Mathieu Elshout is Senior Portfolio Manager at Aware Super. He joined the Aware Super UK office in July 2024. He is a seasoned investment director and experienced board member, having been active in direct and indirect real estate for over 20 years, working with leading managers, operators and investors and across all real estate sectors. He was previously a Senior Director with PGGM, a top 10 European institutional manager with over 200€ bn in assets, where he was responsible for over 2€ bn of new investments in the UK as well as across Europe. He was the Head of Sustainability & Impact Investing at PATRIZIA, Responsible for driving PATRIZIA’s Sustainability agenda the integration of ESG throughout the business and PATRIZIA’s Net Zero Carbon Strategy as well as growing PATRIZIA’s assets under management in Impact Investing. He has a proven track record in establishing strategic alliances, such as the successful Build to Rent partnership with Legal & General, and has been actively involved in the successful recapitalising, refinancing, sale and liquidation of investments. He is an influential leader in the field of sustainability within real estate, responsible for the high sustainability performance of PGGM’s real estate portfolio and the program of preparing the portfolio for Climate Change, in terms of physical risk and transition risk. Until recently her served on the Board of the GRESB Foundation, after having served as Non-Executive Director on the Board of GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark).