Europa hires Aqil Nagji as Director of Fund Management
Europa, a pioneer in pan-European real estate investment, announces that it has strengthened its investment management team by appointing Aqil Nagji as Director of Fund Management.
Aqil will be based in London and work initially as Deputy Fund Manager alongside Simon Hooper, who is retiring at the end of the year, to ensure an orderly handover, before taking over Simon’s responsibilities as Fund Manager. In this role, Aqil will support Amirali Kasraie as Head of Investment Management across all of our funds.
Aqil joins Europa after over five years at Patrizia where he was a fund manager overseeing both value-add and core strategies, including a fully discretionary, closed-ended value-add fund with a gross asset value (“GAV”) of around €850 million investing across Europe and into multiple sectors. In addition, Aqil was Deputy Fund Manager for two fully discretionary funds investing on a pan-European basis and across sectors. These comprised an £800 million GAV open-ended flagship core fund and a closed-ended value-add fund with a peak GAV of €550 million.
Before Patrizia, Aqil was a Financial Analyst at the Toronto and New York Stock Exchange-listed Granite Real Estate Investment Trust, having previously spent almost three years from 2015 to 2018 at Deloitte.
Aqil is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Management, Honours Specialization in Accounting with a Minor in Political Science from The University of Western Ontario.
Amirali Kasraie, Head of Investment Management at Europa, commented: “With the appointment of Aqil, we have strengthened our fund management team with a first-class professional who is fully aligned with our investment goal of seeking mispriced risk, Europa’s dedication to exemplary client service and our hands-on culture. Aqil’s experience of international fund management across real estate strategies ranging from value-add through to core position him very well to take over Simon’s responsibilities and I look forward to working with him in the future. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Simon for his 22 years of service at Europa and to wish him well for his retirement at the end of the year.”