Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has appointed Mark Evans as head of property and commercial development.
Evans is an experienced executive director, with 25 years’ experience in the real estate industry and joins from CBRE.
In 2009, he established CBRE’s EMEA equity placement business and has led the unit ever since. He has advised on many high-profile transactions, including the launch of the Royal London UK Real Estate fund in 2017, which invests in UK commercial property across all mainstream sectors.
Evans will report to Piers Hillier, chief investment officer at RLAM. He will lead RLAM’s property team and investment process and will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities.
The appointment follows the hires of Trevor Greetham as head of multi asset in 2015 and Peter Rutter as head of global equities in 2017. In the past five years, RLAM’s assets under management have increased from £84.5 bn to £140 bn. The RLAM property team currently manages £7.72 bn worth of property investments.
