Ronald is Founding Partner and has been Chief Executive Officer of Pro-invest Group since the company’s inception. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 40 years of real estate investment, development and project management experience working on a variety of transactional projects in Europe, the GCC and Asia.

Ron was previously CEO and thereafter main Board Director of ALDAR Properties PJSC. Under his executive management, the company had a development program in excess of USD75 billion, focussing on residential, retail, commercial and hospitality assets. This included the development of the world renowned Yas Island, home to Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi (built between 2005-2009) along with various other iconic developments. Prior to joining ALDAR, Ron was Founder, CEO and Chairman of Stannifer Group, an integrated development and real estate asset management company with retail, office as well as hotel assets across Europe and other international markets including Australia (1991-2004).

After a merger with an LSE-listed company, the combined company was sold successfully through a trade sale to a JV vehicle between Westfield, Multiplex and Rubens Brothers (GBP 1.9 billion transaction) providing assets such as White City, Stratford City on Merry Hill, today’s Westfield’s flagship assets in the UK. Ronald is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Jan is Deputy Chair & Co-CEO of Pro-invest Group, focussing on the businesses of the Pro-invest funds and their assets and working closely with the senior management team to maximise the value of the portfolios and is the key representative to increase the hotel portfolios across key industry platforms. In addition to this role, Jan is also Non-Executive Director for Pro-invest, responsible for monitoring of the executive directors and acting in the best interest of the company’s stakeholders. Jan has significant experience in leadership and executive oversight, with a proven track record in strategy development and execution, building culture and consensus across large, diverse teams, operationalising and transforming businesses, and leveraging strong financial acumen and market knowledge to effectively raise and deploy capital to stimulate business growth.

A 35-year industry expert, Jan was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), responsible for the growth and operations of 300 hotels and resorts in close to 50 countries operating under six globally renowned brands. During his tenure, Jan led a 60,000-strong workforce, launched several brands and created new business models to grow the region into a US$4 billion business.

Jan’s knowledge of the hospitality industry spans across multiple functions, including operations, human resources, branding, marketing and risk management. A highly empathetic leader, Jan is recognised for his passion for coaching and mentoring as well as his ability to spot and nurture next-generation talent. Having worked in culturally-diverse and emerging markets for the last three decades, Jan has developed a deep commitment to social responsibility and inclusion, and passionately champions localisation in leadership.

Dr Sabine Schaffer is Managing Partner & Co-CEO (Europe) at Pro-invest Group and is one of the founding members of the Group.

Since inception of the business, she was instrumental in establishing Pro-invest as one of the leading integrated real estate platforms within Australasia covering all aspects of development, asset management as well as day-to-day operations. The Group currently managing in excess of 2 billion AuM across hospitality and commercial assets in the form of closed ended funds, managed accounts as well as co-investment programs. One of the biggest achievements is the positioning of Pro-invest as a leader when it comes to ESG proven by the fact that all the assets within the Pro-invest estate to date are achieving some of the highest environment ratings ( including the very first carbon neutral hotel according to NABERS ratings)

Sabine’s career started more than 25 years ago and spans from looking after Private Equity investments at 3i into retail schemes,  working on high profile projects with McKinsey & Company focusing on Finance and Public Affairs in Europe to working as Director of Investments at a GCC based Private Equity firm responsible for setting up and managing Private Equity Funds and sourcing co-investment opportunities across the region. Sabine focused on Real Estate and established a Real Estate Development Fund in the GCC for newly built office buildings.

Sabine holds a Master’s degree from Harvard University as well as PhD in Economics from Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria.

Tim Sherlock, Managing Director Pro-invest Developments, is one of the founding members of Pro-invest Group in Australia and sits on the Pro-invest Group Board of Directors. Tim identifies and acquires sites for the Group’s hotel and commercial development projects with a focus on Australia and New Zealand.

Pro-invest Developments is also responsible for the delivery of these projects from deal signing, planning, construction through to completion, including phases to ensure each project is delivered on-time, on-budget and on-brand.

