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We foster a culture that inspires people to drive change, stand up to challenges, and embody the daring spirit to outperform yesterday’s best. Revantage Europe offers its people the flexibility to grow, the tools to win, and the opportunity to continually improve themselves and the entire industry. We know what it takes to be best-in-class, and we’re looking for promising talent right now.

In Pursuit of Better. Revantage is a shared services offering that embraces ambition and innovation to serve the world’s leading real estate portfolio companies. And our work makes sure they stay the world’s best.

Revantage Europe is a professional corporate services company that embraces ambition and innovation to service Blackstone’s European Real Estate investments. 

Blackstone is one of the largest real estate private equity investment managers in the world, with a real estate portfolio that includes logistics, rental housing, office, hospitality and retail properties in North America, Europe, and Asia.

We provide leading corporate services to Blackstone’s real estate investments.

Through ambitious and people-oriented leadership, we provide best-in-class talent and services and unite Blackstone’s investments across all European countries. With its diversity (40+ different nationalities across the teams), Revantage Europe provides an opportunity to centrally manage Blackstone’s European portfolios, and creates conditions for success and continuous innovation, led by a culture based on drive and talent.

Revantage Europe engages with multiple portfolio companies, operating and joint-venture partners covering all relevant EU jurisdictions and asset classes.

Revantage Europe | We provide the best-in-class shared services to the world’s leading real estate companies.

Nationalities across 3 offices: Luxembourg, London, Amsterdam

Revantage Europe supports Blackstone’s real estate investment structures and investment entities by providing value-add corporate services.

Accounting and Financial Reporting • Asset Management & Leasing • Development Management • Directorship Services • Domestic and International Compliance • Legal and Risk Management • Portfolio Management • Property Management • Tax Compliance (VAT & CIT) • Technology • Transaction Execution Support • Treasury Services • Valuations & Portfolio Reporting Support Services

Jon Murphy acts as a thought leader for the implementation and management of technology, process, and personnel related to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Risk controls as the VP, Chief Information Security Officer at Revantage.

His diverse range of work experience enables him to deliver agility in scaling comprehensive solutions with multiple-millions of dollars in profit protection, while propelling businesses' revenues forward with holistic and pragmatic solutions. A multi-published author, Jon has enterprise risk, data privacy, compliance, and executive leadership experience ranging from startups and mid-market organizations, to the Big Four, spanning industries from Financial Services, Manufacturing, Nonprofit, Healthcare, Financial Services, to SaaS and eCommerce, among others.

Jon looks forward to further refining cybersecurity and data privacy practices and infusing them into everything we do, from concept to execution, as part of a high-caliber team and quickly growing organization. He plans to leverage the talents of his team to make Revantage the example to follow for robust shared professional services for Blackstone.

Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer

As Vice President, Treasury at Revantage, Marc manages the Treasury team, supporting Blackstone Real Estate companies through cash management and collaboration with the Blackstone Captial Markets team. His extensive knowledge of best practices and trends within the banking industry empowers Revantage to efficiently and cost-effectively process a high transaction volume.

A Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) with over 15 years’ experience in the industry, Marc formerly led the Treasury Department at SP+ Corporation, providing management services to real estate owners, municipalities and major sports leagues across North America. Marc is a leader committed to provide best-in-class customer service to Revantage’s partners. These skills allow him to ensure Revantage is operating efficiently providing comfort to our business partners that cash is being utilized most effectively while adhering to the terms of our loan agreements.

Marc is excited about the continued growth and culture of excellence we are building at Revantage. In order to support our projected growth, Marc will be gathering fresh ideas and examining legacy processes for opportunities to implement scalable solutions. Future intiatives for his team include: improving the distribution analysis process, allowing Revantage to more efficiently support future acquisitions; continuing to build upon the Capital Markets support model; as well as growing and upskilling the Treasury team to better showcase their talent and recognize their tremendous work.

As a central member of the leadership team, Joe is tasked with direct oversight of the Revantage legal staff, a group that is critical to the responsible growth of the organization. Under Joe’s leadership, his team provides legal advice and support across all Revantage operations, including direct support to department heads, and guidance to Revantage partners and clients, all in an effort to ensure responsible implementation and execution of the corporate mission.

Throughout his career, Joe has demonstrated a willingness and aptitude to take on increasingly complex roles in the organizations that he has served. Prior to joining Revantage, Joe rose from associate to partner at Kleinbard LLC, where he was responsible for merger and acquisitions and equity finance for some of the firm’s most sophisticated clients, including a telecommunications conglomerate worth over $10 billion of enterprise value. Joe also spent time at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where he held similar roles and gained invaluable experience, always being assigned the most complex deals and structures to close.

Diligent and proactive, Joe is a strategic thinker with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment. Joe takes pride in his reputation as business enabler among the executives he serves. As Revantage continues along the path to becoming the global leader in the industry, Joe and his team will play a crucial role in the integration of additional portfolio companies under the Blackstone banner.

Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel

As Revantage’s VP, Accounting, Maria leads by example and uses her deep subject-matter knowledge in all aspects of accounting and finance, including SEC and internal management reporting. She will be streamlining and enhancing processes, policies, and reporting across Revantage’s accounting teams.

With over 20 years of accounting and finance experience, in public and private, focusing on real estate, she brings in-depth experience in all aspects of accounting including SEC and internal management reporting, property and operational accounting, internal audit, treasury as well as financial planning and analysis.

Prior to joining Revantage, Maria was SVP Finance and CAO at Centennial Real Estate, leading the accounting, financial planning & analysis and treasury functions. She has also held roles as Director at Riveron, a business advisory firm assisting clients with complex accounting issues, policies and procedures and IPO readiness, and Sr. Director at GGP (now Brookfield Properties Retail) within financial reporting & corporate accounting, focusing on complex accounting transactions and process improvement.

