Aviva Investors has appointed Tim Russell as senior fund manager in its real estate division.
Russell joins from Global Gate Capital, where he was director of UK real estate.
Russell, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, will oversee the asset manager’s unit-linked property funds. He will report to Imogen Ebbs, the head of UK funds, real estate.
During his time at Global Gate, Russell covered all areas of fund and asset management; from origination, structuring and financing to developing and managing.
Prior to Global Gate Capital, he spent eight years at Legal & General Investment Management, working across fund and asset management of UK commercial real estate.
The news comes as the investor announced a series of hew hires across the real estate business, including the recent appointments of Edmond de Fels, Lise Marbach Deguine and Theophile Perrin to its Paris-based team.
Ben Sanderson, managing director of real estate, said: “Tim brings a wealth of experience from across the breadth of the UK real estate sector and his appointment is part of a significant step forward in the growth of our real estate team over the past 12 months.
“His investment expertise will strengthen our investment capabilities and support our growth ambitions as we continue to adopt an active approach to deploying capital across the UK and help clients meet their long-term investment objectives.”
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