Real estate investment manager Moorfield Group has promoted Chris Perera to the role of head of origination.
In his new role, Perera – who joined Moorfield in 2013 and was previously a senior investment manager – will assume responsibility for the management of the origination team as well as continuing to source transactions and sector partnerships.
He will work across all asset classes but retain a primary personal focus on opportunities in the logistics and storage sectors, with investment associate Pablo Hutchinson leading on the origination of residential and student accommodation strategies.
Charles Ferguson-Davie, chief investment officer at Moorfield Group, said: “Having been instrumental to Moorfield’s success over the last decade, Chris will play a critical role in our ongoing growth in his new role as head of origination, working closely with our sources of new opportunity and existing relationships to cement our market-leading position across a range of emerging and exciting sectors.”
Perera added: “It is an exciting time to be stepping into this role. The current market dislocation creates an opportune buying moment for value-add managers like us, while our target asset classes are all underpinned by demographic and structural growth drivers that will persist across market cycles. Far from sitting on the sidelines, we remain acquisitive and are confident on the outlook for UK real estate.”
