CBRE Investment Management Appoints Phillipa Grant as EMEA Direct Sustainability Lead

CBRE Investment Management (“CBRE IM”) announces the appointment of Phillipa Grant as Senior Director, EMEA Direct Investment Strategy, where she will be responsible for leading the implementation of the firm’s Sustainability Vision across its European direct real estate platform.

Based in London, Phillipa will report to CBRE IM’s Global Head of Sustainability & Innovation, Helen Gurfel, and work closely with investment, asset management, portfolio and operational teams to embed sustainability across the full investment lifecycle. Her remit includes supporting operational excellence, enhancing investment performance and strengthening CBRE IM’s position as a leading sustainable investment manager in the European real estate market.

With over 13 years of experience in the sustainability sector, Phillipa joins CBRE IM from Aviva Investors, where she was Sustainable Investments Director, with responsibility for sustainable investment strategies across private markets. She began her career as an environmental engineer and has extensive experience in sustainability strategy, stewardship, regulatory engagement and industry leadership.

“Phillipa brings a combination of deep technical expertise, leadership experience and a strong understanding of how sustainability can drive investment performance and positive outcomes for our stakeholders,” commented Helen Gurfel, Global Head of Sustainability & Innovation at CBRE IM. “Her experience across real assets will be instrumental as we continue to embed our Sustainability Vision across the EMEA Direct platform and support our clients’ evolving expectations. We welcome her to the team.”

Phillipa is a Chartered Engineer with a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and holds multiple industry accreditations in sustainable real asset development and investment.

About CBRE Investment Management
CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm with $155.2 billion in assets under management* as of March 31, 2026, operating in 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive.

CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm and a premier provider of critical infrastructure services. The company has more than 155,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE’s data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information, please visit www.cbreim.com.

*Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real assets-related investments with respect to which CBRE Investment Management provides, on a global basis, oversight, investment management services and other advice and which generally consist of investments in real assets; equity in funds and joint ventures; securities portfolios; operating companies and real assets-related loans. This AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of CBRE Investment Management’s presence in the global real assets market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers and from its calculation of regulatory assets under management for purposes of certain regulatory filings.