ELECTED ORGANS
PRESIDENT
Dr. Kai Warnecke - Haus & Grund Deustchland (DE)
Dr. RA. Kai H. Warnecke is President of Haus & Grund Deutschland and was Vice President of UIPI for the period 2016-2024. He is also member of UIPI Executive Committee since 2004.
Dr. Warnecke was elected President of Haus & Grund Deutschland, the Federal Association of German property owners, in 2016. He joined Haus & Grund Deutschland in 2003: first as consultant and Head of Department, later as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer and finally as Chief Executive Officer in 2013.
He is also Deputy Chairman of the NaWoh (the German Association in support of sustainable development of housing), a member of the KfW Board of Supervisory Directors – Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau as well as a member of the Council of the DV (German Association of housing, urban and regional planning).
Kai is a registered lawyer and owns a PhD in Law from at the Humboldt University Berlin. He is also a Law graduate from the University of Passau, the University of Glasgow and the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. Before undertaking his Doctorate on tax-privileged real estate investments, he worked as a legal clerk at the Supreme Court.
A German national, Kai is fluent in English.
SECRetary general
Emmanuelle Causse - UIPI (EU)
Emmanuelle Causse has been elected General Secretary of the UIPI in February 2020. Prior to be elected General Secretary of UIPI, she was Director of UIPI since 2009, when she settled the UIPI Representation in Brussels.
Emmanuelle started her career in EU Affairs in 2001, working for different organisations, including the European Parliament, a well-known European think tank, the Ile-de-France region representation in Brussels and a wide European umbrella association. She was also a researcher on EU policy at the Austrian Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS).
Her role is to lead the Brussels office, act as a representative toward EU institutions and prepare as well as defend the positions of the organisation on all EU topics relevant for private property owners.
Vice Presidents
Agustin Pujol - CCPU (ES)
Agustin Pujol is Vice-President of UIPI since 2016. Agustin is a member of the Confederation of Urban Property Chambers of Spain “Confederación de Cámaras de la Propiedad Urbana y Asociaciones de Propietarios de Fincas Urbanas” (CCPU) and former President of the Regional Catalonian Chamber of Urban Property from 2015 to 2021 and of the Chamber of Tarragona from 2013 to 2021.
Agustin was born in Tarragona, Spain into a family of architects. Like his grandfather, father and brother, Agustin is a Higher Architect, graduating with a degree in Higher Technical Architecture from the University of Barcelona in 1973.
Professionally, Agustin has designed numerous architectural works; mainly residential but also for industrial companies, public institutions, town planning and all types of restoration.
Aside from his architectural practice, Agustin was President of the Spanish Tennis Federation from November 1985 until December 2004; President of the European Tennis Federation from 2000 to 2002; a member of the Olympic Committee for the International Tennis Federation (ITF) from 1990 to 2004; and a Member of the Spanish Olympic Committee from 1991 to 2001.
Sylvain Grataloup - UNPI (FR)
Sylvain Grataloup serves as President of the Union Nationale des Propriétaires Immobiliers France (UNPI) and is a member of the National Housing Council.
Sylvain Grataloup is a distinguished lawyer and academic based in Lyon, France. Born in 1968, he is the founding partner of WMS Avocats since 2002 and a Maître de Conférences at Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, where he has been teaching since 1997. With a Doctorate in Private Law and Criminal Sciences, he has authored several legal publications and directed various academic programs, demonstrating his expertise in property and family law.
Drs. Ing. Cindy Kremer - VEH (NL)
Drs. Ing. Cindy Kremer is General Manager of the Dutch association of property owners Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH) since 2014 and Vice President of UIPI since 2020.
Professionally, Drs. Ing. Kremer has also presided the Supervisory Board of Atlant Zorggroep since 2018 and she is member of the Supervisory Board of Coroos Beheer B.V. since 2019.
She studied business administration at, among others, Erasmus University Rotterdam and she has worked for Ikea, Royal Friesland Foods and The Greenery
Prof. Dr. Luis Menezes Leitão - ALP (PT)
Prof. Dr. Luís Menezes Leitão is President of the Lisbon Landlords Association “Associação Portuguesa de Proprietários” (ALP) and Vice President of UIPI since 2014.
Prof. Leitão was born in Coimbra, Portugal. He is a Professor ex cathedra of Contract and Tort Law, Labour Law and Insolvency Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon.
He is a Lawyer and Arbitrator, former Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon as well as former Vice-Chairman of the Institute of Consumer Law and the Institute of Labour Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon.