Maria is excited about building a best-in-class corporate finance team that supports Blackstone real estate, as well as being a part of Revantage’s growth. She hopes to leverage her vast wealth of experience to identify areas of improvement and provide solutions that improve processes and procedures while maintaining consistency.

Jack is an asset management specialist working across the European portfolio. Jack has worked in all major asset classes with a particular focus on office, retail, logistics, multifamily and leisure. Since joining the firm Jack has been responsible for assets including shopping centre portfolios, the Broadgate Estate, Chiswick Park and several European office investments and Irish portfolios. 

Jack joined Blackstone Property Management (a Blackstone entity advising on Blackstone’s UK, Irish and Spanish portfolios) in 2012 before transferring to Revantage Europe in 2020. Prior to joining Blackstone, Jack was an Analyst at Schroders and an Assistant Fund Manager at Invista REIM.

Jack received a BA (Hons) from the University of Birmingham and MSc (Hons) from Oxford Brookes University. Jack currently serves on the Board of Trustees of SeeAbility.

As Senior Assistant Vice President, Accounting, Elizabeth functions as the reporting lead for the Blackstone BPP Fund, focused on logistics, residential, office and life science office, and retail assets in global gateway cities.

In total, Elizabeth is proud to have worked for Blackstone portfolio companies for over 11 years. She began her career at EQ Office in 2010 as a property accountant, and eventually moved up to management level supporting their Office and Industrial Assets. She has been with Revantage since the company was formed in 2017. Before being chosen to lead BPP Fund reporting initiatives, she onboarded the hospitality asset class to accounting and worked on the BREIT Multifamily portfolio.

Elizabeth is excited to continue supporting the growth of Revantage’s team, applying her deep knowledge of accounting and our company to support and achieve business goals.

Lynn is a member of the executive leadership team, heading a global risk management team as the Chief Risk Officer at Revantage. She will optimize insurance and operational risk management strategy across Blackstone’s real estate portfolio, continuing and accelerating the transformation of Revantage’s real estate insurance program to create an exemplary cost and coverage structure supported by a data-driven approach. She places strong emphasis on meeting stakeholder needs and ensuring they have visibility on insurance strategy.

Lynn has spent more than 30 years in corporate risk management, insurance solutions, capital markets and finance, operations and business transformation. She is known as a lateral thinker, an energetic problem solver, and a caring leader of high-performing teams. Before joining Revantage, Lynn was SVP, Global Risk Management, Procurement and Operations Support at the Avis Budget Group. She has previously held leadership roles in the bond insurance industry and began her career in investment banking.

Lynn is excited about leveraging Revantage’s resources and Blackstone’s scale in leading optimization of the largest insurance program on the globe. Given the magnitude of insurance costs and the implications of risk management for asset performance, successfully optimizing a centralized insurance program is vital to Revantage’s success in providing best-in-class shared services to Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies. Lynn brings the full range of her insurance, financial, operations and business transformation experience to supporting Revantage, meeting risk management objectives, and enhancing the capabilities of her team.

Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer

An experienced tax professional with over 30 years working in real estate investments,  Marikay oversees all tax, compliance, structuring, and related research efforts for aligned Blackstone portfolio companies.  She provides strategic tax advice, makes tax decisions, holds responsibility for tax operations and partners with all aspects of the business. With proven expertise in federal, state, and international tax laws, she  counsels and apprises leadership of tax issues, planning and structuring opportunities, and transactions. 

Marikay’s experience spans public-to-private and private-to-public mergers as well as partnerships and exchanges. Her negotiation skills have repeatedly resulted in substantial savings and reductions in fees and exposure.  Her teams provide in-house review and filing services, drive overall efficiencies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure compliance.

Driven by her desire to  optimize outcomes, Marikay is relentless in her pursuit of improvement and impact. Her analytical and disciplined approach make her an integral part of the leadership team as well as  Revantage’s ongoing smart and strategic growth.  She is a team player and builder, developing and coaching her team members to bring their "A" Game every day, stay challenged, and perform at their best.

Senior Vice President, Corporate & Property Tax

As VP of Valuations, Will is responsible for implementing strategies to accelerate the company’s US and global growth by working closely with Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies to develop asset valuations and portfolio analytics. His team is challenged to execute valuation models, analyze cash flows and property metrics, and present reports supporting the underlying valuation process.

Will has over 11 years of diverse experience in commercial real estate valuation, financial and commercial due diligence, and strategic consulting, most recently as Director of PwC’s Financial Markets group. His real estate clients have included public and private entities, domestic and international companies, financial institutions, REITs, government entities, Fortune 500 companies and high-net-worth individuals. He has a BSBA in Finance and Accounting from St. Louis University, as well as a MSA from SLU, and holds CPA and CCIM Certifications.

During this exciting time at Revantage, Will is thrilled to apply his leadership skills to continuously improve the ways we deliver exceptional service to support growth and new opportunities while being part of a high-paced, collaborative environment. He’ll be honing in on each team member’s strengths in order put them in positions to succeed. Will also looks forward to building scalable, high-tech solutions, while establishing cutting edge processes and improvements, and enhancing value-add insights to optimize the delivery efficiency of our team’s valuation and portfolio reporting services.

Reema Bakarania is a member of the executive leadership team and serves as Chief of Staff. In this role, Reema is responsible for partnering with the executive team to define business strategy, facilitating efficient communication and decision-making and leading enterprise-based initiatives focused on optimizing company performance, customer experience and employee engagement. 

Prior to Revantage, Reema held progressively senior roles at RBC Capital Markets, where she ultimately served as Director and Head of Business and Performance Management of Business and Client Services. While at RBC, she developed a track record of leading transformational change and optimizing organizational processes and operations, securing competitive advantage and devising high-impact strategies. Her career has also included time at CLS Settlement Services and multiple startup technology companies.  

