Real Estate Investment World Mexico - Day one: Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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| 8am | Breakfast and registration | ||
| 8.50am |
Chairman's opening remarks
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MEXICO’S BOOMING REAL ESTATE MARKET | |||
| 9am |
Keynote address: Where are we in the Mexican real estate cycle?
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| 9.30am |
Panel session: New investment vehicles – CKDs and FIBRAs   Mr Federico Martin del CampoPrincipal and Head of Acquisitions of Walton Street Mexico. Prior to joining Walton Street Mexico, Mr Martin del Campo was a Senior Director of GE Real Estate in Mexico City responsible for all stages of investments. Prior to GE Real Estate Mr... more.. Mr. Adrian AguileraAdrian Aguilera is Founder and Co-CEO of Vertex Real Estate Investors. Vertex REI is a private equity fund focused at making value added and opportunistic investments in the main real estate subsectors in Mexico. Adrián has over 20 years of... more.. Mr Enrique LavinEnrique Lavín es Director del área de Mercado de Capitales de PREI Latinoamérica. En su calidad de responsable del área de Mercados de Capitales, el señor Lavín se encarga de ejecutar la estrategia de financiamiento de los fondos de inversión de... more..
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| 10.10am |
Case study: Mexico’s first REIT - FIBRA UNO
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| 10.40am |
Speed networkingEstablish new relationships in one powerful, ‘quickfire’ speed networking session. | ||
| 11.10am | Morning networking break | ||
TOURISM AND HOTELS | |||
| 11.30am |
Case study: Tourism outlook and prospects for Mundo Maya 2012
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| 12pm |
Panel session: Business hotels and all inclusive resorts as attractive investments  Mr. Michel MontantMichel Montant is Corporate Director of Development for Grupo Posadas. He has been with the company for over 19 years in different positions, including General Director of Operations, and General Director of Fiesta Inn Hotels. He was involved in the ... more.. Mr. Alinio AzevedoAs Director of Development for Latin America and Caribbean, Alinio Azevedo is focused on building relationships with key hotel investors and developers to facilitate the growth of Four Seasons’ portfolio in the region. Alinio also supports Four... more.. Mr Jesus Cortazar SierraMr. Cortazar-Sierra has been in the real estate investment world since 1989 when he founded Grupo Promotor Metropolitano to promote shopping centers and residential developments throughout Mexico. In 1997 he joined Grupo Plan as Head of the... more.. Ms Monica ArtigasNacida en México DF. Licenciatura en Comunicación con especialidad en Mercadotecnia, Publicidad y Relaciones Públicas. Directora de Ventas de Publicidad de varios medios como de comunicación a lo largo de varios años como Sky, Casas y Gente... more..
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RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL | |||
| 12.40pm |
Panel session: The Skyline effect – Mexico’s office boom Mr Jorge CastanaresJorge es Licenciado en Administración con estudios en Economía por el Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Es graduado de la Maestría en Negocios (MBA) por el ITAM y realizó estudios de post-grado en Finanzas, Estrategia y... more.. Mr Rodrigo RinconRodrigo Rincon brings more than 20 years of experience building long term business partnerships with international companies, government agencies, institutional investors, and financial institutions. He graduated with honors from the Monterrey... more.. Mr. Jaime FasjaMr. Fasja is the managing director at GFa Grupo Inmobiliario, a Real Estate Development Company based in Mexico City, which has developed more than 25 million square feet over the past four decades. GFa specializes in office, high end residential... more..
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| 1.20pm | Networking lunch | ||
| 2.50pm |
Panel session: Accessing middle class markets to optimize investments Francisco CovarrubiasFrancisco Covarrubias colabora con Kimco Realty Corporation desde el año 2006, habiendo estado a cargo del desarrollo de nuevos negocios y asociaciones en México y América Latina. Actualmente es responsable de la administración de un portafolio de... more..  Mr Elliot BrossMr. Elliott M. Bross is General Director and Partner at Planigrupo, one of Mexico’s largest development and leasing companies. In the last 12 years, he participated in the development of over 40 shopping centers anchored by... more.. Mr Jeronimio GerardJerónimo Gerard is currently President of Mexico Retail Properties and I2. MRP is a development, acquisition and management company of institutional retail properties and manages over US$2.0 billion in retail developments across Mexico. I2 is a... more..
