Key Takeaways
- • CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) has hired Paul White from Hines to lead its Europe Value Partners series, the firm's flagship value-add strategy in EMEA, with responsibility for investment strategy, portfolio construction, capital deployment and performance.
- • White most recently served as Fund Manager for Hines European Real Estate Partners (HEREP) and built a pan-European value-add platform over the past decade, overseeing more than €7 billion of real estate AUM across funds and separate accounts as of 2025.
- • White joins in October 2026 from London, reporting to Rik Eertink, President and CIO, EMEA Direct Real Estate at CBRE IM.
- • The appointment is positioned as part of CBRE IM's push to grow its non-core direct investing activity in Europe, alongside its established direct core franchise.
Summary
CBRE Investment Management announced that Paul White will join the firm as Head of the Europe Value Partners series, its flagship value-add strategy in EMEA. According to the firm, the appointment reflects the continued evolution of its European platform and its commitment to differentiated real assets solutions across geographies, sectors and risk profiles. White will be responsible for investment strategy, portfolio construction, capital deployment and investment performance for the series, and will be based in the firm's London office. He is scheduled to start in October 2026.
White joins from Hines, where he most recently served as Fund Manager for Hines European Real Estate Partners (HEREP), the firm's value-add series. Over the past ten years he built and led a pan-European value-add platform across multiple vintages, overseeing more than €7 billion of total real estate AUM across funds and separate accounts as of 2025. Prior to joining Hines in 2008, he held positions at Nomura and PwC. The announcement states he has more than 20 years of investing experience across major real estate sectors, including industrial and logistics, residential, retail, student housing and self-storage, and across every major European market. He holds a First Class BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.
Andrew Glanzman, Co-CEO of CBRE IM, said White brings an outstanding track record of building and scaling value-add strategies across Europe, and that the appointment builds on the firm's strong EMEA business. Rik Eertink, President and CIO, EMEA Direct Real Estate, said White deeply understands the European investment opportunity and will help create a differentiated value proposition at scale in EMEA, consistent with CBRE IM's enhanced-return strategies in other regions. White will report to Eertink.
White said CBRE IM's position as a pure-play real assets investor, combined with the scale and market intelligence of the broader CBRE platform, provides a differentiated advantage. He described CBRE IM as a powerhouse in direct core investing in Europe and said there is an opportunity to grow its non-core direct investing activity in the region.
White joins from Hines, where he most recently served as Fund Manager for Hines European Real Estate Partners (HEREP), the firm's value-add series. Over the past ten years he built and led a pan-European value-add platform across multiple vintages, overseeing more than €7 billion of total real estate AUM across funds and separate accounts as of 2025. Prior to joining Hines in 2008, he held positions at Nomura and PwC. The announcement states he has more than 20 years of investing experience across major real estate sectors, including industrial and logistics, residential, retail, student housing and self-storage, and across every major European market. He holds a First Class BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.
Andrew Glanzman, Co-CEO of CBRE IM, said White brings an outstanding track record of building and scaling value-add strategies across Europe, and that the appointment builds on the firm's strong EMEA business. Rik Eertink, President and CIO, EMEA Direct Real Estate, said White deeply understands the European investment opportunity and will help create a differentiated value proposition at scale in EMEA, consistent with CBRE IM's enhanced-return strategies in other regions. White will report to Eertink.
White said CBRE IM's position as a pure-play real assets investor, combined with the scale and market intelligence of the broader CBRE platform, provides a differentiated advantage. He described CBRE IM as a powerhouse in direct core investing in Europe and said there is an opportunity to grow its non-core direct investing activity in the region.
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