Charlotte D'Souza
Charlotte D’Souza is Editor, Equity for PERE, overseeing the editorial coverage of equity-side capital strategy and formation in private real estate globally. Previously, she reported on European private real estate as PERE's EMEA Editor in addition to curating and editing PERE's monthly global magazine. Based in London, Charlotte joined PEI in 2022, after spending more than seven years on the content team at Preqin, most recently as Senior Editorial Manager overseeing the editing desk for the global alternative assets data business. Charlotte has a BA in English and Spanish from the University of Exeter.
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Andrew Allen was appointed global chief investment officer at the London-based manager following Kiran Patel’s retirement last month.
The Southern Europe-focused manager took just five months to reach a final close for the fund, well below the European average.