M&G Real Estate has appointed Matthew Stone as head of long income real estate. Stone, who will report to CEO Tony Brown, replaces Steffan Francis, who retired earlier this year.

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Matthew Stone

'Matthew's appointment is evidence of the importance we are placing on M&G Real Estate's Long Income franchise,' commented Brown. 'He joins our highly-regarded team at a time when we are attracting significant new capital to our European product range.'

Stone will lead the pan-European long income team executing investment transactions and overseeing asset performance for M&G's institutional long lease funds and its long lease joint venture.

He was previously group property director of Kingfisher plc and head of EMEA corporate finance at Cushman & Wakefield.