NYU Global Real Estate Markets Conference (In-person)

Drew Goldman joined The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) as Global Head of Real Estate in its Real Estate Department in October 2022. Mr Goldman is responsible, together with members of the senior management team, for guiding and implementing the Department’s strategy and overseeing its investment activities globally.

Mr Goldman joined ADIA from Deutsche Bank, where he has held various senior positions over the course of more than 20 years, most recently serving as Global Head of Investment Banking Coverage and M&A, based in New York. Prior to that, he was a Global Head of Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Investment Banking Group from 2012 to 2019.

Prior to DB, Mr Goldman was with Kerzner International where he was responsible for Strategic Planning, Corporate Finance, and Investor Relations from 1997 to 1999. Before joining Kerzner, Drew spent five years in investment banking with Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Paribas Corporation. He has worked in both banking and on the client-side, gaining valuable perspective from working with a former client. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences focusing on corporate finance matters. Drew received an MA in Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1993 and a BA from Connecticut College in 1992.

Sam Chandan is Director of the Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business, home to the school’s applied real estate research initiatives, industry and policy engagement, and undergraduate and MBA real estate programs.

Prior to joining Stern in February 2022, he was the Larry & Klara Silverstein Chair and academic dean of the Schack Institute of Real Estate at the NYU School of Professional Studies. He is also founder of Chandan Economics, an economic advisory and data science firm serving the institutional real estate industry, a contributor to Forbes, and host of the Urban Lab on Apple Podcasts.

A Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), and the Real Estate Research Institute (RERI), and a contributing member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), his multifaceted applied research interests address real estate capital market, urban epidemiology, and the preparedness of global cities and other systemically important urban areas in managing and mitigating novel public health threats.

Prior to founding Chandan Economics, he was the global chief economist at Real Capital Analytics (RCA). During his tenure as chief economist at Reis, now part of Moody’s Analytics, he was part of the executive team that took the company public.

Robert Salomon is the Dean of Stern at NYUAD. In addition to his deanship, he is also Professor of International Management and NEC Faculty Fellow of International Management at the NYU Stern School of Business. He held previous appointments as a Visiting Professor at the IESE Business School in Spain, and as an Assistant Professor at the USC Marshall School of Business.

Robert is an award-winning scholar and educator who has been teaching and conducting research on globalization and global strategy for nearly 20 years. He has been recognized as an outstanding educator and has received more than 10 commendations for “Excellence in Teaching” at NYU Stern. He was nominated for NYU Stern Professor of the Year, awarded the NYU Stern Faculty Leadership Award, and was named a NYU Stern Faculty Scholar in recognition of his outstanding teaching and dedication to student mentorship. He was named a “Favorite Business School Professor” in Poets and Quants and has been described in The Wall Street Journal as an educator who provides “brilliant distilled advice on business strategy.”

In addition to being a leading educator, Robert is also an award-winning management researcher. In 2019, the Academy of International Business awarded him the Silver Medal for exceptional intellectual contributions to the field of international business. He received the Emerald Citations of Excellence Award in 2015. He won the 2006 IABS Best Article Award, the 2003 Haynes Best Paper Prize, the 2003 William H. Newman Award, and the 2002 Barry M. Richman Prize. He was nominated for the Richard N. Farmer Award; was a finalist for the Gunnar Hedlund Medal; and was runner-up in the 2001 INFORMS Dissertation Competition. His research articles have been nominated four times for Best Paper at the Academy of Management meetings. Members of the International Division of the Academy of Management recognized him as a “Thought Leader” in 2013, and again in 2019.

Brian Klinksiek is LaSalle’s Global Head of Research and Strategy and is responsible for the firm’s strategic outlook. He manages the global research team and oversees the investment risk, global quantitative and climate strategy functions. He is editor-in-chief of LaSalle’s Insights, Strategy and Analysis (ISA) thought leadership suite and is a member of the Global Investment Committee and Global Management Committee. Brian also leads the expansion and enhancement of LaSalle’s analytical tools and supports investor relations activities.

Prior to his elevation to the global role in 2023, Brian was head of LaSalle’s European Research and Strategy team for two years. Brian previously held various research and strategy leadership roles at Heitman in Hong Kong, London and Chicago.

Max d’Ambrumenil is President of International leading Ferguson Partners outside of the USA and overseeing our offices in London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney. He has worked in Asia for over 15 years and managed numerous appointments in real estate, infrastructure, private equity, and credit across APAC. His clients include public and private investment managers, lenders, developers, operating partners and advisors.

Max joined Ferguson Partners to establish the firm’s Hong Kong office before being appointed to lead the APAC business before expanding his role to oversee EMEA and APAC. Prior to Ferguson Partners, he led the Asia investment and funds management practice for a real estate-focused recruitment business. He launched his search career in London, where he specialized in real estate. Earlier, he built and sold an online retail business and was a founding trustee of the Mark Evison Foundation.

Max holds a Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Real Estate from Oxford Brookes University. Outside of work, he is a keen skier (snow and water) and has been a Newcastle United fan/optimist for 30 years.

Neel began his odyssey with the family empire at the young age of 18. With a strong background in finance, a degree in Law from the Mumbai University, and an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts (OPM Program).

With a larger vision for the Company, Neel, has piloted the diversification of the Group and is known for his business acumen, and tremendous understanding of the ecosystem in both, global and local markets. With an ear to the ground and ability to pre-empt current and possible future trends, policies, practices, he has been at the fore-front of driving change and innovation within the Group. He also ushered in the malls and department stores format in India, Inorbit Malls and Shoppers Stop are the culmination of his endeavour to bring organised retail into India.

Neel plays an active role in the Group’s philanthropic initiatives through K Raheja Foundation, Sadhana Education Society and S. L. Raheja Hospital. He also drives the Group’s growth through Green Building initiatives in sustainable development.

A respected name in the industry, Neel chairs some of the most important committees that shape key industry developments.

He has been appointed on the Government of India committee to suggest changes in the Special Economic Zone policy and was one of the members of the Champions of Change invited by the Prime Minister of India. Other significant achievements include being selected amongst the top 40 under 40 by the Economic Times. He has also been awarded the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award – 2020 for the Energy, Real Estate and Infrastructure category along with his brother, Ravi Raheja.