Jasper Gilbey

Jasper is Head of Housing, Alternatives and Strategic Transactions across Europe for Nuveen Real Estate. His primary focus is to grow Nuveen’s Housing and Alternatives platform – a committed portfolio of ~€3bn – via the creation of strategic partnerships with best-in-class local operating and development partners.

Prior to his current role, Jasper was Head of the TIAA General Account’s real estate equity programme in Europe, responsible for the management of their ~€4bn portfolio. His primary function was to determine portfolio strategy, deploy capital into growth sectors/geographies and oversee selective asset rotation to drive performance.

Before overseeing the TIAA General Account, Jasper managed the ~€3bn Cityhold Office Partnership (“CHOP”) –a joint venture between the TIAA General Account, Swedish National Pensions System’s AP1 and AP2 buffer funds and CBRE GIP. He was instrumental in setting up the venture in October 2015 and oversaw an active rotation strategy of ~€2bn acquisitions/sales to rebalance the portfolio between 2015 and 2019.

Jasper joined the firm in 2011 as fund manager of a French office & industrial fund before being promoted to assume responsibility for the management of the company’s wider office and industrial portfolio in France in 2012. Prior to joining the company, Jasper worked for Invista REIM where he was responsible for pan-European acquisitions and managed a cross-sector pan-European portfolio, as well as a French separate account. He began working in the real estate industry in 2004.

Jasper graduated with a B.S. degree from the University of the West of England and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.