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 Àviònne P. Allen-Singh, President, Chief Executive Officer, ALLEN MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, USA |
| Avionne P. Allen-Singh is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allen Medical International, Inc., a sister company of Allen Medical Group, both based and operated in the United States out of the States of California, New York and Florida. Avionne’s training and expertise lies in Medical Facility Infrastructure. Over the past 19 years she has founded, developed, managed and bought out multiple medical facilities of all sizes. Part of her initiatives included the development of one of the largest comprehensive network of some of the world’s top medical providers. She is responsible for developing a Global Medical Team which consist of 2500 medical professional in over 100 countries. She is in the process of acquiring an additional 10000 medical providers in 200 additional countries by the end of 2014. This initiative will ensure the delivery of premium care on a global level. She believes that No Patient, regardless of their condition or geographical location should be left behind. |
 Wolfgang Amann, Director, IIBW – Institute for Real Estate, Construction and Housing Ltd., Austria |
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Wolfgang Amann is managing partner of IIBW, one of the leading research and consultancy organisations on housing finance, housing legislation, housing policy and real estate in Austria and Central Eastern Europe. Over the last 20 years he has conducted projects for national and local governments, international organisations and the private sector with altogether around 250 scientific publications. Reference projects are numerous studies on the Austrian system of social housing and housing finance, housing profiles and housing market surveys on several CEE/SEE countries, a comprehensive new Housing Law for Romania or the implementation of a social rental housing sector in Montenegro. Dr. Amann is legally accredited expert for real estate, Associate Professor at FHW – University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, University of Applied Sciences, Wiener Neustadt, and at the Centre for Architecture, Construction and Environment at Donau-University, Krems, expert consultant for the Austrian Parliament, member of the UNECE “Real Estate Market Advisory Group (REM)” and (sub)coordinator of the working group „Legal aspects of building, land and planning“ of the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR). He holds the Decoration of Merit in Silver to the Republic of Austria. |
 Kamil Blažek, Chairman of the Steering Committee, Association for Foreign Investment, Czech Republic |
| Kamil Blažek is the chairman of the Association for Foreign Investment of the Czech Republic (AFI). AFI is a non-profit organization focusing on support of foreign investment and investors in the Czech Republic and promotion of the best practice in the Czech investment environment. AFI works closely together with Czech government, economy ministries and with the state investment promotion agency CzechInvest. Kamil is lawyer by background, partner with the international law firm Kinstellar, and heads their firm-wide Projects and infrastructure practice. Kamil has 20 years experience in advising clients across CEE, Russia and China in real estate, construction, energy and M@A. Kamil‘s real estate sector experience includes retail, residential, logistics, office and hotel transactions in development, permitting, construction, financing, operation and investment phases. Kamil speaks Czech, English, German and Russian. |
 Gernot Bleier, Consulting Manager, Reality Consult |
| Reality Consult is an international real estate and facility management consulting agency with a staff of 20 consultants and offices in Frankfurt and Vienna. Reality Consult works for more than 150 clients in Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe, specialising in strategy, organisation, controlling and IT. Reality Consult scores top marks with its team of experts consisting of business economists, facility managers, construction engineers, data processing professionals and architects who have worked on more than 400 projects to date to improve real estate productivity. Success speaks for itself: 98% of all projects were concluded successfully and the turnover for 2013 was 2 million Euros. |
 Alexander Bosak, MRICS, CEO, Bosak Real Estate Consulting GmbH |
| Alexander Bosak, MRICS, managing partner at Bosak Real Estate Consulting, has been working as an international real estate marketing experts since 1997. In early 2013, in addition to consulting large companies, he took on a research chair at the university of applied sciences in Vienna where he is busy researching into real estate markets in Vienna and promoting quality standards in the industry, amongst others. |
 Dr. Erhard Busek, former Vice Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, chairman of the board of IDM |
