Madalena Contreras is a Principal in the Real Estate Group at Apollo and an investment professional on the Apollo European Real Estate team, based in London. She is responsible for the day to day implementation of the European student accommodation strategy, including acquisitions and supervision of asset management. Apollo’s European PBSA footprint currently comprises a directly owned ~$600m UK portfolio, under which forms part of an aggregation to hold strategy – with the broader goal of establishing a targeted European PBSA presence for its long -term affiliated capital – within a directly managed format. Prior to joining Apollo in 2020, she was a member of the Real Estate Investing team at Henderson Park, where she focused on acquiring and managing ca. 1bn+ portfolio of built-to-rent and co-living/PBSA assets, and prior to that, she was a member of the Real Estate Debt team at Deutsche Asset Management (now DWS). As June 30, 2024, Apollo had assets under management of approximately $696 billion across all asset classes, employing over 2,900 people worldwide, of which 780+ are investment professionals. Apollo maintains deep industry experience, including providing comprehensive real estate capital solutions throughout Europe with ~$21bn under management across equity and debt strategies