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John Forbes

Independent Consultant

John is an independent consultant advising real estate investment managers, investors and others in the real estate industry on the structure and operation of real estate funds. Prior to setting up John Forbes Consulting LLP in 2013, he spent over twenty-five years with PwC, where he was the firm’s international Subject Matter Expert on real estate funds. John is the chairman of the Independent Supervisory Board of the UBS Triton Property Fund, independent chair of the Urban Splash Residential Fund and non-executive chairman of Ginkgo Advisor UK Limited. John is a member of the Indirect Property Funds Group of the Investment Property Forum (IPF) and the Public affairs Committee of the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF).

He currently represents the real estate industry on Technical Expert Panel for the Pension and Lifetime Savings Associations (PLSA) Cost Transparency Initiative.

Over the last year, John has been heavily involved in real estate industry responses to regulatory consultations on ESG disclosures by pension funds, life insurance companies and fund managers in the EU and the UK.

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SPS Belgian Pension Fund and Institutional Investors Summit, Ghent
January 14. 2025
Ghent Marriott Hotel, Ghent
SPS Alternative and Real Asset Investments Conference
February 12. 2025
Farmers and Fletchers in the City, London
SPS Local Authority Pension Funds' Annual Investment Conference
March 4. 2025
Farmers and Fletchers in the City, London
SPS Annual Nordic Investment Conference, Copenhagen
March 25. 2025
Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen
SPS Swiss Institutional Investors' Summit
April 3. 2025
Zurich
SPS Nordic Sustainable Investment Conference, Stockholm
May14. 2025
7A Strandvägen, Stockholm
SPS Irish Pension Funds' Annual Investment and Current Issues
June 11. 2025
Dublin
SPS Investment Strategies for Institutional Investors Conference
June 19. 2025
London
SPS Fiduciary, OCIO and Investment Governance Conference
July 10. 2025
Farmers and Fletchers in the City, London
SPS Dutch Institutional Investors' Annual Conference
September 16. 2025
Amsterdam
SPS Nordic Institutional Investors' Summit, Helsinki
September 25. 2025
Helsinki
SPS Local Authority Pension Funds' Topical Issues and Sustainable Investment Conference
October 22. 2025
London
SPS Nordic Institutional Investors' Annual Conference, Stockholm
November 5. 2025
7A Strandvägen, Stockholm
SPS Current Investment Issues Conference
November 19. 2025
Farmers and Fletchers in the City, London
SPS DC Pension Funds Update
December 4. 2025
London
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