Emilie d’Avout has 14 years’ experience in real estate.

Emilie joined Yamed Group in 2013. She co-leads the “Property Development” business line. In this capacity, she runs several of the development projects managed by the Group.

She started her career at CBRE in Spain and joined CBRE Casablanca in June 2007. In 2010, Emilie was appointed Director of the Expertise and Advisory departments for North Africa. In charge of operational, administrative and financial reporting aspects for all expertise and advisory assignments (valuations, market studies, feasibility studies and asset optimisation studies), she managed a team of 8 consultants.

Emilie is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and holds a Master’s Degree in International Business (double degree in business management from Bordeaux IV and the University of Pamplona, Spain) She also holds a postgraduate degree in Applied Economics and Law in Real Estate, Construction and Housing (ICH Paris – INAU Rabat). Emilie is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Franck Coudert has more than 20 years of experience in investment operations and asset management, in particular in the real estate sector.
He joined Yamed Group in 2021.

In his capacity as Co-Head of Investment Management, Franck co-directs the Investment Management division of Yamed Group. As such, he coordinates all investment and development initiatives on behalf of Yamed Group clients.

Franck began his career in Paris as a lawyer in the “Corporate/M&A” departments of Ashurst and Reed Smith, before joining Clifford Chance and DLA Piper in Casablanca as a partner.

Over the course of his career, Franck has advised numerous investment funds, financial institutions and companies in relation to their investment operations. In particular, he has assisted Yamed Group with all of its strategic operations over the past 5 years. Franck also has significant experience in the structuring of funds and investment vehicles.

Franck is a graduate of the London School of Economics (Real Estate Economics and Finance), Georgetown University (LL.M), Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (post-graduate degree in Business Law) and Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Master of Business Law and Taxation).

He is admitted to the Paris and New York bars. Franck is fluent in English and French.

François Henrot has more than 36 years’ experience in real estate.

Born in 1949, François Henrot holds a degree in economics and is a graduate of Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris; he is also an alumnus of France’s École Nationale d’Administration and Stanford University.

He held senior positions within the Rothschild Group, notably as Chairman of the investment bank and Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild & Co, of which he was a director, then observer until 2020. He is also Lead Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rexel, one of the world’s leading distributors of electrical equipment and Chairman of the Board of Directors of COPEBA, a Belgian private investment firm.

His professional journey began in the public sector, at France’s Council of State then at the General Directorate of Telecommunications, before shifting to the private sector, at Compagnie Bancaire, at Paribas and, finally at the Rothschild group for 20 years.

In addition, he is the co-author of several books including a book entitled “Le Banquier et le Philosophe” (“The Banker and the Philosopher”) on the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

Gilbert Plumerel has more than 30 years’ experience in real estate development. He joined Yamed Construction in 2013 as Technical Director having spent 29 years at the helm of the technical department at Cogedim, the French leader in real estate development.

He has worked on numerous flagship buildings for French and foreign institutional investors, including Tour First (AXA– Beacon Capital Partner), Opus 12 (AXA), the Canal+ headquarters, Fondation Cartier, the Place du marché Saint Honoré (BNP), the Groupama headquarters, etc.

Hicham Lazraq has 16 years’ experience in real estate finance, investment and asset management.

Before joining Yamed Group, Hicham worked for CBRE Global Investors in Paris for 5 years, where he was responsible for the financial portfolio management of two pan-European, Value-Add funds (with assets in Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands) for US and European pension funds. He was also responsible for implementing and monitoring investment strategies, investor relations, performance management and bank debt management.

Hicham started his career at PwC in Paris, where he spent 2 years in Corporate Finance and 3 years in the Real Estate Transaction Services team, advising French and international investors on real estate portfolio acquisitions and divestments.

Hicham is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC Paris), having completed Grandes Ecoles preparatory classes at the Ecole Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles. He also holds a postgraduate (DESS) degree in Business Law and Tax (Université Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne) and a postgraduate diploma in Accounting and Finance (DESCF). Hicham is fluent in French, English, Arabic and Spanish.

Jean Louis Delvaux started his career at the World Bank in Washington in 1970 as Investment Officer at the Institutional Financial Corporation, position he held during 5 years

By 1975 he entered the then emerging private equity industry in Paris; first as an investor at IDI Group (from 1975 to 1980), then as a founder and Chief Administrative Officer within IDIA (Institut de Développement des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires) an investment fund dedicated to the food industry.

He joined Natixis Private Equity in 1990, where he served until 2010 as an executive of the Natixis Private Equity funds in Europe, China, India, Brazil and the US, which he helped launching. He notably served as Deputy Managing Director in charge of the International Affairs, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of International Development of Natixis Private Equity, Chairman of the Management Board and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Natexis Private Equity International.

He was also Director of European Private Equity & Venture Group Association and of Association Française des Investisseurs en Capitaux.

Other positions include Secretary General at Financière Saint Dominique (from 1990 to 1995) and Managing Director at Compagnie Financière Jean-Paul Elkan (from 1996 to 1999).

Jean-Louis Delvaux is a graduate of HEC Paris Business School and received an MBA from Columbia University.

Karim Beqqali has more than 16 years’ experience in real estate.

Karim started his career at Nexity in Madrid in Investment before joining CBRE, where he had the opportunity to gain experience in different real estate roles, initially with CBRE London (City Investment Desk) before moving to CBRE Dubai with the launch of the Middle-East subsidiary and finally as part of the CBRE Madrid teams.

In 2006 he established the CBRE subsidiary in Casablanca, responsible for North Africa, and was later appointed Managing Director. Karim is also a member of the CBRE MENA (Middle East & North Africa) and CBRE Spain Management Boards.