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Dr. Erhard Busek has been chairman of the board of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) since 1995. He held the office of Vice Chancellor of the Republic of Austria from 1991 to 1995, he was Federal Minister for Science and Research until 1994, followed by Federal Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs from 1994 to 1995. He was appointed government envoy for the EU enlargement to the east from 2000 to 2002 and from 2002 to 2008 served as Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. Erhard Busek has been coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) since 1996. He holds honorary doctorates from Cracow University of Mining and Metallurgy, the universities of Bratislava, Chernivtsi, Ruse, Brasov, Liberec and the Webster-St. Louis University in Vienna. He has received distinctions from Poland, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Romania and the Czech Republic and was awarded the Corvinus prize of the Europa Institut Budapest. He is honorary senator of the Medical University of Innsbruck. His publications primarily focus on Austria’s international role and cooperation with neighbouring countries to the east. Erhard Busek is honorary president of the European Forum Alpbach and a member of the board of trustees for the initiative “A Soul for Europe“. The IDM has been a think tank for more than 60 years, engaging in research for the Danube region and commitments in Central and South Eastern Europe. |
 Marcus Cieleback, Head of Research, Patrizia Immobilien AG, Germany |
| PATRIZIA, owner-operated and bank independent investor and service provider since 1984, covers the entire range of services for residential and commercial real estate. The company currently employs a staff of 700 and services real estate assets of more than 13 billion Euros, primarily as co-investor and portfolio manager for insurance companies, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and savings banks. Depending on investment and partner PATRIZIA aims at participations of up to 10%. PATRIZIA GewerbeInvest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, which is part of the company, issues special funds. PATRIZIA has established “Wohnmodul 1” to open its core business for third parties. PATRIZIA in cooperation with an institutional investor is issuing a real estate fund unique for Germany, which invests in projects with existing buildings and revitalisation, as well as project developments. Locations in Luxemburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris and London have been opened as part of the company becoming international. PATRIZIA currently invests in more than ten countries. |
 Adela Cristea, Development Director Central and Eastern Europe, Hilton Worldwide |
| The group established by Conrad Hilton in 1919 currently has well over 4,000 hotels and resorts with a total of 670,000 rooms in 90 countries. It incorporates 10 hotel brands, including luxury names, such as the Waldorf Astoria, as well as DoubleTree by Hilton as accommodation for business travellers and budget brands, such as Hampton by Hilton. Hilton operates four hotels in Austria. In July 2007 the Blackstone Group investors acquired the Hilton chain for 26 billion US$ (19 billion Euros). In December 2013 Hilton went public once again. Hilton shares were put on the market for 20 dollars each. 117.6 million shares were sold, approximately five million more than anticipated. |
 Denis Cupic, Director and Managing Partner, F.O. Development d.o.o., Croatia |
| F.O. Development holds thirteen years of experience in the field of project development and project management. Denis Cupic, CEO of F.O. Development, was responsible for major developments in Croatia: the development and construction of West Gate Shopping City as well as the development and construction of all infrastructure in the Shopping City Zagreb on an area of 100 ha. Further reference projects are: the Logistics and Distribution Center as well as the Shopping Center City Point in Varazdin, the Residential Project Banfica and the Shopping Center City Colosseum in Slavonski Brod. Denis Cupic is President of the Developers Association under the Croatian Employers Association (CEA) as well as member of the council of CEA. The Developers Association brings together all significant investors and developers in Croatia. Furthermore he is member of the commission in the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Croatia, as well as participant in various legislative workgroups in the field of investments and enviromental protection. |
 Martin Eberhardt, Spokesman of the Management, Bouwfonds Investment Management, Germany |
| Bouwfonds Investment Management was established in 2001 and constitutes part of the Rabo Real Estate Group, a key real estate company in Europe. Rabo Real Estate Group belongs to Rabobank Group, a cooperative bank and among the top 30 financial institutions worldwide. Rabo Real Estate Group focuses on the development of residential and commercial real estate, financing for real estate, as well as investment management activities for private and institutional investors. Bouwfonds Investment Management (Bouwfonds IM) is the line of business responsible for real asset investment solutions at Rabo Real Estate Group, offering investment opportunities in the following five sectors: commercial, residential and multi-storey car park real estate, communications infrastructure and farmland. The total value of its portfolio amounts to € 5.9 billion, with a clear focus on management of commercial and residential real estate where approximately 80% of the portfolio are currently invested. In 2005 Bouwfonds IM was the first asset manager to put a fund on the market for investments in multi-storey car parks only. The portfolio has since reached € 400 million. Martin Eberhardt is member of the management at Bouwfonds IM, chairman of the board at RICS Germany and honorary member of the board at BFW Nord (federal association of independent real estate and housing companies e.V.). |
