Are real estate trends accelerated by the pandemic here to stay?
About this episode
Are real estate trends accelerated by the pandemic here to stay? In this episode, Zsolt Kohalmi, Global Head of Real Estate and Co-CEO of Pictet Alternative Advisors interviews Alice Charles, World Economic Forum project lead in Cities, Infrastructure and Urban Services, to discuss social inequality, safety, and well-being post COVID-19.
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Alice Charles
Alice Charles has nineteen years’ experience working for the public and private sector in the areas of city and urban planning, real estate, urban development & regeneration, construction, infrastructure, environment, climate change and public policy. She leads the World Economic Forum's cities & real estate work streams, including the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, the Real Estate Industry Action Group, the Future of Urban Development and Services Initiative and co-leads the Systemic Efficiency-Transitioning Energy & Buildings initiative and the production of all city and urban development related content and curation of events at World Economic Forum summits. She is an External Member of the Board, National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) Planning Advisory Committee, Ireland. She previously worked for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Ireland; Dail Eireann (Irish Parliament), Ireland; Jacobs Engineering and Avison Young, London, UK. She holds a Master’s in Global Leadership, World Economic Forum, in conjunction with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Cornell Tech, INSEAD, London Business School and the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS); MBA, University College Dublin; Postgraduate Diploma in Town and Country Planning, Queens University Belfast; degree (Hons) in Environmental Planning, Queen’s University Belfast. She is a Chartered Member, Royal Town Planning Institute and Member of the Irish Planning Institute. She is a recipient of the Irish Echo Irish 40-Under-40 Award 2017 for Irish and Irish Americans who have distinguished themselves in their respective fields of work before the age of 40.
Christopher Seilern
Christopher Seilern joined the Pictet Wealth Management investment team in 2008, to cover the global Technology sector. His main area of expertise are publicly listed companies that focus on bring about technological change, and, specifically, how they fit into an broader offering of assets in client portfolios.bPrior to joining Pictet & Cie SA , Christopher was a senior buy side analyst at New York based Brompton Cross Capital, a long short equity hedge fund specialising in the Technology sector. Christopher has also developed significant experience as a sell side equity analyst covering the European Technology sector in London with Collins Stewart & Co and Bryan Garnier & Cie. Christopher graduated from Tufts University, in Boston, Massachussets, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, after having gained GCSE diplomas at Ampleforth college, in the United Kingdom. Christopher has lived in Switzerland, the UK, the USA and France.