Deutsche Finance International (DFI) has appointed Sofia Watt as head of asset management.
Watt will oversee the private equity real estate platform’s asset management activities and work with the firm’s investment, finance and operations teams across offices in London, Munich, Madrid and Luxembourg.
She has more than 20 years’ experience across various real estate roles and joins Deutsche Finance following five years working for EQT Partners UK Advisors II LLP, where she was head of asset management and a member of its operating committee, overseeing asset management across a pan-European value-add platform.
Prior to working for EQT, she spent six years at PGIM Real Estate where she was a director of asset management and transactions, and five years at NIAM, an opportunistic private equity fund specialising in real estate in the Nordic region.
Gavin Neilan, co-founder and co-managing partner at Deutsche Finance International, said: “Sofia is a highly experienced professional with an excellent track record and we are very pleased to announce her appointment to head our asset management function as we continue to expand our pan-European value-add platform.”