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ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY | |||
| 3.30pm |
Panel session: Investing in Mexico’s industrial market Mr Jorge GiraultJorge Girault Facha, Portfolio Manager for Prologis Mexico Fondo Logistico, fund managed by Prologis Property Mexico (Former AMB), has worked in the real estate sector in Mexico since 1994, in the early days of Fondo Opcion and G. Accion. He has... more.. Mr. David O'DonnellDavid O’Donnell is the founder, President and CEO of Grupo O’Donnell de Mexico. O’Donnell – Mexico is a full service, value-added industrial real estate developer. It invests in major distribution hubs and manufacturing centers in Mexico that are... more.. Mr. Antonio Ruiz GalindoMr. Antonio Ruiz Galindo T. is Chairman and CEO of Industrial Global Solutions de México S.A. de C.V. since 1997 date that the company was funded. In 1970 he started his career in D.M. Nacional S.A. (office furniture and automotive stamping... more.. Mr Jaime Roberts VildosolaMr. Roberts is graduated in Industrial and Systems Engineering with honors from the Tec de Monterrey Campus Monterrey. Since 1988 he is Director General of IAMSA Group, a developer of industrial parks, shopping centers and housing in the Mexicali... more.. Mr Eduardo GüémezMr. Güémez is a Managing Director of LaSalle Investment Management. He serves as the CEO for the Mexico operations of LaSalle. Prior to joining LaSalle in 2006, Mr. Güémez was a Managing Director for Equity with GE Real Estate in Mexico. Before... more..
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| 4.10pm | Afternoon networking break | ||
| 4.30pm |
Panel session: Accessing housing and residential markets Kevin FisherKevin is the senior manager and principal strategist with Dartmouth Research & Consulting/DRC Mexico SA de CV, an international consulting firm. He brings over twenty-five years executive experience in the design and implementation of management and ... more.. Mr. Luis QuijanoLuis Quijano is Director of Financial Services at Bepensa Group, a financial services division. Mr. Quijano also founded The Yucatan Consulting Group, a consulting company and Financiera Yucateca SOFOM. He was previously the Head of Personal... more.. José de Jesús Gómez DorantesEl Ing. Gómez Dorantes es Subdirector General de Planeación y Finanzas de INFONAVIT desde enero de 2009. Como parte de sus funciones, el Ing. Gómez Dorantes es responsable de la Administración de Riesgos y Gestión Institucional, además de Planeación ... more..
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| 5.10pm |
Case study: Alsis Funds’ closing of Mexico affordable housing fund
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| 5.40pm |
Interactive Roundtables Mr. Bruce D. GreenbergBruce D. Greenberg, FRICS, MAI, SRA, ASA, is the president of Montaña Verde Consultores y Valuadores and has 40 years experience as a real estate consultant/appraiser. Mr Greenberg has in place a cooperative exclusivity agreement with Deloitte ... more.. Pablo Gonzalez CarpizoPablo Gonzalez Carpizo is the Director of Acquisitions & Development for Mexico and Central America of Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Pablo is responsible for the development and execution of Starwood’s strategic growth plan for Mexico and Central... more.. Mr Jose PicciottoSocio fundador de Picciotto Arquitectos; la constante en su trabajo ha sido la búsqueda de la eficiencia hacia el Camino Sustentable. Ha recibido reconocimientos importantes como el Premio Nacional de Ahorro de Energía en varias ocasiones y el... more..
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| 6.20pm | End of conference day one followed by Mexican Tequila Party |
