Nuveen Real Estate expands European debt team

Nuveen Real Estate has expanded its European debt team with the appointment of two new senior hires.

Caroline Pellmann joined as a senior director from Berlin Hyp, where she was responsible for the sourcing, negotiation and execution of mortgage-backed senior loans in Germany and Central Europe. Pellmann is an experienced real estate investment professional with nearly 20 years’ diverse experience and a strong legal, origination and capital raising background. Based in Nuveen’s Frankfurt office, Pellmann is primarily responsible for sourcing and executing loan deals in Germany and across continental Europe to support Nuveen’s pan-European debt strategies.

Karolina Wojtowicz has also joined the team as a director. She was previously at LaSalle Investment Management, where she was underwriting, structuring and executing transactions in the United Kingdom and Western Europe. Based in London, she works with Peter Hansell in origination and execution of debt financing