Conference speaker
Alex Knapp
Chief Investment Officer Europe | Hines
Alex Knapp is Chief Investment Officer, Europe of Hines, a role he was promoted to in
2019. He is responsible for developing the European investment strategy and growing
the platform. He is also a member of the firm’s executive and global investment
committees. He joined Hines in 2008 and has led major transactions ranging across
the risk spectrum in multiple product types. Most recently, he led the firm’s major
expansion into the living/housing sector on a pan-European basis. Prior to Hines,
he spent five years at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop working in Paris and Genova.
Knapp holds a bachelor of architecture from Rice University and a master’s in real
estate development from MIT.
