AXA RE appoints new global head of capital markets

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has appointed Dietrich Heidtmann as global head of investor relations and capital markets ahead of the partial retirement at the end of the year of Antoine Jozan.

Heidtmann joins from international property group Grosvenor, where he was responsible for capital raising and investor relations across Europe, Middle East, Africa and pan-Asia. Previously, from 1993 to 2011, he worked for Morgan Stanley International, where he spent most of his career, firstly in equity sales and subsequently as managing director of real estate private capital markets.

At AXA Real Estate, Heidtmann will be responsible for investor relations across Europe, Asia and North America, reporting directly to Deborah Shire, global head of business development. He will be based in Paris and become a member of the AXA Real Estate Executive Committee.

Heidtmann will work together with Jozan until the end of the year to ensure an orderly and smooth transition. Jozan will then move into a part-time position while keeping his responsibility for investor relations in Canada and the Middle East.