Management Board

With Generali since 2005, Alberto Agazzi currently serves as Head of Generali Real Estate International, overseeing the real estate investment and portfolio management activities in the USA, UK and APAC markets.

Prior to this role, he served for nine years as CEO and General Manager at Generali Real Estate SGR, managing the Pan European fund management activities with an AUM in excess of €15 billion. 

Alberto joined Generali from Mediobanca, where he worked in the Real Estate Advisory team. He began his career in Milan with an engineering company as Project Manager.

A profound expert in the international real estate markets, over the years he served on the Board of Directors of several real estate private companies.

He received an undergraduate degree in Building Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from SDA Bocconi.

Alberto is Deputy Chairman of Assoimmobiliare, the Italian real estate association. 

Amilcar Grot is a Senior Portfolio Manager at a.s.r. real assets investment partners, focusing on real asset investment strategies and portfolio management.

Previously, Amilcar was Senior Portfolio Manager Real Estate at Achmea Investment Management, responsible for the indirect real estate portfolio and separate managed accounts. Before that, he managed the global real estate portfolio for the KLM pension funds at Blue Sky Group.

Amilcar has extensive international real estate investment experience and a strong track record in real estate portfolio management. He is currently a member of the Management Board of INREV and has previously served on the AFIRE Board, chaired the INREV Due Diligence Committee, and been a member of the INREV Investor Advisory Council.

He holds an MBA from London Business School and is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.

Dennis Lopez joined QuadReal as CEO in June 2017. QuadReal is a global real estate investment, operating and development company, with assets under management of $98 billion. His mandate is to create a market leading, global real estate investment firm that delivers strong performance and responsible management to its stakeholders. 

Dennis has been actively involved in real estate for over 30 years and has worked in the Americas, Asia and Europe. He has significant experience in real estate M&A, acquisitions, lending, developments and capital fundraising in both the public and private markets. Prior to joining QuadReal, Dennis was CIO of AXA IM – Real Assets, the fifth largest global real estate investment manager, based in Paris. In his combined roles at QuadReal and Axa, he has approved over $100 billion of acquisitions and loans. 

Previously, he served as the CEO of SUN Real Estate Group, a private equity firm based in Delhi and Moscow. He was Global Head of Real Estate at Cambridge Place, a London based hedge fund. And he was Managing Director and European Head of Real Estate Investment Banking at JP Morgan in London. 

Dennis is currently a board member of Welltower (NYSE: WELL), CA Student Living, and T5 Data Centers. He is also a board member of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE). Previously, he was a board member of American Campus Communities (NYSE: ACC), Homex (NYSE: HMX), Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors, the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and Co-Chairman of the Capital Markets Committee at The Real Estate Roundtable. 

He holds a BA from California State University Long Beach and an MBA from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Dennis is based in Vancouver, Canada, at QuadReal’s head office.

Jerome Berenz has 25 years of experience in investment management. He joined Allianz Real Estate—now PIMCO Prime Real Estate—in 2007 and has since held several senior roles across finance and risk management. 

He has been serving as Head of Indirect Investments since 2017 and, as a member of the senior leadership team, is involved in initiating and supporting cross‑platform strategic initiatives. 

Jerome is a CFA charterholder and holds a Master of Finance as well as a DESS in Telecommunications from Université Paris‑Dauphine.

John is Global Co-Head of Real Estate at BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts, the alternative investments platform of BNP Paribas Asset Management. BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts (“BNPP AM Alts”) is the largest alternatives asset manager in Europe and a global leader, with approximately €300 billion in assets under management across Real Estate, Infrastructure, Alternative Credit and Private Equity. 

As Global Co-Head of Real Estate, John’s responsibilities include overseeing the sourcing, selection and management of real estate investments. John serves as Chair of the Real Estate Investment Committee and Strategic Investment Committee, a key forum for setting investment strategy and sector convictions. He is a member of the Management Board of BNPP AM Alts.

