Graduates of LSE’s MSc Real Estate Economics and Finance (REEF) go on to successful and rewarding careers in a varied number of roles in real estate and finance markets all over the globe. Are you an MSc REEF alumnus hoping to connect with former friends and classmates or looking to keep abreast of cutting-edge real estate research? LSE’s Department of Geography and Environment manages and maintains an MSc REEF network to provide exclusive services to our alumni students and staff. Our network aims to maximise the “value added” of the MSc REEF by maintaining and developing contacts between MSc REEF alumni, by keeping alumni up to date with the latest REEF news and events, and by facilitating the sharing of ideas, advice and opportunities across our membership.
The LSE MSc Real Estate Economics & Finance LinkedIn group is the official page for our network. It is open to MSc REEF students, alumni and faculty, or those who took core MSc REEF modules during their degrees at the LSE.
We gratefully acknowledge the funding from the Investment Property Forum Educational Trust supporting the MSc REEF. The Investment Property Forum, IPF, includes the MSc Real Estate Economics and Finance programme on their selected list of postgraduate courses that the Forum considers to provide the relevant skills necessary for those operating in the property investment market. Graduates of the MSc REEF will be offered a fast track membership to the Forum.
Here's what we currently know about your whereabouts. If you have an update please let us know (email h.johnson4@lse.ac.uk)
Maria Aftia (m.aftia@gmail.com), Based in Athens as a private consultant. My core business is advising on real estate development and investment opportunities around Greece and Southeastern Europe. I am also conducting real estate valuations. Before that I was working for Lamda Development (2002-2005), one of the largest real estate development companies in Greece. (Oct.10)
Hafiz Ali (hafiz.ali@alumni.lse.ac.uk) is now based in London and is focusing on acquisitions in UK and Eastern Europe for The Carlyle Group's Europe Real Estate Funds. (Jun.08)
Omar Askari (omar.askari@cbre.com) is a Director at CBRE Capital Advisors. He is building out the Private Infrastructure and Energy Funds brokerage at the firm. (Aug.14)
Romāns Astahovs (romans.astahovs@vastint.eu), Managing Director at Vastint Latvia SIA. We have been engaged in development and management of commercial real estate, as well as residential development and sales, in Riga, the capital of Latvia, since 2003. Our goal is to create long-term value through property investments. Vastint is the common name of all organisations within the Inter IKEA Property Division, which is part of the Inter IKEA Group. We seek to contribute to the IKEA vision “to create a better everyday life for the many people” by developing and maintaining comfortable and sustainable living, working and leisure environments. (May.15)
Sara Al Awar has been working for Jones Lang Lasalle.
Andrew Burych (andrew.burych@gmail.com) is currently working at Brookfield in the advisory group in the London office. (Mar.10)
Yi Bi (y.bi@alumni.lse.ac.uk) moved to Singapore in April 2014, and is currently working for HSBC Singapore as a VP in its Commodities team. (Sept.14)
Jian Cao (nickcao2000@hotmail.com) works as a Senior Manager in the Investment Department at DTZ. (Dec.08)
Heng Cheong (hcheong@bpsdc.co.uk) spearheaded the £400 million acquisition of the Battersea Power Station site in London by a Malaysian consortium consisting of S P Setia, Sime Darby and EPF. He is now the Chief Strategic Relations Officer of Battersea Power Station Development Company, the development managers tasked with delivering the project. (Mar.14)
Quenna Chen is working for the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Taipei County Government.
