CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) announced today that Paul White will join the firm as Head of the CBRE Europe Vale Partners series, the firm’s flagship value-add strategy in EMEA. His appointment reflects the continued evolution of CBRE IM’s European platform and the firm’s overall commitment to delivering differentiated real assets solutions to clients across geographies, sectors, and risk profiles. In this role, White will lead the growth of the Europe Value Partners series, with responsibility for investment strategy, portfolio construction, capital deployment and investment performance. White will join CBRE IM in October 2026 and will be based in the firm’s London office.
White joins CBRE IM from Hines, where he most recently served as Fund Manager for Hines European Real Estate Partners (HEREP), the firm’s value-add series. Over the past 10 years, he built and led a pan-European value-add platform across multiple vintages, overseeing more than €7 billion of total real estate AUM across funds and separate accounts as of 2025.
“Paul brings an outstanding track record of building and scaling value-add strategies across Europe,” said Andrew Glanzman, Co-CEO of CBRE IM. “We have a strong business in EMEA, and this appointment builds on that foundation as we continue to invest in top talent and strengthen our ability to deliver differentiated solutions for our clients.”
“We are thrilled Paul is joining the CBRE IM team,” Rik Eertink, President and CIO, EMEA Direct Real Estate for CBRE IM, said. “Paul deeply understands the European investment opportunity and how to capture it in today’s market. He is a transformational leader who will leverage the broad capabilities of CBRE’s platform to create a truly differentiating value proposition for our clients at scale in EMEA, consistent with our successful enhanced-return strategies in other regions and globally.”
White will report to Eertink.
“CBRE Investment Management’s position as a pure-play real assets investor, combined with the scale, connectivity, and market intelligence of the broader CBRE platform, creates a differentiated advantage and exciting value proposition for clients,” said White. “CBRE IM is clearly a powerhouse in direct core investing in Europe. There is an exciting opportunity for the firm to grow its non-core direct investing activity in the region, and I am honoured to play a leading role in that expansion.”
As a senior industry leader, White brings more than 20 years of experience investing across all major real estate sectors—including industrial and logistics, residential, retail, student housing, self-storage, and beyond—and across every major European market. Prior to joining Hines in 2008, White held positions at Nomura and PwC.
White earned a First Class Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford.
