Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, today announced the creation of a Real Estate Debt activity to manage funds and mandates related to finance pan-European real estate projects.
Ardian Real Estate Debt will be managed by Arnaud Chaléac, as Head of Ardian Real Assets Debt. With more than twenty years’ experience in finance, and Co-Head of Group Finance at Ardian since 2008, he has developed a strong expertise in structured financing. Arnaud Chaléac joined Ardian fourteen years ago after working with major French groups across the sector, including Air Liquide, Kering, and Crédit Agricole.
He will be supported in this new activity by Sandrine Amsili, Managing Director, who will develop the platform alongside him. Sandrine has 20 years’ experience in the real estate sector, including 17 years in real estate debt. Prior to joining Ardian in 2021, she held several management positions, including at Europhypo, CBRE Global investors, and most recently as Director of real estate debt at SCOR Investment Partners, where she helped create the company’s platform.
The Real Estate Debt activity will focus on senior debt and will seek to finance, alongside banks, in European real estate projects. All investments will have a strong ESG angle – in line with Ardian Real Estate’s wider strategy – to create spaces and places for more sustainable and decarbonized cities. This strategy complements Ardian’s Real Estate activity, which is led by Stéphanie Bensimon.
With significant experience in financing, the team has access to a broad and diversified internal platform that includes the entire Ardian network and all its resources. It will also draw on the expertise of Ardian local teams in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Source: ardian.com on the 9th of March
https://www.ardian.com/press-releases/ardian-launches-real-estate-debt-strategy