Angela Christou (angelachristou@hotmail.com) is a Property Development Surveyor for Alan Selby & Partners in Canary Wharf while continuing to undertake her own development and investment projects. Previously employed in the City as an analyst bridging the Financial Planning and New Business teams for Telereal. (Oct.10)
Gerard Dericks (g.h.dericks-iii@lse.ac.uk) has started a PhD at the LSE on the topic of Geography/Local information advantage in Real Estate Markets. (Oct.08)
Angela Fang (angelafang66@hotmail.com) is starting an 18 month banker trainee programme with HSBC in China, rotating across banking functions in mainland China as well as overseas attachments. (Jul.08)
Francesc Fages (francescf@gmail.com) After working in the Middle East for an Investment Bank, Francesc is back in Europe working as an independent real estate investment advisor. (Oct.10)
George Filopoulos (gffgr@yahoo.com) is currently working as an Investment & Portfolio Analyst for Piraues REIC (the REIT of Piraues Bank Group of Companies) in Athens-Greece. Before that he worked as a Senior Investment Broker for Sotiropoulos Bros (the largest brokerage firm in Greece in terms of transaction volume and former associate office of Cushman Wakefield). (Apr.09)
Meg Fleming (mflem01@yahoo.com), a 2003 REEF graduate, is now pursuing a Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and will be a physician in 2010. (Apr.09)
Linus Forsberg (LForsberg@cbreinvestors.com) is a Director with Strategic Partners Europe, the Value Add/Opportunity Funds within the umbrella of CBRE Investors. (Oct.08)
Katharina Fuchs (kkuchs@aeweurope.co.uk) is working in the Investment and Acquisitions Team of AEW Europe in Dusseldorf. (Jun.09)
Edward Ghazal (edwardghazal@hotmail.com) After having joined Goldman Sachs in early 2005 as a Credit Derivatives trader in the FICC division, Edward Ghazal left the company in 2009 to establish Albemarle Group, a niche London Property Development and Investment company that focuses on bespoke luxury residential schemes. Edward has also spent some time within British Land in their highly coveted Strategy team sitting alongside ex Boston Consulting Group and Bain Consulting Strategists, where he focused on developing the company's London Residential Strategy and assisted with developing both London Offices and Overall BL Group Strategy.
Ioannis Gkanos (iganos@bluehousecapital.com) is working as Investment Manager at Bluehouse Capital, a private equity investment management firm with a focus in the property and infrastructure markets of South East Europe. (Dec.08)
Steven Grahame is the Managing Director of Pacific Real Estate Alternatives and the Fund Manager for the Liquid Property Fund (which is subject to FSA approval). The fund will be an open-ended investment company and invest in listed real estate, such as real estate investment trusts, real estate debt (in the form of commercial and residential mortgage backed securities) and derivatives on property indices. He was formally Chief Investment Officer of Alternatives at Hermes Real Estate and a former pension fund adviser at Towers Watson. (Jan.10)
Chetana Gupta (cpgowda@gmail.com) is currently working for Ernst & Young's Transaction Real Estate Group in New York City. I started in the London office and then moved to NYC when my husband and I moved back to the States. (Oct.08)
Peter Gyergyay (peter.gyergyay@googlemail.com) is an Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) covering Infrastructure (June.14)
Yanbing Han (ybing_han@hotmail.com) has been working for Ernst & Young LLP in London as an Associate since 2007. (Oct.08)
Irene Rika Harito is now Irene Shimada, (irene.r.shimada@jpmorgan.com). She is working as an equity research analyst covering Real Estate and J-REITs for JP Morgan Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. Irene had a baby daughter in October 2008. (May.09)
Christine Ling Hong (linghongchristine@gmail.com) is currently in Beijing working for the Concessional Loan Department of The Export-Import Bank of China. She is in charge of Government Concessional Loan and Preferential Buyer Credit Loan in Cambodia and Laos. (Jan.11)
Sylvie Huang (sylvieyun@hotmail.com) is currently working as an Investment Analyst for Cavendish Asset Management, LTG Group in London, covering Equities and Real Estate. (Dec.08)
Yan Huang (zhuangyanair@hotmail.com) is currently working for Roth Capital Partners as an equity research analyst in Shanghai. (Oct.08)
Bowen Jing is working for ICBC, one of China's biggest banks, based in Beijing. (Feb.15)
Nadeer Kahn is working as a Statistical Officer at Inland Revenue.