An Australian property market veteran, Tim has more than 20 years’ experience in real estate development, including site acquisitions and development management. Through working in senior roles for domestic and international property companies such as Savills & Investec Bank Tim has gained extensive experience and knowledge across the real estate investment and development spectrum, from financial structuring to identifying value-add acquisition opportunities as well as end-to-end development/development management.

Alex is a Managing Director of Pro-invest Europe, based in London, and responsible for the origination and execution of hotel transactions, capital solutions for the European activities of Pro-invest and delivery of portfolio management strategies. He is a hotel sector specialist with 18 years experience in investment, asset management, financing and operations.

Prior to Pro-invest Alex was a Portfolio Manager in the Real Estate Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), between 2010 – 2021, responsible for new hotel acquisitions in Europe & Asia. While at ADIA Alex led hotel transactions of USD 3.9bn in enterprise value across Europe, Asia and the USA for a range of investments including direct portfolio and single asset acquisitions, joint-ventures and co-investments. Alex also asset managed various positions within the portfolio, notably in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Hawaii. As one of the first members of the Global Hospitality division at ADIA he was instrumental in the growth and strategic direction of the directly owned hotel portfolio to 23,000 rooms globally.

Before ADIA Alex was at Bank of Scotland Joint Ventures with an orientation towards hotel investments and experience with care homes and housebuilders. He completed his MBA at the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne in 2007.

Alan is Managing Director, Europe, based in London. As a Strategic Regeneration & Inward Investment Specialist, he possesses a complete combination of proven real estate skills to plan and progress major development projects. With his unique skill set, management of strategic relationships and deep expertise in each discipline, Alan is a welcome addition to the London office.

Prior to joining Pro-invest Group, Alan was a Director with Brookfield Multiplex / Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd, driving development support to overseas clients, he analyses development risk to better understand client’s detailed proposals and thought processes, to assist collaboration and project delivery. He is very skilled in driving new business development, economic analysis, and investigating new market sectors. Alan holds a BSc Land Economics, and a Member and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Shantha is Director of Operations at Pro-invest Hotels (PIH) responsible for shaping the operational strategy for the hotels and driving their overall performance to maximise guest satisfaction, profitability and return on investment.

Shantha is a Senior Leader with over 30 years of global experience and expertise in Operations, Brands, Sales & Marketing, known for challenging the status quo, development and introduction of innovative and ground-breaking initiatives and delivering exceptional value. He is reputed for transforming business across the regions, fuelling rapid portfolio growth and signing hallmark development and partnership deals through people leadership, ground-breaking commercial strategies and inspirational leadership.

Prior to joining Pro-invest Group Shantha was CEO for Plus One – focusing on Hospitality Management Consulting, Leadership Mentoring & Executive Coaching. Prior to that Shantha held various senior roles with IHG leading regional business units in South East Asia, South West Asia, South Pacific & Resorts. He has also led regional functions including Brand Standards, Operations Forum, Operations Support, Guest Experience, New Hotel Openings, Quality Compliance and Evaluation in Australasia, Asia, the Middle East & Africa regions.

Keith is Head of Hotels for Pro-invest Europe, providing operational input into acquisition, development and asset management activity and with primary responsibility for the management of hotels under operation. He has 30 years in the hotel business, initially in full service operations before joining Ron Barrott at Stannifer Hotels in 1999 to set up the companies Hotel Operations. When Stannifer Hotels became Atlas Hotels, as Managing Director Keith was responsible for the operational business as the size of the group continued to increase through a combination of acquisition and development to 47 hotels operated under IHG and Hilton brands with a turnover of more than GBP130 million and EBITDA in excess of GBP54 million.

Just prior to joining Pro-invest Keith was Managing Director and Board Advisor at Starboard Hotels who own and operate 21 hotels under various international brands by Hilton, IHG, Accor, Wyndham, Best Western as well as properties in the independent sector.

