Schroders Capital today announces the appointment of Allen Chilten as the Global Head of Real Estate Capital Formation. The appointment comes as the firm continues to expand its direct real estate relationships with institutional investors across key regions, including Europe, North America, and Australasia.
Starting on 18 March, Allen will oversee all aspects of the real estate capital client journey, advising clients on Schroders Capital’s broad range of real estate investment solutions and ensuring a seamless experience across the wider platform. Allen will spearhead Schroders Capital’s efforts to raise capital for real estate funds, joint ventures, co-investment opportunities and other programmatic ventures. He will lead the dedicated real estate teams responsible for global investor coverage and servicing as well as programme development.
Allen brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously served as the Head of Funds Capital Markets at Patrizia SE, a global real asset investment manager. At Patrizia, he successfully led the global client solutions team, overseeing co-mingled funds and segregated client mandates across real estate and infrastructure.
Sophie van Oosterom, Global Head of Real Estate, Schroders Capital, said:
“We are thrilled to welcome Allen to our global management team. Schroders Capital's real estate team aims to deliver strong investment performance for our clients, with a team of close to 300 real estate professionals on the ground in major real estate markets.
“We secured robust inflows over the past few years thanks to our strategic value add approach, focusing on operational excellence, delivering long term sustainable income and value growth to our investments. Building on Allen’s significant experience in this field, we will continue to strengthen our global service offering to clients in the coming years.”
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