Round Table 'Sustainable Investing in Real Assets' for Nordic & Dutch investors
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Christopher Wright
Head of ESG Risk Monitoring, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)
Christopher Wright is Head of ESG Risk Monitoring at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). His team helps maintain the ESG data infrastructure used for portfolio risk monitoring, supports the integration of climate risk into portfolio risk management, recommends divestments of companies on the basis of unsustainable business models and provides advice on the development and execution of the sustainability strategy for unlisted real estate investments. Wright is also Chair of the ESG Committee of the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate (INREV). -
Dan Grandage
Chief Sustainability Officer Investments
Dan Grandage is Head of ESG, Private Markets & Real Estate at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He is responsible for facilitating the Private Markets & Real Estate Division’s ESG strategies aimed at integrating ESG throughout the investment process. He represents Aberdeen Standard on the INREV, Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) ESG and Paris Allignment committees. Grandage is also a board member of the UK Better Building Partnership. -
Guido Verhoef
Head of Private Real Estate, PGGM Investments
Guido Verhoef is Head of Private Real Estate team bij PGGM Investments. Hiervoor werkte hij onder meer als Fund Manager bij RABO Bouwfonds REIM, als Managing Director Institutional Clients bij ING Real Estate Investment Management en als Ontwikkelaar bij ING Real Estate Development. Hij heeft tevens zitting in het bestuur van INREV (European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles), is Trustee bij de ULI en Commissaris bij Amvest Vastgoed BV en is lid van Raad van Advies van de Amsterdam School of Real Estate. Verhoef studeerde Economische Geografie aan de Universiteit van Utrecht (1987) en behaalde zijn Master of Real Estate (1996) aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. -
Harry van den Heuvel
Senior Portfolio Manager, Achmea Investment Management
Harry van den Heuvel has been with Achmea since 2007 and has been responsible for the infrastructure investments of Achmea Investment Management’s pension and insurance clients since 2016. Prior to 2016, Van den Heuvel was responsible for the alternatives and real estate investments for the balance sheet of the insurance company. Previously, he worked in various positions at Van Lanschot Bankiers, van der Moolen, Alpha Options and Optiver. He holds degrees in Economics (MSc), Investment Analysis (RBA), Alternative Investments (CAIA) and Real Estate (MSRE). -
Helena Olin
Head of Real Assets, Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2)
Helena Olin is Head of Real Assets at Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2). She is responsible for global portfolios of Real Estate, AG & Timber and Renewables, both in funds and in joint ventures. Since she started in 2011, Olin has broadened the allocation of AP2s real assets into new markets. She is a member of boards and advisory committees representing AP2 across investments in the US, Asia and Europe. She has a background in corporate finance and investment management. Before joining AP2, she was Partner and Co-Head of Catella Corporate Finance in Gothenburg. -
Ilkka Tomperi
Head of Real Estate, Investment Director. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Dr. Ilkka Tomperi, FRICS is Head of Real Estate, Investment Director at Varma. He is responsible for Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company’s domestic and international real estate investments. He joined Varma in 2013. Previously, he was a Partner at the Nordic private equity firm CapMan’s real estate team, Vice President at Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors and Head of Other Investments and Portfolio Manager of the State Pension Fund (VER) of Finland. Tomperi is a Member of the Management Board of INREV and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company. Tomperi received his Ph.D. in Finance and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Vaasa in Finland. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. -
Jérôme Sousselier
European Infrastructure Equity, ICG
Jérôme Sousselier is Managing Director in the European Infrastructure Equity at ICG. He joined ICG in May 2018 and is responsible for identifying, analysing and executing investment opportunities within this strategy. Prior to joining ICG, he was Head of Infrastructure at EDF Invest. Sousselier has gained previous investing experience at GE Alstom. Prior to that, he worked at Goldman Sachs in European M&A and BHP Billiton in physical energy trading. He is a board member for Océinde Communications and has held several board positions in his career, including at Terega, Madrilena Red de Gas and Thyssengas. Sousselier received an MBA from Berkeley and graduated from Sciences Po (Paris) in Economics & Finance. -
Marleen Bekkers
Director and Head of Investments Europe, PATRIZIA Global Partners
Marleen BikkerBekkers is Director and Head of Investments Europe at PATRIZIA Global Partners. She is also a member of the Sustainability ESG Committee of PATRIZIA. Prior to joining PATRIZIA, Bikker-Bekkers was one of the three partners at AuxiSolid for four years, where she was responsible for advising institutional investors on portfolio strategy, access to real estate markets and structuring of new investments. Before that, she spent eight years at Aberdeen Asset Management. Bikker-Bekkers holds a M.Sc. in Real Estate from the Amsterdam School of Real Estate and an M. Sc. in Urban Planning from the University of Amsterdam. She is a member of the INREV ESG committee with a focus on impact investing. -
Miika Kotaniemi
Director, RAKLI
Miika Kotaniemi is director at RAKLI, the largest association of professional property owners in Finland, where his main responsibility is the promotion of interests and creating market development initiatives for and on behalf of the property investment community in Finland. Before joining RAKLI in 2019, Kotaniemi worked close to 10 years as a Portfolio Manager at various pension funds, lastly five years at Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, investing mainly in real estate and infrastructure funds across Europe and North America. -
Peter van Gool
Senior Project Manager
Prof. Dr. Peter van Gool teaches Real Estate Economics in Amsterdam, Belgium, Germany and the USA. He is Chairman of the central board of the Dutch Institute of Real Estate Surveyors. He worked as Managing Director Real Estate at several pension funds, real estate companies (Wereldhave) and social housing corporations. After his military duty at a helicopter squadron, he worked at the Banque Jordaan in Paris and at De Nederlandsche Bank. He wrote several well-known textbooks. The king of the Netherlands gave him a knighthood for his work. -
Sebastiaan Ranner
Senior Fund Manager Alternatives, Manager Selection, MN
Sebastiaan Ranner is Senior Fund Manager Alternatives, Manager Selection at MN. He joined MN in 2007 and is responsible for managing and selecting private equity and infrastructure fund investments in Europe and North America. He is also an advisory board member for several global private equity and infrastructure funds. Prior to MN, Ranner was a M&A Consultant at Holland Corporate Finance and worked for ING Real Estate and ABSA Bank in South Africa. -
Vanessa Menzies
Director of the Direct Infrastructure Team, Allianz Capital Partners
Vanessa Menzies is a Director in Allianz Capital Partners’ Direct Infrastructure Team, with a specific focus on ESG and the transition of ACP’s assets to a decarbonized economy, in particular in the gas infrastructure sector. She has over 20 years of experience working in the infrastructure sector, having focused primarily on utilities. Allianz Capital Partners is one of Allianz Group’s asset managers for alternative equity investments and is part of Allianz Global Investors.