Partners Group boosts property division with three new hires
Private markets investment firm Partners Group has made three senior appointments to its real estate business.
Karim Habra has been named global co-head of real estate based in Zug, Switzerland, Stephen McCall is global head of platforms and opcos based in London and Henrik Orrbeck has been appointed as co-head of real estate Europe based in London.
McCall will start in February, while Habra and Orrbeck will both join the firm in March.
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Habra will work alongside Mike Bryant, who is a partner and the firm’s current head of real estate. Habra has over 25 years of industry experience and joins from Ivanhoe Cambridge, the real estate investment arm of Canadian pension fund CDPQ, where he was head of Europe and Asia-Pacific and global head of strategic partnerships.
McCall has more than 25 years of operational leadership experience and will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s strategy for investing in real estate management teams and operating companies.
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He was previously chief executive at edyn Group, an international hybrid hospitality platform owned by Brookfield Asset Management. Prior to that, he spent nearly 17 years at IHG.
Orrbeck will work alongside AJ Jager, who is a managing director within the team. Orrbeck has over 20 years of industry experience and joins from EQT where he was a partner and founding member of the firm’s real estate business.
During his time at EQT, he raised two funds and built a European team which invested in direct assets, operating partners, and public companies.
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Partners Group said that the new appointments reflect its commitment to further scaling its real estate business, which currently has $17bn (£13.3bn) in assets under management.
“Private markets are set to play a critical role in transforming real estate assets to meet powerful thematic growth trends, such as decarbonization, changing consumer preferences, and digitization,” said Juri Jenkner, president, co-head of investments at Partners Group.
“We have a clear strategic vision for how we want to grow our real estate business. The extensive combined experience of Karim, Henrik, and Stephen will be extremely valuable as we scale and navigate through disruption across occupier markets.”
