11.45 AM – 12.30 PM

Opening Keynote 'The evolution of the industry - then and now' - click to read more

45 mins Mandatory Seminar

Andrea Carpenter is a Director of Diversity Talks Real Estate, and author of “High Rise and Fall: The Making of the European Real Estate Industry.” In her opening keynote, Andrea will talk through the evolution of the property industry from a local, small scale business to an the institutional grade asset class it is now.

Andrea began her career as a journalist at PropertyWeek and was subsequently editor of EuroProperty. Andrea has since undertaken roles at INREV, ANREV, and the ULI as well as at CBRE Investment Management.

Speakers

Director, Diversity Talks Real Estate

Andrea Carpenter is a Director of Diversity Talks Real Estate, and a writer and communications consultant in the property industry.
As a Director of Diversity Talks Real Estate, Andrea helps raise the visibility of under-represented groups in the industry through the stage and media. This includes training and other female-led initiatives through DTRE’s Women Talk Real Estate community.
On the writing side, her book about the history of the modern European property industry, High Rise and Fall, was published by Routledge in September 2018.
Andrea began her career as a journalist at Property Week before moving on to be editor of EuroProperty for seven years. Following this she worked for various industry bodies including the Urban Land Institute, INREV in Amsterdam, and its sister organisation ANREV in Hong Kong. On returning to the UK, she worked as Head of Marketing and Communications EMEA at CBRE Investment Management (then CBRE Global Investors).