Northern European real estate investment and asset management firm Cording has appointed Philip Gittins as group finance director.
Northern European real estate investment and asset management firm Cording has appointed Philip Gittins as group finance director.
Gittins spent almost 20 years at Henderson Global Investors (now TH Real Estate) where, until 2007, he worked within the real estate group as a director responsible for finance and operations, including overseeing the creation and operation of various pan-European real estate funds.
In 2007, he left to jointly create a real estate and private equity fund administration business, Saltgate, and was based in Luxembourg for more than six years. As managing director of the Luxembourg operation and a member of the Compliance and Risk Committee, he acted as executive director for many companies, including various Luxembourg, German, Channel Islands and UK structures.
Headquartered in London, Cording Real Estate Group is an owner-managed investment management, asset management and property management business. Headed by executive chairman John Partridge and CEO Peter Dove, Cording currently has €2.4 bn under management.