ING Real Estate announces European fund appointments

ING Real Estate has made appointments to three of its European funds as follows:

Thierry de Wever has been appointed Portfolio Manager of ING Logistics Property Fund, replacing Eudes Berthelot who has transferred to ING Real Estate Select, the company’s multi-manager business based in the UK. Thierry joined the company’s Paris office as Portfolio Manager of the ING Real Estate European Industrial Fund in September 2006 and will continue to fulfil this role. He previously worked in investment management at BBL Brussels, ING Real Estate Belgium and developed ING Real Estate’s Finance business in France.


Frédérique Weber has been appointed Portfolio Manager of ING Real Estate Office Fund and joined ING Real Estate in February this year. She has ten years of experience in the real estate industry having held investment management positions at Equity Estate BV and Jones Lang LaSalle. She began her career as an architect at De Weger, the Netherlands.


Leo Weidenaar, has been appointed Fund Director of ING Logistics Property Fund Europe and Fund Director of ING Real Estate European Industrial Fund. Leo joined ING Real Estate as Fund Director of the ING Real Estate Office Fund in July 2005, which role he will continue to fulfil. He held financial and operational positions at Nedlloyd, Danzas and DHL prior to that and has 15 years of experience in the logistics sector.