cREATORS - Global Real Estate Institute
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CREATORS<br />
OĞUZ KÖSEBAY<br />
general manager<br />
OMURGA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS CO.<br />
MERT KURT<br />
deputy general manager/business development<br />
IMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT<br />
Developer &<br />
Investor<br />
Residential - Office - Mixed- use - Turkiye -<br />
İstanbul - Development - Urban Re-generation<br />
- Green Building - Sustainable<br />
Design - International<br />
Project<br />
Management<br />
IMS is the leading project management<br />
consultancy company in the commercial<br />
real estate sector.<br />
Following his graduation as an Environmental Engineer from Istanbul<br />
Technical University Faculty of Civil Engineering Mr. Oğuz Kösebay<br />
began his professional career in 1996 at Tekfen Group. After the<br />
foundation of Tekfen <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Development Group in 2000 he<br />
served in several projects of the Group. During 2006 and 2011 he<br />
worked at the management level in business development, design<br />
and construction management departments. He joined Omurga <strong>Real</strong><br />
<strong>Estate</strong> Investments Co., Inc. in September 2011.<br />
Mert Kurt is Deputy General Manager of IMS Project Management<br />
Co., running business development activities of the company in<br />
Turkey. He has in-depth experience in project management, contract<br />
administration and dispute resolution. He has worked on commercial<br />
buildings, office buildings and shopping centers in Turkey and Middle<br />
East. Prior to joining IMS, he established the Project Management<br />
Office of Nurol to manage the airport and pipeline projects. Mr. Kurt<br />
received his MBA from Koc University and his MS and BS degree in<br />
Civil Engineering from Bogazici University.<br />
HANI LASHIN<br />
group general manager<br />
AL JAWHARA GROUP OF HOTELS & APARTMENTS<br />
MARKUS LEHTO<br />
managing partner<br />
URBANISTA<br />
Hotel<br />
Management<br />
Al Jawhara Gardens Hotel - Family oriented<br />
hotel - is a subsidiary of<br />
“Lootah Hotel Management”<br />
Developer,<br />
Consultancy<br />
Urban Regeneration - Mixed Use -<br />
Differentiated Retail - Innovative Concept<br />
Development - Envisioning - Turkey, ‘growing’<br />
Europe, Middle East<br />
Basically Accounts&management experts with 17 years of work<br />
experience in the diversified field of hotels&resorts with well known<br />
groups,Hani is CMA graduate,certified hotel revenue management<br />
graduate from e-Cornell and Hotel Management graduate certified<br />
by AH&LA.Under his leadership,Jawhara won many accolades/<br />
Awards which include Dubai quality Appreciation Award- Year 2008-<br />
2009,Halal Journal Award- 2009,Arab Achievement Award-2010 and<br />
also established “Lootah Hotel Management”.He played as change<br />
catalyst in the change management of developing Jawhara Sharia’h<br />
complaint hospitality,by developing and facilitating the achievement<br />
of the mission and vision and developing organizational values and<br />
systems required for sustained success.<br />
Markus Lehto is Managing Partner of Urbanista International<br />
Ltd., a London based property development and consultancy<br />
company active throughout Europe and the Middle East. Urbanista’s<br />
development pipeline is focused primarily on urban regeneration<br />
projects in Istanbul, Budapest, and other key emerging cities in<br />
Europe; with a development consultancy portfolio comprising a<br />
number of large-scale market shifting projects from Prague to Saudi<br />
Arabia. Despite its widespread activity, Urbanista is highly focused on<br />
realizing unique development opportunities in Turkey and infusing<br />
its deep local and international knowledge and experience into its<br />
Turkish pipeline to create truly extraordinary projects.<br />
TOBIAS LEVEY<br />
chairman & group ceo<br />
BIO ISTANBUL<br />
BLAKE LOVELESS<br />
principal<br />
MEYER BERGMAN<br />
Sciencepark<br />
Developer<br />
Bio Istanbul, located in Sazlıdere on 190<br />
hectares, is Turkey’s first biomedical-research<br />
park & green community.<br />
Private Equity<br />
Retail, Pan-European, two €500 mm equity<br />
funds, existing & development assets,<br />
corporate opportunities including<br />
public to private<br />
Mr. Levey is Chairman of Bio Istanbul and CEO of Bio City<br />
Development Company, developer of ecological cities centered<br />
around children’s hospitals and biomedical innovation hubs. Over the<br />
past 15 years, BCDco built the UK’s highest rated hospital for clinical<br />
innovation and some of the first private hospitals in Asia. Bio Istanbul<br />
is a JV with TOKi and EPP and aims to transform Turkey’s knowledgebased<br />
economy while implementing the highest standards of green<br />
design. Mr. Levey completed degrees at Duke University and the<br />
Sorbonne in Comparative Languages and Chinese Studies and was a<br />
Fulbright Scholar at the University of Delhi.<br />
Blake joined Meyer Bergman in 2006 and focuses on acquisitions<br />
across Europe. Prior to joining Meyer Bergman, Blake co-founded<br />
a private equity investment and advisory group where he was<br />
responsible for managing the portfolio of real estate and corporate<br />
holdings with a net asset value of $100 million. Before this, he served<br />
as a Portfolio Manager with Banco Atlántico from 2002 to 2004. Blake<br />
is a CFA charter holder and graduated with a B.Sc. in Economics from<br />
Georgetown University in 2002. He is fluent in Spanish and English. .