Dimitrios Kanavas (dimitrioskanavas@yahoo.com) is currently working as a credit analyst for the National Bank of Greece, Corporate Banking Division. My responsibility is to conduct credit rating for real estate and construction companies as well as preparing summaries of terms and conditions (termsheets) for financing the development/operation of various real estate projects. (Oct.08)
Sue Kang (su.s.kang@dtz.sh.cn) is a Management Trainee with DTZ in Shanghai and is assistant manager of the office leasing team. (Apr.09)
Victor Kao is working for the research division of Capital Securities Corporation.
Burak Kaplanoglu (burak.kaplanoglu@eu.bovislendlease.com) is currently working for Lendlease as a Delivery Programme Director at the Athletes Village project for the London 2012 Olympics. (Oct.08)
Jiro Kashiwagi (jiro.kashiwagi@morimoto-real.co.jp) is working as a Director of the Corporate Planning Division at Morimoto Co. Ltd, one of Japan's leading property developers and has just had a baby girl. (Jun.09)
Ankit Kasliwal (ankit.kasliwal@gazprom-mt.com) is working in Gazprom marketing and trading as a market analyst, specialising in gas tradiing within UK and continental Europe and also providing technical analysis for various commodities. (Jan.10)
Hesham Kayal is now back in London working for JP Morgan Real Estate Investment Banking.
Naveed Khawaja (naveed.khawaja@gmail.com) is currently working in the field of IT, in particular Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. The firm I work for is an international manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment. (Oct.08)
Joon Sang Kim (ukjoonalive@yahoo.co.uk) is working at CBRE's consulting team, Seoul. (Jan.10)
Kostas Kolovos (kostas.kolovos@gmail.com) is co-owner of B.K. Ktiriodomiki, a residential property development firm in Athens. (Oct.08)
Tero Konttinen (tero_k@hotmail.com) was working for the Ontario Realty Corporation and Hemson Consulting in Toronto and is currently having a break (Oct.08)
Petros Kotsikis (Peter.Kotsikis@pradera.com) has been working in Athens since June 2006 for Pradera AM PLC. He started as Asset Manager in the Greek branch (Pradera Management Greece) and since July 2007 has taken the position of Head of Greece. Previously he was working for Lambert Smith Hampton Hellas. He started in the 'Valuations' department and then joined the 'Domestic Clients Services' department. (Oct.08)
Brooke Kunpalin (bkunpalin@gmail.com) Currently working in Business Development for a local residential developer in Bangkok called Krungthep Land. Have plans to open up my own property brokerage this summer as well. (Jul.11)
Grey Lee is working for the US Green Building Council for Massachusetts. (Jan.13)
Yun H Lee is now an analyst with PMA in London. (Nov.07)
Connie Leung (connieykl@gmail.com) is now working as a Valuation Surveyor at the Rating and Valuation Department, Government of the Hong Kong SAR. (Jul.11)
Zheng Li (lizheng5096@hotmail.com) is working for the Ballentine Barbera Group, which was acquired by CRA International (UK) Ltd in 2007. She is working in London as a Consultant on transfer pricing for multinational companies. (Oct.08)
Kenny Lin (kenny3423181@msn.com) is currently in China but in September will join PricewaterhouseCoopers in London in their Transaction Services Department as an associate. (Jan.09)
Tommy Lin (sabercoj@aol.com) is currently in Taipei working as a Chief Investment Officer for an investment company specialising in real estate development. (updated Oct.10)
Andreas Liesche now works for Roxylight, having left Stanhope plc. (May.06)
Lina Liu (icelina@gmail.com) is currently working in Freight Investor Services (a Freight and Commodity derivatives brokerage firm) in London. (Oct.10)
Shen Lu (Becky.S.Shen@cn.abnamro.com) is currently working at ABN AMRO Bank (China) Co Ltd in Beijing as Assistant Relationship Manager. (Oct.08)
Eric Linden (ELinden@cbreinvestors.com) is still with CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners UK and is now an Associate Director with Strategic Partners Europe, focusing on Development & Finance and European Logistics. (Oct.08)
Michael Luo (MLuo@TishmanSpeyer.com) is now working for an American company, Tishman Speyer, and is based in Shanghai. (Oct.08)
Alexandra Mastro (alexandra_mastro@yahoo.com) is an Associate in the real estate investment group at Northwestern Mutal in Milwaukee, covering both debt and equity investments throughout the United States. (Mar.11)
Pornsarin Maethivacharanondh (pornsarin_ohe@hotmail.com) is currently the Director of Business Development-Thailand for GE Real Estate SEA. (Country Director) I have been working for GE Real Estate for a year, and have been teaching as a part time lecturer for the top university in Thailand (MSc Real Estate) for 7 years. (Oct.08)
Jeff Marcus (Jeffrey.Marcus@ubs.com) is now an Associate with UBS in New York working with US real estate (Sep.07)
Caroline Van Megchelen (carolinevm@hotmail.com) is working as an analyst with UBS.
