Christian Delaire is joining Generali Real Estate and General Properties as its new CEO, PropertyEU has learned.
Christian Delaire is joining Generali Real Estate and General Properties as its new CEO, PropertyEU has learned.
He succeeds Giancarlo Scotti who steps down from the position with effect from 31 March 2014, to pursue and develop a new professional endeavor.
Scotti joined the Generali Group in 2007 and set up its asset management and real estate services company. Since then, Generali Real Estate has merged the existing companies operating in the sector and has grown to become one of the leading global players with a presence in 11 countries and €28 bn of assets under management.
According to PropertyEU's top investors’ survey in Top 100 Investors, cities and sectors Generali Real Estate had €28 bn of assets under management in 2013 and carried out €2.1 bn of transactions last year.
The news of Delaire’s new job comes hard on the heels of the appointment of Rob Wilkinson as Delaire’s successor as CEO of AEW Europe.
Wilkinson joined the firm in 2009 as managing director, head of European fund management and separate accounts. He was subsequently promoted to chief investment officer in 2011.
Prior to joining AEW Europe, Wilkinson held various positions at the Goodman Group, UBS Investment Banking and Eurohypo.
AEW Europe is one of the leading European real estate investment managers operating from nine offices throughout Europe with over 280 professionals across the platform. According to PropertyEU's latest Top 100 Investors survey, AEW Europe had €18 bn of assets under management at end-2013. During 2013, AEW Europe raised €1.8 bn for investment in Europe and completed €2.6 bn of transactions.
Globally, AEW had real estate AUM of €38 bn at end-2013.