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Samantha Steele

Director, Investment Research, Private Markets

BSc (Hons) Land Management, The University of Reading, UK
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
Investment Management Certificate

Samantha Steele is Director, Investment Research for private markets research in EMEA and is Portfolio Manager for some of our global impact and real estate separate accounts. She is a voting member of the firm’s Alternatives Subcommittee and serves on numerous Limited Partner Advisory Committees' for fund managers

Samantha joined Russell Investments’ Sydney office in April 2010 covering private market investments in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In this role she gained significant experience investing in Asia-Pacific and working with Asian and Australian investors on implementing bespoke mandates. She transferred to the London office in 2015.

Prior to working in Asia, Samantha had a decade of experience working in the UK and European property markets with European asset manager KBC Asset Management (KBCAM) as a senior fund manager. At KBCAM, Samantha specialised in indirect real estate income, derivative and currency trading.

In prior years, Samantha worked as a fund manager for Lothbury Property Trust, a UK diversified open-ended real estate trust, and for commercial real estate consultants CBRE Investors and Insignia Richard Ellis in asset management roles.

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