Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management's real estate investment business has hired Hugo Vere as a director and head of asset management for the UK.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management's real estate investment business has hired Hugo Vere as a director and head of asset management for the UK.

He will be based in London and report to James Petit, head of UK at DeAWM Real Estate.

In addition to overseeing real estate asset management in the UK, Vere will develop new real estate services for DeAWM's global clients.

Vere is an associate member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has over 17 years of investment management experience.

He has held a number of roles including establishing and leading Invista Real Estate's Asian fund management business based in Hong Kong.

Over the past year he has served as a consultant to Guidance Investments, a Malaysian business that provides Shariah-compliant investment products, advising on structuring, strategy and execution for an international real estate joint venture.