Investment Committee

Nikolai Dëus-von Homeyer is Managing Partner of NAS Invest and oversees the company’s strategy, product development and financing. In 2013, he sold his share in Corestate Capital AG, where he was Director and Head of Corporate Development and contributed substantially to the firm’s strategy, product development and real estate investments in excess of €3bn. Previously Nikolai worked in the Frankfurt/Germany office of Cerberus Capital Management, a major US-American private equity firm, where he dealt with real estate acquisitions, the optimisation of existing property investments, and exit strategies across a property portfolio of more than €5bn. Nikolai has more than 14 years of real estate experience and holds a diploma in real estate from HTW Berlin, a diploma in business administration/ banking from the University of Hagen and a MBA in general management from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. Born and raised in Berlin, Nikolai spent several years professionally in Frankfurt, Zurich, New York and London before he returned to the German capital with his family in 2011.

Keith started working with Maitland in July 2014. He is an independent director and partner of ManagementPlus, a Luxembourg-based corporate governance firm, with specific experience in real estate and private equity fund investments, AIFMD and depositary services. Keith was previously Senior Managing Director of State Street's EMEA private equity and real estate administration business, responsible for Product Development and Relationship Management, as well as their Luxembourg & Ireland Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS) offices. Prior to that, Keith worked for Brown Brothers Harriman, LaSalle Investment Management and JLL in Luxembourg and London. Keith works with several professional bodies (ALFI, INREV, ILA) and is a chartered Fellow of RICS and an ILA Certified Director.

Kavitha joined Maitland in 2001. She is responsible for managing Maitland’s institutional clients services (excluding South Africa), including client relationship management and business development. Her areas of expertise cover investment fund structures and domiciles and operations (fund accounting and reporting, transfer agency and corporate governance). Kavitha also has experience in Luxembourg company structures and trusts and finance. She was responsible for the transfer of the fund administration services for the offshore funds administered by Maitland in Luxembourg to its sister company in South Africa. Prior to joining Maitland, Kavitha was with Liberty Ermitage S.A. in Luxembourg.