 Martin Erbe, Head of International Real Estate Finance for Continental Europe, Helaba Landesbank Hesse-Thuringia, Frankfurt am Main |
| Helaba belongs to the German savings bank network. Based at the bank’s Frankfurt headquarter Martin Erbe manages the origination for Central Europe, the Nordics and Benelux. He has worked on a wide range of financing transactions in the past and has more than 19 years of real estate experience in the European markets. Helaba currently manages a loan book of around EUR 33 bn in commercial real estate, almost half of this amount representing the bank’s international business in Europe and the US. Helaba’s relationship-oriented strategy remained unchanged during the crisis and is consistently directed towards its target markets. |
 Miodrag Gazibara, Director of Sales and Leasing, Delta Real Estate, Serbia |
| Miodrag Gazibara joined Delta Real Estate in 2008 where he currently holds the position of Director of Sales and Leasing. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Winona State University with a double major in Marketing and Production & Operations Management. After graduation, Miodrag joined a privately-owned real estate company in Chicago where he worked in commercial and residential real estate for a period of 5 years. Upon his return to Belgrade, he joined Colliers International as the Director of Retail where he consulted clients on numerous projects, including both Delta City shopping malls. At Delta Real Estate Miodrag is in charge of setting up leasing strategy for all future developments, deciding on concept design and positioning for each project, valuations, and asset disposal. Delta Real Estate’s portfolio of developments will include large-scale projects such as Delta Planet for which Miodrag and his team will have a key role in strategic decision making. |
 Dr. Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy |
| Johannes Hahn has been a member of the European Commission since 2010 and before that held the office of Federal Minister for Science and Research in Austria. As EU Commissioner for Regional Policy he is responsible for an annual budget of approximately 50 billion Euros. One in three Euros in the EU budget, in fact, are handled by his department. 170 million Europeans, i.e. one in three, live in areas dependent on the Structural and the Cohesion Funds, as well as various other funds. EU Regional Policy means investment policy that promotes jobs, competitiveness and economic growth, while improving the quality of life and supporting sustainable development. Investments in these areas are a contribution to implementing the strategy Europe 2020. The EU has pledged to invest approximately 361 billion Euros in the regions between 2014 and 2020. Hahn is proud to have reformed infrastructure-oriented subsidies into real economic promotion with investments in the future. |
 Philipp Kaufmann, Founding President of ÖGNI (Austrian Sustainable Building Council) |
| For several years already the Austrian Sustainable Building Council has been playing a major role in the paradigm shift towards sustainability in construction and real estate. 300 market leaders in the sector have signed up as members to date. They are committed to minimising environmental impacts while maximising economic and socio-cultural qualities. Process optimisation first tackled the issues of corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and compliance management. With the codes prepared in the course it is now possible to be certified for ethical conduct |
 Dr. Andrea Kdolsky, Managing Director Life Sciences, Healthcare Services & Pharmaceuticals, PwC, former Health Minister, Austria |
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Andrea Kdolsky has been head of healthcare at PricewaterhouseCoopers Austria since 2009. The department is showing some of the biggest growth potential with PwC worldwide. Andrea Kdolsy is passionate about modernising and reforming healthcare. As a trained physician specialised in anaesthesiology, intensive care and pain therapy she has all the medical background required. From January 2007 to December 2008 Andrea Kdolsky held the office of Federal Minister for Health and Women’s Issues respectively Federal Minister for Health, Family and Youth. PricewaterhouseCoopers is the world’s leading organisation for professional services with a staff of 155,000 in 153 countries. |
 Peter Kollermann, CEO, PFK+Partner, Austria |
| Peter Kollermann is auditor, tax advisor, associate and CEO of the tax consultancy and auditing company PFK+Partner Steuerberatungs- und Wirtschaftsprüfungs-GmbH & Co KG, founded in 2005. His office is specialised for clients coming from healthcare business. He is certified expert in reorganization and legal structures and act as partner during complex restructuring transactions. Therefore he will always find answers for the best way of legal forms. |
