Laura Craft is SVP, Head of Global ESG Strategy at Heitman, a real estate investment manager with ~$44 billion under management. Laura establishes systematic approaches to embed ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) into investment decision-making and management of investments. Integrating ESG considerations provides opportunities to create value, reduce risk and enhance investment returns. Laura leads the Heitman partnership with Urban Land Institute (ULI) to publish the reports, Climate Risk and Real Estate Investment Decision-Making and Emerging Practices for Market Assessment which explore current methods for assessing and mitigating climate risk in real estate. Complementing asset- and market-level climate risk assessments, Heitman has committed to net zero carbon operations by 2030.

Sachin is an urban designer and architect by background. He has worked on urban masterplanning, strategy and research projects in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia. He thrives on integrating with specialisms like health, human rights, infrastructure, transport, policy and landscape. He led Arup’s work on City Resilience Index which has influenced over 140 cities globally and also led to the development of the Child-centred Urban Resilience Framework, used by child-rights organisations to design urban programming from a system’s perspective. He bring this experience in promoting inclusion, integration and resilience, in order to improve the lives of those who may be left behind, especially children and the urban poor.

Maarten is Senior Director – Global Strategist in the real estate investment team of PGGM since august 2016. His responsibilities include setting the top-down investment strategy for the private real estate portfolio and he serves as a member of the investment committee. Besides his role at PGGM Maarten has a part-time position as Research Fellow at TIAS Business School, Tilburg University. Prior to joining PGGM he worked as Director of Investment Solutions at CBRE Global Investors where he had a shared responsibility for the global allocation framework used to advice CBRE GI’s largest clients. Maarten holds a PhD from Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

Aleksandra (Sasha) Njagulj is the Global Head of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance). Ms Njagulj joined CBRE Global Investors in 2019 and is based in London. She has overall responsibility for developing and communicating global ESG priorities and strategies across all business lines in EMEA, APAC and the U.S. She supports the global, regional and business line Responsible Investment Management Committees (RIMCos). Ms Njagulj is a qualified architect with over 20 years of practical experience in architectural design, design management and sustainable built environment. In 2017, she joined CBRE Global Workspace Solutions as the Lead for CBRE Global Investors with responsibility for designing and delivering ESG policies and strategies tailored for country-specific and global funds. Prior to CBRE, Ms Njagulj was head of the Sustainability, R&D and Innovation department at Bouygues UK. Ms Njagulj earned a Master’s degree in Architectural Design from the University of Belgrade in 2002 and a Master’s degree in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge in 2017. She is a BRE Academy Fellow.

Billy Grayson is the Executive Director for the Center for Sustainability and Economic Performance at the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit education and research organization that focuses on land use, real estate and urban development. As Executive Director for the Center for Sustainability, Mr. Grayson manages a team leading programs on climate risk and resilience, health and wellness, and building energy and environmental performance. ULI works with members, community leaders, coalition partners, and other key stakeholders to build awareness around sustainability issues in the built environment, and to provide our members with the tools and resources they need to cost-effectively drive sustainability into their projects and operations. Mr. Grayson has over a decade of experience leading energy and sustainability initiatives in real estate, distribution, and supply chain operations. As Sustainability Director at Liberty Property Trust, Mr. Grayson led a 500+ building initiative that included green building construction, energy efficiency retrofits, and sustainability-focused property management strategies and tenant engagement. As Vice President, Social and Environmental Sustainability for the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), Mr. Grayson led a global compliance program working with the electronics supply chain to identify and mitigate environmental and human rights risks in their shared supply chain, as well as programs addressing climate change mitigation. As Sustainability Director at WESCO, Mr. Grayson developed an operational sustainability program that reduced energy, water, and waste, and launched a global marketing initiative for WESCO’s sustainability-focused energy technology products and services. Mr. Grayson holds an MBA and a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Maryland and a Bachelors in Environment, Economics, and Politics (EEP) from Claremont McKenna. He is a LEED AP and former Board member of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council and NAREIT Sustainability Advisory Committee.