Andrea is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments – Europe at CPPIB. In this role Andrea is responsible for the European real estate investment program, oversees the Indian real estate program and is part of the real estate senior leadership team. Prior to joining CPPIB, Andrea was the European Chief Investment Officer of AREA Property Partners, an international real estate private equity firm now part of Ares Management, and previously he worked at Merrill Lynch in New York and London. He holds an MBA from Insead and a BS in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) is a professional investment management organization that invests around the world in the best interests of the more than 20 million contributors and beneficiaries of the Canada Pension Plan. In order to build diversified portfolios of assets, investments in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income are made by CPP Investments. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney, CPP Investments is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan and at arm’s length from governments. At December 31, 2020, the Fund totaled C$475.7 billion.