Heitman bolsters European platform

Heitman, a global real estate investment management firm, has bolstered its management platform in Europe with the hire of Erik Rijnoudt as senior vice president - Portfolio Management in the firm’s London office.

In tandem with this new hire, Chicago-based Heitman also announced that veteran portfolio manager, David Brodersen has been promoted and will relocate to the firm’s Warsaw office as a senior vice president, taking a more active role in portfolio management throughout the region.

Rijnoudt joins Heitman from Apollo Global Real Estate where he served as a European portfolio manager responsible for €1 bn of Western European core plus and value added assets across the office, logistics, retail and residential real estate classes. Prior to joining Apollo, Rijnoudt worked as a fund asset manager at AXA Real Estate and as an associate director, at AEW Europe, formerly known as Curzon Global Partners.

'It is a personal pleasure for me to welcome Erik as we have known each other for many years and worked together earlier in our careers,' said Rob Reiskin, co-head of Heitman’s European private real estate equity operations.

David Brodersen joined Heitman in 2010, based in its London office. Prior to joining Heitman, he served for five years as the Prague-based development director to the head of Asset Management for Central & Eastern Europe at GE Capital Real Estate. As a long-time resident of Europe, David has lived and worked in London, Prague, Vienna and Moscow.