ULI & HSBC Webinar: Reactivating Europe - The Role Of Cities

When

2020-12-07
2020-12-07T10:00:00 - 2020-12-07T11:00:00
Europe/London

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    Online This webinar will be hosted by Zoom. UNITED KINGDOM

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    Webinar Summary

    In this joint ULI HSBC webinar, Professor Greg Clark, Global Head of Future Cities & New Industries at HSBC and Senior Fellow at the Urban Land Institute, will give a presentation on how European cities can take advantage of the substantial challenges being caused by the Covid-19 crisis. This will be followed by a discussion on the issues raised with the panel of experts of Nikki Grady-Smith, Senior Vice President of City & Corporate Integrated Solutions at BP, Guido Verhoef, Head of Private Real Estate at PGGM Investments and Andrea Carpenter, Director of Women Talk Real Estate. 

    The pandemic has revealed challenging social inequalities and triggered a significant economic shock. At the same time it has accelerated pre-existing technology trends and sustainability imperatives that have the potential to foster long term change. This provides real estate investors and operators with an adjusted geography of demand, and provides cities with a fresh imperative to be agile in new ways as citizens adjust to revised patterns of travel, work, homes, consumption, and lifestyle.  

    Cities must adjust and adapt. They are already doing so with increased focus on healthy living, accelerated net-zero carbon strategies, active travel, re-organised public space, and more agile re-use of amenities and facilities. Europe’s cities and real estate investors can take advantage from this crisis, and use it to foster cities and urban systems which are more resilient and sustainable, offering a new cycle of opportunity for investors and asset owners. What might that look like?  

    Register now for what promises to be a fascinating and topical discussion followed by Q&A with the audence. 

    Speakers

    Nikki Grady-Smith

    Senior Vice President of City & Corporate Integrated Solutions , BP

    Nikki is the senior vice president (SVP) of city & corporate integrated solutions (CCIS), which sits within regions, cities & solutions (RC&S) in bp. Nikki has worked for bp for 17 years, holding key positions in marketing, brand and retail as well as working in the executive offices for the CEO’s of alternative energy, gas, shipping and downstream. She played a key role in the ‘reinvent’ process – helping to develop bp’s new strategy that reshapes the business as it pivots from being an international oil company focused on producing resources to an integrated energy company focused on delivering solutions for customers. Nikki also held global and European roles and her previous role was head of UK retail. Before bp, she spent a lot of time in customer-facing businesses including Tesco and Allied Domecq.

    Greg Clark, CBE

    Group Advisor on Future Cities & New Industries, HSBC

    Prof Greg Clark CBE, is Global Head of Future Cities and New Industries at HSBC Group. He works with HSBC’s global client base in 63 countries and 300 cities on the business and investment opportunities of the century of cities, accompanied by the 4th Industrial Revolution, and the Climate Emergency. Alongside his work at HSBC Greg is Chairman of the Connected Places Catapult, a Board Member of Transport for London and chairs its Investment Committee. He is Hon Prof in Urban Innovation at University College London (UCL) and Strathclyde Universities. He is the founder of The Business of Cities, an urban analytics group based at UCL. Greg is a former Global Fellow at Brookings Institution, current Global Fellow at the Urban Land Institute and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Greg is global cities expert on the BBC World Services series, My Perfect City.

    Andrea Carpenter

    Director, Diversity Talks Real Estate

    Andrea Carpenter is a Director of Women Talk Real Estate, and a writer and communications consultant in the property industry. As a Director of Women Talk Real Estate, Andrea helps raise the visibility of female experts in the industry through the stage and media. On the writing side, her book about the history of the modern European property industry, High Rise and Fall, was published by Routledge in September 2018. Andrea began her career as a journalist at Property Week before moving on to be editor of EuroProperty for seven years. Following this she worked for various industry bodies including the Urban Land Institute, INREV in Amsterdam, and its sister organisation ANREV in Hong Kong. On returning to the UK, she worked as Head of Marketing and Communications EMEA at CBRE Global Investors.

    Guido Verhoef

    Head of Private Real Estate, PGGM Investments B.V.

    Guido Verhoef studied Economic Geography at the University of Utrecht and Real Estate at the University of Amsterdam. He began his career as a real estate consultant in 1990. In 1995 he joined ING Real Estate Development as Senior Developer. In 2000 he moved to ING Real Estate Investment Management as Managing Director Institutional Clients. In 2005 he joined RABO Bouwfonds REIM as Fund manager. He moved to PGGM Investments as Head of Private Real Estate in 2008. Mr Verhoef is a member of the Management Team Private Markets and responsible for managing the PGGM Private Real Estate Investments, a €13 billion global portfolio consisting of approximately 150 non-listed funds, club investments and joint-ventures, managed by a dedicated team of Investment Managers. Guido Verhoef has a seat on the Board of IVBN, INREV and Amvest Vastgoed BV. He is also member of the INREV’s Investor Platform Management Committee.

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