John joined BNPP AM Alts (formerly “AXA IM Alts”, which later became BNPP AM Alts following the acquisition of AXA IM by BNP Paribas in July 2025) in 2018, from global real estate advisory services firm JLL, where he was CEO of Corporate Finance and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for the EMEA region since 2014. Prior to JLL, John spent eight years at Deutsche Bank where, having joined as an Associate in 2006, he was promoted through to EMEA Head of Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging M&A. John joined Deutsche after four years in the EMEA Real Estate Investment Banking team at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

John has over 23 years of experience in the international real estate investment banking and advisory industry.

Keith is a founding Partner and Managing Partner of ATOZ. 

A tax professional since 1988, Keith has experience in advising international groups on the design and implementation of global tax strategies. He was instrumental in designing pan european RE fund structures that are widely used today. He is actively involved in several key tax international bodies. Keith is chairman of the Luxembourg chapter of IFA, chair of the ALFI Tax Commission and member of other Luxembourg advisory and industry bodies. Keith is also a Tax and board member. 

Keith is a regular author and speaker at professional and academic conferences. He studied law then qualified as a Tax Adviser and a Chartered Accountant in Ireland and Luxembourg and has completed numerous post-qualification lifelong learning education programmes. 

Keith is a board member of Luxembourg Art Week, the Executive Club of Luxembourg and a number of private companies.

Mahdi is Co-Head of Fund Management at PATRIZIA, heading up the real estate fund management team. In addition, he serves as CIO Europe ex-DACH, in a role that serves as an important on the ground interface between clients and PATRIZIA, both overseeing our regional investment strategies and contributing to product development. He joined PATRIZIA early 2020 as Head of Global Investment Strategy and Research and Investment Solutions. Based in London, he oversees the firm’s real estate investment strategies, fund execution and investment performance. Mahdi sits on PATRIZIA's Global Investment Committee and is a member of the Client and Product Committee and chairs the Board of Directors of PATRIZIA Global Partners. 

Previously, Mahdi worked at LaSalle as a European Board member, leading the European strategy and research team and sitting on LaSalle's investment and allocation committees for debt and special situations, as well as private direct funds and listed real estate. Mahdi has held senior positions at AEW, MSCI IPD, ESSEC Business School and Caisse des Dépôts. He is also a regular keynote speaker at global real estate events.

Mahdi holds a PhD in Economics and Finance from EHESS (France) and the LSE, a Master's degree in Financial Economics from Dauphine University and sits on the board of INREV, having been a long-standing active member of the association (since 2004 – research committees, risk style definitions, capital raising survey and INREV courses), ANREV and NCREIF.

Minna Merilainen is currently responsible for real estate investments and infrastructure debt investments on behalf of CNP Assurances SA, a major French life insurance company.

Prior to joining CNP in 2012, Minna held various senior-level positions within other large European insurance companies, international asset managers and advisory firms in Paris, London, New York and Chicago. Minna holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Investments degree from New York University, as well as an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.” She is also a member of “Cercle de Femmes d’Immobilier” in Paris and was previously a member of the INREV Investor Advisory Council.

Robert-Jan is the Head of European Property Investments and a member of the Investment Committee at APG. He joined APG (then ABP) in December 2002. From 2003 to 2007, he was responsible for all of APG’s real estate investments in the Asia-Pacific region, overseeing both listed property securities and non-listed private real estate funds.

As APG expanded its presence in Asia, Robert-Jan gradually transferred his responsibilities to the newly formed team in Hong Kong, enabling him to assume the leading role in the European property investment team from early 2008— a position he continues to hold today.

With more than 30 years of experience in real estate, Robert-Jan previously served as Director of Real Estate Corporate Finance at Arthur Andersen before joining ABP. 

He holds a Master’s degree in Financial Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Master’s degree in Real Estate from the University of Amsterdam.