FINANCE: Investment manager AEW Europe has hired Colony Capital’s Thibault Chauvin as managing director, head of debt funds.
AEW launched its debt strategy in 2012, and has so far raised €323m (£254.4m) for its Senior European Loan Fund, which is on track to invest all of its capital in the coming months, according to a company statement this morning.
In the newly-created position Chauvin will be based in Paris and will report to Raphael Brault, head of funds and separate accounts.
Chauvin has previously held positions at Crédit Foncier, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.
Additionally, AEW has hired Ewa Parys as asset management director for central Europe. She joins from Atrium Real Estate and will be based in Poland.
