Aviva Investors has appointed Grégoire Bailly-Salins as head of transactions for continental Europe to oversee its real estate acquisitions in the market.
Bailly-Salins joins after six years working at Union Investment, latterly as a senior investment manager operating between Paris and Hamburg.
He will be based in Paris in his new role, reporting to Daniel McHugh, managing director for real estate.
Bailly-Salins will primarily target properties in France, Germany, Spain, Benelux and the Nordic region.
McHugh said: “Grégoire’s appointment is reflective of the ambitions we have for real estate investment in continental Europe.”
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