Patrizia strengthens international marketing team

Listed German property investor Patrizia Immobilien has appointed Alasdair Findlay-Shirras to help market its investment products internationally.

Findlay-Shirras will be a member of Patrizia’s team and will have joint responsibility for looking after institutional clients internationally.

The move is part of Patrizia’s ongoing internationalisation drive, which has seen the Augsburg-based company establish subsidiaries in a number of countries including France, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg and the UK.

Findlay-Shirras most recently served for six years as head of the real estate division at FIRSTavenue, during which time he raised global funding for real estate and infrastructure investments.

He previously occupied leading positions at Citigroup Property Investors and Henderson Global Investors in the area of capital-raising in Europe and the Middle East.