Brenna O'Roarty
Executive Director, RHL Strategic Solutions
Brenna O’Roarty is Executive Director at RHL Strategic Solutions, which she founded
in 2010. She is an independent research strategist and works on a range of projects on
behalf of industry organisations, including INREV, ULI and UKSPA as well as bespoke
assignments for institutional investors and managers. This activity includes two major
studies for INREV on operational real estate investment strategies and the delivery of
real estate across the spectrum of commodity, product and service. Previously she was
a Director and Head of European Strategic research at RREEF (now DWS) where fund
strategy, business development and real estate decision-making were central to her
role. Prior to joining RREEF in 2006, O’Roarty was Director of European Retail
Research at JLL where she spent seven years. She held a lectureship in Land Economy
at the University of Aberdeen, which she joined upon completion of her PhD at the
University of Ulster in 1996.
