(London) – Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has appointed Hannah Butler as Assistant Fund Manager within its Real Estate Equity team.
In the newly-created role, Hannah will be based in London and report to Ed Fuller, Senior Fund Manager, Real Estate, with a focus on supporting performance delivery across Aviva Investors’ suite of UK real estate equity funds.
Hannah joins Aviva Investors from Knight Frank, where she spent four years in its Portfolio Investment team, most recently as a Senior Surveyor. Prior to this, Hannah spent almost three years at Colliers International, spending time across its Valuation and City Investment functions and, latterly, as a Chartered Surveyor.
Hannah is the second addition to Aviva Investors’ Real Estate Equity team in as many months, following the appointment of Rory Spriggs as Investment Manager in August, to help drive the continued growth and scale of Aviva Investors’ investments into UK housing.
Her appointment comes as Aviva Investors continues to expand its Real Estate equity portfolio and cater to a broader range of investors including through the launch of its Real Estate Active Equity Long Term Asset Fund (‘REALTAF’), which aims to help institutional and professional investors increase their allocations to Private Markets whilst better matching their liquidity requirements. This includes investments into UK single-family housing, with Aviva Investors having made eleven investments and funded more than 1,500 new homes with a total gross development value of almost £900 million, since 2021.
Aviva Investors has also built a significant commitment to London’s prime office market, most recently acquiring New Broad Street House and adding to its existing development portfolio across the City of London which includes One Liverpool Street, 101 Moorgate and 130 Fenchurch Street.
Ed Fuller, Senior Fund Manager, Real Estate, at Aviva Investors, said:
“We are pleased to welcome Hannah to the team. As we continue to grow our real estate strategy, we believe Hannah will further deepen our capacity and capability in supporting the delivery long-term investment outcomes across our range of Funds and co-investment strategies.”
