Alberto Albertazzi is resigning his post as head of property at Henderson Global Investors' Italian office and as general manager of the Sgr fund management arm with effect from August 1.

Alberto Albertazzi is resigning his post as head of property at Henderson Global Investors' Italian office and as general manager of the Sgr fund management arm with effect from August 1.

He will be replaced by Mario Pello, previously head of portfolio management in Italy who will lead the Italian office from now on. Sonia Ginelli will take over as general manager of the fund management unit.

Albertazzi joined Henderson Global Investors in April 2008 as fund manager of the Azzurro Fund. In the summer of 2009 he was promoted to head of property Italy.

He has nearly 20 years of experience in the real estate sector, having previously worked for Eurizon Capital Sgr, part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group, as well as for BNL Fondi Immobiliare Sgr, part of BNP Paribas Group. Between 2003 and 2007, he managed the Estense retail fund for BNL.