AEW Europe, one of the world’s largest real estate investment and asset managers [1], announces the appointment of Gwénaël Dupeux to the newly created role of Head of Technology & Transformation. Gwénaël Dupeux, who joins the firm today, is based in Paris and reports directly to Vanessa Roux-Collet, AEW Europe’s CEO.
In this role, Gwénaël Dupeux will lead AEW Europe’s technology, data, AI and transformation agenda, overseeing the firm’s IT, data, and process management functions, as well as corporate development activities across Europe. Gwénaël Dupeux will work closely with AEW Europe’s teams of experts across Europe to enhance their integration and utilisation of data-driven insights and solutions, ultimately maximising value for the firm’s clients.
Gwénaël Dupeux brings two decades of experience in designing and executing innovative organisational strategies within the financial and investment industry. He joins AEW Europe from BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France and parent company of Natixis Investment Managers (of which AEW Europe is an affiliate). Prior to this, Gwénaël Dupeux spent ten years at Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, most recently as Co-Head of its Transformation Management Office. In this role, he led and accelerated the bank's key transformation initiatives, co-managing a team of 50 professionals.
Vanessa Roux-Collet, CEO at AEW Europe, commented: “By modernising and transforming how our teams work across Europe, we maintain our professionals’ focus on the optimisation of our assets, and ultimately the delivery of superior, long-term value for our investors. Building on the strong progress already made across our business, we will accelerate the use of technology, data and AI to enhance efficiency, strengthen execution, and allow our professionals to focus even more on what matters most: value creation for our clients. Technology, AI, and data are fundamentally redefining both how real estate is utilised by occupiers and how it must be managed. To lead in this new era, AEW Europe’s ambition is to combine these advanced capabilities with our most valuable asset: our people. Bringing together technology, data, transformation and corporate development under Gwénaël’s leadership will help accelerate our strategic ambitions, strengthen execution across Europe and ensure we remain agile and closely aligned with our clients’ evolving needs.”
About AEW
AEW is one of the world’s largest real estate asset managers [1], with €73.2 billion of assets under management as at 30 June 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 30 June 2026, AEW managed €34.8bn of real estate assets in Europe on behalf of a number of funds and separate accounts. AEW has over 500 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.
[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.