Deputy Governor Ülo Kaasik is responsible for preparing monetary policy decisions, and leading economic research, financial accounting and reporting. He is also responsible for the information technology working environment and for coordinating the collection and disclosure of financial and external sector statistics and running other matters related to statistics.

Jos Tromp is the Head of Research, Continental Europe, and Head of Thought Leadership and Data Strategy of CBRE in EMEA

With almost 15 years of experience and variety of roles for a wide range of leading European property investors and developers, not just in the Netherlands but also in Germany and Czech Republic, Jos Tromp has a thorough knowledge of the sector.

Daniel Bergvall is a senior economist and joined SEB Macro and FICC Research in 2009. He works mainly with macroeconomic and financial forecasting and public finance issues. Prior to SEB, Daniel spent 7 years at the Swedish Ministry of Finance and 3 years at OECD in Paris. Previous work also includes National Accounts in Statistics Sweden. His assignments at the Ministry of Finance includes macro- and government finance forecasts, overall scrutiny of the budget, fiscal rules and he was during the second half of 2008 part of a dedicated financial crises team in the Ministry of Finance. Daniel holds a master's degree in economics from Linköping University, Sweden.

With 9 years of experience within digital marketing and IT, Povilas is a street-smart entrepreneur with an analytical, inquisitive mind. He enjoys diving deeply into the details to discover problems and new, innovative solutions.

Kristi Hakkaja, CEO and founder of Moderan Solutions has worked with real estate companies and B2B software for years, with deep insights into the pains and benefits of both sides. Kristi and her team are building Moderan online software for real estate lease agreements management and asset reporting. We bring the benefits of automated reporting and lease management to every company that manages real estate, so they have more time for tenants and customers.

Hannu helps the investors and asset managers to create better value for their retail assets.

HyperIn is the leading management platform for retail real estate, and is used in over 200 shopping malls and made available for over 500 million annual visitors in malls around Europe and Asia.

Hannu is also a founding member of PropTech Finland initiative and a serial PropTech entrepreneur in the fields of transactions and asset management. Prior the PropTech, Hannu worked four years at Fiskars dealing with the leading Nordic consumer brands.

His strengths are combining technology management and industry knowledge with softer values in sales and marketing. Hannu holds a MSc in industrial engineering and management from Lappeenranta university of technology.

Indrek Hääl is responsible for managing all BPT teams and developing the business operations.

He got his start in real estate in 1999 and joined BPT in 2005. He has been responsible for building up the BPT Real Estate Group and for actively advising on and carrying out real estate investments through licensed investment funds. He has thorough knowledge of the real estate markets in the Baltics, Poland and Scandinavia and manages international client relations.

He is a graduate of Tallinn University of Technology and holds real estate accreditation from RICS. Currently he is also the board member of the RICS Baltic organization and a board member of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance.

Tarmo Karotam is the Chairman of the Management Board of Northern Horizon Capital AS.
He has been a long-time member of Northern Horizon Capital investment management team and in real estate since 2006. He has been the Fund Manager of BOF (Baltic Opportunity Fund) from its beginning.

Tarmo Karotam graduated from Eçole Hôtelière de Lausanne (B.Sc. in Hospitality Management & Corporate Finance) in 2005 and is a member of RICS (MRICS).

His role is to lead office and industrial leasing and sales in the Baltics. Denis advises local and corporate clients on the planning and execution of their RE portfolio strategy. In the past two years many companies worldwide have sought advice on entering the Baltic market. There have been 9 Fortune 500 companies among the clients that has Denis represented  .

Indre Dargyte is a board member of Eika Asset Management, a fund management arm of EIKA group, which is one of the largest real estate development companies in Lithuania. She is responsible for overseeing the management of residential and commercial real estate funds that focus on investing across the Baltic states region.

Indre was previously based in London, working as an Investment Consultant at Willis Towers Watson, where she was responsible for conducing due diligence on behalf of institutional investors across all asset classes. She started her career at Laven Partners, initially conducting due diligence on hedge fund and private equity managers. Indre is a winner of “100 Women in Hedge Funds” scholarship and holds a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. She graduated from King's College London in 2008 with a BSc in Business Management.

Harijs Svarcs is founding partner at SG Capital Partners AIFP – sustainable commercial real estate fund operating in Baltics. Last year SG Capital acquired largest business campus in Riga – SWH centre. Harijs prior experience was predominantly in the fields of investment management and economics. Harijs has been actively involved in capital and energy efficiency market development in Latvia and Baltics, shaping discussion with various industry associations and authorities. Harijs has conducted lectures and seminars on various finance and economics related subjects within professional circles and academia.

Margus Nõlvak has been with the Mainor Group since 2010, managing the environmental company Doranova Baltic. Since 2014 Margus is the Chairman of the Board of Mainor Ülemiste, the developer of Ülemiste City, the largest business city in the Baltic States. Margus is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Technopolis Ülemiste AS, a co-developer of Ülemiste City.

