AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets (AXA IMRA),has made two senior appointments, having hired John O’Driscoll as European head of transactions, replacing Laurent Jacquemin, who has been promoted to Head of Asia Pacific.
Both appointments are expected to be effective by 1 January 2018.
As European head of transactions O’Driscoll will report directly to AXA IMRA's CEO, Isabelle Scemama, and will oversee the sourcing, selection and execution of the acquisitions that the firm undertakes on behalf of clients. He will be based in London.
'These two new appointments further strengthen our global platform and advance our ambitions to expand internationally by providing us with a new senior deal maker in Europe, our largest territory and where we are the market leader, and a new head of Asia, one of our key growth markets,' said Scemama.
As part of his role, O’Driscoll will contribute to the investment strategies for both AXA IMRA and its clients and will be a member of its investment committee.
O’Driscoll has over 15-years’ experience in international real estate investment banking and investment advisory and joins from global real estate advisory services firm JLL, where he has been CEO of corporate finance and head of mergers & acquisitions for the EMEA region since 2014.
Prior to JLL, he spent eight years at Deutsche Bank, after four years in the EMEA Real Estate Investment Banking team at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Laurent Jacquemin is appointed as head of Asia Pacific and will be based at AXA IM - Real Assets’ newly relocated Asian hub in Tokyo, Japan, reporting directly to Laurent Lavergne, head of separate accounts and responsible for international development in the U.S. and Asia.
