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Autumn Conference 2018 Diversity & Dynamism in

Main Day 22 November YPREF Aviva Investors, St

team: Sarah Watkinson, Banking Partner Real

Real Estate Finance, Aviva Investors Alison

1 Autumn Conference 2018 Diversity & Dynamism in our industry Autumn Conference November Main Day 22 November YPREF Aviva Investors, St Helens 1 Undershaft, London EC3P 3DQ Co-chair team: Sarah Watkinson, Banking Partner Real Estate Group, Ashurst LLP Gregor Bamert, Head of Real Estate Finance, Aviva Investors Alison Lambert, Financial Director, Oxford Properties Group HOST SPONSOR

2 Wednesday 21 November 08:45 Networking breakfast 09:30 Welcoming Remarks, Barry Fowler, Aviva Investors, CREFC Europe Chair 09:40 10:25 KEYNOTE SPEAKER We have secured a high profile speaker and due to security measures cannot announce her participation until the morning of the conference. 10:30 11:15 Being inclusive and diverse through our people Diversity can be measured in terms of gender, ethnicity, LGBTQ+ and diversity but don t forget socio-economic identity Staff diversity slowly improving but inclusivity is about business culture which is harder to measure The economic case impact on performance Diversity and inclusion from entry level recruitment Moderator: Alison Lambert, Senior Vice President, Finance Director Europe, Oxford Properties Mike Adams, Chief Executive Officer, Purple Jane Hollinshead, Principal, IJD Consulting Limited David Mann, Partner, Tuffin Ferraby Taylor Stacey Flor, Managing Director - Co-Head of Origination CRE UK and Ireland, Wells Fargo Bank NA 11:15 11:30 Networking break

3 11:30-12:15 Investment Landscape Diversified How are investors diversifying risk and return profiles? How does diversification present itself across product and geography? Is the UK investor landscape more diversified? Are there more or fewer players? Moderator: Lesley Chen Davison, Director of Banking and Treasury, Delancey Dimmie Lucassen, Senior Investment Manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments Anila Thompson, Distribution Director, Global Funds Advisory, JLL Emma Huepfl, Co-Founder & Board Director, The Laxfield Group Lee Coward, Director, Investments Europe, Oxford Properties Group 12:20 13:05 Beyond bricks and mortar: Real estate ownership as a dynamic business As assets that used to yield reliable long-term income with some conventional property management increasingly require more intensive, dynamic management, this session will explore the implications for analysing and underwriting debt and equity investments. Impact of losing secure long-term income Evaluating operational competency and staff-related risks Balancing business flexibility against lender control Moderator: Jeffrey Rubinoff, Partner, White & Case Michael Lightbound, Finance Partner, Argent Tina Pristovsek, Director, Real Estate Structured Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Jane Desnoyers, Director, Senior Counsel, Hudson Advisors UK Limited Matt Richardson, Chief Executive Officer, MGR Strategic Consulting Limited 13:05 14:15 Lunch

4 14:15 15:00 Diversifying housing and outsourcing ownership - Investor Considerations The economic and social context (including affordability, urbanisation and demographic shifts) The growth of the sector (including what underpins the broad appeal of professionally managed accommodation) The investor perspective Moderator: Aparna Sehgal, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP Stephanie McMahon, Head of Research, BNP Paribas Real Estate Omar El Glaoui, Managing Director & Co-Head of EMEA Commercial Real Estate Finance, Citigroup Andrew Simmons, Director, JCRA Sameer Dalamel, Head of European Commercial Real Estate Credit, OZ Management 15:05 15:55 The other new lenders Filling the (riskier) gaps where banks and institutional lenders don t want to be Speed of decision making and execution; use of new technology and on line underwriting Are they a structurally persistent feature of the lending market or a stop gap in the funding cycle? Will they survive a major correction? Is diversification limited to the UK and certain other markets, or will it reach Germany and the rest of Europe? How big could this sector become? Moderator: Riaz Azadi, Managing Director, Eastdil Secured Andrew Pinfield, Head of Risk, Maslow Capital Luke Townsend, Founder & CEO, Zorin Finance TBC 15:55 16:25 Networking break

QUICK FIRE RIFLE ROUND 16:25 17:05 Join Barry Fowler, Managing Director Alternative Income, Aviva Investors Rawle Howard, Global Head of Capital Markets, Cloudscraper Exchange Jeremy Handley,

5 QUICK FIRE RIFLE ROUND 16:25 17:05 Join Barry Fowler, Managing Director Alternative Income, Aviva Investors Rawle Howard, Global Head of Capital Markets, Cloudscraper Exchange Jeremy Handley, Director, Valuation Advisory, Jones Lang LaSalle Lisa Attenborough, Head of Debt Advisory, Knight Frank Hugh Fraser, Head of Capital Markets, M7 Real Estate Alison Lambert, Senior Vice President, Finance Director Europe, Oxford Properties 17:10 17:30 THE GRAND FINALE Join the conference co-chairs and chairman as they discuss their impressions from the day 17:30 Networking Reception Conference Sponsors Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Media

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