In addition to his executive experience Keith spent 15 years on the European Board of the IHG Owners Association; six years leading the IHG Owners Association European Sales and Marketing Committee, Chair of the UK Holiday Inn Express Owners Association, representing Europe on the IHG Global Revenue and Distribution Committee and a spell as Chair of the European Technology Committee.

Mark is Head of Debt Finance & Risk Management of Pro-invest International Asset Management, responsible for managing corporate liquidity and risk through effective management and prudential oversight of capital and debt sources. Mark manages the Group’s borrowing needs by sourcing new and managing existing banking relationships, as well as taking responsibility for the financial structuring, legal documentation and compliance as it relates to the financing process.

Mark has worked predominantly in the property, corporate and commercial spheres of the finance industry through positions with Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Macquarie Bank, Barclays Bank Australia, Lloyds International and CEFC/Low Carbon Australia. Additionally, Mark has experience in the corporate advisory and property funds management arena through Sentinel Property Group, Anthony Moreton Group, his own consulting company Aspect Group Pty Ltd and Brisbane based property developer Nielson Properties.

These roles have provided Mark with extensive experience in property investment/development due diligence, the provision of senior and leveraged property finance, property funds management, portfolio oversight, credit policy establishment/implementation, and credit decisioning/risk mitigation, to Corporate, Commercial, Private and Government clients. Mark holds a Bachelor of Business, Accounting and Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.

Cindy Van Der Wal is ESG Manager for Pro-invest Asset Management Australia. Cindy’s key responsibilities include communicating the ESG vision for the Group, while researching, administering, and coordinating all ESG initiatives and accreditations. These include GRESB, INREV, ANREV, NABERS and Green Engage, amongst others. Cindy also assists the team with investor presentations, submissions and reporting on all matters relating to ESG policies and compliance.

Cindy was initially employed as Research Intern for Pro-invest Hotels Group where her strong analytical skills and knowledge gained from her business degree earned Cindy a full-time permanent position as Analyst with Pro-invest Developments before taking on the role of ESG Coordinator in 2018. During this time, Cindy also obtained her Honours Research Degree, with her Thesis exploring the effects of bullying behaviours on frontline hospitality employees’ work performance. Her Thesis was published in the Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism. Prior to joining Pro-invest, Cindy worked in the hospitality industry, most recently as Restaurant Hostess & Waitress with the Mejico Tequila Bar & Restaurants where her primary role was mentoring new employees, customer enquiries, liaising with Head Office, managing reservations, functions and group bookings.

Cindy holds a Bachelor of Business in Hotel Management from The Hotel School Australia and a Bachelor of Business in Tourism & Hospitality with Honours from Southern Cross University. She is additionally a Pro-invest Group member representative on the Property Council of Australia NSW Hotel Property Committee and the Hotel Sustainability Sub-committee.

Andrew is a hotel professional with over 25 years experience in investment and operations globally. Most recently he was the Chief Financial Officer for Hospitality in the Real Estate division of the ADIA where he led a team responsible for structuring and execution of c.$7.1bn of individual and portfolio hotel investments. Acquisitions were of both companies and assets directly and made use of a number of tax efficient structures. He was responsible for ensuring robust corporate governance was in place across all structures and was responsible for disclosure and similar regulatory requirements. While at ADIA Andrew was also responsible for external debt financing of the hotel portfolio and led c.$7.2bn of financing activity in the United Kingdom, United States, Hong Kong and Australia. He also supervised non-hotel financing in China, Australia and the United States, for logistics, office and retail assets.

Prior to joining the Abu Dhabi investment Authority Andrew worked for 18 years for InterContinental Hotels in their Hong Kong, Brussels and London offices in a wide range of finance, operations and investment roles. His responsibilities included senior regional management roles as well as corporate and central finance roles.