Drawing on nearly 15 years of experience, Reema is a collaborative and passionate leader with unwavering commitment to drive constructive change and advance business value to her organization. Throughout her career, she has leveraged strong communication skills to foster long-lasting relationships with clients, colleagues and stakeholders. These attributes have made her a strategic change agent known for thought leadership, continuous improvement, strategic financial management and business management success. 

Reema received a BA in Economics and a BS in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Miami and a MA in Economics from the University of South Florida. She is passionate and committed to giving back to the community and is a junior board member of City Harvest, New York City’s largest food rescue organization.

As Vice President, People & Culture Business Partner for Revantage, Crystal focuses on creating an exceptional employee experience, leading all aspects of talent management, including employee relations, recruiting, and performance management. She collaborates with executive leadership to solve business challenges, advising them on innovative and effective people solutions. Over the past two years, Crystal has built a high-performing US Talent Acquisition team which provides analytic-based recruiting to Revantage and portfolio companies.  

Crystal brings Revantage more than 15 years of extensive talent management experience in professional services. Prior to joining Revantage, she spent more than 10 years providing human resources expertise for lawyers and staff at large global law firms. She is a progressive partner, helping leaders solve today’s people needs through adaptive policies and practices focused on the future of work.  

Crystal is excited to ensure Revantage successfully and skillfully navigates the changing landscape of how we work. She plans to leverage her experience as an employee relations strategist to meet the needs of our distinctive and constantly evolving business. As Revantage continues to grow, Crystal and the People & Culture team will ensure we meet the needs of the people who make up our company, who will in turn position Revantage as a leader in corporate services.

Vice President, People & Culture Business Partner

Robyn Alexander is Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Revantage. A senior and accomplished legal executive and strategic leader with diverse experience in advising c-suite executives, Robyn has deep experience building effective teams in a variety of markets including industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, office, manufactured housing and student housing. Robyn’s extensive knowledge across 10 + sectors of commercial real estate, includes translating and strategically applying her legal expertise for business advantage that drives business results. 

Robyn oversees the Transactions and Leasing legal functions and currently co-manages the legal staff and legal operations at Revantage. She partners closely with the Chief Legal Officer on strategic priorities for the company to identify and manage compliance matters and legal exposure. She also provides legal advisory services broadly for the portfolio companies and transaction teams at Blackstone. 

Prior to joining Revantage, Robyn spent 12+ years at Sears Holdings Corp. where she served as General Counsel of the Real Estate Business Unit and also held roles as Deputy General Counsel of the Logistics and Home Services businesses. A crucial member of Revantage’s leadership team, Robyn plays a key role in the continuous growth of the organization and leads the development of the legal function internationally in its current global expansion.

Haley is SVP, Chief Innovation Officer & Head of Strategic Initiatives, driving Revantage’s strategy and leading cross-company initiatives and global programs.

Haley is an energetic leader with a passion for problem-solving, creativity, and efficiency. She brings a proactive mindset, a mature sense of ownership, and intense determination to each objective.

She and her teams promote the company’s culture of customer service and execution. They are focused on delivering value across multiple areas, including strategic planning and analytics, process improvement and change management, and communications. 

The broad scope of Haley’s role is commensurate with her expertise in large-scale transformational projects, honed over more than a decade on trading floors in the financial services industry. Before joining Revantage in April of 2019, she was Global Head of Electronic Trading Supervision at an International Investment bank in New York City.

Senior Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer & Head of Strategic Initiatives

As SVP, Engagement & PMO, Ralph brings 20 years of finance and technology  expertise to the Revantage executive leadership team. He is a key contributor to the company’s strategic goals, working with stakeholders to align on objectives and identify best practices that maximize productivity, communication, and efficiency. 

Ralph brings to Revantage  extensive experience in  partnering with internal stakeholders and senior leadership on infrastructure, services, research and development,  program management and  delivery. He has also successfully led  dynamic, high-performing  teams that supported multiple organizations and external business partners, including some with offshore delivery centers. 

Ralph’s steadfast focus to deliver on and  create key solutions and state-of-the-art technologies that address overt and latent needs directly impacts business outcomes for not only Revantage but also for Blackstone portfolio companies.  He sees innovation  as a chance to take challenges head on, empowering his team to look past what’s working now to what will dominate tomorrow and to rewrite the future of an industry daily with an unwavering commitment to the next win.

In his role, Michael is responsible for  the management of financial reporting and corporate accounting functions for the Blackstone Real Estate Companies aligned with Revantage. He  oversees the completion of quarterly and annual financial statements and the integrity of all underlying accounting operations. As part of the leadership team, Mike works closely with other executives and team leaders to support the development of new growth opportunities, find solutions to complex business challenges and help plan the strategic vision for the future. Revantage is Mike’s second Blackstone portfolio company for which he has held an executive leadership position.  

With nearly 15 years of experience in the industry, Mike has developed a technical expertise and an in-depth working knowledge of all financial and accounting functions- including financial analysis and modeling, accounting, internal controls, cash management, risk management, budgeting and bank relationships, among others. These critical skills allow Mike to play a major role in Revantage’s strategic and financial decision making, as well as provide financial support to all of its business units.  

Mike is a natural leader with a strong competitive spirit and a will to win without relying on politics or ego. He has a hands-on, roll-up-the-sleeves approach while also being able to operate effectively and comfortably as part of our executive leadership team. With a core desire to achieve, Mike loves the challenge and brings to Revantage a passion and discipline to help the company continue to outperform expectations.

June brings a wealth of experience to Revantage Asia, having a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. She has experience managing insurance and risk for Asia Pacific, as well as past experiences being both an underwriter and insurance broker across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. 

