Finance and Operations Seminar

Moderated by John Ravoisin, Audit & Advisory Partner at PwC, the seminar brings together senior industry leaders for insightful presentations, valuable networking, and in-depth discussions on current challenges and opportunities.

We’ll kick off with a keynote presentation by Marianne Abib-Pech, former Global CFO of Shell Aviation. Marianne will provide key insights into building financial resilience in today's challenging investment climate and share strategies for effective forecasting amidst uncertainty.

Seminar highlights include:

The evolving role of the CFO: A panel discussion on how CFOs are becoming strategic partners, featuring Andrew Newman, DWS, Sally Doyle Linden of Clearbell, and Olivier Thoral of AXA IM Alts.

Operational real estate: A presentation by Nicole Mitchell, Strategy and Markets Partner, Global Real Assets Funds at Kirkland & Ellis, on governance best practices in operational real estate.

Risk management: David Adderson Thomas, Head of Risk Management at Schroders, will present on how to identify potential investment threats and implement strategies to mitigate them, including market, macro-economic, financial, regulatory, and ESG risks.

Debt management: James Halstead, CIO of European Value Add Real Estate at Blackrock, will explore practical perspectives on sourcing, managing and refinancing debt.

Benefits of standardisation: an investor panel featuring three large institutional investors moderated by Constantin Sorlescu, Director of Professional Standards at INREV, to discuss how investors use data from managers and the value of standardised reporting and the INREV SDDS.

Our keynote closing speech will be by Jeremy White, Senior Innovation Editor, at Wired, who will address 'The next frontier: how emerging technologies will shape our future'.

Join us for this unique opportunity to stay ahead of industry trends, gain expert insights, and connect with peers in the finance and operations sector.