FRANCOIS BOURBONNAIS
Director
Centuria Real Estate Mgmt. Intl., Luxembourg
Cream International is part of Paris-based Centuria Capital, founded in 2001 and managing over €3.5bn of real estate for institutional investors, particularly middle-Eastern. A native of Quebec, M. Bourbonnais has oversight of all group international real estate, and is also MD of Berlin residential investment manager WVB Centuria. With over 25 years of RE experience, he previously held posts with CADIM and SITQ in Montreal, Canada, units of pension fund Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, since integrated into Ivanhoe Cambridge.

PHILLIP BURNS
Chief Executive Officer
Corestate Capital, London
Corestate is a specialist real estate investor and asset manager based in Zug, Switzerland with additional offices in Frankfurt, London and Luxembourg. Since 2006, it has invested €2bn in European real estate across various asset classes. Mr. Burns is CEO, responsible for strategic and business development. He previously worked as MD at Terra Firma Capital Partners where he focused on infrastructure, credit and German residential real estate transactions. Prior to this, he worked for Goldman Sachs.

DOUGLAS EDWARDS
Managing Director
Corpus Sireo, Luxembourg
Douglas Edwards is Managing Director of Corpus Sireo Investment Management, based in Luxembourg. Corpus Sireo is a European asset manager for commercial and residential real estate, with AUM of €15.4bn. Operating out of Luxembourg and Frankfurt, Mr. Edwards is responsible for Corpus Sireo’s business with international clients wishing to invest in Germany and requiring asset management or advisory solutions for their existing German investments.

ANDREW M. GROOM
Head of Valuation & Transaction Advisory Germany
Jones Lang LaSalle, Frankfurt
Global real estate services group Jones Lang LaSalle employs over 45,000 staff in 60 nations, and in Germany is now the largest realtor. Mr. Groom, who heads a 70-person valuation/due diligence team, led development of the VICTOR prime office indicator and is also responsible for key clients, business acquisition, portfolio strategy and risk assessment. With over 20 years’ experience, he has been based in Germany since 1992 and previously worked with other major realtors in Europe.

EINAR SKJERVEN
Chief Executive Officer
Skjerven Group, Berlin
The Skjerven group is a German residential fund initiator and asset manager focused on Berlin that demerged from Industrifinans in June 2012 and has expanded into investment management and brokerage. Mr. Skjerven, founder and CEO, was for seven years (1998 - 2005) CEO of Industrifinans Naeringseiendom, a Norwegian stock-listed group focused on hotel, retail-, office- and residential investments in Norway, Sweden and the Baltic states. Prior to that, he was founder and board member of listed residential investor Industrifinans Boligeiendom in Norway.

CHARLES SMETHURST
Chief Executive Officer
Dolphin Capital, Hannover
Founded by Mr. Smethurst in 2008, Dolphin Capital is now one of the top five developers in Germany and market leader in listed building refurbishment. Dolphin Capital has already completed over 4000 units successfully. With the acquisition of SFG Immobilien in 2011, and with four locations in Germany and partner offices in Ireland, UK, US and Switzerland, its track record now stands at over €1.5bn. Mr. Smethurst has over 20 years' experience in property development and financial services.