Schroders Capital, the $99.3bn private markets business of Schroders, announces the appointment of Jérôme Hamelin as Head of Real Estate, France.
Based in Paris, Jérôme Hamelin will take “charge of real estate activities related to offices, logistics, and retail.”
In these areas, he will be responsible for the performance of the already well-established real estate business and the “further development of Schroders Capital’s real estate activities in France, Luxembourg, and Belgium.”
Its hotels platform will remain under “the responsibility of James MacNamara, Global Head of Value Add and Alternatives, Real Estate at Schroders Capital.”
Jérôme’s appointment reflects the importance of the French market for the business, where 40 specialists execute strategies “across offices, logistics, retail, and hotels, in close collaboration with Schroders Capital’s real estate specialists in the region.”
With nearly 20 years of experience in real estate investment and asset management across Europe, Jérôme has “held leadership positions at LaSalle Investment Management, overseeing significant transactions in France, the Benelux, Denmark and Italy.”
Schroders Capital’s real estate business is “a strategically important growth area which manages over $27.3 billion of assets in a range of strategies across 16 markets across Europe, the UK and Asia.”
Continental Europe represents “a key pillar of the platform’s offering with over 130 investment professionals located on the ground in eight countries.”
The team has a track-record, with “over 50 years of experience and deep expertise spanning investment and portfolio management, as well as asset operations.”
Jérôme Hamelin, Head of Real Estate, France, Schroders Capital, said:
“Schroders Capital is a fantastic real estate platform, and I am very excited to work with my new colleagues in the Paris-based team to continue delivering outperformance for clients across the existing portfolio. I am also looking forward to working closely with Roger and the senior leadership team across Europe to support the expansion of the business, with new strategies targeting higher growth parts of the market.”
Roger Hennig, Head of Continental Europe Real Estate, Schroders Capital, said:
“Continental Europe represents a significant portion of our overall portfolio and is a strategic market for us. We remain committed to the region and are optimistic about its growth potential. Jérôme has excellent experience and his appointment underscores our ambitious growth plans.”
As noted in the update, Schroders Capital provides investors “with access to a broad range of private market investment opportunities, portfolio building blocks and customised private market strategies.”
Its team focuses on delivering “risk-adjusted returns and executing investments through a combination of direct investment capabilities and broader solutions in all private market asset classes, through comingled funds and customised private market mandates.”
The team aims to achieve sustainable returns “through a rigorous approach and in alignment with a culture characterised by performance, collaboration and integrity.”
With $99.3 billion (£79.3 billion; €95.9 billion) assets under management, Schroders Capital offers a diversified “range of investment strategies, including real estate, private equity, secondaries, venture capital, infrastructure, securitised products and asset-based finance, private debt, insurance-linked securities and BlueOrchard (Impact Specialists).”