Patrizia, an international investor in real assets, is changing its strategy and wants to deploy a “sector-focussed” organisational model. To this end, it has announced the appointment of Saskia Roosen as head of investment management Belux. Her role will be to oversee the company’s investment activities in Luxembourg and Belgium.

With over 20 years of experience, Roosen has expertise in asset and portfolio management. She previously worked as a consultant and then manager at Accenture in Brussels, before spending twelve years at Redevco, first as head of real estate administration and then as director of operations. She then worked at NOA Real Estate, Home Invest Belgium and Real Estate Consultant. Roosen joined Patrizia in October 2021 as head of asset management Belux and “has managed a portfolio of €1bn covering office, residential and retail assets. Flagship projects include the conversion of ‘The Louise,’ a 30,000 m2 office tower in Brussels, redeveloped to meet new post-pandemic business needs,” the company said in a statement.

“Saskia combines perfect knowledge of the local Belux market with many years of operational experience. Her appointment allows us to align our regional investment activities more closely with our sector-focused strategy,” said Patrizia’s co-head of investment management, Emile Poort. This new strategy responds to one ambition: to increase the company’s assets under management to €100bn by 2030, based on five priority growth areas: residential (living), value-added projects (value-add), European infrastructure (debt and equities), RE-Infra, and Advantage Investment Partners, Patrizia’s independent club investment platform.

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