) EDGE buildings in Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, London and Boston, this seems to be the answer to disrupt the global real estate market, focused on EDGE’s main pillar: sustainability, well-being and technology. Cees is member of Dutch Architecture Circle, founder of the Archiprix International, member of Corenet Global, Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) and co-chair of the Technology in Real Estate Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Moreover, Cees is active in the Future of Construction group of World Economic Forum (WEF). He gave lectures at the Technical University in Delft, University of London, University of Brussels, NOAH, European Committee and many other platforms and lately he moderated the Future of Work webinars for EDGE with thought leaders like Bjarke Ingels (BIG), Joseph Allen (Harvard), Carlo Ratti (MIT) and Rick Fedrizzi (IWBI).

Alessandra Canavesi is a seasoned marketing professional with 15 years of experience. She is the Head of Marketing at AXA Investment Managers - Alts, overseeing corporate and product marketing for the Alternatives investment platforms. Before joining AXA, she gained real estate investments and banking expertise working at LaSalle and HSBC, while covering advisory board roles for arts and cultural organisations. A Classics graduate from the University of Milan, Alessandra began her career as a journalist in Milan before moving to London over ten years ago.