Carlos Mendive (carlosmendive@adinet.com.uy) (who took a number of REEF options while studying for the MSc RUPS) is working in Uruguay for the government in housing policy issues. He coordinated the reform of the public housing system, including the reform of the state mortgage banks and the creation of the National Housing Agency. In 2007 he became the President of the National Housing Agency www.anv.gub.uy. (Mar.10)
Jordan Morassutti (jmorassutti@north-drive.com) has formed a partnership focused on streetfront retail investments & urban intensification initiatives in the Greater Toronto Area. (Mar.11)
Ran Mo (mrmask1983@hotmail.com) is now working in ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Company which is based in Beijing, China as a client manager in the institutional sales dept. (Oct.08)
Lodovico Pignatti Morano (lodovicopm@gmail.com) is currently working on Leveraged and Acquisition Finance in Banca Intesa London, whilst co-ordinating a real estate project in Southern Italy. (Mar.05)
Tobias Muhlhofer (tmuhlhof@indiana.edu) is now an assistant professor of finance at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana (USA). (Oct.08)
Kevin Muscat (kpmuscat@googlemail.com) is Assistant Director at Rockspring Property Investment Managers within both its European Acquisitions and Fund Management teams in London. (Oct.10)
Paul Nearchou (paulnearchou@gmail.com) After experience in the Corporate Real Estate team at Goldman Sachs, Paul has now joined Patron Capital, a real estate private equity firm, concentrating on healthcare investments. (Jun.12)
Matthias Neuling (matthias@meyerbergman.com) has joined Meyer Bergman, a real estate opportunity fund based in London. (Jan.09)
Nhu Ngoc Nguyen (violette_nnn@yahoo.com) is working as an Analyst for Dragon Capital, Vietnam, in its Property Department.. (Oct.08)
Oladele Ijaiya-Oladipo (dele.ijaiya-oladipo@tempohousing.com) After a long foray in investment banking, Dele assumed a role as a Managing Partner at Tempohousing Nigeria a joint venture between Tempohousing Holland and Ampersam Network Associates. Tempohousing is a true pioneer in the use of ISO shipping container frames as a basis for modular homes and has been incorporated to meet the demand for affordable housing in Nigeria THN aims to service the student housing, staff housing and ultimately the residential sectors. Tempohousing Nigeria was set up to focus on three main markets; the staff housing market (for Oil & Gas, mining and infrastructure concerns), student housing market and the residential market. The versatility of the solution allows it to engage in a plethora of other marketsworks in mergers and acquisitions covering energy and materials at Nomura International in London. Website: www.tempohousing.com (Jun.13)
Rick Palacios Jr (rick.palacios.jr@morganstanley.com) is an Equity Research Associate with Morgan Stanley in New York, currently focused on homebuilders and building product companies. (Oct.13)
Panayiotis Parlalides (parlalides@cytanet.com.cy) is married with 2 children (a girl and a boy) and living in Limassol, Cyprus where he has his own firm (P. Parlalides & Co Ltd, Chartered Surveyors, that deals mainly with valuations for mortgage purposes. He also has an advisory position in the family firm - Theomaria Estates (land and building developers) www.theomaria.com. (Oct.08)
Alexander Pasche (alexander.pasche@credit-suisse.com) is working at Credit Suisse as part of their real estate advisory team. (Oct.08)
Shivam Rajgaria (shivam.rajgaria@omcapital.co.in) is the CEO of OM Capital, a private equity focus advisory company offering corporate finance and cross-border M&A service. Om Capital is focused on providing solutions to companies in India, including property companies and real estate operating companies, focusing on mid-market transactions of up to USD $500 million in value. (Oct.08)
