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Heitman Adds Head of Product Strategy & Design

Heitman LLC has appointed Irene Yartey-Onyango as SVP, head of product strategy and design. In the newly-created position, Yartey-Onyango will be responsible for developing and overseeing Heitman’s product design across the globe, reporting to Lewis Ingall, Heitman’s senior managing director of client service and marketing.

“Irene’s extensive experience in product strategy, design, and development, combined with our suite of real estate investment solutions in private equity, private debt, and public securities, allows us to meet the growing demand for innovative ways to support larger exposure to property investments in client portfolios,” said Ingall.

Before joining Heitman, Yartey-Onyango held several roles across product management and strategy at Blackrock, most recently as director, alternatives product manager within the firm’s strategic product management group.

Prior to Blackrock, she also held positions at Morgan Stanley within its equity capital markets group, and at J.P Morgan Asset Management in a variety of analyst roles.


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