Milan, 13 June 2016 – CBRE has today announced the appointment of Alexandre Astier as Managing Director of its Capital Markets business in Italy. Alexandre takes over from Paolo Bellacosa who has decided to step down from his role at CBRE to pursue other interests after 12 years with the Group.
Alexandre joined CBRE in 2014 to head up the company’s Capital Advisors business in Italy which advises on all aspects of real estate finance. He is highly respected by clients across both the real estate and financial markets and is a key member of CBRE’s EMEA Capital Advisors team and Italian Management Board.
Since joining CBRE, Alexandre has quickly expanded the company’s capabilities in Italy to include high quality real estate finance expertise and complex structuring and financing of real estate transactions. He previously spent six years at Beni Stabili S.p.A SIIQ in a number of roles including, Head of Business Development, Head of Asset Management and Head of Advisory, and prior to that was Head of Real Estate Corporate Finance Italy at BNP Paribas.
In his newly expanded role, Alexandre will lead CBRE’s Capital Markets team comprising the Capital Advisory and Investment Property transactions teams.
Alessandro Mazzanti, CEO CBRE Italy, commented,
“I am delighted to announce the designation of Alexandre as leader of our Capital Markets team in Italy. The investment we have made in this area of our business means we are now able to provide our clients with the broadest range of strategic real estate finance advice and structuring solutions, combined with access to global capital markets and first class transactional advice. Alexandre’s experience and strong market reputation make him ideally suited to continue to evolve our client offer, and sustain the company’s market leading position in Capital Markets in Italy.”
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