Under his management, CBRE Casablanca grew from 2 to 38 employees in 7 years and became the leader in the region for all its activities.

Karim then became CEO of Yamed Group and its subsidiaries, Yamed Investors, Yamed Asset Management, Yamed Construction, Yamed Transaction and Yamed Advisory.

Karim is a graduate of the ESSEC Business School in Paris and undertook Grandes Ecoles preparatory classes at the Ecole Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles. He is also a High Potentials Leadership Program Graduate from Harvard Business School in Boston. Karim is fluent in French, English, Arabic and Spanish.

Karim Beqqali has more than 16 years’ experience in real estate.

Karim started his career at Nexity in Madrid in Investment before joining CBRE, where he had the opportunity to gain experience in different real estate roles, initially with CBRE London (City Investment Desk) before moving to CBRE Dubai with the launch of the Middle-East subsidiary and finally as part of the CBRE Madrid teams.

In 2006 he established the CBRE subsidiary in Casablanca, responsible for North Africa, and was later appointed Managing Director. Karim is also a member of the CBRE MENA (Middle East & North Africa) and CBRE Spain Management Boards.

Under his management, CBRE Casablanca grew from 2 to 38 employees in 7 years and became the leader in the region for all its activities.

Karim then became CEO of Yamed Group and its subsidiaries, Yamed Investors, Yamed Asset Management, Yamed Construction, Yamed Transaction and Yamed Advisory.

Karim is a graduate of the ESSEC Business School in Paris and undertook Grandes Ecoles preparatory classes at the Ecole Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles. He is also a High Potentials Leadership Program Graduate from Harvard Business School in Boston. Karim is fluent in French, English, Arabic and Spanish.

Karima has 13 years’ experience in Asset Management and real estate investment.

Karima joined Yamed Group in 2015. She co-leads the “Property Development” business line. In this capacity, she runs several of the development projects managed by the Group.

Before joining Yamed Group, Karima was Director of Investment for 5 years at Unibail-Rodamco (European leader in commercial real estate) in Paris. Her role involved managing a portfolio worth €1 million comprising office and hotel assets located in France and the Netherlands. She was involved in all stages of the life of the asset, from acquisition/development until sale. Karima was responsible for optimising the financial performance of assets, managing restructuring projects and sales processes. She also managed lease and SPA negotiations, LOI’s etc. with tenants (CAC 40 companies) and investors, and worked on acquisition opportunities.

Karima became a Senior Asset Manager for Allianz Real Estate in Paris, managing a team of 4, and was responsible for a portfolio of real estate assets (offices, shopping centres and residential properties) for various insurance companies in the Allianz group.

Karima is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale Paris, having completed Grandes Ecoles preparatory classes at the Ecole Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles. She also holds an Undergraduate Degree in Applied Economics from Université Paris IX Dauphine. Karima is fluent in French, English and Arabic.

Olivier Piani is the CEO and Founder of OP Conseils (started in 2016), a consulting company in Real Estate and finance. He holds Senior Consultant positions with a major European Private Equity Group and with a US based Value-Added Real Estate Fund Manager.

From 2008 to 2015 he was the CEO of Allianz Real Estate, the real estate investment platform for the Allianz Group, which he regrouped and restructured successfully to serve the Allianz Group of insurances. Under his stewardship the Real Estate assets of the group grew to 40bn EUR worldwide.

From 1998 to 2008 he built up a Pan European platform for GE Capital Real Estate which had more than 500 people in 7 different countries. GE Capital Real Estate delivered more than 900m USD of profits in 2007.

Prior to joining GE in 1998, he worked as CEO of UIC-Sofal – a real estate bank – with a mission to restructure and sell the company. In 1998 the company was successfully sold to a consortium of Goldman Sachs and GE.

From 1982 to 1995 Olivier held various leadership positions in the Paribas Group in Paris, New York and London.

O. Piani is a graduate of Paris Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (1977) and received an MBA from Stanford University (1981).

Vincent Pavanello had founded Real Estech, an european cluster that gathers more than 300 real estate start-up.

He has published a book entitled L’immobilier Demain in 2017, the first book ever dedicated to digital transformation in the real estate sector. He has also worked for the French government to promote innovation in the construction industry.

He teaches real estate at Sciences Po Paris and participates in many conferences all over the world.

He started his career, alongside studies at ESCP EUROPE, in a pan-european real estate family office. He is now the president of ReT Conseil, an advisory company that collaborates with several real estate CEO in France, Switzerland, Marocco and Canada. He also works as a venture partner for a venture-capital fund managed by LBO France.

Zineb Masrour has 10 years’ experience in real estate and 5 years’ experience in corporate finance.

She joined Yamed Group in 2013.

In her quality of Chief Investment Officer, Zineb heads the “Advisory” and “Investment Management” business lines. In this capacity, she oversees all the investment and development initiatives, both for our clients and for the Yamed Group.

She started her career in the Fusions & Acquisitions department at Crédit Agricole before joining La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild. She then joined CFG Group in Casablanca as part of the Corporate Finance department, where she remained for almost four years.

Zineb joined CBRE in Casablanca in 2010, where she was responsible for the Investment and Capital Markets departments.

Throughout her career Zineb has been involved in various complex and diverse advisory assignments, notably for acquisitions, financial and legal structuring of various real estate projects, raising equity for private investments and bank debt raising.

She graduated from Université Paris IX Dauphine with a Masters in Management Science, specialising in Finance, and she also holds a Specialised Master’s Degree in Financial Engineering from the EM Lyon Business School. Zineb is fluent in French, English and Arabic.