Barings has hired Rupert Gill, head of European real estate debt at BlackRock, to lead portfolio management for the company's own European real estate debt platform.
He will sit on the European Real Estate Debt Investment and Valuation Committees and lead the European Real Estate Debt Portfolio Management team that covers private debt real estate mandates encompassing both co-mingled funds and SMAs in Europe.
At BlackRock, he was head of European Real Estate Debt for nearly seven years, having been hired to build its European team and raise its first commingled European Real Estate Debt Fund. He has also held senior positions at Hatfield Philips International, Lloyds Bank and ABN Amro Bank.
Barings said he would be based in London and report to Nasir Alamgir, head of US and European real estate debt.
