Swiss investor and asset manager Empira Group has announced the appointment of Edward Berry as managing director and head of its new London office.
With more than sixteen years of experience working in the investment management industry, Berry will be instrumental in developing Empira’s institutional client footprint in the UK. As part of this drive, Berry will raise awareness of Empira Group’s investment solutions across the real estate capital structure. Based in London, he will report to Lahcen Knapp, founder and chairman.
Prior to joining Empira, Berry worked in senior client facing positions at Pimco and Centerbridge Partners. He worked at Pimco from 2008 to 2020 as a senior vice president with responsibility for fundraising and managing relationships with Pimco’s major UK institutional clients and their consultants.
At Centerbridge Partners he was a principal with responsibility for fundraising across the UK investor base. Earlier in his career he was a banks sector equity research analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort and an associate strategy consultant in PWC’s Private Equity advisory business.