Being responsible for the setting up Revantage Asia’s Risk and Insurance department, June has successfully managed to streamline numerous work processes in relation to insurance arrangements, claims management and addressing gaps in covers. June is providing subject matter expertise and on-going consultation, with the aim of providing effective risk and insurance management aligned with Revantage & Blackstone Asia’s global risk and insurance management strategy. 

June is a Chartered Insurance Practitioner as well as a Chartered Risk Manager from the Chartered Insurance Institute (United Kingdom).

Daniella leads talent management for Revantage Asia, including strategic Talent Acquisition and Learning and Development, with a focus on building and developing a strong, diverse, and inclusive workforce.

With over 15 years of experience, she has extensive experience helping organizations create high performing teams and implementing robust structures for employee retention, growth, and mobility. She is a firm believer in integrating coaching and mentorship into her leadership style to help everyone reach their full potential.  

Vice President, Talent Management & Acquisition

Josh brings a broad perspective and expertise to the global corporate services initiative. As head of operations, Josh has a track record of delivering exceptional results through a wide range of diverse international experience across Asia, the Middle East, and Western/Central Europe. His experience includes corporate services, solution consulting, and retail banking. He first worked with The Blackstone Group as a consultant in Singapore, later performing duties as acting head of office for Revantage Asia. 

Today, his role includes overseeing all non-finance operations, leading project implementations, business process transformation, and delivering strategic initiatives. 

Josh has lived in Singapore since 2016 but grew up in Great Britain, graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University, with a BA Hons degree in Business Studies.

Holly Keys is the Vice President, Valuations and Portfolio Reporting, working closely with Blackstone’s asset management, portfolio management and finance teams in order to support the valuation processes across Asia Pacific. She leads a team providing valuations and associated portfolio reporting, including portfolio analytics and property-level performance to Blackstone portfolio companies; striving to improve the valuation process, implement efficiencies and best practice initiatives. 

Holly brings over ten years’ experience in the Asia Pacific real estate sector, including four years in Hong Kong. Mostly recently, Holly was in an APAC focused role at the largest global real estate services and investment firm, providing integrated valuation and advisory services to institutional clients with real estate holdings throughout the region. Holly also spent a number of years working in the acquisitions team at an unlisted real estate fund in Australia, gaining valuable funds management experience. 

Holly enjoys hiking, skiing and is a passionate home cook. An Australian qualified valuer with RICS and Australian Property Institute accreditation, she has a Bachelor of Urban Development Property Economics with a second major in Architecture from the Queensland University of Technology.

Vice President, Valuations & Portfolio Reporting

Paul leads the Business Transformation team who are responsible for helping the business navigate change as we evolve towards the future operating model. This means he gets involved in all areas of the business in order to assess, prioritize, and implement the highest impact projects across the firm. Prior to working with Revantage, Paul led the real estate investment team at a Singaporean-listed developer, as well as previously holding diverse roles across the real estate value chain including development management, project management, and consulting engineering.

Paul is a CFA Charterholder, as well as a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Surveyor (MRICS), and holds a Masters in Finance & Financial Law from the University of London. 

Serene heads Revantage Asia’s Legal & Compliance team and oversees all legal affairs of the company. A pioneer of Revantage Asia’s legal service line, Serene works closely with Blackstone’s legal team and supports various transactional, compliance and risk matters relating to Blackstone’s real estate business and portfolio companies in Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining Revantage Asia, Serene practiced as an M&A lawyer at a leading international law firm before moving in-house as legal counsel at a global investment firm, where she managed various legal and structuring aspects of private equity and real estate investments across Asia Pacific.

Serene is qualified to practice law in Malaysia, England and Wales.

Shin Hui has over 15 years of industry experience in real estate accounting, servicing private and institutional clients in Australia and Singapore. She has a strong operational focus and subscribes to practical solutions. As Head of Finance Operations, she will work towards driving process improvements, develop policies and procedures to enhance the efficiency of the department. 

Upon returning to Singapore in 2018 and prior to joining Revantage Asia, Shin Hui led a process improvement initiative at one of the world’s largest real estate firms, establishing a COE team in Kuala Lumpur and redesigned business processes to leverage on digital solutions and automation. As Director and Head of Real Estate Accounting Services, she also oversaw financial reporting deliverables and regulatory compliance for the Singapore portfolio across Commercial, Retail, Industrial and Residential sectors. 

Shin Hui holds a double major in Accounting & Banking from Curtin University, Western Australia, and is a member of CPA Australia. 

Aditya heads the BREP finance team primarily responsible for financial management, reporting and compliance of life-cycle activities of the deals, invested from closed-ended funds. He focuses on creating value by providing technical expertise on deal management, implementing scalable solutions for finance deliverables, enhancing efficiency and quality by improving process and system optimization.      

He brings 15 years of experience in a diversified set of financial services spread across multiple countries. Previously, he worked in fund management focusing on real estate, private equity & venture capital funds with an AUM of over US$6 Billion. Before that, he led multiple assurance & advisory engagements with Deloitte and E&Y in Singapore, Germany & India, ranging from the listing of companies to managing large audit portfolios across industries.  

Aditya earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce (with honors) from Delhi University and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also an Associate Member of CPA, Australia, and holds an advanced diploma in Management Accountant with CIMA, UK. In his personal life, Aditya is passionate about cricket and tennis. He also enjoys traveling and taking long road trips.

Yvonne oversees the Project and Portfolio Management function that delivers all technology enabled project initiatives for Revantage Asia and for Blackstone’s portfolio companies. She owns the deployment of a structured collaborative framework for solutions deployment and IT project portfolio governance. She ensures the successful shaping, execution, tracking and reporting of technology initiatives across Asia. 

Yvonne considers People to be the most valuable asset of a company and she is committed to nurturing and developing people to bring out their best. 

