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Real Assets

 

The Real Assets practice at Per Ardua provides both executive search and leadership development consulting services to a range of organisations across all senior, strategic leadership roles. This includes Board, C-suite, Acquisitions, Asset Management, Capital Raising & IR, ESG, Research, Development, Finance, Operations, Risk, HR, Technology and Data.

 

We work with a broad range of clients including Private Equity; Portfolio Companies; Pension & Sovereign Wealth Funds; Investment Managers; Family Offices; Hedge Funds; Propcos and Developers. Our clients trust our judgement and have worked with several of them for many years.

 

We are passionate about helping businesses create inclusive cultures – we constantly challenge our clients to look at the broadest talent pool possible. We have a strong track record delivering diverse talent for our clients and are active members of Real Estate Balance and WIRE.

Key Contact

Kate Hammar

Director & Head of Real Assets

Team

Oji Okolie

Principal, Head of Execution Performance

Annefien Slaghekke

Research Analyst

Lydia Kennedy

Executive Assistant

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Paris

Frankfurt

Zurich

Amsterdam

New York

Bermuda

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Stockholm

Edinburg

Munich

Abu Dhabi

Cologne

Luxembourg

Miami

Belfast

Dublin

Sydney

Singapore

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Paris

Frankfurt

Zurich

Amsterdam

New York

Bermuda

Per Ardua Associates Ltd
Level 14, Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1HQ

Stockholm

Edinburg

Munich

Abu Dhabi

Cologne

Luxembourg

Miami

Belfast

Dublin

Sydney

Singapore

Kate Hammer

Director & Head of Real Assets

Kate Hammar

Director & Head of Real Assets

Kate is a Director at Per Ardua and Head of the Real Assets practice.

She joined in 2016 to build the Real Assets practice.  Working with EMEA based Real Estate clients including Private Equity, Investment Managers, Sovereign Wealth Fund, Propcos, Operators and Developers she has an excellent track record hiring for the Board, C-suite and senior leadership roles across all functions including acquisitions, asset management, capital raising, research, finance, development, strategy, HR and tech.

Kate is also a member of Per Ardua’s RemCo.
In addition to leading the Real Estate practice, she is proud to be a working mother and continues to push the diversity agenda with her clients and her children!

Oji Okolie

Principal, Head of Execution Performance

Oji Okolie

Principal, Head of Execution Performance

Oji joined the firm in 2019 and works across all our practices to ensure execution performance and delivery remains of the highest quality for our clients.  Her responsibilities include leadership of the Research function.

 

Oji is also a real estate specialist and has a strong track record executing searches with Real Estate clients globally including Private Equity, Investment Managers, Sovereign Wealth Fund, Propcos, Operators and Developers.

 

Passionate about increasing greater diversity in financial services, Oji co-chairs the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee at Per Ardua Associates.

Annefien Slaghekke

Research Analyst

Annefien Slaghekke

Research Analyst

Annefien provides research support on assignments within the Real Assets function, working across Real Estate and Infrastructure.

 

Prior to joining Per Ardua Associates, she gained valuable experience during an industrial placement at Marlin Hawk as part of her university degree.

 

Annefien joined Per Ardua Associates in October 2024, following her completion of a BSc in International Management at the University of Bath.

Lydia Kennedy

Executive Assistant

Lydia Kennedy

Executive Assistant

Lydia is the Executive Assistant to Harry Hearn, Director and Head of Insurance and Oji Okolie, Principal and Head of Execution Performance.

Lydia is also a member of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee and organises regular events supporting this.