Key Takeaways
- • PGIM's Institutional Client Group appointed Charlotte Taylor as Managing Director of Real Estate Business Development and Head of the East Region, tasked with expanding institutional client relationships across private real estate, real estate debt, and agriculture strategies.
- • Ed Rieger joined as Executive Director of Real Estate Consultant Relations, bringing global institutional distribution expertise across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific from previous roles at Heitman and Cohen & Steers Capital Management.
- • Both hires address accelerating client demand for global real estate exposure, according to Dennis Martin, co-head of global real estate business development for PGIM's institutional client group.
- • Taylor previously led capital-raising efforts for alternative investment strategies at DWS Group and held an investor relations position at Cartica Management, positioning her to strengthen institutional coverage across PGIM's multi-strategy real estate platform.
Summary
PGIM's Institutional Client Group has strengthened its real estate platform through two senior business development appointments aimed at capturing growing institutional demand for global real estate exposure. The firm appointed Charlotte Taylor as Managing Director of Real Estate Business Development and Head of the East Region, and Ed Rieger as Executive Director of Real Estate Consultant Relations, effective February 2026.
Taylor will lead development of new institutional client relationships and expansion of existing mandates across PGIM's private real estate, real estate debt, and agriculture investment strategies, with regional focus on the East region and Canada. Her background includes service as head of the East region and Canada for institutional sales at DWS Group, where she managed capital-raising for alternative investment strategies including private real estate, infrastructure, and credit. Prior to DWS, she served as director of investor relations at Cartica Management, combining experience in both institutional distribution and investor engagement.
Rieger brings specialist expertise in global consultant coverage and institutional distribution across real assets. He previously served as senior vice president and head of global consultant relations at Heitman, where he directed consultant engagement across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and contributed to capital-raising initiatives. Rieger also spent more than a decade at Cohen & Steers Capital Management, providing deep institutional distribution experience across real estate and related asset classes.
Dennis Martin, co-head of global real estate business development for PGIM's institutional client group, stated that "client demand for global real estate exposure is accelerating again, and these hires position us to support that growth over the long term." The appointments reflect a strategic effort to expand PGIM's institutional coverage across its diversified real estate platform during a period of renewed institutional appetite for alternative real estate strategies.
Taylor will lead development of new institutional client relationships and expansion of existing mandates across PGIM's private real estate, real estate debt, and agriculture investment strategies, with regional focus on the East region and Canada. Her background includes service as head of the East region and Canada for institutional sales at DWS Group, where she managed capital-raising for alternative investment strategies including private real estate, infrastructure, and credit. Prior to DWS, she served as director of investor relations at Cartica Management, combining experience in both institutional distribution and investor engagement.
Rieger brings specialist expertise in global consultant coverage and institutional distribution across real assets. He previously served as senior vice president and head of global consultant relations at Heitman, where he directed consultant engagement across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and contributed to capital-raising initiatives. Rieger also spent more than a decade at Cohen & Steers Capital Management, providing deep institutional distribution experience across real estate and related asset classes.
Dennis Martin, co-head of global real estate business development for PGIM's institutional client group, stated that "client demand for global real estate exposure is accelerating again, and these hires position us to support that growth over the long term." The appointments reflect a strategic effort to expand PGIM's institutional coverage across its diversified real estate platform during a period of renewed institutional appetite for alternative real estate strategies.
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