Leadership change in Geneva
Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the alternative investments business of the Pictet Group, has announced the appointment of Alexander J. Lukesch as Head of Multi Manager Real Estate. The appointment is intended to make a significant contribution to expanding the existing range of specialised solutions in private market investments.
Lukesch will be based at the Swiss office in Geneva. At executive level, he reports directly to Zsolt Kohalmi, Deputy CEO of Pictet Alternative Advisors and Global Head of Real Estate.
Alexander J. Lukesch takes over leadership of this segment from Laurent Gabert, who will in future serve as Head of Multi-Alternatives Investor Relations at PAA. The focus of this newly created role is to effectively strengthen and further develop the firm's integrated client offering across all private asset classes.
Extensive expertise in the real estate sector
The newly appointed head brings extensive industry experience to the role. With more than twenty years of activity in real estate investment, Lukesch possesses detailed expertise across various disciplines within the institutional investment segment.
His professional profile primarily encompasses the following core competencies:
- —Transactions in secondaries and partner buyouts
- —Structured equity investments
- —Recapitalisations and special situations in real estate
With this new appointment and the simultaneous establishment of the new investor relations division, Pictet Alternative Advisors is strengthening its leadership structure in Geneva. This organisational development addresses the differentiated requirements of investors for specialised strategies within alternative real estate investments.
