Swedish listed property company Kungsleden has appointed Henrik Gerdin as head of transactions.

Swedish listed property company Kungsleden has appointed Henrik Gerdin as head of transactions.

The appointment is part of a reorganisation which the Swedish company embarked on in autumn 2015.
In his new role Gerdin will, in accordance with the chosen strategic direction, continue to optimise and expand the property portfolio.

Gerdin was previously director at Niam where he spent the past eight years working with property transactions. Prior to this, he spent two years working with structured finance and investment banking at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank in London.

Gerdin has a business degree from the University of Manchester and a master's degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He will assume his new role in February 2016 and report to Ylva Sarby Westman, deputy CEO and CIO at Kungsleden.

'I look forward to working with Henrik and I am convinced that his transactions experience will further strengthen our organisation and our efforts to optimise and expand the property portfolio,' Sarby Westman said.

Gerdin said he was 'delighted to be part of Kungsleden’s transactions team and looked forward to continuing the past years' successful work with the property portfolio. 'Kungsleden has become a new company and I look forward to contributing towards a continued positive development.' he said.