 Leopold Kühmayer, Tax Advisor & Partner, TPA Horwath, Austria |
| Leopold Kühmayer, Tax advisor & Partner, TPA Horwath, Austria TPA Horwath offers the full range of tax consulting, accounting, balancing, auditing and business consulting services for different branches and service providers. TPA Horwath Group is among the leading consulting companies for Central and South Eastern Europe with locations in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary and continues to expand further. TPA Horwath is a member of the international network Crowe Horwath International, a global association of legally self-governing and independent tax consultants, auditors and business consultants. The network has 191 members with 680 offices in more than 100 countries and approximately 29,400 employees. |
 Wolfgang G. Lunardon, Member of the Board, Chief Investment Officer, REICO investiční společnost České spořitelny, a.s., Czech Republic |
| Lunardon is regarded an expert in matters of organisation and operational business for real estate companies in Central and Eastern Europe. He is responsible, amongst others, for the urban development project River City Prague, which to this day is setting standards in architecture and structural quality, as well as energy and cost efficiency. Two of the buildings developed there, the Danube House and Amazon Court, were awarded the “Best Future Office Building“ prize at MIPIM in Cannes. Reico is a 100% subsidiary of Tschechische Sparkasse (ERSTE Group). Its aim is to promote quality services in the field of investments and asset management in capital markets. REICO currently manages approximately 10 billion CZK. |
 Fritz Mostböck, Head of Research, Erste Group, Austria |
| Since 1996 Mr. Mostböck has been Head of Group Research of Erste Group Bank AG where he is in charge of macro-economic, fixed income and equity research in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, and Austria. His division is responsible for the definition of the investment strategy, providing the input for the asset allocation of Erste Group in the three large currency blocks (US dollar, euro, yen). Mr. Mostböck has years of experience in interacting with global institutional investors, especially those with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In his previous position as local Head of Research within the Bayerische Vereinsbank group he was in charge of the Austrian research team (macro/ fixed income and equities), covering Austria and CEE. He has been a board member of the ÖVFA (Austrian Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management) as well as of EFFAS (The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies), where he is chairman in the area of environmental, social, and governance issues. Fritz is author of numerous books and articles where he focuses on capital markets in Central and Eastern Europe, corporate governance and corporate responsibility. |
 German Moyzhes, Managing Director Germany, AVERS Group, Russia |
| Since 2008, German Moyzhes has been managing director of the Russian auditing and consulting company AVERS Group in Cologne. His main responsibility is property and company assessments as well as consultation for private investors and companies from Germany regarding investments in Russia and vice versa. The AVERS Group offers comprehensive support for opening up new markets, setting up and taking over companies in Russia, carrying property development and transactions, as well as initiating business contacts and implementing projects for Russian private and state clients. Having more than 200 specialists and 800 customers per annum, the company is among the leading auditing and consulting companies in the Russian Federation, Europe's biggest developing market. |
 Peter Pecník, Head of Financing HB REAVIS Slovakia a.s. |
| Based in Bratislava, Peter Pecník manages debt financing activities of HB Reavis in all of its countries of operation. Peter has more than 17-years’ experience in commercial banking, financial advisory and finance raising, mainly in Central Europe. Prior to joining HB Reavis in 2008, Peter worked with Deloitte, EBRD and Tatra banka (RZB subsidiary in Slovakia). Established in 1993, HB Reavis is one of the largest commercial property developers originating from Central Europe, currently active in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, United Kingdom and Turkey. HB Reavis is active in the office, commercial and logistics real estate segments, having delivered total leasable space exceeding 670,000 square meters. It currently manages and develops assets of more than EUR 1.5 billion and maintains strong financial position with more than EUR 880 million in net asset value. |
 Alexander Petritz, CEO, Institute for Structured Development (ISD) |
