Mark Burton, former chief investment officer for real estate at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, has joined the investment committee of Internos Real Investors, the EUR 1.5 bn owner-managed real estate fund management business.
Mark Burton, former chief investment officer for real estate at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, has joined the investment committee of Internos Real Investors, the EUR 1.5 bn owner-managed real estate fund management business.
Burton's appointment as an external member of the investment committee comes as Internos has resumed its investment programme for clients and funds following the successful integration of GPT Halverton
Jos Short, founding partner and executive chairman of Internos, said: 'Mark has almost unparalleled knowledge of global real estate markets, covering direct and indirect, listed and unlisted sectors, funds and vehicles.'
For the last 10 years, Burton has been based in Abu Dhabi as CIO of Real Estate for both ADIA and ADIC. Prior to that he worked for AIG, AXA and UBK (now Ahli United Bank).
The other external members of the Internos investment committee are Jan de Kreij, Andrew Baum and Charles Rasche.
