DWS appoints Issie Armstrong as senior real estate investment specialist

26 August 2021

DWS today announced the appointment of Issie Armstrong as Senior Coverage Specialist in its London-based Real Estate Investment Specialist team, reporting to Ulrich von Creytz, Head of Real Estate Coverage Specialists for Europe.

Armstrong’s responsibilities include providing real estate investment and product expertise to deliver positive outcomes for investors and prospects, as well as developing strategic partnerships with global investors for real estate joint ventures and identifying potential new investment products and solutions.

Armstrong joins DWS with more than 12 years of investment management experience. Most recently, she was an Investment Director within the Aviva Investors Real Assets Investment Specialists team. As part of the senior leadership team, Armstrong led real estate products and solutions where her primary focus was to commercialise relationships with global real estate investors and provide strategic support to the Distribution teams. Armstrong was also integral in developing new real estate strategies in conjunction with the Investment and Distribution teams.

Prior to this, Armstrong was a Client Executive at LaSalle Investment Management where she focused on creating and managing relationships with prospective investors and investment consultants in the Netherlands, UK and Ireland. She also participates in a number of industry initiatives focused on Diversity & Inclusion and is a member of the Association of Real Estate Funds’ (AREF) Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce Advisory Group.

Source: DWS