| Architect and urban planner Alexander Petritz has his focus on South Eastern Europe, yet in the past he has also developed major hotel and tourism projects in Vienna. In 2001 he established the Institute for Structured Development. Between 2009 and 2013 the ISD generated an overall volume of approximately 90 million Euros through project development and planning for infrastructure projects. For ten years Petritz held the office of coordinator for reconstruction and development in former Yugoslavia delegated by the Federal Republic of Austria, with business focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina and later Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo too. He teaches at the Technical University of Vienna, the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, as well as at the universities of Sarajevo and Rijeka. He has written several publications on regional development, urban planning and real estate development. |
 Daniel Riedl, CEO, BUWOG Group |
| Daniel Riedl holds a degree in commercial sciences and is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. In early 2014 he was made CEO of the BUWOG Group, Austria’s leading full line supplier in matters of residential real estate. The group has been in the business for approximately 60 years and following a major acquisition in Germany announced in February 2014 is also one of the main players on the German market. In total the BUWOG Group handles a quality portfolio of roughly 54,000 apartments, half of them in Austria and the other half in Germany. |
 Rupert Simoner, Senior Vice President Europe, Kempinski |
| Rupert Simoner has been managing Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains in St. Moritz since 2004. Born in Austria he launched his hotel career Marco Polo Hotels in 1989, he then joined Hilton and has been working for Kempinski Hotels since 1995. In 2010 he became partners in Almdorf Seinerzeit in Carinthia. In the course of his career he spent time in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and Africa before moving back to Europe. Kempinski Hotels is Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group. Looking back on more than 110 years of hotel tradition it offers its guests top quality and exclusive tailor-made services across the globe. Kempinski was awarded the Best Brands Award 2011 in recognitions of this fact. The group operates more than 70 luxury hotels in 30 countries and is seeking to expand further. |
 Christoph Salzer, Regional Director, Authorised Signatory, Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs AG |
| Die Warimpex ist einer der größten Hotelinvestoren in CEE. Kerngeschäft ist die Errichtung und der Betrieb von Hotels in Zentral- und Osteuropa. Warimpex entwickelt und investiert in Tschechien, Polen, Ungarn, Rumänien, Frankreich, Deutschland und Russland mit der Strategie, in weitere Länder in Zentral- und Osteuropa zu expandieren. Abgesehen von der Streuung nach Regionen diversifiziert sich das Portfolio auch nach Hotelklassen (Luxus-, Business und Budget-Hotels) sowie Hotelmarken, darunter auch die eigenen Marken „angelo“ und „andel's“ aus dem Vier-Sterne-Segment. Zu den aktuellen Projekten gehören u.a. die Airport City St. Petersburg wie auch das Multidevelopment in Krakau. |
 Martin Schlichting, Head International Real Estate Clients, Erste Group Immorent, Vienna |
| Martin Schlichting is a Managing Director of Erste Group Immorent based in Vienna and responsible for the coverage of International Real Estate clients with a strong focus on the CEE/SEE region. Apart from Austria, his team’s market coverage includes Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Hungary. He is active in CEE property lending for more than 15 years. Erste Group Immorent is the Erste Group specialist for real estate and infrastructure financing as well as property development, construction services and real estate investment. The activities cover the full range of financing solutions and services across the entire real estate value chain. |
 Heini Staudinger, Managing Director, GEA-Schuhmanufaktur und Waldviertler Werkstatt, Schrems, Österreich |
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Heini Staudinger is managing director of both, GEA-Schuhmanufaktur und Waldviertler Werkstatt, the latter being the manufacturing place of a foot ware range of the same name. Heini Staudinger opened his first shoe shop in Vienna in 1980. Several years later he decided to support the economically weak Waldviertel region in Lower Austria, which boasts a longstanding tradition of leather processing and manufacturing. In 1984 he opened the new Waldviertler Schuhwerkstatt, which was based on autonomous administration and manufactures in accordance with traditional methods. In doing so, he created new jobs, the number of which is constantly increasing. Currently, 160 employees work at Waldviertler Werkstatt. Since 2008, the turnover of Waldviertler Werkstatt has tripled from 5 to 15 million Euros; it increased by 44 percent in 2013. The products are sold both online and in more than 20 shops currently, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. |
 Andreas Thamm, Director Development, IMMOFINANZ AG |
| Andreas Thamm became head of the commercial development department in June 2013 and is now responsible for property development in the office, retail and logistics segments as well as for special projects. Before joining Immofinanz he held various executive positions within the Metro group; amongst these he was managing director of Metro Group Asset Management in Russia and managed Metro Properties in Poland for three years. Subsequently he became head of Metro Properties Eastern European Region and was responsible for construction and administration in twelve countries. The IMMOFINANZ Group has been active in real estate for 20 years and is regarded as one of the leading listed real estate investors and developers in Europe. Its portfolio covers the four key segments of retail, offices, logistics and residential and comprises more than 1,500 existing properties in eight core countries. |
