Optimum Asset Management, a boutique real estate investment manager with more than €1.5 billion ($1.8 billion) in assets under management, has appointed Ljiljana Macdonald as managing director as the firm continues its growth in key markets.
Macdonald joins Optimum with more than 16 years’ fund management, investment strategy and capital raising experience developed in a range of senior roles at boutique and large real estate investment managers. Having worked with firms such as Alpha Real Capital, Aviva Investors, Cordea Savills and UBS Global Asset Management, Macdonald joins Optimum with deep investor and advisory experience in European markets.
At Optimum, Macdonald will be responsible for supporting the growth of the firm’s operations in key markets through capital raising, client relationship management and collaboration with Optimum’s local asset management teams. The firm is currently fund raising for its Optimum German Real Estate Fund IV, which is foc