Francesco Ostuni is a Managing Partner, Head of European Equity and European Chief Investment Officer at BGO, based in London. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee in Europe and serves as Portfolio Manager for European Value-Add Funds.
Francesco began his career as a real estate investor in 2001. He joined the firm in 2013 from Qatar Holding/Qatar Investment Authority, where he led a number of transactions in Europe and the United States and invested over $2.5 billion of equity in both direct and indirect strategies.
Prior to Qatar Holding, Francesco was a vice president at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing based in Milan. During his 10-year tenure, Francesco was involved in the sourcing and acquisition of office, hotel, and retail assets in Italy for a total value of over €3 billion. In addition, he played a leading role in complex nonperforming loan portfolio acquisitions with a gross book value of over €2 billion.
Francesco graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. He was a recipient of the Landegger Certificate in International Business Diplomacy and the Peter F. Krogh Scholar Medal. Following his passion for value investing, he completed the value investing course offered by Columbia Business School Executive Education in 2010. An Italian national, he is fluent in Italian and conversant in Spanish.