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CBRE Investment Management Strengthens Client Solutions Team with Appointment of Ben van den Tol
October 7, 2024
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CBRE Investment Management (“CBRE IM”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben van den Tol as Director of Client Solutions. In this role, Ben will be responsible for leading client solutions for the UK Defined Contribution (DC) market, including building bespoke solutions utilising the full suite of CBRE IM strategies, across private and listed real estate and infrastructure.
Based in CBRE IM’s London office, Ben will report to Chris Wood, EMEA Head of Client Solutions.
“The Defined Contribution channel is a key strategy focus for CBRE IM globally, and particularly in the UK, where major structural shifts are unfolding to enable DC savers to reap the benefits of investment in private market strategies,” commented Chris Wood. “We are thrilled that Ben is joining us to lead DC Solutions. His investment and implementation track record is exceptional, and we are confident he will help design and deliver leading-edge solutions for DC investors.”
With over 15 years of industry experience, Ben joins CBRE IM from Carne Group, where he was Business Development Director and the lead for the UK Defined Contribution channel. Prior to that, he served as Head of Institutional Business & Consultant Relationships at Investors Mutual in Sydney, Australia for close to eight years.
Commenting on his appointment, Ben said, “I am excited to be joining CBRE IM given the firm’s commitment to providing innovative real assets investment solutions. The UK Defined Contribution market continues to evolve at a rapid rate, including through the increasing use of private market strategies. I am looking forward to working with our clients and prospects on developing bespoke real asset solutions for their members.”
Ben is a CFA charterholder and has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Psychology from the Australian National University.
The appointment of Ben follows the recent addition of Alexandra Hayate as Senior Director to the Client Solutions team. The global team comprises 85 professionals operating across EMEA, North America, and APAC.
CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm with $146.9 billion in assets under management* as of June 30, 2022, operating in more than 30 offices and 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 (based on 2021 revenue). CBRE has more than 105,000 employees (excluding Turner & Townsend 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.