Cromwell has hired Abrdn’s Andrew Creighton to head up its European investment management team.
Creighton will be based in London and will report to Cromwell’s managing director in Europe, Pertti Vanhanen. He will be responsible for all aspects of Cromwell’s investment, fund and asset execution and management activity across Europe.
Creighton joins Cromwell following 10 years at Abrdn, where he held several senior leadership roles, most recently as head of investment management for real estate, managing more than €45bn (£38bn) of AUM.
Prior to this he was director of property at Henderson Global Investors, before it became Nuveen. He has also previously worked at DTZ, now Cushman & Wakefield.
Vanhanen said: “Andrew is a highly experienced real estate professional who brings more than 25 years of real estate investment management experience to our European platform.
“His deep expertise across all major investments sectors, combined with his demonstrable experience in creating balanced pan-European products across all risk profiles, will make a real impact on our business as we accelerate our transition to becoming a stronger European investment manager.”
Creighton said the move was “a great opportunity to contribute to a strong growing business”.
“Against an increasingly uncertain macroeconomic backdrop, investors are looking for partners who are able to align with their long-term ESG and investment return goals,” he added. “This is an exciting time to be joining Cromwell and I look forward to helping them achieve their innovative goals and deliver returns for investors.”
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