Ülemiste City is a region with great potential - the campus has been developed for 14 years and is about 18 percent complete. The 36 hectares have 700,000 square meters of building rights, which is the same as the total office space in the whole city of Tallinn. But already today Ülemiste City has taken the size of a separate city with its 10,000 people, which is equal to the population of Haapsalu.

Under the leadership of Margus Nõlvak, Mainor Ülemiste has made a big leap in development and has ensured stable growth of the company - companies that show more than 50% growth in three years are below 1% in Estonia. This is also evidenced by company titles in various competitions and leaderboards such as Gasell's TOP or Future Maker. Margus has been able to build a strong team around her and has been recognized with the Young Manager of the Year award.

• Over 25 years of experience in financial sector.
• Responsible for capital raising and real estate advisory projects.
• Participated in most of the capital raising, M&A and other transactions of Redgate Capital, supporting client at all transaction stages.
• Extensive banking, real estate and financial experience. Previously worked as Chairman of the Estonian Compensation Fund, CFO of the Port of Tallinn, Head of Corporate Banking at Nordea Estonia, and CFO and Chairman of the Board of Arco Vara.
• Graduated from the US Bentley Graduate School of Business with an MBA degree.

Rait Pallo is the CFO and Member of the Management Board of Kapitel, one of the Baltics’ largest real estate companies, engaged mainly in developing and managing retail, hotel and office buildings. The group controls over 185,000 m² of rental space, owning four office buildings (Delta Plaza and the Sõpruse Ärimaja office building in Tallinn, Narbuto 5 in Vilnius and I.P. Pavlova 5 in Prague) and has co-ownership in various leading shopping centres (Spice and Spice Home in Riga, Panorama in Vilnius and Viru Keskus in Tallinn). The company also owns the Nordic Hotel Forum (managed by OÜ Nordic Hotels) and, with AS Infortar, Tallink City Hotel (managed by Tallink Hotels). 

Rait Pallo has longstanding experience in the financial sector, he has worked for Swedbank for 16 years, including the last seven years as a Member of the Management Board and head of  risk for Swedbank Estonia. Since early 2017, Pallo was also at the helm of establishing the Swedbank Group’s risk division’s competence centre in Estonia and Latvia. In the years 2009–2010, Pallo was employed at Swedbank’s financial restructuring department, and before that, in the real estate financing department.

Professional background and work experience
Board ember and portfolio manager
CGM Monaco / as of 2017

Member of Supervisory Board and Audit Committee
AS Inbank / as of 2015

Board member and investor relations manager
Colonna Group / as of 2011

Board member and portfolio manager
G&G Prvate Finance SAM / 2009-2017

Real estate professional in Estonia
Management of development and investment projects / as of 2006

Board member and portfolio manager
Finavest Monaco SAM / 2005-2009

Junior client relationship manager
Finter Bank Zurich / 2003-2005

Francois Duchastel and his colleagues at Voodoo Associates help investors, property developers
and cities to “rethink real estate” in improving their projects, commercial concepts,
masterplanning and community planning, creating new business models and creating new
architectural concepts.

Francois has a background as one of the owner of Evata, the largest Finnish architectural firm in
the 1990’s ‐2000’s, and the firm was involved in several malls and urban development projects
in the Baltics and internationally. Since 2011, this mission is carried out Voodoo Associates. He
has also been Director of Strategy for a large stock listed engineering firm. Voodoo Associates
works mostly on shopping malls, retail areas, travel center centers, hotels and sports &
entertainment projects.

Håkan Pehrsson, has more than 25 years of experience within, retail, real estate and shopping centre development, including more than 15 years of international experience, with more than 20 years in various leading positions responsible for teams up to 120 professionals. Håkan is CEO and founder at The Retail Headquarters, a boutique advisory company within asset management, development, leasing and investment advisory.  He has worked as CEO at Centrumutveckling, Deputy General Director for IKEA Shopping Centres Russia & CIS. In the board of directors for JLL and lead director for Asset Management and Retail at JLL Nordics.

ARROW is a private architecture firm with offices in Copenhagen and Oslo. Founded by Ulrik Raysse in 2013, whose high level of expertise, knowledge and talent has led multidisciplinary international teams to success at Henning Larsen Architects, he is known for his many significant achievements such as being awarded with the European Centre of Architecture 40 under 40.

While ARROW’s roots are set in Scandinavia, the outlook is global, aiming to share Scandinavian values like timeless simplicity and functionality with the rest of the world. We’re explorers, curious to discover what can be brought back home following the completion of global projects.

Raysse established ARROW with the desire to give back and the belief that architecture can transform lives for the better – a standard the team strives to adhere to daily.