Michele has been working with Bayfield training over the last 15 years. With her valuation background, an interest in spreadsheets and a love of helping people she considers training with Bayfield to have been a lucky find for her.
Michele gained her degree and worked mainly in valuation roles in two London based property companies. Having qualified as a chartered surveyor and had six years in practice, she took a year out and travelled around South America. On returning home, she decided to move into the IT support and training side of surveying. She enjoys the continual learning that comes with teaching and the ability to apply her property knowledge to the class room.
Being lucky enough to work part-time, Michele has the space to run around after her daughters, walk the dog and sometimes even get to the allotment.

Ross is a real estate investment consultant, engaging with clients on short to medium term work contracts to assist with the analysis of both debt and equity real estate investment opportunities. His work primarily involves building financial models in Microsoft Excel, analysing deal economics, returns and sensitives, preparing cash flows and financials, investment memoranda and underwriting materials for clients.

From an initial educational background in structural engineering from Rice University, Ross also holds a masters degree in finance and investment from Durham University. Prior to working as a consultant, Ross worked for a number of years as a senior analyst and associate within the real estate investment banking and private equity space, working across a range of equity sales and debt financings. Ross has worked across various asset classes including urban logistics, big box logistics, student housing, hotels, office and retail, covering both operational and development opportunities.

Marvin is Co-Founder of BlueHill. The company was founded in 2019 and is a privately owned real estate investment, valuation and advisory firm. The primary focus is on opportunistic real estate investments in Germany. As part of the valuation and advisory business, BlueHill supports investors on real estate transactions (due diligence, modelling, valuation etc.).

Before founding BlueHill, Marvin worked for Goldman Sachs and Tishman Speyer in Frankfurt. He has a bachelor’s degree in International Real Estate Management.

Malcolm has 20 years of experience in real estate data, modelling and risk management techniques. He founded Real Estate Strategies in 2013, an independent management owned business that provides high quality forecasts, research and strategic consulting on the European real estate market. Prior to Real Estate Strategies, Malcolm was Director of Research at IPD.

Andri is a financial modelling consultant who focuses on the performance of private equity real estate. From a corporate finance background in a Fortune 500 company, Andri uses his financial modelling skills to solve real estate problematic.

For over 5 years, he performed the financial models for multiple asset classes (office, retail, hotels) across multiple geographies (France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg). He supported investment funds as well as family offices. In his last role, he was managing the end-to-end transaction process for a multi family office located in Luxembourg.
Andri advises on all the financial and structuring aspects of a transaction. He also provides portfolio modelling to help benchmark performance and set up financial information for fund raising process.

Further to his advisory role, Andri is working towards a PhD at the University of Cergy Pontoise in France to hone his quantitative skills. His area of focus is the reapplication of private equity metrics such as public market equivalent and tracking error to the measure of real estate private equity performance.

Rodolfo Mariano is an accomplished private equity real estate professional with 11 years of experience working on Pan-European investment projects resulting in over €2.5 billion of closed deals. He delivers powerful financial modelling solutions devoted to investment opportunities and investment management decisions. He has worked at renowned firms, such as Cerberus Capital Management (London), Prologis (Paris) or WeWork (Berlin). He started his career in Paris, analysing private debt real estate investments at ING. He holds the Master of Science in Management degree from the Grande École programme at HEC Paris with an orientation in real estate, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish, and intermediate in German.

Alex has been involved in research and transactions in the listed property sector for over 30 years. His career has encompassed sell side research, corporate broking, investment banking and private equity. He has written articles for numerous professional publications and is a regular speaker at conferences globally.

He is a member of the EPRA Research Committee and was Chairman of the IPF Research Steering Group which sponsored the report on Real Estate Allocations within DC Pension Schemes in the UK. He is Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Investec Global Real Estate Securities Fund, which he has been involved with since inception, and In January 2015 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at Henley Business School, University of Reading.

Lanre is a Director at Trillium Real Estate Partners, a Nigerian real estate services firm and an affiliate of Jones Lang LaSalle(JLL). He joined JLL in 2018. He was responsible for delivering the whole suite of JLL’s services to occupiers, developers, and investors within West Africa.

Lanre has led several tenant representation processes for multinational firms. He also has 14 years of experience in the capital markets (across the EMEA region) and has spent the last 8 years structuring, executing, and financing real estate transactions in West Africa.

