AEW Europe Appoints Anthony Butler to Lead €8.3 Billion Industrial Real Estate Platform
AEW has appointed Anthony Butler to the newly created role of Head of Industrial and Logistics Europe, effective March 2026, to oversee the firm's €8.3 billion industrial real estate platform spanning 6.4 million square meters across 11 European countries.
Butler will be based in London and report to Vanessa Roux-Collet, CEO of AEW Europe. In this role, he will oversee the European industrial and logistics funds and asset management functions, as well as the growth of the platform, which has been established over the past 26 years.
Industrial Real Estate Leadership Experience
Butler brings over 30 years of experience in real estate investment management across Europe and Asia-Pacific. He joins AEW Europe from his role as Co-Founder and CIO of Mirastar REIM, which he launched and managed as a pan-European industrial and logistics platform. Under Butler's leadership, Mirastar REIM invested, developed, and sold over 70 properties across Europe and grew to over €3 billion of assets under management over the last six years.
Butler's previous experience also includes serving as CIO at Delin Capital Management and both Global Co-Head of Transactions and Global Head of Indirect Investments at Generali Real Estate.
AEW's Real Estate Assets Under Management
AEW is one of the world's largest real estate asset managers, with €73.4 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2025, according to the 2025 IRE.IQ Real Estate Managers Guide. The firm has over 830 employees, with main offices in Boston, London, Paris, and Singapore.
As of September 30, 2025, AEW managed €35.6 billion of real estate assets in Europe on behalf of funds and separate accounts. AEW has over 515 employees based in 11 offices across Europe. The firm represents the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Investment Managers.
Butler will be responsible for AEW Europe's industrial and logistics strategy, executed by a pan-European team managing the portfolio.
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