Burt Ross (ross.burt@gmail.com) is currently working at Geller & Company in New York in the Family Office group. He is working on a high net worth individual's investment portfolio, helping to monitor and perform due diligence. Burt lives in New York, and on 18th October 2009 he got married to Sarah August. (Jan.10)
David L. Ruttenberg (druttenberg@gmail.com) David L. Ruttenberg is the Director of Real Estate Investments for Chicago Apartment Finders. In 2009 and 2010, Mr. Ruttenberg was a principal in over $60,000,000 of real estate projects, mostly in the multi-family space. Mr. Ruttenberg is also a founding partner of Select Energy Partners, an electricity and natural gas brokerage that operates in every deregulated market in the United States. In addition to his principal capacities at the above companies, Mr. Ruttenberg provides consulting work to real estate developers, investors and start-up businesses. (Jul.11)
Jaqualene Ryan (jacqualeneryan@hotmail.com) went to work at DTZ London, then CBRE Marbella valuations and Drivers Jonas consultancy London. She is now working as a freelance property consultant whilst also finishing her training to be an actress. She then hopes to run her careers in property and acting along side each other. (May.07)
Eddy Sandorffy (esandorffy@yahoo.com) is currently working as Fund Manager at GPT Halverton in London. Previously, he was with Gemini Commercial Investments and before this he was working for Tishman Speyer Properties in European Acquisitions. (Jul.08)
Neel Shah (neeldshah@gmail.com) is now at Oaktree Capital Management. His new role will be working in investing in distressed debt and equity opportunities across the public and private real estate and structured finance space. (Jul.11)
Philipp Schaper (philipp.schaper@ivg.de) is a Managing Director at IVG Immobilien AG in Frankfurt Germany. Previously he worked for several years in the acquisitions team of Fortress Investment Group in Frankfurt, Germany and at LaSalle Investment Management in Munich. (Jan.13)
George Skandaras (george.skandaras@hm.com) is currently working as the leasing manager for H&M in Greece. He has recently passed the APC exams and is now a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). Previously, he was a Retail Negotiator at Cushman & Wakefield, Athens and Before that he was at DTZ Greece International Property Advisors working as an Agency Associate. (Oct.08)
George Stamatopoulous (george.stamatopoulos@sothebysrealty.gr) is working at Sotheby's International Realty in Greece as a Chief Operating Officer. (Oct.08)
Michael Tao (mqh_tao@hotmail.com) is currently in the Financial Accounting & Control Graduate Programme at BP UK (Dec.06)
Derrick Tan (derrick.tan@alumni.lse.ac.uk) is currently working at a boutique Swiss private bank, BSI, in its Singapore office as an associate private banker (Oct.10)
Karen Tan is the Permanent Representative of Singapore to the World Trade Organisation, Geneva since September 2007. (Oct.08)
Li Tan (l.tan2@lse.ac.uk) is currently working for Ernst and Young LLP, doing Financial Services Audit, in London. (Oct.08)
Jing Tang (tanghsujing@googlemail.com) graduated in 2008 and is currently an analyst (Consultancy and Research) at Knight Frank in the Singapore HQ. I may have an article that you are interested in. It compares the performance of Leasehold and Freehold residential properties in the East Coast district of Singapore Island. (Oct.10).
Marina Tzamourani (tzamourani.m@emporikirealestate.gr) is the Division Manager in the Property Management Division of Emporiki Real Estate SA in Athens. (Oct.08)
Sanjeev Vadhera (sanjeev.vadhera@btinternet.com) is working at Jones Lang La Salle Corporate Finance in London.
