About Peter Cosmetatos

Peter Cosmetatos is chief executive of CREFC Europe, the trade association for the European real estate finance market, which organises industry events, training and working groups, and conducts policy advocacy work on behalf of its members. Peter was a member of the independent Real Estate Finance Group and authored its May 2014 report, ‘A Vision for Real Estate Finance in the UK’, making recommendations for a safer real estate finance market. Before joining CREFC Europe in 2013, Peter spent five years at the British Property Federation, leading its work on tax, financial regulation and capital flows. Earlier, he spent 10 years at Freshfields, specialising in real estate and real estate finance tax. He read Russian and Italian at Oxford and has a Masters in Soviet studies.