Jury Chair

Principal and Managing Director

STUDIOS Architecture

France

Sophie is a Partner in the European Division of the international design practice, STUDIOS Architecture, based out of Paris. She primarily leads the business development; communication and marketing efforts for the practice. As managing director, she is also tasked with the general management of the office. She joined STUDIOS in 2007 and was promoted to Associate Principal in 2011. In 2013 she was named a Principal and in April 2015 she was named managing director of the Paris office.

Sophie served as Juror for the ULI Global Awards from 2015 to 2017 and Juror for the ULID Europe Awards from 2019-2021. In 2022 she will act as Chair for both the Europe and Global awards. She is a long standing member of ULI France and initially set up the French Urban Regeneration Product alongside Sigrid Duhamel. She has also served as ULI Europe/EMEA Global Governing Trustee.

Prior to joining STUDIOS, Sophie had an extensive career in publishing – serving as Associate Publisher of the

Art Newspaper and, prior to that, was Commissioning Editor at a variety of high profile publishers both in Paris and London. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and a First Class honours degrees in French Literature and Art History from University College London (UCL).

Chairwoman of the Board

Deepki

France

Sigrid is a Trustee of ULI and has served the Institute in various roles (Global Trustee, Chair of ULI France, member of the ULI Europe Executive Committee).

Sigrid is Chairwoman of the Board of Deepki, a technology and advisory company supporting real estate players in their transition net-to-zero and sustainability.

In her last executive role, Sigrid DUHAMEL was CEO France of BNP Paribas REIM France (2017-2023)
and from March 2020 also Global CIO of BNP Paribas REIM. In her capacity as Global CIO she covered
investments, divestments and asset management with a team of 110 people based in 8 locations in
Europe. As CEO France, she supervised the development of investment solutions, capital formation,
fund management, transactions, asset management, risk and compliance of over 17 b€ of AuM with
a team of 180 people.
Prior to that she was between 2014 and 2017, CEO of CBRE Global Investors France and member of
the Executive Committee of CBRE Global Investors EMEA.
Sigrid Duhamel has been active in the real estate sector in a wide spectrum of functions ranging from
construction on site (Bouygues), business development in Europe (Tishman Speyer), international real estate development (Carrefour Property) and corporate
real estate (PSA Peugeot Citroën, now Stellantis). In addition, in her early career, she worked in the
M&A field (United Technologies Corporation and Cap Gemini) and as consultant in executive search (Eric Salmon & Partners).
Sigrid Duhamel earned her MBA from INSEAD in 1995 and graduated with a Master in Sciences in
civil engineering from ESTP (Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, Paris, France).

Earlier NED roles include Covivio S.A., Selectirente, CNIM S.A.
She has lived and worked in five European countries: Denmark, Italy, Belgium, France, United-
Kingdom and speaks five languages.

She is married with four children.

CEO

Blueprint Group

Poland

Architect by profession, Varsovian by heart and birth, Passionate about the Future of Cities

An expert with almost 30 years of experience and a prominent position in Warsaw’s commercial real estate market. For the last several years she has been building the luxury residential market in the capital city. She has unique experience in hospitality & leisure sector.

In the role of CEO of Blueprint Group she works with developers supervising planning, architecture, branding, communication and sales of projects to maximize the end value.  The scale may vary from boutique apartment projects or high towers,  to 62ha urban regeneration concept.

Blueprint Group specializes in advisory, media and sales on the polish real estate market. Owner of several brands – Sunshine,  High Level Sales & Marketing – which specializes in luxury real estate services for the most discerning clients.

Since December 2014 until November 2020 she has been the CEO of Tacit Investment. She was the driving force behind the successful sales of apartments at Cosmopolitan, as well as projects of two luxury hotels: The Bridge Wroclaw and Nobu Hotel Warsaw. She has also created a new brand – High Level Sales & Marketing – which specializes in luxury real estate services for the most discerning clients.

She has spent 15 years building Platan Group. Between 1991-99 she worked for Jones LangLaSalle, introducing the company into the Polish market and being involved in its operations and management.

Member of the Executive Committee ULI (Urban Land Institute in Poland), instrumental in setting up the organization on the Polish market.

