Marina Jestin, Head of Retail at Allianz Real Estate and Peter Todd, Partner at Resolution Real Estate Advisers LLP and Chair of the new ICSC European Investor group have been appointed to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) European Advisory Board.
Peter Todd joined Resolution Real Estate Advisers in 2007 to focus upon their existing retail portfolio, source new investments and joint ventures. Resolution was formed in 1998 to invest in the UK and European commercial property with potential for improvement. Prior to this, Peter Todd was Managing Director and Head of International for the Mills Corporation, a US shopping Centre REIT and ran their European Portfolio. Peter also held the position of Director at Jones Lang LaSalle where he was responsible for their retail operations in Europe.
Marina Jestin joined Allianz Real Estate in 2014, a subsidiary to Allianz in charge of investing in real estate worldwide. Marina provides expertise on shopping centres around Europe on asset management of joint ventures with operational partners, acquisitions and financing. Prior to this Marina was Deputy Managing Director at Viparis, a joint venture between Unibail-Rodamco and the Paris chamber of commerce and held several positions at Unibail since 1999 including Head of Asset and Property Management, Managing Director of the factory outlet division and Managing Director of operations and shopping centre division.
Alexander Otto, Chair of the ICSC European Advisory Board said “It is with great pleasure that the ICSC European Advisory board welcomes Marina Jestin and Peter Todd. Marina and Peter will add their experience and knowledge of the industry to our already very diverse panel of experts and having an international board with members holding different roles is the only way to keep the industry moving forward.”
ICSC’s European Advisory Board is the Advisory Committee for the European region. The role of the ICSC European Advisory Board is to provide insight and guidance for the European retail and shopping centre industry, to advance the industry’s success economically, socially and legislatively.
Members of the European Advisory Board will be attending the 40th anniversary of the ICSC European Conference on 20-21 April in London where retailers, shopping centre owners and developers and over 45 exclusive speakers will discuss this year’s theme: Destination Retail. For more information about the 2015 ICSC European conference, click here.
Source: International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
