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1 Programme Autumn Adapting in a changing industry Innovators, disruptors and change Looking ahead 5-10 years etc. Venues, 155 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3YD Co-Chairs: Emma Matebalavu, Partner, Clifford Chance Lesley Chen Davison, Director of Banking & Treasury, Delancey Katie O Neill, Director - CRE, Deutsche Bank crefceurope.org

Autumn Tuesday 14 November Sponsors of the Speakers Dinner held 7 November Young Professionals in Real Estate Finance (YPREF) Education sessions will be held in the morning, the main conference will

09:00 Registration open for YPREF / Educational morning 09:30 Welcome, Ben Herson & Rob Mersh, YPREF co-chairs GUEST SPEAKER 09:40 10:15 John Greenwood, Chief Economist, Invesco Ltd Based in London,

2 Autumn Tuesday 14 November Sponsors of the Speakers Dinner held 7 November Young Professionals in Real Estate Finance (YPREF) Education sessions will be held in the morning, the main conference will begin at lunchtime. 09:00 Registration open for YPREF / Educational morning 09:30 Welcome, Ben Herson & Rob Mersh, YPREF co-chairs GUEST SPEAKER 09:40 10:15 John Greenwood, Chief Economist, Invesco Ltd Based in London, John is the Chief Economist of Invesco Ltd. with responsibility for providing economic analysis and forecasts to Invesco portfolio managers and clients. He has spent much of his career in Asia. In 1983 he proposed a currency board scheme for stabilising the Hong Kong dollar which is still in operation today. He has been a research fellow at the Bank of Japan, a member of the HKMA s Currency Board Committee since 1998, and is also a member of the IEA s Shadow MPC in England. John holds an MA and an Honorary PhD from the University of Edinburgh. 10:20 11:30 Mapping the Equity Sponsored by This educational session will focus on investment rationale/mandates, business models, underlying investors, return metrics, how deals are sourced, interactions with lending houses, use of debt brokers and approval processes. Moderator: John Bigley, Principal, DRC Capital Natalie Adomait, Vice President, Brookfield Property Group John Kehoe, Investment Director, Delancey Jonathan Braidley, Senior Managing Director, MCAP Global Finance (UK) LLP * David Ebbrell, Chief Investment Officer, M7 * The European affiliate of New York based global credit manager Marathon Asset Management 11:30 12:00 NETWORKING BREAK 12:00 12:45 Join real estate legends Peter Denton & Matthew Webster Join Peter Denton and Matt Webster as they provide a unique perspective and insights into a real estate industry since the start of their careers, the changing landscape, the peaks and troughs in the cycles, the most exciting deals and their fondest memories. Peter joined the Hyde Group in February as Group Finance Director. He has 23 years of pan European real estate sector involvement covering a broad range of strategic leadership roles and over 20bn of investment, asset management, joint venture, capital markets, treasury and fundraising experience. Peter moved from the Starwood Capital Group where, as a Partner for five years, he managed the firm s Special Situations and Credit investing businesses in Europe as well as creating and being the fund manager for Europe s largest publicly traded real estate finance company. Prior to this Peter held senior EMEA real estate investment banking roles at BNP Paribas, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Eurohypo and WestImmo. Peter qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in 1997 and is a former Chairman of CREFC Europe. Matt has taken a sabbatical from the industry having left HSBC earlier in where he spent the last 7 years as the Global Head of Real Estate Finance. He has over 25 years of real estate experience, 19 of which have been primarily on Europe. He has had leading roles in all facets of the industry including senior bank and capital markets funding, mezzanine finance, non performing debt advisory and restructuring and asset management, not to mention his involvement in the securitisation markets. Matt s background was instrumental in various high profile roles such as his lead advisory position for the creation of the National Asset Management Agency ( NAMA ) for the Irish Government, advising various European and Global regulatory bodies and other industry trade bodies. Matt left HSBC after 12 years where he was instrumental is setting HSBC Group real estate strategy, overseeing the debt book for Global Banking and Markets, streamlining the global business model and implementing global standards for the real estate lending businesses. Matt has also held senior real estate roles at Hypo Real Estate, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and FitchRatings. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is a former Chairman of CREFC Europe. Educational morning The educational sessions are aimed at less experienced market participants and students; they are complimentary for CREFC Europe members and students with a real estate finance focus. Non-members are also welcome subject to a charge of VAT (bulk discounts available). All the above interested must pre-register. Walk-in registration will not be available for these sessions. Please note that access to these sessions is separate from the CREFC Europe Autumn. If you are joining the Autumn which begins Tuesday afternoon at 13:00 please note that the above sessions are available at no additional cost but please notify rsmith@crefceurope.org of your intention to join us so we can manage numbers. We will prioritise younger professionals if we are unable to accommodate everyone.