He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and holds a MPhil in Real Estate Finance from the University of Cambridge.

Nigel is a Partner at PwC within their Deals business. He specialises in deal modelling and analytics where he leads a team of over 100. Nigel has more than 25 years of deep analytical, modelling and commercial experience supporting the sale, acquisition and value creation of a wide range of businesses including the real estate sector. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a M.A. in Chemistry from the University of Oxford.

David is an experienced professional in Real Estate Financial modelling.  He has worked as an Investment Associate at the North American Real Estate fund Hines in Madrid, responsible for acquisitions in Spain and Portugal across all asset classes, including residential, office, logistics, and student housing. Prior to joining Hines, he worked in the Investment Department of the Spanish REIT (SOCIMI) ELIX, where he not only handled acquisitions but was also in charge of building some of the fund’s investment models from scratch. Additionally, David was part of the Corporate Finance Group of Colliers, one of the leading Real Estate Consulting firms worldwide

Mattew is a Partner at Knight Frank Valuation & Advisory with over 15 years of experience in the real estate industry. A member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a RICS Registered Valuer, Matthew specialises in the valuation of assets across various sectors, including residuals and development appraisals. Matthew also has a keen interest in the Prime Investment Yield Guide and Out of Town rental values. Throughout his career, Matthew has worked with esteemed clients such as abrdn, AEW, Aviva Investors, LGIM, and Swiss Life. Prior to roles include Commercial Valuations at Colliers in Dubai, Head of Residential Valuations at Cavendish Maxwell in Dubai, and General Practice Surveyor at Wilks Head & Eve LLP.  Matthew holds an MSc in Real Estate from UCEM, which he obtained in 2011.

Antony has been developing online services and products within the commercial real estate sector since 1995, when he launched the first commercial property website in the UK. For 12 years he designed, developed and hosted the UK and European websites for a major real estate advisor, and in 2001 launched the Property Management and Building community service vicinitee.com as a joint venture with Broadgate Estates, the property management arm of British Land. Vicinitee works with office and shopping centre owners across the UK and Europe. Today Antony consults on how technology is impacting real estate, and the digital strategies needed to adjust to this new market. He also write a regular column in the Estates Gazette.

A Professor of Retail Studies and Head of the Stirling Graduate School at the University of Stirling. He was a geography undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, and completed his Ph.D. on retail employment at the University of Wales. He is well-known for his research into aspects of retailing. He has authored and edited a number of books, has published over 125 refereed journal articles as well as many practitioner, trade and newspaper pieces and runs a Scottish retailing blog.

I have been a footfall industry professional for the best part of 20 years and have an in depth understanding of all technologies used for the counting and tracking of footfall. By combining this expertise with my knowledge of the Retail & Real Estate Industries I am able to offer my clients real insight on performance and productivity through the delivery and analysis of industry specific Key Performance Indicators.

PFM Footfall Intelligence offer systems to count and track people movement in any indoor or outdoor situation. The information provided supports our clients in making key operational and strategic decisions. Whether you operate an individual outlet, a retail chain or an entire shopping centre, PFM can supply a total package to answer every requirement.

Mark is a long-standing journalist, speaker and consultant specialising in global retail and retail real estate strategies, with a particular focus on retailers’ changing requirements for stores against an omni-channel backdrop.

Mark is editor of weekly European investment title Retail Property Analyst, editor of the publications produced by Europe’s biggest retail property event – MAPIC – and the high level retail summit World Retail Congress.

He contributes regularly to a range of business and retail publications including the Economist Intelligence Unit, Design:Retail, Retail Week, Estates Gazette, Stores + Shops and FTSE Global Markets.

He also speaks regularly at events around the world, with engagements including briefings in Sydney, Melbourne, New York and London, the World Retail Congress in Paris, MAPIC in Cannes and the South African Council of Shopping Centres in Johannesburg.

Audra is a Corporate Trainer and Experientialist, Speaker, Turn-around Artist, Consultant and Coach in such areas as retail, residential, property, hotels, media and construction. Audra’s passion is hospitality and property, whether launching new properties or being part of turn-around projects. One such mixed-use scheme was a distressed, open-air shopping centre in Atlanta, where she and the top team turned it around within 18 months, starting with the safety and security team, who became ‘Hospitality Hero’s’; making it the 2nd most tweeted retail spot in the US. It became the 1st shopping centre to win 4 gold’s and 1 silver in the MAXI awards in the US in 2012.

