Charles Pridgeon, member of the Investment Committee
Charles Pridgeon has been a member of the Investment Committee since 2020.
After graduating from the University of Edinburgh with an Honours in Economics and Economic History, Charles Pridgeon worked in real estate investment banking in London and Paris for 11 years. He switched to the Fund Management side of real estate in 2001, becoming CEO of Aareal Asset Management in 2003. Overseeing the improvement of returns to investors through active asset management was his main focus, along with expanding Aareal’s fund offering to the Nordics, to Italy and into new asset classes such as logistics and residential. In 2010 he switched to the client side, becoming Chief Investment Officer of institutional investor Allianz Real Estate, one of the world’s largest investors in property. At Allianz he created the large-loan real estate debt business, and expanded indirect investments into logistics, Asia and US residential. He chaired the Investment Committee of Allianz Real Estate until 2015 when he left to form Dutch property company Whitestork BV which develops and invests in prime office and residential properties in major cities in Holland.
