Ardian announced today the opening of a new Real Estate Debt activity to manage funds and mandates related to the financing of pan-European real estate projects.
Ardian Real Estate Debt will be led by Arnaud Chaléac, as head of Ardian Real Assets Debt. With over twenty years of experience in finance, and co-head of Group Finance at Ardian since 2008, he has developed a wealth of structure finance experience. Arnaud Chaléac joined Ardian fourteen years ago, after having worked with large French companies in the sector, such as Air Liquide, Kering, and Crédit Agricole.
In this new activity he will have the support of Sandrine Amsili, Director General. Sandrine has 20 years of real estate experience, including 17 years in real estate debt. Prior to joining Ardian in 2021, she held various senior management positions including at Europ Hypo, CBRE Global investors, and most recently SCOR IP, where she helped create the company's real estate debt platform.
Real Estate Debt's activity will focus on senior debt and will try to finance, together with banks, European real estate projects. All investments will have a strong ESG angle - in line with Ardian Real Estate's broader strategy - to create spaces and places for more sustainable and decarbonised cities. This strategy strengthens Ardian's real estate business, led by Stéphanie Bensimon.
With significant financing experience, the team has access to a broad and diversified internal platform that includes the entire Ardian network and all its resources. It will also draw on the expertise of Ardian's local teams in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Dominique Senequier, Founder and President of Ardian, comments: "The real estate sector is a major growth engine for Ardian. We have big ambitions, so the launch of our new Real Estate Debt activity is a step forward in our development. The team, led by Arnaud Chaléac with the support of Sandrine Amsili and our European network, combine in-depth industry knowledge with debt structuring experience.Our ambition is for Ardian to become a key player in real estate debt management and I am confident in our ability to meet the growing demand for investors to access projects that contribute to the real economy."