 Dr. Daniel Thorniley, President of DT-Global Business Consulting and Co-Founder of CEEMEA Business Group |
| Daniel Thorniley is president of DT-Global Business Consulting based in Vienna. He works with some 230 key clients on business strategy in CEEMEA, global and emerging markets. Daniel Thorniley is co-founder of CEEMEA Business Group corporate services engaged in consulting managers in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, amongst others. For 23 years (until the closure of the Vienna office) Daniel Thorniley was Senior VP at The Economist Group, Vienna on global corporate business trends, with specialisation in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), USA, Europe and emerging markets. He has worked on a personal basis with 260 companies operating in emerging markets for 23 years and has personal contacts with most senior western MNCs operating in the CEEMEA region and beyond. Daniel Thorniley is exceptionally able in global business strategies and has practical knowledge of operational business, investment and personnel issues. He studied in Oxford and continues to give speeches both there and the world over. He is appreciated as a charismatic speaker and author. |
 Srdjan Vujicic, Director of Real Estate Operations, Coreside, Serbia |
| Coreside is a real estate and financial advisory company with a wide range of services, including negotiations for lease or sale of residential, commercial and industrial real estate, assessment of real estate and housing complexes, development and management of hotels, management of real estate portfolios, as well as consultancy for construction projects, amongst others. Coreside is a member of the Savills L&P Group. Savills has established an international network with more than 500 branches in America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. It is the leading British agency with an annual turnover of 1 billion Euros. |
 Friedrich Wachernig, Member of the Board, S IMMO AG |
| S IMMO AG operates in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania. Its diversified portfolio includes residential, office and retail space, as well as hotels. S IMMO AG was the first Austrian real estate company to be listed at the Vienna Stock Exchange in 1987. Its portfolio consists of 213 properties (as at 30 September 2013) with a market value of 1,794.9 million Euros. The occupancy rate is 89.6 %. S IMMO AG attaches great importance to prime locations in the European Union. Projects completed include the shopping centres Serdika Center in Bulgaria and Sun Plaza in Romania, as well as the Austria Trend Hotel in Bratislava and the Business Center Galvaniho in the Slovak Republic, amongst others. Current S IMMO AG projects include the Quartier Belvedere in Vienna, which is to cover approximately 25 hectares. Four billion Euros will be invested in the new Vienna Main Station in the coming years. |
 IIlja Veselov, Director of the Agency for Regional Development of Kaluga Region |
| Ilja Veselov is Director of the Agency for Regional Development of Kaluga Region. Kaluga Region is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). In recent years Kaluga has become one of the centers of the Russian automotive industry, with a number of foreign companies opening assembly plants in the area. Major international corporations, including Volkswagen, Volvo, Renault, Peugeot, Citroen are producing cars and trucks in Kaluga already since 2007. Other companies present in Kaluga Region comprise Mitsubishi, GE, Samsung, Continental, and Berlin-Chemie/Menarini. Potential projects are developed like the Lyudinovo special economic zone, the Verzikovo industrial park, the Nano-Tech-Center in Obninsk, and Grabtsevo and Yermolino airports that are currently undergoing modernization. In 2013 Kaluga Region won the nomination “Regions with Minimal Investment Risks” and joined the group of regions with “high investment attractiveness” in the rating of the National Rating Agency. |
 Stefan Wundrak, Head of European Research, TIAA Henderson Real Estate, London |
| At TIAA Henderson Real Estate, the German analyst is responsible for strategy and research in Germany, Austria, Italy, Scandinavia and CEE. TIAA Henderson Real Estate is the result of the merger of TIAA and Henderson Global Investors in April 2014. Besides investments in the USA, the new company TIAA Henderson Real Estate also looks after TIAA-CREF’s European real estate business, as well as the European and Asia-Pacific portfolio of Henderson Global Investors. The co-managed property assets amount to about 50 billion Euro. TIAA Henderson Global Investors holds investments in 19 countries worldwide, including Germany, Austria and Poland. Currently the company is about to introduce a new fund for specialised retail parks in the Czech Republic and Poland. TIAA Henderson Real Estate is constantly looking for suitable properties to purchase. Stefan Wundrak has been working for Henderson Global Investors in London for many years. |
