has been appointed managing director to lead Heitman鈥檚 private equity business in Europe.
The real estate fund manager said Smedley, who will be based in London, joins from Schroder Real Estate Investment Management (REIM), where he headed Continental Europe.
As head of Heitman鈥檚 European Private Equity group, Smedley will be responsible for broadening the scope of the firm鈥檚 European operations.
Heitman said as part of the transition in the group鈥檚 leadership, Gordon Black, who has led Heitman鈥檚 private equity investment activities in Europe for the past 17 years, will be focused on certain client private equity portfolios with European and global investment mandates.
Black will continue to be based in London as a member of the European Private Equity group and will also continue to serve on Heitman鈥檚 European Private Equity Investment Committee.
Maury Tognarelli, the CEO of Heitman, said: 鈥淲e are delighted to welcome Tony to Heitman and are looking forward to his considerable talents being applied to our client portfolios and our efforts to broaden our European Private Equity operations.
鈥淭ony has evidenced success in and experience with forming and leading integrated, collaborative real estate investment teams in Europe 鈥� all critical characteristics that we desired in a new leader for our European operation.鈥�
