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European Site Visit 2008


The event, held on Wednesday 7 to Friday 9 May 2008, comprised a series of site visits to key SEGRO locations in: Farnborough, UK; Paris, France; Frankfurt, Germany; and Poznań and Łódź, Poland.

Presentations were given by Ian Coull, Chief Executive, Inès Reinmann, Chief Operating Officer, Continental Europe, Gareth Osborn, Business Unit Director, National Markets, UK, Laurent Horbette, General Manager, France, Dr Udo Titz, General Manager, Germany, Simon Hollins, Managing Director, Central Europe and Błażej Ciesielczak, Country Manager, Poland.

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Agenda

7 May 2008
08.30 - The Hub, IQ Farnborough
08.45 - Introduction - Ian Coull, Chief Executive
08.55 - IQ Farnborough - Gareth Osborn, Business Unit Director, National Markets
12.45 - Continental Europe - Inès Reinmann, Chief Operating Officer, Continental Europe
13.45 - France - Laurent Horbette, General Manager, France
14.30 - Le Blanc Mesnil, Paris - site visit
15.15 - La Courneuve, Paris - site visit
16.00 - Gonesse, Paris - site visit

8 May 2008
08.15
- Germany - Dr Udo Titz, General Manager, Germany
13.35 - Am Martinszehnten, Frankfurt - site visit
15.45 - Alzenau, Frankfurt - site visit
16.45 - Neckermann.de, Frankfurt - site visit

9 May 2008
07.30
- Central Europe - Simon Hollins, Managing Director, Central Europe
08.15 - Poland - Blazej Ciesielczak - Country Manager, Poland
14.00 - Tulipan Park, Poznań - site visit
17.00 - Strykow Logistics Park, Łódź - site visit

Presenters

Gareth Osborn

Gareth Osborn - Business Unit Director, National Markets
Since joining SEGRO in 1988, Gareth has undertaken several roles within the Company including General Manager for the retail division and Regional Manager of the Thames Valley and the West in 2005. He was appointed Business Unit Director of the National Markets team in 2007. Prior to joining SEGRO, Gareth worked in private practice in Bristol and the East Midlands regions.


Inès Reinmann

Inès Reinmann - Chief Operating Officer, Continental Europe
Appointed to the Executive Committee on joining SEGRO in October 2007. Inès is responsible for the Continental Europe property portfolio. Prior to joining SEGRO, she was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ICADE EMGP, Business Property Market Director (ICADE), CEO (Icade Tertial), and Managing Director (ICADE). Prior to ICADE she held senior management positions with responsibility for development, operations and corporate real estate at Coprim. She was Chairperson and CEO of ICADE EMPG of ICADE EUROGEM.


Laurent Horbette

Laurent Horbette - General Manager, France
Laurent was appointed General Manager for SEGRO in France in June 2005. Prior to joining SEGRO, he was Head of Asset Management and Investment, and a Member of the Executive Committee at Bail Investissement, one of the major listed real estate companies, specializing in logistics and offices in France, with a €1.5billion European portfolio under management. Previously, Laurent worked at Bouygues Group for ten years. 
 


Dr Udo Titz

Dr. Udo Titz - General Manager, Germany
Udo joined SEGRO in October 1989. Prior joining to SEGRO he worked as Investment and Development Manager at Müller International (today ATIS-REAL) and as Regional manager of property-leasing at Deutsche Anlagen Leasing Service.
 


Simon Hollins

Simon Hollins - Managing Director, Central Europe
Simon has worked at Segro for ten years. Prior to starting up the Central European business, he held several pan-European roles, including Head of European Development.
 


Blazej Ciesielczak

Blazej Ciesielczak - Country Manager, Poland
Blazej joined Segro at the beginning of 2006 as part of the team that was taken over as a result of the Grontmij acquisition. He became Country Manager for Poland in 2007.

 


See also:
Property Analysis
Property Portfolio
Property Teams