Aviva Investors has made five hires to its real estate teams in the UK and Germany.
Former head of retail investment at Land Securities Gary Sherwin has been appointed head of UK investment transactions, and Daniel Lienhard joins from Savills Investment Management as head of investment transactions in Germany.
The appointments come as the Aviva Property Trust continues to be suspended from trading. The £1.5bn open-ended retail fund closed to redemptions in July along with six others – which have since re-opened – following the EU referendum.
Aviva said the fund is likely to stay suspended until 2017.
Aviva Global Real Estate chief executive Ed Casal, said: “Their collective knowledge and experience will be a huge asset to the business, bolstering the wealth of real estate investments experience we already have within the team.
“They will each play an important role in helping to deliver global real estate solutions, which is central to Aviva Investor’s ambition to become a global leader in outcome-oriented solutions.”
Gaston Brandes, head of real estate business development, Helen Rainsford, senior director of retail development and Darren Freed, retail asset manager, also joined the team.
From August: Aviva fund redemption delay irks rivals http://www.estatesgazette.co.uk/news/aviva-fund-redemption-delay-irks-rivals/
From January: Aviva appoints asset manager to London team http://www.estatesgazette.co.uk/news/aviva-appoints-asset-manager-to-london-team/