Yvonne comes with 18 years of consulting experience and brings deep insights into the best practices required in large scale Technology Transformation projects. She has extensive global experience in the Pharmaceutical, Chemical, FMCG, Consumer Electronics and Public sectors. 

Vice President, Project & Portfolio Management

Francois draws from more than 16 years of Architecture experience working in financial and utilities sectors amongst others. He has developed technology strategy, roadmaps and solutioned enterprise applications across multiple disciplines in South Africa, the Middle East and APAC. He helped various organizations to setup architecture and governance practices and helped them to adapt to the ever-evolving technology landscape. 

As the Head of Architecture and Governance for Revantage Asia, Francois works closely with various stakeholders in the APAC region and across the globe to develop roadmaps and landscapes to optimise IT investments. He focusses on helping Blackstone and its Portfolio companies leverage its wealth of data to make more intelligent decisions by harmonising investment data across the region. 

Francois holds a degree in Information Technology and an Mphil in Knowledge and Information management from the University of Stellenbosch. 

Vice President, Architecture & Engineering

Hui Ming believes in challenging the status quo to bring as-is to the next level and venturing into emerging technologies/opportunities with a pragmatic risk-based approach.  Her multi-disciplinary experiences from technical domains in Technical Infrastructure, Cyber Security and Software Engineering to business/management domains in IT Risk/Governance and Program/Product Management allows her to appreciate both user and business challenges and address them across end-to-end system lifecycle. 

Hui Ming has over 20 years of extensive experience spanning across startup/SME, large/global enterprises and consulting firms providing system integration and advisory services in highly regulated environment i.e., FSI, Telco and Public Sector.  In her current role as Head of IT Operations and Cyber Security in APAC, she will be working closely with Blackstone's Cyber Security Team and Asset Managers, as well as the IT/Security Heads of the real estate portfolio companies in APAC. 

Vice President, Technology Operations & Cybersecurity

Jeff co-leads Revantage Europe with Diana Hoffman. Jeff joined Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) when it initiated in 2004 and has contributed to its development ever since. His leadership skills and acumen have been recognized and appreciated in a variety of roles. In addition to managing the Finance teams of Revantage Europe, he is involved in tax structuring and compliance matters. He also acts as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Europe. 

Before joining Revantage, Jeff worked as a manager at Grant Thornton and KPMG, specializing in services to commercial companies, private equity funds and real estate funds. Jeff is a qualified certified accountant and holds a MA in Management Sciences from HEC Business School, Liege.

Managing Director, Co-Head Revantage Continental Europe, Luxembourg

Heather Gleason, Head of Portfolio Company Communications, leads the communications strategy - including media relations, crisis management and support of Environmental, Social and Governance communications - across Blackstone’s real estate portfolio companies, with a focus on maximizing efficiency and enhancing reputation. She also oversees internal communications for Revantage, working closely with the leadership team to drive company culture and engagement while meeting business objectives.

Heather is a seasoned communications professional with nearly 20 years of experience and a proven track record leading strategic, multi-platform programs that build brands and drive business. Before joining Revantage, she spent a decade at global food and beverage company, PepsiCo, most recently overseeing Sustainability Communications, with leadership roles also in Strategy & Planning and Corporate Media Relations. Prior to PepsiCo, Heather led corporate communications efforts for AMC Networks and has several years of agency experience, at Lane PR and Goodman Media International, where she developed and executed integrated public relations programs across a wide range of industries, consistently demonstrating high-profile results for clients.

A passionate leader with a collaborative approach, Heather is excited to be part of the Revantage team, where she can put her creative problem-solving skills and customer-centric mindset to work, helping to continue the strategic growth of Revantage and further position the real estate portfolio companies as leaders in their sector.

Toby is an accomplished and highly respected executive with a wealth of experience leading buy-side operations around the world for major asset management firms. As CEO of Revantage Asia Pacific, Toby is directly responsible for delivering services, capability, unity and consistency to support Blackstone’s real estate portfolio companies. This includes championing innovation and supporting new services to ensure that Revantage remains focused on service excellence.  

Toby is passionate about developing talent, mentoring, building inclusive teams and a culture to inspire team members to challenge themselves to deliver against objectives. As a leader who has operated in multi-cultural environments, he has driven and executed transformational change across large scale global projects resulting in creation of scale and reduction of risk.  

Prior to joining Revantage, Toby was a senior leader at BlackRock where he was responsible for Operations across the Asia Pacific region. Toby has deep knowledge of the region and during his 20+ year career within financial services, has held a variety of leadership positions, across multiple cross functional teams and has worked in the UK, Hong Kong, India and Singapore. 

Matt is the Global Head and Chief Executive Officer of Revantage.  Matt joined Blackstone’s real estate portfolio companies to manage and lead Revantage, following a track-record of successful global executive leadership positions. Throughout his career, Matt has built a reputation for his ability to run large-scale businesses, transform companies and culture, develop and assemble high performing talent, and drive innovation through technology. 

Matt has instilled within Revantage the principle to which he credits his own success: the relentless pursuit of better. By constantly striving to optimize his performance and empowering his teams to do the same, he has helped companies overcome challenges and push beyond what others assumed was possible. Matt believes that organizational excellence occurs once you’ve established and executed results-driven strategies and creates a culture that aligns every teammate with the same values and mission.

Matt has spent his career developing teams that outperform financial and other performance objectives. He has a track record for leading transformative change and establishing cultures of continuous improvement. He is an authentic leader who invests heavily in recruiting, developing, and retaining high performing and diverse teams. 

Matt is currently leading a significant hiring effort in the global expansion of Revantage, as well as a strategic shift to better equip Blackstone’s real estate portfolio companies with talent, processes, and technology. Matt is taking this opportunity to create a new model for shared services in a way that has never been done before, with a heavy focus on providing value creation through data and analytics, and scalability through emerging technologies.

