CBRE Investment Management has appointed Kilian Toms from Sera Global as managing director of its real estate partners strategy.
Toms, who has more than 16 years of real estate experience, was a partner and head of Sera’s EMEA liquidity solution business. Prior to that he worked at Landmark Partners, where he was a principal in the real estate private equity team. He also worked for JP Morgan in its real estate, gaming and lodging investment banking group.
At CBRE IM he will be based in London and will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s real estate partners strategy, which focuses on enhanced return secondary market executions.
Achal Gandhi, CIO, indirect private real estate, at CBRE Investment Management, said: “With the growth we are seeing in our CBRE real estate partners strategy following the success of CBRE global special situations fund, Kilian is a welcome addition to our team.
“He brings with him a wealth of global real estate experience and a strong track record of buy-side investing. This expertise will be highly beneficial to source investment opportunities for this cycle-aware strategy and to help our clients meet their investment goals.”