Since 2021 member of a Jury of ULI Europe Awards for Excellence.

Since 2022 Member of MKUA (Urban Planning and Architecture Committee by the President of Warsaw)

Creator of a Podcast on Cities www.cosmopolitans.pl

Senior Director

PGGM

Netherlands

Kleine is Senior Director at PGGM, a Dutch pension fund service provider. She is responsible for the European private real estate investment portfolio and has a seat in the Investment Committee that governs the global private real estate portfolio of approx. 20 billion euro. Prior to joining PGGM in 2006, Tinka worked as an investment manager at a Dutch residential company, as a sell-side real estate analyst at a brokerage firm and as a real estate consultant in the Netherlands and Berlin. Tinka studied Economics and Urban Planning at the University of Amsterdam and became Master of Financial Analysis at the Free University of Amsterdam.

CEO 

Metrovacesa

Spain

Jorge is CEO of Metrovacesa. With over €2.5 bill. of assets under management, Metrovacesa is one of the leading real estate developers in Spain, representing one of the highest valued and most attractive land banks in the country. Jorge joined Metrovacesa in 2016 to reorganize the company and relaunch its development activity after the economic crisis in Spain, leading the company’s IPO in 2018. Previously, he worked 12 years as top executive director at Grupo LAR, first as Head of Europe (leading all European operations including Germany, France, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Hungary and the Baltic States) and then as Head of Spain, holding full responsibility over €1 bill. of assets under management and assuming a key role in the IPO and subsequent growth of LAR España REIT. Before Grupo Lar, he was COO of Excite@Home Europe (broadband internet access and multimedia content creation), Managing Director & Partner of Fun & Basics (fashion clothing, footwear and accessories), and Manager at Boston Consulting Group (BCG, global management consulting). Jorge has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BSc and MSc in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management from ICAI, at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid. He is also Founder and President of Fundación Deporte y Desafío (NGO “Sport & Challenge Foundation”).

Director

Arup

United Kingdom

Dan brings a unique perspective to his many accomplishments in urban environments around the world. As an architect, urban designer and city planner, he is interested in the physical characteristics of a place and how planning, urban design, urban infrastructure, landscape design and architecture can create a positive public environment. This is evident in the strong role he has played in realising complex projects of significant magnitude through collaborative planning, design and delivery across 30+ Years.

Prior to joining Arup in 2022, Dan was the leader of the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) based in London.  There, Dan directed projects which focussed on the urban transformation of our cities. He had also guided the urban strategy of many architectural projects delivered by the London office of SOM.

Dan has extensive experience working across differing cultures and contexts throughout the world. Collaborating closely within a multi-disciplinary team, he is able to guide the development of city designs with public and private sector clients and specialist experts. His urban design and planning skills include a strong ability to work in concert with regional authorities, city officials, public and private institutions, developers, specialist consultants and individual communities to deliver long-term visions as well as short term ‘wins’.

Dan has been a long-standing member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) over the length of his career, joining first as a member in the US, and then in the UK and Europe.  Since 2019, Dan has been the Co-chair of the European Urban Regeneration Council at ULI, and in 2023, Dan joined the ULI Awards for Excellence program as a juror.

Development Director

Lendlease

Italy

Over 20 years’ experience in the property development industry in international markets. Responsible for leading the development of commercial assets over Lendlease’s Italian portfolio. Joined Lendlease in 2014 and has held various senior management positions within the UK and Italy, ranging from business development to product development, client engagement and product delivery.

Chief Building Director Hamburg

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Germany

Prof. Walter was born in Bremen in 1957. After studying urban planning at Dortmund University he worked as an urban development clerk in Dusseldorf and was Head of the Office for Urban Development and Environment Maintal. He was Head of the Urban Planning Office Dresden from 1991 to 1999 has been Chief Planning Officer of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg since 1999. He taught at the Technical Universities Vienna and Dresden as well as at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, he is currently teaching at the HafenCity University Hamburg. Furthermore, he has been appointed to three academies and acts in numerous committees in the field of urban development, e.g. as a member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Foundation of Baukultur and of the urban development committee of the Association of German Cities. He has received various awards such as the BDA Baukulturpreis Hamburg 2012 and publishes on questions of urban development and architecture.