Audra has been on the Committee for The Retail Trust since 2013 and is particularly focused on customer experience around strategy, service, hospitality and branding for her clients. She immerses herself in her client’s environment, mystery shops globally and gains commissions by capturing the client’s unique DNA and differences, then designs that into the fabric of the learning and development programmes. Audra observes her clients’ people, personalities, and their and working styles, bringing about awareness, recovery and then revenues for all parties, through experiential learning and practice.

Ronald is currently managing Analytics and Academic Partnerships department at Local Data Company. He joined LDC in 2014 having completed a postgraduate Masters in Business Analytics with Distinction. He works closely with clients and the media in the delivery of bespoke reports and analysis along with integration and modelling of client and third party data. Ronald is also academic liaison for seven partner universities and also helps over 30 students a year. In his spare time Ronald contributes to real estate developments in East Africa and also plays football to a frighteningly high standard

Throughout her 15-year career, seven of which have been focused directly in environmental impact, Carol Wakelin has been instrument in securing and implementing changes to deliver best practice and industry leading standards. Carol has embedded a culture of energy management and environmental responsibility in those around her and changed and shaped attitudes towards waste management and energy consumption. Most recently, Carol achieved the new ISO 14001:2015 in just four months, securing Queensgate as one of the first shopping centres in the UK to achieved this new standard.

Clive was formerly the Chairman and Founder of SCG International. A qualified architect and branding specialist, he has extensive international experience across a wide range of different markets including real estate, workplace, retail, leisure and banking sectors. For a number of clients he acts as trusted advisor, playing a wider strategic role that spans a variety of disciplines and responsibilities.

His involvement in complex projects where different interests come together, gives him a particular understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing real estate developments. He has worked extensively internationally and in the UK, including Russia and Eastern Europe with local and international developers including Millhouse, AIM Property Development, Corporation AND, Centrumveckling and AEG.

He has also worked on real estate projects in the Middle East, Turkey and India. He has a special interest in the creation of effective place brands to achieve a synergy of environment design and architecture with marketing and communications to achieve unique shopping and leisure destinations.

Clive has a worldwide reputation as a well established conference speaker, author and writer and is a regular contributor to his own blog www.clivewoodger.com

Anthony Banfield is a chartered surveyor who has many years experience from working in local government, private practice, for property companies and in academia. He has been a member of the ICSC for the last eight years and was a member of the BCSC from 1999 to 2010. Anthony revised, edited and contributed to the current edition of Stapletons Real Estate Management Practice as well as being involve in the preparation of Parry’s Valuation Tables. He has authored the last two editions of A valuer’s guide to the Red Book for RICS, and is a contributor to iSurv.

Nelia currently works at Local Data Company (LDC) as Relationship Manager. She joined LDC having previously worked at IBM, and works with Institutional Investors, Private Equity, Banks, Landlords and Developers. She received her Certificate in Investment Management in 2014. Nelia has developed a strong understanding of a wide variety of investment strategies along with the threats and opportunities investors face in such a fast changing occupational market.

Tony Longstaff has spent much of the last 20 years working in the industry mostly involved in the development of the centre:mk Milton Keynes- one of the largest and most successful shopping centres. The has lectured with the ICSC over the past 13 years at their European summer schools and also with them in Dubai, Kiev & Istanbul and brings a broader perspective on the issues of marketing and shopping centres in general to this program.

Katarzyna is Qualified Polish Valuer and a Chartered Surveyor (Member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). She holds a master’s degree in economics from the Warsaw School of Economics and an MSc, Property Appraisal and Management from Sheffield Hallam University. She has also completed postgraduate studies in real estate valuation at the Warsaw University of Technology. Katarzyna has gained over 11 years of property experience as a valuer, property consultant and market analyst. She has been engaged in over 500 valuations and related projects across all property sectors including retail, offices, warehousing, hotels and residential across Poland, including property portfolios owned by Polish and international investment funds. The values of the properties valued total to over 5 000 Million Euros. She has an expertise in undertaking development appraisals and development land valuations.

