Ben Sanderson joined Aviva Investors January 2022, and is ow Managing Director of Real Estate and responsible for the £13 billion real estate equity business for the organisation. Ben is also a member of the Aviva Investors £50 billion real assets Senior Leadership Team.
Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Ben was Executive Director at Federated Hermes Real Estate from 2008, where he was responsible for the global investment programmes made on behalf of clients, as well as overseeing the company's ESG strategy, UK residential and real estate debt investment programmes.
Ben was a Director at M&G/Prudential from 2003 to 2008, where he managed the M&G Global Real Estate Securities Fund and UK Prudential's Global Real Estate Securities exposure. Ben also led the Global View Formation & Strategy Team for their private real estate investments.
Prior to this, Ben worked in London and Tokyo for Jones Lang LaSalle, from 1998 to 2003.
Ben is on the Operational Board of the UK Investment Property Forum (IPF) and Chair of the IPF International Special Interest Group, following a period from 2020-22 as Chair of the IPF. Ben is also an ex-member of the IPF Research Steering Group and is a former member of the Investor Committee for the UK Association of Real Estate Funds. Ben is also a former external examiner on real estate degree programmes at the University of Reading and NottinghamTrent University.
Ben has a BA degree in Economics from the University of York and an MA degree in Macroeconomics from the University of Liverpool. He is a member of the CFA and is a regular speaker at real estate conferences globally and at leading universities. In his spare time Ben is a trustee of a charity which promotes and organises youth football in south west London.
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