A former Vice-President of the Lisbon Section of the Portuguese Bar Association and former member of the Pedagogic Council of the Portuguese Judges Formation Institution, Luis is also a member of various scientific academies in Portugal, Italy and Germany. Prof Leitão is the author of more than 50 titles published on topics ranging from Contract Law, Tort Law, Labour Law, Tax Law, Insolvency Law, and Internet Law.
Treasurer
Dr. Dario Dal Verme - CONFEDILIZIA (IT)
Dr. Dario Dal Verme is the national Treasurer for Confedilizia, the Italian Confederation of Real Estate Owners, as well as Treasurer of Assindatcolf, the National Trade Union Association of employers of domestic workers.
Dal Verme is a Certified Public Accountant and Auditor, as well as a fiscal consultant and judicial expert on tax and bankruptcies to the Court of Naples, Italy.
He has been the Honorary Consul to the Republic of Poland in Naples since 2012, and is founder of the financial consulting firm “dal Verme & Associati“, serving as board member and auditor to various companies and businesses. He is a regular contributor to numerous financial publications and has spoken at many national conferences related to fiscal matters.
HONORARY PRESIDENT
Stratos Paradias - POMIDA (EL)
Stratos Paradias is the President of Hellenic Property Federation (POMIDA). He was elected member of the UIPI Executive Committee (1984), Assistant Secretary General (1986), Secretary General (1999) and served as UIPI President from 2005 until 2024.
Stratos J. Paradias is a Greek Supreme Court Lawyer in Athens, Greece, an expert in Property Law. He is the founder (1983) and President, since 1996, of the Hellenic Property Federation (POMIDA).
He was the introducer of the legislation for the deregulation of all Rentals in Greece (1989-1994-2014), the abolition of the old Property Tax (1980, 1992, 2007), the remission of old municipal debts from undeclared real estate areas (2020), the compensation of landlords for the compulsory rents’ reduction due to the pandemic (2021), the three-year tax relief of rental income from empty houses (2024) and a great number of legislative regulations concerning real estate property.
He has been a member of the State Committees for the Deregulation (1984-1991) & Codification (1994) of Commercial Rentals Legislation, for the Taxation of Real Estate Property (1997), for the Olympic Games City of Athens Buildings Renovation Committee (2002-2004), for the National Council Against Tax Evasion (2008) and the National Planning Council (2019).
Paradias speaks Greek, English, French and Italian.
national representatives
executive committee
Among UIPI elected organs, the Executive Committee is the core body of the UIPI. It leads the activities of the organisation and mainly determines its actions. It comprises all the elected officials of the UIPI: the President, the General Secretary, the Treasurer as well as the Vice-Presidents of the UIPI, assisted by an Assistant General Secretary and an Assistant Treasurer as well as elected representatives from all national associations – Members of the UIPI.
Christoph Obermayer
Zentralverband Haus und Eigentum Wien (ÖHGB) – AUSTRIA
Olivier Hamal
Syndicat National des Propriétaires et Copropriétaires (SNPC) – BELGIUM
George Strovolides
Κυπριακός Σύνδεσμος Ιδιοκτητών Ακινήτων (KSIA) – CYPRUS
Milan Krček
Občanské sdružení majitelů domů v ČR, z.s. (OSMD) – Czechia
Inka-Marie Storm
Haus & Grund Deutschland (H&G) – Germany
Tassos Vappas
Πανελλήνια Ομοσπονδία Ιδιοκτητών Ακινήτων (POMIDA) – GREECE
Joan Rafols
Confederación de Cámaras de la Propiedad Urbana y Asociaciones de Propietarios de Fincas Urbanas (CCPU) – SPAIN
Alain Lucien Sicre
Union Nationale des Propriétaires Immobiliers (UNPI) – FRANCE
Harri Hiltunen
Suomen Kiinteistöliitto ry (FREF) – Finland
Marju Silander
Suomen Omakotiliitto (SO) – FINLAND
Maurice Deverell
Irish Property Owners Association (IPOA) – IRELAND
Giovanni Gagliani Caputo
Confedilizia – ITALY
Judith Scholte
Vereniging Eigen Huis (VEH) – THE NETHERLANDS
Morten Andreas Meyer
Huseierne (HL) – NORWAY
Mile Antić
Mreža za Restituciju u Srbiji (APPPBG) – SERBIA
Rikard Silverfur
Fastighetsägarna – SWEDEN
Ben Beadle
National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) – UNITED KINGDOM
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honorary members
Honorary members are previous members from national associations involved in the activities of the UIPI which have been awarded “honorary membership” for their outstanding contribution to the association.