Andrew qualified as a chartered accountant with the Society of Accountants in New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Tjeerd Renkema is Chief Financial Officer Australasia and is based at the Sydney Corporate Office. Tjeerd has primary responsibility for the planning, implementation, managing and running of all the finance activities of the Australasia businesses. Tjeerd supports the development of the corporate strategy and provide financial and commercial advice to identify opportunities that deliver sustainable growth.

Tjeerd has over 12 years’ experience in providing assurance and advisory services, which include external audits, accounting- and transaction advice. In Addition to working with companies within the Private equity sector with a strong focus on Real estate and Hospitality including Blackstone, Brookfield and several hotel groups. Tjeerd has a broad experience in leading teams to solve complex problems through combining everyone’s unique capabilities.

Mina is Director of Investments and Asset Management for Pro-invest Group. With over 13 years of hospitality experience, her experience spans from hotel operations, property research and development planning, to investments and asset management. Mina provides leadership, source and execute investment opportunities including advising on financing and valuation matters of hospitality and commercial real estate projects and leading the management and evaluation of the due diligence process on potential acquisitions and development opportunities for the group.

Prior to joining Pro-invest, Mina was Associate Director of hotels transaction services and asset management at Colliers International Sydney and managed a portfolio of branded hotels across Australia and New Zealand. She monitored the implementation of asset and investment strategies including conducting monthly financial and operational performance reviews, preparing investment board papers, assessing the robustness of budget, forecast and capex plans, and managing the valuation process. Mina was also former Associate Director of Horwath HTL Hong Kong, focusing on development planning consulting and coordinated projects across 8 offices in Pacific Asia. She started her career as an operations management trainee with Marriott International and worked in various hotel departments in the United States.

Mina is a member of the Australian Property Institute (AAPI) and committee member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) in NSW, Australia. She holds a Master of Property from the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning of The University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Hotel Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Certificates in accounting.

Anthony is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Pro-invest International Asset Management, responsible for managing internal governance, reviewing and monitoring the compliance function, providing company secretarial duties, drafting and settling legal documents and providing general legal advice for the company. Anthony brings over 10 years’ experience in the legal industry and over 6 years’ experience as Senior Legal Counsel. Prior to working at Pro-invest, Anthony was Senior Legal Counsel for the multinational organization, Danone, responsible for contract & corporate governance, marketing and general compliance.

Anthony also contributed to drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements and managed stakeholder management at Danone. Prior to this Anthony was Corporate Counsel at the ASX listed organization, Vocus Group, advising in all areas of the law including employment, competition and IP law. Prior to being an in-house counsel, Anthony was a private practice lawyer at the global commercial law firm, Ashurst.

Anthony is admitted as a lawyer in both Australia and New Zealand. Anthony holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Sydney. In addition, he has a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney and Diploma of Legal Practice from the College of Law. Most recently, Anthony completed his Master of Business Administration from University of South Australia.

Scott is Director of Investments in Europe, responsible for origination, underwriting and due diligence of new hospitality and commercial acquisitions and developments. Prior to Pro-invest, Scott was most recently responsible for leading the feasibility and investment analysis function in Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa at IHG. He was responsible for completing complex feasibility and investment analysis as well as due diligence including M&A opportunities and distressed asset workouts. Scott’s involvement in countless negotiations for management and franchise contracts supported IHG’s increasing growth profile. He was an integral part of the deal team during IHG’s acquisition of the Kimpton brand and management platform in 2014, Principal Hotels UK platform in 2018 including complex lease negotiations and several German lease agreements including the re-negotiation of InterContinental Berlin and the future Kimpton in Frankfurt. Prior to relocating to Europe in 2010, Scott was responsible for financial analysis and valuation of management and joint venture opportunities for IHG in the Americas. He joined IHG in 2007, following a previous role in commercial property development, as a Senior Analyst, responsible for completing feasibility studies for new management opportunities. Scott graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Florida, Gainesville USA.

