The AREF Research Award

Kim Politzer joined Fidelity's Real Estate team in March 2018. She leads the European research team and is part of the senior management team. Prior to this, Kim was a Senior Director, and Head of European Research at Invesco Real Estate.

At Fidelity she works closely with the real estate investment team to apply both top down and bottom up research to support strategy for new and existing mandates.

With c.30 years’ experience, Kim began her career as a site researcher for Tesco before moving to Weatherall Green & Smith (now BNP Paribas Real Estate) where she worked in occupier research, specialising in the retail sector, and was also responsible for real estate forecasting across all sectors.

At Invesco, Kim provided a pan-European overview of the real estate market, and was responsible for Invesco’s European Real Estate House View. She sat on the Investment Committee, the Fund Strategy Review Committee and co-chaired the Investment Strategy Group.

Kim has an MA in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MSc in Econometrics & Forecasting from London Guildhall University.

She is a member of the Society of Property Researchers, the Investment Property Forum and the Society of Business Economists. Kim is also part of the Women Talk Real Estate network.

Alistair is a head of Europe at LaSalle Global Solutions. He moved over from Aviva Investors in 2018, where he was Head of UK Capital GIRE and  a Senior Fund Manager, responsible for a number of key client accounts.  Alistair joined Aviva Investors in March 2009, previously having worked at ING Real Estate for nine years, firstly in the research team and then in the Multi-Manager team.

   
Alistair holds an LLB in Law and an MSc in Management and IT from the University of Leicester.  In 2009 he completed the IPF Diploma.   Alistair is also a member of the INREV Secondary Markets and Liquidity Committee.

Kasia Dziewulska has 20 years’ experience in Client Care and Research, and has been at CBRE since 2013. In her role, Kasia has strategic client responsibility within Research, including direct oversight of global and regional client relationships.  

She provides client led leadership ensuring that clients benefit from CBRE’s in-house intelligence, thought leadership and data products. She closely collaborates with regional Client Care programs and is deeply passionate about CBRE becoming a true strategic advisor wherever the clients are based or expanding to.

Following a career in capital markets Research, since 2006 Kasia has been involved in client management and business development, working with institutional and private equity clients. Kasia was a Business Development Director at PPR (now part of CoStar) where she was responsible for growing global client relationships and where she gained a wide exposure to North American investors and institutions.  

Prior to that, she was a Global Client Management Director at DTZ and a member of Corporate Finance Executive Board. She designed and implemented client management programs at the regional and global level working closely with all business lines. She was directly responsible for top 20 clients and also developed a unique client selection and review process to ensure the business focus on key growth relationships.

Tom Goodwin is a Principal in the Real Estate Investment Team at Mercer Alternatives and responsible for the investment and research coverage of European and UK real estate strategies, with a focus on long-income and real estate debt. Since joining Mercer in 2014 he has obtained the IMC and the CFA designation.

Will joined CMS (formerly Nabarro) in 2014 and is a Senior Associate in their Funds and Indirect Real Assets team in London. Will advises fund managers, asset managers and investors on a wide range of fund formation, joint venture and M&A matters.