Tom Berens is Senior Director, Team Lead in the Treasury & Debt Financing EMEA(TDF) team at CBRE Investment Management. In this role, Tom is responsible for defining and executing secured and unsecured debt funding (incl. public bonds)and hedging strategies for the EMEA Funds and Separate Accounts. The TDF team manages over 100 external debt facilities, in total approximately EUR 10bn, in addition to a EUR 4bn derivative portfolio in different currencies. The team manages relationships with over 75 financial institutions across Europe.
Tom joined CBRE Investment Management in 2018. Prior to this, Tom worked at ING Real Estate Finance for 10 years, holding various portfolio management and origination and execution roles in Amsterdam, New York and London. He has abroad international experience within the real estate finance and DCM spectrum from debt structuring and arranging, green or sustainability linked loans and bonds, hedging (interest and currency), risk management and bank relationship management. Tom joined the industry in 2008.
Tom holds a Master Degree in European Real Estate from Kingston University, London
and a Bachelor Degree in Management, Economics and Law from Fontys University,
Eindhoven. Tom is part of the CBRE IM EMEA Risk Management Committee and is a
member of the Board of Advisors at Commercial Real Estate Finance Counsel
Europe (CREFCE).