Irene is Executive Assistant at Pro-invest Group reporting directly to the Co-CEO & Deputy Chair. Irene provides primary support to fulfil and deliver high-level administrative duties for a broad variety and diverse set of tasks and functions for senior management to ensure the company goals and objectives are accomplished.

With over 26 years of experience in office administration and management within the international hotel and airline industries, Irene was formerly Executive Assistant for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, providing full administrative and office support to the Regional Vice President and Senior Directors. Prior to this, Irene worked for Polynesian Airlines as Marketing Executive which entailed introducing and distributing air fares to the travel industry, monthly statistically reporting and processing passenger figures. Irene spent six years with Infinity Holidays as Product Manager responsible for costing and constructing package holidays to UK, Europe and USA.  Before moving to Australia in 1993, Irene was Reservations & Groups Manager at The Ritz Hotel, London for six years, solely responsible for room inventory and statistical reporting.

Umesh is Senior Portfolio Manager for Pro-invest Asset Management, assisting with the acquisitions and investment management for the Group’s growing hotel Funds Management platform. Umesh has over 13 years’ experience in Hospitality, Financial Services and Consulting businesses across Australia, New York and India. Prior to joining Pro-invest, Umesh worked for Elanor Investors Group, an ASX listed funds management business with about $1 Billion of investments in Hotels, Tourism & Leisure (HTL), office and retail space. At Elanor, Umesh was working with the CIO and Head of HTL Portfolio on improving financial and operational performances of HTL portfolio, managing accounts and finance and assisting in new acquisitions. Umesh previously worked with the Indian arm of NYSE listed Alexandria REIT and was involved in acquisitions, development and investment management. Umesh has also worked with The DE Shaw Group, a USD 40 Billion hedge fund, (involved in reporting and analysis, budgeting, firm-wide CXO projects) and Deloitte’s International taxation team. Umesh is a member of CPA Australia, CA India; has completed CPA USA, Bachelor of Commerce, Diploma in Business Management and Certification in Business Valuation.

Norman is Director of Technical Services at Pro-invest Developments. He is a registered architect specialising in hotel design and procurement with over 40 years of experience working globally for an international architectural practice (RMJM), hotel operators (Marriott, Intercontinental Hotels Group) and hotel developers (Aldar Properties, Majid Al Futtaim Properties). With key skills in feasibility and concept design, design and development project management, master planning, and hotel due diligence, he brings a wealth of global experience to Pro-invest Group. Since rejoining Pro-Invest in 2017 and in addition to supporting their Australasia hotel development pipeline, he has been proactively advancing development and investment opportunities in Mexico and Europe. With Aldar Properties he led a technical team representing the Owner asset management team in the briefing, delivery and successful completion of 7 hotels, totalling 2,250 keys in time for the inaugural 2009 Abu Dhabi F1 race. Before rejoining Pro-Invest he was the head of Design & Engineering for all Intercontinental Hotels Group brands within the Middle East and Africa region. Norman holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree, is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and an Associate of Royal Institute of Architects Scotland.

Mark is a Development Manager for Pro-invest Developments. Mark has 18 years’ experience in the property and construction industry, having worked across multiple property sectors throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

Mark joined Pro-invest in 2017 and has been instrumental in Pro-invest’s Hotel development expansion across Australia and New Zealand. Mark has a comprehensive knowledge of the property lifecycle, specialising in site augmentation, planning, financial feasibility, design, construction, risk, and value management. Mark has been responsible for the successful delivery of numerous large building towers and is currently taking the lead role in managing the development approval of Pro-invest’s largest asset – 100 Walker Street, North Sydney – a 45 Storey commercial office tower. Mark has recognised leadership skills and a management style with shrewd business acumen.

Prior to joining Pro-Invest, Mark worked as a Senior Project Manager at a Property and Infrastructure firm, delivering high density residential, commercial office, and retail projects.

Mark earnt a Master of Property from the University of Newcastle and a Diploma in Project Management and Industrial Design.