AEW Europe has strengthened its European asset management team with two senior additions, having appointed Jean-Philippe Gaudin to lead its team in Paris, and Thomas Leinberger in Frankfurt.
AEW Europe has strengthened its European asset management team with two senior additions, having appointed Jean-Philippe Gaudin to lead its team in Paris, and Thomas Leinberger in Frankfurt.
Jean-Philippe Gaudin joins AEW Europe as head of Asset Management in Paris, bringing almost 20 years of diverse experience in consultancy and asset management in the real estate sector.
Since 2011 he worked at GE Capital Real Estate France as head of Asset Management, where he managed a €1.6 bn portfolio comprising over 150 assets.
He joined GE Capital Real Estate France in 2004, having spent six years at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in the real estate, construction, automotive and tourism sectors.
Thomas Leinberger has been appointed to the role of director of Asset Management at AEW Europe’s new Frankfurt office. He joins from Allianz Real Estate, where he spent the last two years as investment manager in indirect investments for the global CIO team.
Prior to this he worked as the head of International asset management for Allianz, where he was seconded to the World Economic Forum in New York to work as a project manager. He brings around 10 years of real estate asset management experience across Europe including Germany, and has managed commercial portfolios with a value of €1 bn. He started his career with Tishman Speyer Properties in Frankfurt in its asset management division and holds a Masters’ degree from the University of Hong Kong.
Rob Wilkinson, CEO of AEW Europe commented: 'Over the last 12 months, AEW Europe has been growing its presence in Germany, where we now have two offices and were most recently awarded a €200 mln mandate by German pension fund manager ZVK. In line with this expansion, Thomas is the most recent of several senior appointments in the region.'