Richard is Founding Principal of The Monomoy Company, a strategy firm for the built environment. The Monomoy Company’s mission is to help clients successfully merge environmental and business performance by transforming and leveraging their approach to sustainability.
Richard helped deliver the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) landmark report on health, wellbeing and productivity in offices. He has been retained by WorldGBC to develop workstreams and strategic partnerships for the Better Places for People campaign. He led the team that recently published the global report entitled Heath, Wellbeing & Productivity in Retail: The Impact of Green Buildings on People and Profit.

Richard is currently piloting projects with leading global companies and organisations to understand the intersection of sustainability and technology and its implications for the real estate industry.

Joseph Leftwich is a British retail consultant with extensive experience of helping retailers and brands to grow their businesses at home and overseas. With a global client-base representing the full spectrum of retailing – product designers, retailers, tech firms, mall owners, and investors & entrepreneurs of all sorts – he and his colleagues at Retail Management Consultants offer professionally-managed expansion services into global markets. Joseph brokers the joint ventures and franchises that enable retailers to expand into new markets. And having concluded deals this year that will see the opening of 100+ stores across 13 countries – including Libya, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong – he plays a crucial role in enabling mall owners to add exciting new brands to their tenant mix. A graduate of Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland), Joseph worked with the British Government before joining Retail Management Consultants in 2005.

James Naftalin is a real estate professional currently focusing on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the real estate industry. As an independent consultant, he specialises in:

• The development of AI-based solutions for real estate analysis and decision-making.
• The creation of customised automated reporting systems and the implementation of advanced data management strategies for property portfolios.
• This work draws on more than 20 years’ experience in various aspects of real estate, including valuation, development, acquisitions and fund management.

Key professional experience :

• 813 Development (2019-2023): Applied data-driven approaches to real estate, developing modelling tools for analysing acquisitions of office buildings for conversion into Coliving residences.
• Crédit Foncier Immobilier (2016-2019): Held the position of Director of International Appraisals where he began exploring the potential of advanced statistical techniques in appraisals.
• European Valuers Alliance (EVA): Founded and chairs this network of 8 valuation firms, covering 11 European markets.
• Grosvenor Fund Management : Portfolio manager for Core and Core + funds
• SEGRO : European Business Development Manager

Peter has over 25 years’ experience as a technology business consulting professional, constantly at the cutting edge of industry developments. Previous consulting roles in technology for manufacturing, oil & gas, print & newspapers, defence and National Scientific Research mean that Peter has worked on a wide range of exciting projects; helicopter simulators, national real-time planetariums for the Beijing Olympics, movie production and special effects, and Fluid Dynamic systems for various F1 teams to name a few of the wide gamut of projects.

Peter graduated from Ashridge Management College with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and is currently President of Ipsos Retail Performance, providing advice, data and analysis to retailers and public spaces around the world, with a wide range of leading and prestigious brands.

Working at a strategic level with a number of clients, Peter leads the development of services and business consulting for non-invasive techniques, including people metrics in shopping centres and public spaces, utilising people counting through traditional cameras, Wi-Fi tracking, Customer Journey management and behavioural studies. Each with the soul aim of moving the needle for the client.Retail and public space innovation is at the core of the business with recent examples including the creation of ‘Real Time’ occupancy counting for London’s Sky Garden and an in-store app to assist store staff understand their data at a glance. Principles within the business are driven around client quality and service, something which Peter is passionate about, and Ipsos Retail Performance is uniquely underpinned by ISO standards 9001; 20252 and 27001.

Peter has successfully grown Ipsos Retail Performance’s deployment to over 50+ countries in last 5 years and is passionate about continuing to work closely with clients on their journey.

Dr Tim Denison is a regular commentator, broadcaster and conference speaker on retail matters, particularly those related to behavioural issues.
Trained formally as a social scientist and a marketer, Tim has worked for Ipsos Retail Performance since it was established over 28 years ago, and he is now regarded as one of the world’s leading retail psychologists.

His primary role is in helping retailers to understand better how their customers shop their stores and why they behave the way that they do, using Ipsos’ unique set of measurement and research tools.

Before joining Ipsos Retail Performance, Tim managed the Institute for Advanced Research in Marketing at Cranfield School of Management in the UK, where he specialised in retail and branding issues, working on key research and policy initiatives on behalf of organisations such as the European Commission, BP and BT.

He is also a co-founder of the KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT).