Mark Russell hired as head of fund management (real estate) at Federated Hermes

Federated Hermes, a global leader in active, responsible investment management, has announced the expansion of its real estate team, with the appointment of Mark Russell to the newly created role of head of fund management (real estate).

Federated Hermes Real Estate is an institutional investment manager with $8.3 billion of commercial real estate assets under management as of Sept. 30, offering client-focused property-investment solutions. In this role, effective Feb. 19, Mark Russell will be based in London, reporting to Chris Taylor, head of real estate, and will be responsible for driving the strategy and performance delivery of the real estate business and its investments within the Federated Hermes Private Markets platform.

Mark Russell has more than 25 years of experience across private practice advisory, property company and institutional real estate fund management. He joins Federated Hermes from Orchard Street IM, where he was a partner, managing large-core/c