Invesco Real Estate (IRE), the international cross-border property investment manager, has announced the appointment of Patricia Fontaine as a Senior Asset Manager in its Paris office. Fontaine's appointment brings to 12 the number of European asset managers at IRE, with four now covering the French real estate market.

Fontaine has over 13 years’ real estate asset management experience, predominantly within the office sector of Paris and the French regions. She joins IRE from Pramerica Real Estate Investors where she was the asset manager of an office portfolio with properties in Paris and the French regions. Prior to that she worked for Carlyle Real Estate Advisers where she was an asset manager for an office portfolio, covering properties in France and Belgium.