AEW, one of the world’s leading real estate investment and asset managers, has recruited Laetitia Archambault from Pimco Real Estate as head of asset management in France.
Archambault, who was with Pimco for almost seven years, will be based in Paris and report to Raphaël Brault, CIO Europe and head of France.
She is responsible for leading the asset management team, which is in charge of developing and managing real estate strategies including management, development, renovation, marketing, valuation and sale of assets for all AEW’s clients in the country.
Archambault has 20 years of experience in real estate asset management, starting her career at DTZ Asset Management and then joining Pimco, previously Allianz Real Estate, in 2016. She was made head of development and asset management for France and the Netherlands in 2022.
AEW's French asset management team comprises 125 professionals who manage a 6 million-square-metre portfolio of more than 1,600 assets spread over the residential, offices, logistics, retail, hospitality and healthcare sectors.
Brault said in a statement: "The experience Laetitia has gained throughout her career will be invaluable as we face the exciting market challenges ahead, including those in the areas of sustainability and energy transition."