Tuesday 14 November Autumn Begins 13:00 14:00 NETWORKING LUNCH 13:15 13:45 Annual General Meeting (AGM) By invitation only, Bishopsgate 2 14:00 14:10 Welcome, Steve Willingham, Immediate Past Chair,

3 Tuesday 14 November Autumn Begins 13:00 14:00 NETWORKING LUNCH 13:15 13:45 Annual General Meeting (AGM) By invitation only, Bishopsgate 2 14:00 14:10 Welcome, Steve Willingham, Immediate Past Chair, CREFC Europe KEYNOTE SPEAKER 14:15 15:00 Tim Harford What we get wrong about technology Tim Harford can t see into the future any more than anyone else - but he has been looking at the past, surveying fifty of the most influential and surprising inventions in economic history. Tim will explain the two big mistakes that we tend to make when faced with new, disruptive technologies, using examples from the past to help us try to think differently about the future. Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, Messy, and the million-selling The Undercover Economist. Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of Radio 4 s More or Less and the itunes-topping series Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy. Tim has spoken at TED, PopTech and the Sydney Opera House. He is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. Tim was Economics Commentator of the Year 2014, winner of the Royal Statistical Society journalistic excellence award 2015, won the Society of Business Economists writing prize , and the Bastiat Prize for economic journalism in 2006 and :00 15:30 AFTERNOON TEA Sponsored by THE SHOWDOWN 15:30 17:00 Borrowers & Lenders reunite Sponsored by Moderator: Dan Smith, Executive Director, Fortwell Capital Limited The borrowers: David Marks, Co-Managing Partner, Brockton Capital Fiona D Silva, Head of Origination, Kennedy Wilson Europe Richard Croft, Chief Executive, M7 Joanne McNamara, Vice President, Finance Director Europe, Oxford Properties Cath Webster, Strategic Finance & Investment Director, Quintain The lenders: Barry Fowler, Managing Director, Alternative Income Solutions, Aviva Investors Chris Bennett, Director, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Roman Kogan, Head of CRE Europe, Deutsche Bank AG London Madeleine McDougall, Global Head of Commercial Real Estate, Lloyds Banking Group Duncan MacPherson, Managing Director and Head of Debt for Europe, Starwood Capital Group CLOSE OF DAY 1 Join the Networking drinks reception 17:00 19:30 Sponsored by

