COVIVIO Paris, 24 February 2016
Foncière des Régions is appointing Philippe Boyer as Innovation Director of its newly-created Innovation Department. Mr Boyer has more than 20 years of experience in real estate and city planning.
Working methods, the perception of time and space and the utilisation of offices and hotels are evolving due to an environment undergoing profound and rapid transformation. Foncière des Régions intends to anticipate the surface area and service needs of tomorrow, thereby bolstering its partnership strategy by pursuing any innovations likely to meet the future needs of tenants and to improve the comfort of occupants.
Philippe Boyer will be responsible for coordinating and managing the Group's innovation work. He will report to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and will work with all Foncière des Régions departments.
Philippe Boyer joined Foncière des Régions in 2004 and has held various positions in the Communication field. Since 2011, he has been in charge of Development, Marketing and Innovation for Urbis Park, a car park subsidiary of Foncière des Régions and Crédit Agricole Assurances. In this role, he launched innovative projects focusing on digital technology, mobility policies, customer experience as well as new payment instruments in partnership with specialist startups and Orange.
Philippe Boyer, 48, is a graduate of IEP (Institute of Political Studies) Aix-en-Provence and received an MBA from EM Lyon Business School. He is the author of a book on smart cities: "Ville connectée - vies transformées - Notre prochaine utopie ?"(1)
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(1) "Connected city - transformed lives - Our future utopia?
As a key player in real estate, Foncière des Régions has built its growth and its portfolio on the key and characteristic value of partnership. With a total portfolio valued at €18 billion (€11 billion in group share), located in the high-growth markets of France, Germany and Italy, Foncière des Régions is now the recognised partner of companies and territories which it supports with its two- fold real estate strategy: adding value to existing urban property and designing buildings for the future.
Foncière des Régions mainly works alongside Key Accounts (Orange, Suez Environnement, EDF, Dassault Systèmes, Thales, Eiffage, etc) in the Offices market, as well as being a pioneering and astute operator in the two other profitable sectors of the Residential market in Germany and Hotels in Europe.
Foncière des Régions shares are listed in the Euronext Paris A compartment (FR0000064578 - FDR), are admitted for trading on the SRD, and are included in the composition of the MSCI, SBF 120, Euronext IEIF "SIIC France" and CAC Mid100 indices, in the "EPRA" and "GPR 250" benchmark European real estate indices, and in the FTSE4 Good, DJSI World and NYSE Euronext Vigeo (World 120, Eurozone 120, Europe 120 et France 20) ethics indices.
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