Denis sees the constant evolution of technology as opportunities to improve the way an organization operates using process automation fueled with data driven decision. His experience makes him not only a remarkable technology fit, but also a proven technology leader for the Revantage Asia corporate initiative.

His background spans an international career working with diverse and multicultural teams to transform IT organization and embrace the digital evolution. Prior to joining Revantage, Denis was a leader in transformation programs and IT shared services set-up in IT Consulting. Subsequently he was the Enterprise Architecture Head for a regional ASEAN Bank where he successfully established a regional team and helped the business lines to shape their regional transformation roadmap while supporting the agile transformation and multi-speed IT delivery.

Sharon heads the Revantage Asia Corporate Secretarial team and oversees all corporate secretarial matters of the company. A pioneer of Revantage Asia’s corporate secretarial service line, Sharon supports various corporate compliance and governance matters relating to real estate business and portfolio companies in Asia Pacific. 

Prior to joining Revantage Asia, Sharon was a Director and Head of Department at a leading international corporate secretarial firm. She is an experienced company secretary with a demonstrated history of working in renowned professional corporate services and legal firms servicing clients of various backgrounds and industries, where she provided entity management services, compliance, governance and regulatory advisory for Singapore companies. Sharon is a qualified Chartered Secretary.

Sandrine was the first member of BRE Europe (now Revantage Europe) Luxembourg office tax team and helped to create the VAT, CIT and International Tax teams. Her knowledge on tax matters is extensive: she is involved in Corporate, VAT, Transfer Pricing and International Tax matters, besides acting also as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities across Europe, including Luxembourg and France. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2015, Sandrine was a VAT Senior Manager at PwC Luxembourg where she worked for more than 9 years, specializing in VAT to private equity and real estate funds. 

Sandrine holds a taxation and business degree from the French University of Poitiers.

Mariaan’s long-standing career in finance makes her a valued member of Revantage Europe. Among other functions, she is involved in financial reporting and tax matters. She is also a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Europe. 

Before joining Blackstone universe in 2011, Mariaan worked as a financial accountant at Prologis and prior to that as senior accountant and account manager at TMF Group. Mariaan is originally from South Africa and relocated to the Netherlands in 2008. 

Mariaan obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting Sciences from the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2004 and was admitted as a member of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants in 2008. 

Véronique supervises HR related operations including People Administration and payroll, monitoring performance evaluation process & training, delivering data analytics, coordinating with Senior Management and leading HR related projects. With her integrity and caring nature, besides the long standing HR career, Véronique is the best placed to support our employees. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe), she worked for 10 years at Securex Luxembourg, key HR services provider in Luxembourg and covered recruitment, advisory, payroll and outsourced HR services. 

Véronique has completed commercial studies in France before working in London for 4 years for a contemporary art books distributer.

Among other functions, Nathalie is involved with servicing the Luxembourg offices and lines of business across the company.  Her team delivers services associated with Facilities, Office Services, Corporate Travel, Dining Services, Business Continuity and Physical Security.  

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe), Nathalie worked for Bloomberg Financial Services for 6 years and other large multinational companies. Nathalie grew up in France and worked in Germany and the UK,  before returning to Paris and Lyon and relocating to Luxembourg to bring her multinational experience to Revantage Europe. 

Nathalie holds a degree from the University of Human Sciences from Strasbourg, France.

Tom’s key responsibilities are leading the Revantage UK platform and supporting and collaborating with European portfolio companies managed by Blackstone Real Estate.

Tom is a senior finance and operations executive with over 20 years’ experience; the last nine spent in the Real Estate industry. He has extensive leadership and management qualities gained from his professional career and as a commissioned army officer. He holds various charitable trustee and non-executive director advisory roles.  

Tom is a Chartered Accountant, completed the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Commissioning Course and holds an honours degree from the University of Bristol.

Johan joined Revantage Europe in 2019 with a focus on the Treasury department reorganization and rolling out new Treasury solutions. He gathered extensive knowledge on treasury matters by covering several positions across his international career. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2019, Johan was Deputy Treasurer of Etex for 7 years, and prior to that held various treasury positions at RTL Group and EY. 

Johan holds a MA in business engineering from HEC Business School, Liege.

Ed serves as a member of the Global Executive leadership team and leads the asset, portfolio management and leasing initiatives across the European portfolio with close oversight of development and property management activities. Ed was previously a Director at Blackstone Property Management for 10 years. He calls upon over 20 years of real estate experience having started his professional training at King Sturge, then working at Jones Lang Lasalle followed by listed fund management business Invista REIM as a Director.

Throughout his career Ed has developed an intrinsic technical knowledge of direct real estate investments and operating companies across asset classes. While working on behalf of Blackstone portfolio companies, Ed has been involved in opportunistic and core + investments across Europe including office, logistics, student housing, PRS, multifamily and shopping centres. Projects of note include the Blackstone London and Continental European office portfolios, the inception of Logicor and Nido student housing.

Ed received an MSc (Hons) in Real Estate Management from Oxford Brookes University, is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and is IMC qualified.

Diana co-leads Revantage Europe. Integral to Revantage Europe's efforts to support Blackstone portfolio companies with a global service organization, Diana is a consummate leader who has built and guided a Blackstone company for over a decade. Along with day-to-day involvement in financial reporting and transaction matters, she acts as a director on a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Europe. 

Diana has been a Financial Controller of the hotel group, Hospitality Europe, when it was purchased by Blackstone in 2006. She stayed as Chief Financial Officer for Axios Hospitality Real Estate for five years before moving to Revantage Europe. A qualified certified accountant, Diana holds a business degree from the German Chamber of Commerce, Berlin.

