Redevco, one of Europe’s largest privately-owned real estate management firms, strengthens its recently established Real Estate Debt platform with the strategic appointments of Emma Huepfl as a Senior Advisor and Rosalind Walker as Senior Associate, demonstrating the firm’s ambition to build a market-leading platform.
Emma will provide strategic advice as Redevco establishes itself as a key lender in the European real estate markets, supporting the team’s growth and investment strategy. She will also advise Redevco’s Investment Committee in debt investment activities.
Emma brings considerable experience in real estate debt, having established Laxfield Capital and co-led the EMEA Credit platform at CBRE Investment Management. Her understanding of the sector is further informed by her role as Chair of the Bank of England Commercial Property Forum and her past role as Chair of CREFC Europe.
Rosalind Walker will be based in the London office and will support the Real Estate Debt Team in sourcing, underwriting, and executing loan transactions across European markets. She was previously at PGIM’s European Debt Investment’s business, where she focused on high yield credit, and started her career at Wells Fargo in their commercial real estate team. Rosalind holds a degree in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge.
Richard Craddock, Head of Real Estate Debt, Redevco: “We are delighted to welcome these two high calibre individuals to our debt business. Emma’s outstanding track record in the real estate debt markets brings deep experience that will be invaluable as we continue to grow and evolve our platform. Rosalind adds real estate lending expertise to our team and her appointment underscores our commitment to enhancing our capabilities with young talent, as we scale our lending activities. These appointments are not just additions, but strategic enhancements that underline our firm’s strong commitment to establishing and growing this business line into a significant part of Redevco’s overall offering.”
Emma Huepfl, Senior Advisor, Redevco Real Estate Debt: “I am thrilled and honoured to be working with Redevco and look forward to supporting the debt team. The firm’s core values of sustainable, long-term investment and Redevco’s track record of creating healthier living environments that adapt to the changing needs of occupiers, are ideally suited to a debt strategy supporting the transition and development of assets in line with this ethos.”
Redevco’s Real Estate Debt business was established earlier this year to capitalise on increasing borrower demand for financing to support transitional assets as well as fund the construction of high-performing new build properties. It deploys balance sheet and co-investment partner funds into senior and mezzanine loans across core European markets. The team oversee Redevco’s credit activities across its platform, bringing deep capital markets expertise to help support the growth path of the company.