Europe Leadership
ULI Europe Chairman
Marnix Galle
After studying economics at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Marnix began his professional career in 1987 at Cegos Belgium as a consultant. In 1989, he took his first steps in the real estate sector (family portfolio).
His own company Allfin (°2001) became one of the leading real estate developers in Belgium. In 2014, Allfin Group took a 29% stake in Immobel, listed on Euronext since 1863. Following the merger between Allfin Group and Immobel in 2016, he became its Executive Chairman.
Marnix was Chairman of ULI Belgium (2015-2018) and is a director, member and trustee of several leading European and American associations.
ULI Europe Chief Executive Officer
Lisette van Doorn
As chief executive of ULI Europe, van Doorn is responsible for the development of the Institute’s activities across the region, including its renowned pan-European conferences and over 250 local meetings and events across 14 countries. She is also responsible for the ULI Charitable Trust, which raises money to advance ULI’s mission and philanthropic activities across Europe.
Van Doorn joined ULI from LIRE, her own consultancy business, which advises international institutional real estate investors and fund managers on strategy, organisational optimisation and portfolio structuring.
Prior to this, van Doorn was country manager for CBRE Global Investors where she managed a €1.6bn portfolio of assets in Italy and fund manager of two shopping centre funds (€ 1.3 billion) with assets in Spain, Portugal and Italy.
Before joining CBRE Global Investors, van Doorn was founding chief executive for INREV, the European association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles for four and a half years. She started her career at ING Investment Management, where she held account manager and assistant controller positions before being made managing director of research & strategy for ING Real Estate Investment Management Europe.
ULI Europe Executive Committee
Marnix Galle
Chair
IMMOBEL SA/NV
RPM Bruxelles / RPR Brussel
Belgium
Juergen Fenk
Immediate Past Chairman
SIGNA Holding GmbH
Berlin
BE
Germany
Gero Bergmann
Member
Mitglied des Vorstands
Berlin Hyp AG
Berlin
BY
Germany
Sebastien Chemouny
Member
Head of France
Allianz Real Estate GmbH
Paris La Defense cedex
France
Alexander Gebauer
Member
CEO West Europe
Allianz Real Estate GmbH
Paris La Defense cedex
France
Vanessa Hale
Member
BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory UK
London
United Kingdom
Lars Huber
Member
Hines Europe Ltd
London
United Kingdom
Galyna Permyakova
Member
Director
PATRIZIA AG
Amsterdam
Netherlands
William Riordan
Member
Business Planning Director
Value Retail Management Limited
London
United Kingdom
Dr. Christian Schede
Member
Managing Partner – Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP
Berlin
Germany
Edward Siskind
Member
Cale Street Partners
London
United Kingdom
Owen D. Thomas
Ex Officio
Chief Executive Officer
Boston Properties
New York
NY
United States
Sophie van Oosterom
Member
CEO and CIO – EMEA
CBRE Global Investors Europe BV
Schiphol
Netherlands
W. Edward Walter
Ex Officio
Global Chief Executive Officer
Urban Land Institute
Washington
DC
United States
Dorota Wysokinska-kuzdra
Member
Colliers
Jon H. Zehner
Member
LaSalle Investment Management
London
United Kingdom