Guy is a member of the Global Executive leadership team and has served on the boards of various Blackstone Portfolio companies. He established Blackstone Property Management in 2002 to provide an in-house, one stop, Development, Asset and Property Management resource for the Blackstone funds. He set up, developed and served on the board of the market leading Nido student accommodation brand and also established Development, Asset and Property Management teams in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain.

Guy’s 30 year experience in international real estate spans numerous asset classes both in Europe and Asia, including commercial, retail, logistics, residential, hotel and student accommodation.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2002, he was Director of Construction at BAA McArthurGlen where he was responsible for the retail property portfolio. Guy has a BEng in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Southampton.

Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, London

Greg is the Chief Human Resources Officer of Revantage. In his role, Greg oversees the entire People & Culture organization, including Human Resources (e.g. Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Operations and Rewards & Recognition), Culture & Experience, and provides strategic guidance to Blackstone real estate portfolio companies.

Greg brings 20 years of leadership experience in human resources, talent acquisition, and development, including his most recent role as SVP, Executive Talent & Development for Revantage. In this role he led Revantage’s global talent acquisition strategy to recruit and retain a diverse, high performing executive talent pool supporting Revantage’s growing business globally. He helped develop an external pipeline of executive level talent, identifying the leaders for Revantage and its Portfolio Companies to empower successes in tomorrow’s markets and businesses.

Before joining Revantage, Greg was Vice President of Global Executive Talent acquisition & North America Marketing Talent Acquisition for PepsiCo. Prior to his time at PepsiCo, Greg spent nearly seven years at Pfizer within various talent management and acquisition leadership roles, culminating in his position as Senior Director of Global Executive Recruitment, Sourcing and North America Talent Acquisition Lead.

Greg values the unique experiences and backgrounds everyone brings to the team, and wants all who join Revantage to reach their full potential. He is committed to recruiting and retaining top talent from a range of industries, backgrounds and world views because he believes different perspectives fuel the best ideas. Harnessing fresh thinking not only supports Revantage’s ability to provide the best solutions to clients every day, it also accelerates innovation, ultimately, driving global business success.

Laia’s multifaceted financial and accounting knowledge enables her to lead several cross-functional projects and departments: Acquisition Accounting, Consolidation and Group Policies & Procedures. Laia acts also as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Luxembourg. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2015, Laia worked as a Team leader in TMF Group, supervising all reporting and consolidations obligations of various multijurisdictional clients with special focus on investors’ requirements, reporting in different GAAPS and markets (EMEA, LATAM and APAC). 

Laia holds a MA in Business Administration and Management from University of Lleida, Spain.

Serving as a member of the executive leadership team, an advisor to the board of directors, and as chief counsel for the business, Piero leads the Legal and Risk functions for Revantage, including oversight of the portfolio companies’ transactions and leasing programs, development, governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, claims oversight, and legal optimization. Revantage is Piero’s fourth Blackstone portfolio company for which he has held an executive leadership position.  

Piero draws on nearly 30 years of experience guiding corporations through a wide range of issues where law and business intersect, including regulatory and compliance, corporate governance, transactions, data privacy and security, customer and business partner engagement, and human resources. Piero has spent his entire legal career in the real estate industry. As an expert and thought leader, he is currently serving his 9th year on the Board of Trustees for Cubesmart, one of the top three owners and operators of self-storage properties in the U.S.  

With extensive experience as Chief Legal Officer for several multi-billion dollar organizations and two fast growing start-ups, navigating complex legal and business matters and projects, Piero serves as trusted advisor to the CEO and other senior corporate officers on setting the strategic direction for Revantage’s ongoing evolution. Piero’s understanding of the entire organization, and ability to thoughtfully navigate complicated issues, makes him an integral member of the executive leadership team.  

Piero is on the forefront of Revantage’s transformation and global expansion, an exciting journey to becoming a global business services powerhouse. He will continue to support the growth story and long-term success of Revantage by applying his strong business acumen, outstanding judgment and legal expertise as an advantage to positively impact business results.

With her solid legal background, Eleni coordinates her team towards securing timely compliance for all the entities under the Revantage Europe umbrella. She is also acting as a director for some Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Europe. 

Before joining Revantage Europe in 2018, Eleni was the founding partner of “We & Law LLP”, a law firm seated in Greece. She pursued that role for 14 years, providing legal advice within the banking and renewable energy industries, holding simultaneously an in-house position as the Head of the Legal Department in an international group of pharmaceutical companies. 

Eleni is a certified member (attorney at law) of Thessaloniki’s Bar Association and holds an LLM in Banking & Finance Law from QMUL (UK) and an MSc in Commercial and Economic Law from AUTH (Greece).

Alex heads up the Revantage Europe legal department, working closely with Blackstone, Revantage UK, portfolio companies and legal advisors across Europe on investment, transactional, corporate, asset management and regulatory reporting matters. He also acts as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities throughout Europe, and is also a member of Revantage Europe’s Executive Management team. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2015, Alex worked as a corporate finance/M&A lawyer at a leading law firm in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Prior to that, he was associated with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the student outreach branch of the 2008 Obama For America presidential campaign.

Alex is a member of the New York State Bar, earned his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University and is a proud alumnus of the University of Maryland (Go Terps!).

Dorota Roch’s background in corporate finance, and as an independent consultant, lend her an abundance of expertise in matters that are core to the ongoing success of the Revantage Europe corporate initiative. Along with being a member of Revantage Europe's Executive Management team, she acts as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Europe. 

Prior to joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2012, she worked as a Finance Consultant in Kinetic Partners LLP (now Duff & Phelps) a premier independent advisor with expertise in the areas of valuation, corporate finance, disputes and investigations, compliance and regulatory matters, and other governance-related issues. 

