Nido Living, CTP, Shorea Capital, Redevco, Landmark Properties, Landmark Properties, Strata Clean Energy, Elevate Renewables, ArcLight, Savills, JLL, Schroders Capital, Vision Ridge Partners, OMERS Infrastructure, CA Ventures, Global Student Accommodation, Drooms, Sphere Investments
OMERS Infrastructure – Peter Gray has been appointed to the role of senior MD and head of Americas. Gray will report to Michael Hill, the global head of infrastructure, and join the global infrastructure management committee. Gray has been an part of the OMERS Infrastructure business since 2014. Prior to OMERS, Gray worked at Allstate Investments in Chicago, and in the investment banking divisions of HSBC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Landmark Properties – Nikko Politis has been appointed senior director of multifamily acquisitions. Politis will be responsible for leading Landmark’s investment activities focusing on stabilised and value-add acquisitions across the traditional multifamily landscape. Prior to joining Landmark Properties, Politis held leadership roles at The Calida Group, BMC Investments, Ascentris, Jamestown and Starwood Capital, where he was responsible for the acquisition, financing, asset management, portfolio management and disposition of real estate investments across the US and Latin America.
Vision Ridge Partners – The global sustainable real assets investor has appointed PJ Jannuzzi as MD and head of asset management. Jannuzzi will be responsible for helping to manage and enhance Vision Ridge’s portfolio of assets, deepening the firm’s network of advisors, and supporting its investment team. Jannuzzi is the former MD, asset management at Blackstone. Previously, he worked at Bain & Company, Tishman Speyer and Goldman Sachs in management consulting, corporate finance, and investment banking roles, respectively.
Nido Living – Rosemary Boot has been appointed non-executive director to the board. Boot will also serve as chair of the Nido Living’s audit and risk committee and will join the investment and ESG committees. Boots brings over 16 years of experience as a non-executive director and a career as a strategic and commercial leader within the investment banking, climate change/clean energy and property sectors. In her capacity as a non-executive director, she has been on the boards of organisations such as Southern Water and Green Alliance. She is currently a non-executive director at Urban & Civic, Care REIT, Triple Point Energy Transition, and Chapter Zero.
Drooms – Jasmin Menz and Nikita Chernukhin, both Drooms employees, will assume the roles of chief product officer and chief technology officer respectively. Menz has been with Drooms since 2015 and played a pivotal role in product design as SVP of product. Chernukhin, who also joined the company in 2015, has significantly shaped software development as SVP of platform architecture. The two succeed Petter Made, who has served as CTPO since 2014, combining both roles. Made is leaving Drooms by mutual agreement to pursue new professional opportunities.
Global Student Accommodation – Linda Delmedico has been appointed regional development manager in Italy. Delmedico, the firm’s first employee in the country, will lead its initiatives in Italy, focusing on the company’s pipeline of development opportunities in key educational cities such as Milan. She joins from CA Ventures, where she was responsible for developing their Italian student housing portfolio. Prior to CA Ventures, Delmedico spent six years with The Social Hub, where she opened projects in Florence and Bologna, introducing the first hybrid student housing model in Italy.
CTP – The listed developer, owner, and manager of industrial and logistics properties has appointed Jakub Kodr as its new managing director for the Czech Republic. Kodr, who joined CTP more than seven years ago and previously was head of business development, takes over the leadership of CTP in the Czech Republic as of January 2025. Kodr started his career in real estate development at Cushman & Wakefield. In his new role as MD, he will focus on further expansion, strengthening relationships with clients, key partners and implementing the company’s plans across the country.
Shorea Capital – The Singapore-headquartered property investment management firm has appointed Adam Starr to head its UK business. Starr has been appointed to the newly created role of managing director to lead Shorea’s UK business, overseeing key functions including investment and asset management. With over 30 years of experience in the real estate sector in the UK and Continental Europe, Starr has led cross-border investment and transaction teams for multiple mandates across asset classes. He was most recently head of global transaction management at Redevco, where he spent over two decades in various leadership roles including managing director of its Central and Eastern Europe operations, and managing director of its UK business.
Edyn – The European lifestyle accommodation provider has appointed Alastair Thomann as its new CEO. Thomann succeeds Daniel Carre-Bishop, CFO and interim CEO, who will continue in his role as CFO. Thomann joins from Generator and Freehand Hotels, leading design-led shared accommodation brands, where he served as CEO of both businesses. Prior to Generator and Freehand Hotels, Thomann was global MD of Penta Hotels for the Rosewood Hotel. Thomann joined Penta Hotels having previously held consultancy and asset management positions at CTF Hotels and Resorts and Arthur Anderson.
Schroders Capital – Minal Patel has been appointed global head of infrastructure. In this newly created role, Patel will lead Schroders Capital’s global infrastructure business, primarily consisting of Schroders Greencoat, the rebranded renewable investor acquired as Greencoat Capital in 2022. Patel joined Greencoat Capital in 2019 as a partner and most recently led the oversight of its private institutional funds, the structuring of new investment opportunities and the widening of investor relationships. She started her renewable energy career as a project finance lender and advisor, spending eight years with Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ and Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to working at Greencoat, she co-led the environmental infrastructure team at Foresight.
Elevate Renewables – The ArcLight Capital Partners portfolio company has appointed Joshua Rogol CEO. Rogol was previously president of Strata Clean Energy. Eric Cherniss, who was previously president of Elevate has been promoted to head of development for ArcLight.
Sphere Investments – Flavia Galli has been appointed director of strategic alliances and medical affairs for Europe. Galli, who joined the company earlier this year, will play a key role in leading business development in the region, with a particular focus on the Spanish market. In her new position, Galli will be responsible for building strategic relationships with healthcare providers, operators of senior living and retirement homes, institutional investors and capital partners, driving the firm’s mission to enhance public health by reimagining the built environment. Galli, a physician specialised in anesthesiology and critical care and has worked in intensive care units and operating rooms in Italy and Spain for more than five years. Additionally, she has three years of experience in clinical research.
Savills – Alan Bennett has been appointed director in the firm’s healthcare and senior living team. Bennett will focus on valuations work within the operational capital markets division. He was recently a director in JLL’s healthcare team, specialising in valuations for accounting, loan security, and partnership purposes across the UK.
