Sofya Shuster is the Head of Real Estate at ING Australia, leading the expansion of ING’s real estate sector coverage across its Australian institutional client base, including inbound and outbound cross-border business. Since joining ING in 2011, she has held various roles across Amsterdam, London, New York, and Sydney, including senior positions within real estate finance, loan capital markets, and sustainable finance. Sofya is a CFA charterholder and holds a BS in Economics (cum laude) from Lomonosov Moscow State University and an MS in Finance and Investments (cum laude) from the Rotterdam School of Management. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, she serves as a Board Member of the LCU Fund for Women’s Education, a New York-based non-profit organisation. 

Michael has almost 40 years’ experience in all facets of real estate including non-bank real estate lending, real estate investment, funds management and construction.

Prior to founding Madigan Capital in 2016, Michael co-founded Quadrant Real Estate Advisors (QREA) focused on private placement of real estate debt investments in Australia, Europe and North America. Michael was a Board Member, Executive Vice President and one of four Executive Vice Presidents of the Global Investment Committee of QREA. Over his 10 years QREA invested in excess of USD11bn of client capital across multiple geographies.

Prior to QREA, Michael was Group Executive at Lendlease Corporation for more than a decade. During this period he held various roles in Australia, the United States and Singapore.