Marnix Galle (60) began his professional career in 1987 at Cegos Belgium as a consultant, after having studied economics at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. In 1989 he took his first steps in the real estate sector (family portfolio). His own company Allfin, founded in 2001, became one of the leading real estate developers in Belgium. In 2014, Allfin took a 29% stake in Immobel, listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 1863. Following the merger between Allfin Group and Immobel in 2016, he became its Executive Chair.

Patrick ALBRAND (67) holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1980) and a Master’s degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University (1988). He joined Hines in 1995 and was instrumental in the creation and supervision of its French subsidiary. He has been active in the overall development of Hines France, both in the Development and the Investment Management activities. Prior to working at Hines, he was the Director in charge of Development at Bouygues Real Estate in Paris (1989-1995), where he arranged joint ventures with outside developers and
investors. He was a Senior Research Associate at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in Berkeley, California (1983-1987), and prior to that, worked for the Ministry of Interior of Morocco (1980-1982).