Europa, a pioneer in pan-European real estate investment, announces that it has appointed James Hanks to the newly created role of Head of Tax, as well as Lenka Sargon as Senior Fund Controller.
In this new position, James will have responsibility for overseeing all of Europa’s tax operations, including managing reporting and providing strategic tax guidance for all fund entities and client investment funds.
James joins Europa after six years at Goldman Sachs where he was a Vice President in the EMEA Tax Advisory Team and was the EMEA tax lead for European real estate matters within the Asset Management Division. Prior to this, James spent six years at EY in Assurance and the International Tax Services division.
James is a Qualified Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland) and holds degrees in Mathematics, as well as in Accounting, Audit and Finance from the Universities of Warwick and Lancaster University, respectively.
Lenka joins the business from AEW Europe and has more than 15 years’ experience in accounting roles, including at PATRIZIA, formerly Rockspring. In this new role, Lenka will be responsible for supervising Europa’s financial operations, managing financial reporting, and providing strategic financial guidance for Europa’s real estate investment funds.
Rob Sim, Managing Partner at Europa, commented: “As Europa invests across multiple European jurisdictions, and with tax regimes becoming increasingly complicated, we believe it was important to create new in-house roles to ensure we provide our clients with the best possible advice and service to support their investments. After a 12-year career of highly relevant experience at two globally renowned international businesses, James is the perfect candidate for this position, and I am pleased to welcome him and Lenka to the team.”
James Hanks, Head of Tax, at Europa, added: “I am excited to join the Europa team and to contribute to its commitment to providing excellent client service across its investment offering. I look forward to supporting the business in navigating the continually evolving European tax landscape.”
