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Plenary 1
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025 / Time: 14:15 - 15:00
Welcome to Milan
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orientation and history of the modern city
Plenary 2
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025 / Time: 15:30 - 16:30
Delivering Milan
Milan is the financial centre hub and economic powerhouse of Italy, but also the centre of design and fashion. It is a vibrant city that
has seen huge reinvention and development, which has been done sensitively hand-in-hand with sustainability at its core.
A unique one to one interview between two leading figures of the Milan property scene – Chris Brett, Head of Capital Markets (Europe)
CBRE and Manfredi Catella, Founder and CEO of COIMA.
To ground the conference in Milan and provide orientation to delegates, proud Milanese and Associate Professor of Strategy and
Entrepreneurship at the highly regarded Bocconi School of Management will provide a historical overview of the modern city
and summarise how Milan has managed a transformational regeneration in modern times.
COIMA is a leading group for the investment, development and management of property assets on behalf of international and Italian
institutional investors. Active in the Italian real estate sector since 1974, among its most important projects, the group has developed
and still manages the Porta Nuova neighbourhood, one of the most prestigious urban regeneration plans in Europe, first in the world to
achieve both the LEED for Cities and Communities and WELL Community sustainability certifications.
Carlo Alberto Carnevale-Maffè
Associate Professor of Practice of Strategy and
Entrepreneurship at SDA Bocconi School of
Management.
Carlo Alberto Carnevale-Maffè is Professor of Strategy
and Entrepreneurship at SDA Bocconi School of
Management, Bocconi University, where he has been
director of the Master in Strategy. He also taught at MBAs
and Executive Programs with Wharton School, New York
University - Stern School of Business, HEC Paris, Steinbeis University Berlin, IMI
New Delhi, Korea University Business School, St. Mary’s College of California,
Columbia Business School.
He is president of the board of director of ASM Energia, a utility of A2A Group,
and member of the Corporate Venture Board of A2A Spa. He is also president of
“Fondazione Riccagioia” for genetic and agrifoodtech research. He is member of
the board of directors of United Ventures, a high-tech venture capital fund, and
Foolfarm, start-up studio for artificial intelligence. He is independent director and
strategy adviser of leading international companies in technology and finance,
some of them listed on Euronext stock exchange, and of industrial automation
companies in India and USA. He has been member of the board of ABI Lab, research
consortium of Italian Banking Association. He has been serving as scientific
adviser to many national and international organisations, such as Euroconsumers
Association, EY Consulting, CEFRIEL - Politecnico of Milan, Confindustria (ANIE,
ASSOMAC, Assolombarda) and Confapi.
He has been member of the Data-Driven Task Force of Italian Government for
the COVID-19 pandemic, within the eHealth Network of European Commission.
He published several books and articles in scientific and professional journals,
and served in many editorial boards of management journals (e.g. Harvard
Business Review Italy). He collaborates as columnist and commentator for
financial newspapers and televisions (Mediaset, Sky TV, RAI, Class CNBC). He has
been interviewed and quoted on international press and media, such as Financial
Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, BBC, The Guardian, Time, Business Week, Wall Street
Journal, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Les Echos, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung.
During the conference, technical tours are offered to Porta Nuova and also the 2026 Olympic Village and the Porta Romana disused
railway yard, which is a regeneration project under development. This is therefore a unique opportunity to hear insight direct from the
COIMA CEO on the insight and drivers behind the developments and how significant regeneration and placemaking schemes have
been delivered.
Chris Brett, CBRE
Manfredi Catella, COIMA
Chris Brett is Managing Director, Capital Markets, EMEA
for CBRE, leading the Capital Markets business across
the UK and Continental Europe. Chris is based in Milan, so
has a unique and grounded perspective on the city. CBRE
Capital Markets is the #1 ranked brokerage firm globally,
according to Real Capital Analytics.
Manfredi Catella graduated in Economics from Cattolica
university in Milan and holds a Regional Planning and Real
Estate master from the Polytechnic university of Turin.
Catella is Founder and CEO of COIMA, a specialist in the
investment, development and management of Italian real
estate assets, focused on delivering an ESG impact.
Previously responsible for the Italian activities of the US
group Hines, he worked for JP Morgan in Milan, Caisse
Centrale des Banques Populaires in Paris, Heitman in Chicago and HSBC in Paris.
Mr. Catella has gained 30 years of experience in the investment management and
real estate sectors.
Chairman of the Riccardo Catella Foundation, Manfredi Catella is a financial
analyst and member of the Association of Journalists, author of numerous articles
and documents on real estate and land redevelopment.
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