Cordea Savills, the international property fund manager, has announced the appointment of Charles Smith as Associate Director for its institutional business team.
Cordea Savills, the international property fund manager, has announced the appointment of Charles Smith as Associate Director for its institutional business team.
Based in Cordea Savills' Munich office, Smith will be focusing on developing the company’s distribution capabilities in German-speaking markets. He will report to Michael Flynn, Head of Institutional Business at Cordea Savills.
Smith joins Cordea Savills from Jones Lang LaSalle Capital Markets in Frankfurt, where he was responsible for the private placement of real estate funds in Germany. Prior to this he worked as a Senior Associate and M&A Adviser for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Düsseldorf.
A dual US/German national, Smith has a degree in International Business Studies from the University of Applied Science in Düsseldorf. He also studied International Management at the University of Maastricht and International Economics & Corporate Finance at the University of Charleston, S.C.
Thomas Guetle, Director of Institutional Business in Germany, said the appointment underscores Cordea Savills' commitment to the German market. ' We have experienced a growing interest from institutional clients in Germany to invest in Western European property and Charles will play a key role in helping us to meet that demand.'