Dorota is a qualified certified accountant who holds a M. S. in Finance and Banking from University of Economics in Poland.

Head of Business Transformation & Co-Head of Finance Opportunistic/Debt, Luxembourg

Elijah Kanevskiy has an in-depth knowledge of the US and European real estate markets, and is a member of Revantage Europe's Executive Management team. Along with being responsible for the oversight of the European open-ended Core+ fund’s platform and its portfolios across Europe, Elijah acts as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s BREP and BPP investment entities in Europe. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2018, he held senior positions at various US-based real estate asset management firms, including closed-end and open-end fund managers, listed, traded and non-traded REITs. Most recently, in his capacity as a Real Estate VP, he oversaw the launch of the Rhone Group’s first open-end fund. Prior to that, Elijah was responsible for NorthStar Realty Europe Corp. (NYSCE: NRE) and NorthStar Healthcare Income Inc. SEC and investor reporting. He also held various finance positions at Paramount Group Inc., ING Clarion Partners LLC and began his career as an auditor at Friedman LLP.

In 2018, Elijah relocated from the US to join our firm in Luxembourg. He holds a B.S. in Public Accounting from Fordham University, New York City, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Michael’s prodigious experience in financial management prepared him for the key leadership role he has in Revantage Europe. Along with his finance duties, Michael is a member of the Executive Management team, and he also acts as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Europe. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2016, he worked as an auditor at Deloitte Luxembourg for almost four years, and as a Financial Manager at a Luxembourg-based IT services firm for four years.

 Michael resides in the countryside near the German/Luxembourgish border. Michael is a graduate of the Berlin School of Economics.

Co-Head of Finance Opportunistic/Debt, Luxembourg

Among other functions, Guibert is involved in financial reporting and transaction matters. He also acts as a director of a number of Blackstone Real Estate’s investment entities in Europe. He spent 4,5 years in the Luxembourg office before moving to chair the Dutch office. 

Before joining Blackstone universe in 2011, Guibert acquired 9 years of experience in Belgium and Luxembourg in the international trust industry (Grant Thornton Fiduciaire, TMF Group, and Mercuria Services). 

Guibert is a qualified accountant and holds a degree in accounting and tax from the Léon-Eli Troclet High School, Liège.

Mark oversees and manages all major capex funded development projects across Blackstone’s UK and European portfolios, inclusive of acquisition due diligence through to execution and delivery. With over 20 years of experience in the property sector, his skillset is driving value through focused design, technical and commercial solutions working closely with external professional and contractor teams. His role also encompasses providing strategic guidance and advice for other Blackstone owned entities or partners, such as the IQ student portfolio and The Office Group.

Mark is a qualified Chartered Surveyor and prior to joining Blackstone was a Project Director at Land Sec where he gained significant experience working across all asset classes before leading the out of town retail project management team.

As a senior leader of the organization, Nicole has broad responsibilities for the strategic direction of Revantage. In her role, Nicole oversees the overall financial strategy, manages the financial operational functions, and provides financial reporting and portfolio management to Blackstone portfolio companies. 

Nicole brings nearly 20 years of leadership experience in finance and the commercial real estate sector. Before joining Revantage, Nicole was Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Corporate Finance at InvenTrust Properties, where she led a team responsible for capital allocation, investment decisions, and business strategy. Prior to InvenTrust, Nicole was Managing Director at the Private Bank where she oversaw and managed a portfolio of commercial loan investments. Nicole also held senior leadership roles at RREEF and LaSalle Bank. 

Nicole, with the finance team, plays a critical role in the continued evolution and growth of the firm. She will rely on her financial acumen and keen judgement to make the critical decisions necessary to position Revantage as the leader in the corporate services industry.

Ingrid brings a formidable business and technology leadership background to the company. Leading the technology team, she focuses on determining and addressing all of Revantage Europe’s technology needs, in order to seamlessly align with the company’s corporate strategy. 

Before joining Revantage Europe (formerly BRE Europe) in 2018, Ingrid was a Managing Director of CBRE GIA Luxembourg, and Global Head of Information Management. 

Ingrid received a BA with Distinction from DePaul University in Chicago and studied Real Estate and Investment at Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.

Jeremy heads up the Revantage UK legal team, working closely with Blackstone's portfolio companies and operating partners across Europe on legal strategy and a wide range of transactional, asset management and compliance matters. In 2014 he joined as General Counsel of Blackstone Property Management (BPM), a Blackstone entity advising on Blackstone's UK, Irish and Spanish office portfolios. In 2018 Jeremy also became the General Counsel of The Office Group (a leading flexible office provider), a majority shareholding of which was acquired by Blackstone Real Estate funds in 2017.

Prior to joining Blackstone Property Management, Jeremy was a solicitor at DLA Piper in both London and Hong Kong, advising a variety of institutional investors and international corporates. 

Jeremy holds an MA in Modern History from Brasenose College, Oxford University.

Jessie is the Chief Information Officer of Revantage. Jessie joined the Executive team to lead the technological innovations and operations at Revantage. Jessie brings over 20 years of technology leadership to Revantage, including his most recent experience as a transformative CIO within the travel and hospitality industry. Jessie has built a reputation for leading organizational advancement through technological modernization and effective team leadership. 

At Revantage, Jessie is leading a global technology effort which includes designing and implementing services and solutions that meet business partner needs and deliver business insights. As a member of the Executive team, Jessie provides strategic leadership on all transformation initiatives.  He is committed to building industry-leading technology and developing a winning team culture. 

Jessie approaches challenges with a dynamic view of what’s possible, and he empowers his teams to do the same. In his pursuit of better, he ensures technology advancement is tied, at its core, to strategic business objectives. Jessie has a strong track record of success, enabled through clear strategies, purposeful organization empowerment and a pioneering spirit of innovation. 

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