4 Wednesday 15 November Don t miss the App sessions tools that will change the future Ongoing Beverages sponsored by 08:00 15:00 Registration open 08:45 09:30 NETWORKING BREAKFAST 09:30 09:40 Welcome, Dale Lattanzio, Incoming Chairman, CREFC Europe 09:45 11 : 15 THE ECONOMISTS Join Izabella Kaminska, Financial Times, Alphaville blogger in discussion with a group of economists for an insightful crystal ball gazing session Julian Harris, Deputy Editor, City A.M. Julian Jessop, Chief Economist, Institute of Economic Affairs Stefan Collignon, Economist, London School of Economics Marc Hendricks, Global Strategist, Sandaire 11:15 11:40 NETWORKING BREAK 11:45 12:30 Alternative Lenders, The Real Innovators? Challenges for alternative lenders in the current market Can they hit the returns they promised investors? How can they differentiate themselves? Working in partnership with senior lenders Are they doing it? Is it a good relationship for both alternative and senior lenders? Who are the truly alternative lenders crowd funders and peer-to-peer funding Moderator: Brian Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Trimont Real Estate Advisors Wesley Barnes, Managing Director, Citigroup Christian Faes, Chief Executive Officer/Co-Founder, LendInvest Andrew Macland, Head of UK, PGIM Real Estate Clark Coffee, Partner, Head of Real Estate, Tyndaris INNOVATION APP SHOWCASE 1 12:35 12:50 Snapshot presentation by Michael Molloy, Chief Technology Officer, Intellect Automation International Pty Limited Intellect Automation presents a 15-minute demo of Dashflow : A revolutionary app that underwrites assets in minutes, even seconds. Artificial-intelligence which creates supporting Ivy-League financial models in under 5 minutes. Unrivalled team sharing & discussion via Boardroom screens to flex business plans instantly. A global innovation that combines black-box simplicity and spreadsheet certainty. The product will slowly but surely alter how deals are done and CRE firms work. 12:50 13:55 NETWORKING LUNCH Sponsored by 13:00 14:00 Intercreditors Working Group meeting, Bishopsgate 2 pre-registration required If you are not a member of this group but would like to attend please contact rsmith@crefceurope.org

5 Wednesday 15 November 14:00 14:45 International Capital Flows Global investors discuss what drives their investment strategies against the backdrop of economic and political uncertainty. Portfolio diversity by product or by geography? What are more important micro- or macro-economic factors? Does Donald or Jeremy or Kim Jong-un sway investment decisions? Moderator: Lesley Chen Davison, Director of Banking & Treasury, Delancey Jonathan Goldstein, Chief Executive Officer, Cain International Riaz Azadi, Managing Director, Eastdil Secured Chris McCormick, Investment Director, GAW Capital David Boyle, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, NW1 Partners David Matheson, SVP and Managing Director, Investment Europe, Oxford Properties Group INNOVATION APP SHOWCASE 2 14:50 15:05 Snapshot presentation by Ely Razin, Chief Executive Officer, CrediFi Corp CrediFi is the technology platform that powers CRE finance in the US. Loan, asset, and owner details are compiled and presented in a clear, easy-to-use interface built for strategic application to investment decisions. Mapping tools, detailed loan and asset data, as well as high level market assessments give guidance, improve deal flow, streamline underwriting, and empower better monitoring. CrediFi data coverage spans the entire United States, representing $13 trillion in securitized and balance-sheet loans across four million properties. 15:05 15:35 AFTERNOON TEA INNOVATION APP SHOWCASE 3 15:35 15:55 Snapshot presentation by Jos Jonkers, Director Operations and Sustainability, ING Real Estate Finance ING Real Estate Finance developed a 5 step approach to clear all obstacles for clients to make their real estate portfolio more sustainable. Together with partner CFP they developed an app which gives their clients detailed insights in the saving potential of sustainable measures on a building level. The app successfully helps clients prioritise and plan profitable investments in energy savings. 15:55 16:35 WHO, WHAT & WHERE ARE THE DISRUPTORS? How is the way we live, work and shop changing and what is driving that change? What are the key challenges and can they be overcome? What does the future look like? 16:40 17:05 Moderator: Katie O Neill, Director CRE, Deutsche Bank Félicie Krikler, Director, Assael Architecture Alex McCulloch, Partner, CACI Claire Cockerton, Chief Executive Officer, Plexal THE GRAND FINALE Join the conference co-chairs and chairman as they discuss their impressions from the conference 17:05 18:30 Join us for a drink as we close the Autumn

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Autumn Conference 2016 Programme Outline Autumn etc. Venues 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3YD Co-Chairs: Rob Mills, Partner, Clearbell Dan Smith, Executive Director, Fortwell Capital Limited Madeleine McDougall, Head of Institutional