Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has added Hugo Vere as a head of asset management and director of its real estate investment business in the UK, as the firm continues recent hiring spree.

Frankfurt-headquartered Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has added Hugo Vere as a head of asset management and director of its real estate investment business in the UK.

Based in London, Vere will report to head of UK at DeAWM Real Estate, James Petit, while overseeing real estate asset management in the UK, in addition to developing new real estate services for DeAWM's global clients.

According to Petit, Vere’s appointment is part of the firm’s move "to grow its real estate investment offering in the UK".

Vere is an associate member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and has over 17 years of investment management experience. After qualifying at Dunlop Hayward, he has held a number of roles including establishing and leading Invista Real Estate's Asian fund management business based in Hong Kong.

Most recently, Vere has been a consultant to Guidance Investments, a Malaysian business that provides Sharia compliant investment products, advising on structuring, strategy and execution for an international real estate joint-venture.  

The hire follows a string of recent senior appointments within DeAWM, including the addition of Philip Poole as the firm’s new head of research, only last week, as well the apppointment of Michael Lee as a director and head of consultants UK Read more on those stories, here and here.