The London headquartered European real estate investment and asset manager the Valesco Group has appointed Kevin Dunn as vice president and Martial Portiche as associate.
Dunn, who joins the asset management function, will play a key role managing Valesco’s rapidly growing portfolio of assets in the UK and mainland Europe which currently stands at over €2 bn, the company said. Portiche joins the investment team which focuses on the origination, underwriting and execution of new acquisitions.
Dunn has over 17 years of experience in real estate private equity, finance and financial services. He recently spent eight years at Swiss private markets platform Partners Group, most of which was dedicated to the European Real Estate platform, where he asset managed a €1 bn pan-European portfolio and sourced over €2.5 bn of European real estate deal flow. Before this, he spent five years at BNP Paribas Fund Services.
Portiche joins Valesco from Berlin-based LRC Group, where he spent three years as an investment associate. During this time, he facilitated the close of €1 bn of pan-European office and residential transactions - on both a single asset and portfolio basis - as well as overseeing the asset management of a €360 mln French portfolio.
Prior to this, Portiche worked for Concorde Asset Management (now HOLD Asset Management) as an equity analyst in their investment team, focusing on long-short strategies. He is a native French and English speaker who is also fluent in Hungarian.
Shiraz Jiwa, founder and CEO of The Valesco Group, commented: 'The Valesco Group has been on a journey of significant growth in recent years and we are excited to have two experienced and driven real estate professionals join our existing talent pool on this exciting journey.
'Kevin and Martial are real estate experts with proven track records and bring to Valesco experience gained across a range of real estate asset classes and geographies.
'Having already invested €2 bn since 2018, these appointments will support our continued growth trajectory as we focus on unlocking compelling new investment opportunities in the evolving paradigm in order to drive value for our investors and partners.'
