Hermes Investment Management has announced the appointment of Ben Patton as associate director to the real estate debt team.

Hermes Investment Management has announced the appointment of Ben Patton as associate director to the real estate debt team.

Based in London, Patton will be responsible for the origination and execution of commercial real estate debt transactions reporting directly into Vincent Nobel, head of Hermes Real Estate Debt.

Launched in 2013, the Hermes Real Estate Debt Fund invests in UK commercial real estate (CRE) loans and was seeded with a £400 mln (€560 mln) cornerstone investment. Prior to joining Hermes, Patton was vice president of Barclays Bank's real estate team.