Director appointment, Australia

Savills Investment Management (“Savills IM”), the international real estate investment manager, has appointed Jennifer Johnstone-Kaiser as a Director in their Sydney office, further strengthening the firm’s global investment management platform as it seeks to extend and solidify its presence in the region’s core real estate investment markets. In her new role, Jennifer will be looking to drive Savills IM’s growth in Australia.

Jennifer joins Savills IM with over 30 years of experience in real estate investment and investment consulting. She was previously Head of Real Estate, Asia Pacific at Mercer for over seven years, advising a number of major Australian and Asian pension funds and wealth management businesses, including Australian Corporate and Government Super Funds, Korea National Pension Service and Hospitality Authority of Hong Kong, on domestic and global investment strategy,portfolio construction, implementation, due diligence and portfolio monitoring.

Michael Flynn, Chief Executive Officer of Asia-Pacific at Savills IM commented: “Jennifer’s experience and depth of knowledge in Australia’s real estate investment market and her relationships with institutional and wealth management investors will be invaluable to the growth of Savills IM’s business in the Asia-Pacific region as we witness a growing appetite among these segments of investors for international real estate.”

Jennifer Johnstone-Kaiser commented: “Savills IM is going through an incredibly exciting period of global growth and I look forward to joining what is a very talented and ambitious team.”