US real estate investment manager Heitman has hired Schroder REIM's Continental Europe head Tony Smedley as managing director and head of European Private Equity.
He will succeed Gordon Black, who has led Heitman’s private equity investment activities in Europe for the past 17 years.
Black will continue to be based in London as a member of the European Private Equity group, focusing on certain client private equity portfolios with European and global investment mandates. He will also continue to serve on Heitman’s European Private Equity Investment Committee.
In his new role, Smedley will lead Heitman’s European Private Equity group and is tasked with broadening the scope of the firm’s European operations while continuing to serve its clients in meeting or exceeding their European real estate investment objectives.
'We are delighted to welcome Tony to Heitman and are looking forward to his considerable talents
being applied to our client portfolios and our efforts to broaden our European Private Equity
operations,' said Heitman's CEO Maury Tognarelli.
