James has 17 years of experience across a diversity of roles in the real estate and funds management sector. James' experience has spanned fund and asset management, transactions and treasury roles, product development of new core and value add funds, along with the management and oversight of large core property and alternative real estate funds. Currently, James is the Head of Funds Management (Australia) responsible for overseeing the funds management function and client relationships, and strategy development, across AXA IM Alts’ $8 billion funds management platform in Australia. Previously, James was the Fund Manager responsible for the management and growth of AXA Group's alternative real estate funds in Australia spanning the healthcare, logistics, hotel, student accommodation, forestry, multi-family residential and social infrastructure sectors. James also has a keen interest in responsible investment having had an active role in the ESG Committee of AXA IM for over 13 years which, during this time, included the development of a first-of-its-kind climate resilience rating tool which measures the impact of physical climate risks on real estate. AXA Investment Managers is part of AXA IM Alts, one of the global leaders in alternative investments with A$240 billion of assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, private debt, structured finance and hedge funds. AXA IM Alts is ranked as the number one investment manager in Europe for real estate by assets under management and is ranked as the number five investment manager globally with A$162 billion of real estate assets under management across 20 countries globally. Active asset management is in our DNA. In Australia, AXA IM Alts manages separate accounts and pooled investment vehicles for local and offshore pension funds and insurance companies totalling c. A$8 billion. AXA IM Alts has a long history and track record of managing some of Australia’s premier office, retail, and hotel assets in Australia’s major capital cities, in addition to a number of recent investments in the ‘alternative’ real estate sector including healthcare, hotels, residential, forestry, logistics and student accommodation.
Listed skills include Asset Management, Due Diligence, Investments, Portfolio Management, and 18 others.
