AEW Europe, one of the world’s largest real estate investment and asset managers[1], announces the appointment of Bianca Kraus as Head of Investor Relations Europe, effective 1 July 2026. Bianca is based in Munich and will report to Vanessa Roux-Collet, AEW Europe’s CEO.
Bianca joined AEW Europe in 2019 as Head of Investor Relations, Germany, and since 2023 she has been leading the company’s investor relations for the wider DACH region, responsible for building and maintaining relationships with institutional investors and consultants in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. Bianca has raised capital for the global platform, securing separate account mandates on behalf of institutional investors and raising capital for flagship funds.
In her new role, Bianca will lead AEW Europe’s investor relations team, overseeing the firm’s capital raising and client servicing. Bianca will work closely with Vanessa Roux-Collet to execute AEW Europe’s growth strategy while ensuring continuity of service for existing clients.
Bianca joined AEW Europe from BNP Paribas REIM Germany, where she was Head of Customer and Fund Relations, and has almost 30 years’ experience in real estate investment management, the last fifteen of which has been in senior investor relations roles.
[1] Source: 2026 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, 2025.
[2] Source of all figures: AEW, as of March 31, 2026.
About AEW
AEW is one of the world’s largest real estate asset managers , with €74.2 billion of assets under management as at 31 March 2026. AEW has over 815 employees globally, with its main offices located in Boston, London, Paris and Hong Kong 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 31 March 2026, AEW managed €35.8bn of real estate assets in Europe on behalf of a number of funds and separate accounts. AEW has over 510 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 over €13bn of real estate across European markets.