AEW Europe, one of the world’s largest real estate investment and asset managers[1], announces the appointment of Anthony Butler to the newly created role of Head of Industrial and Logistics Europe, effective March 2026. Anthony will be based in London and will report to Vanessa Roux-Collet, CEO of AEW Europe.
In this role, Anthony will oversee the European industrial and logistics funds and asset management functions, as well as the growth of that platform, which has been established over the past 26 years and now comprises in excess of 6.4 million sqm of space across 11 European countries with a current value of €8.3 billion. Anthony will be responsible for AEW Europe’s industrial and logistics strategy, executed by a Pan-European team who manage the portfolio[2].
Anthony has over 30 years of experience in real estate investment management in 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 Anthony’s leadership, Mirastar REIM has invested, developed, and sold over 70 properties across Europe and grew to over €3 billion of assets under management over the last six years. Anthony’s previous experience also includes the role of CIO at Delin Capital Management and both Global Co-Head of Transactions & Global Head of Indirect Investments at Generali Real Estate.
[1] Source: 2025 IRE.IQ Real Estate Managers Guide”. The Guide, published annually by Institutional Real Estate, Inc., ranks real estate managers based on the gross value of real estate AUM ($m) as of December 31, 2024.
[2] Source of all figures: AEW, as of September 30, 2025.
About AEW
AEW is one of the world's largest real estate asset managers, with €73.4bn of assets under management as at 30 September 2025[1]. AEW has over 830 employees, with its main offices located in Boston, London, Paris and Singapore and offers a wide range of real estate investment products including comingled funds, separate accounts and securities mandates across the full spectrum of investment strategies. AEW represents the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Investment Managers, one of the largest asset managers in the world.
As at 30 September 2025, AEW managed €35.6bn of real estate assets in Europe on behalf of a number of funds and separate accounts. AEW has over 515 employees based in 11 offices across Europe and has a long track record of successfully implementing Core, Value-Add and Opportunistic investment strategies on behalf of its clients. In the last five years, AEW has invested and divested a total volume of almost €14bn of real estate across European markets.