Maurizio Vinciguerra (maurizio.vinciguerra@hotmail.com) is currently Associate Director at UBS Global Asset Management, and is located in the Milan office. (Jul.11)
Magali Volet (magali.volet@aeweurope.com) has been promoted Director - Corporate Financial Development at AEW Europe and is now in charge of European tax and legal restructuring, M&A, Group Cash Management and Transversal Projects. (Jul.11)
Philipp Voswinkel (philipp_voswinkel@ml.com) is working in the real estate team of Merrill Lynch in Frankfurt, Germany. Previously he was working with Cerberus Deutschland GmbH. (Oct.08)
James Walton (james@south40capital.com) started South 40 Group in May 2008 to focus on boutique real estate fund placements and distressed debt. James also leads the LSE Global Real Estate Group, a business focused alumni group. (Oct.08)
Huiyi Stella Wang (wang_huiyi@hotmail.com) has recently moved to Melbourne, Australia and has recently joined IFM in its Private Equity Group as an analyst. (Jul.11)
Xintong Wang MSc REEF (distinction) 2010/11 and winner of the departmental prize for the best dissertation, the HSBC Global Asset Management prize for the best dissertation, and the George and Hilda Ormsby prize for the best dissertation in that academic year:
“I am currently working in the Investment Advisory Services (IAS) team of CBRE China and based in Shanghai. IAS was established in 2008 and provides services including: Investment due diligence for acquisitions/disposals; Project financial modelling and advice; Value-added strategies to enhance returns; Rent roll analysis; Risk analysis; Formulation of investment strategy; Advising with PPM / IPO preparation; Portfolio modelling and monitoring; Portfolio and risk analytics; Fund and manager reviews. I have benefited a lot from MSc REEF and LSE. I am so excited that the real estate market in China is improving and getting more and more sophisticated, which could be proved by the establishment of CBRE IAS team in China. I find myself having increasing passion in research. I do wish to keep in touch with REEF alumni so that we could share information with each other and learn from each other. LSE REEF is an absolutely precious experience in my life.” (Nov.11)
Benny Widerker (bbw@widerker.com) resigned from his position as an Associate for
Curzon Global Partners / AEW Europe in 2006 and moved back to Germany to work in his family real estate business. Today, Benny lives in Berlin. (Oct.08)
Anita Wilkinson (née Parsons) (anita.wilkinson@cbre.com) is part of the retail investment team at CBRE specializing in shopping centres. (Oct.08)
Joe Wu (wuxuwei@hotmail.com) is now based in Shanghai, working as the Development Director of Asia Pacific for Jumeirah Hotel & Resort Group, the Dubai based luxury hotel management group. (Mar.09)
Doug Wright (dougy_wright@msn.com) is working for BMO Capital Markets in Toronto as a real estate analyst for their investment banking group.
Shuai Yuan is working at DTZ in Beijing as an Analyst in the Consulting and Research department. (Feb.13)
Mona Ye Zhang (monazhangye@gmail.com) worked for King Sturge Financial Services and from 2007 to July 2008 worked with Lehman Brothers. In July 2008 she joined a private equity real estate firm, Alro Group. (Oct.08)
Rui Zhou After graduating in 2008, I came back to China. I am working for the CPIH (the biggest developer in Hunan province). The firm has initiated an EU-China urbanization partnership programme, and is seeking cooperation opportunities with the EU or UK. (Dec. 13)
Inna Zhuranskaya (Innazhur@aol.com) is a director at Deutsche Bank in London specialising in orgination, structuring and execution of private equity deals in asset-based industries (real estate, infrastructure, oil & gas). She is also a non executive director on the board of the Alkor Bio Group of Companies, one of the largest Russian/German biotechnology companies controlling a 30% stake in the diagnostic equipment manufacturing market. (Jan.11)
OTHER LSE ALUMNI NOW WORKING IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
Ljiljana Grubovic (ljiljana.grubovic@ubs.com) - MSc in Regional and Urban Planning - currently Associate Director, Assistant Portfolio Manager,Global Real Estate Fund of Funds, UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd (Jan.09)