Just over a year after leaving AXA Real Assets as global head of research and strategy, Alan Patterson has taken up a similar role with Chinese state-owned real estate and infrastructure firm Gingko Tree Investment.
Based in London, Patterson will lead Gingko's research and strategy team as well as its transactions and asset management teams.
Gingko Tree is the real estate and infrastructure investment subsidiary of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of China. The company has carried out a number of deals in Europe in recent years, including the acquisition of the 372,000 m2 Siemens Campus in Munich together with Pramerica Real Estate Investors, and the Fosse Shopping Park in the UK city of Leicester for £345.5 mln (€433 mln) together with The Crown Estate.
Patterson was global head of research and strategy at AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets for eight years until June 2016, after which he worked as an independent real estate consultant.
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13 September 2017
Global Capital Flows Briefing
Colliers International
08.00-10.30
