Toronto-based Starlight Investments has announced the appointment of Dennis Mitchell as CEO and chief investment officer of its newly formed real estate securities investment platform, Starlight Capital.
The platform will focus on investing in global real estate investment products and portfolio management services.
Furthermore, Starlight Capital will be involved in investment products which will combine the real estate securities investment expertise of the Starlight Capital platform with Starlight Investments’ existing North American real estate asset management platform focused on Canadian multi-family, U.S. multi-family and Canadian commercial properties.
Mitchell has spent over 15 years in the investment industry, most recently at Toronto-based Sprott Asset Management, where he served as senior vice president and senior portfolio manager of several new and existing funds.
He has also served as the executive vice president and CIO of Toronto-based Sentry Investments Inc. where he ran the firm’s investment management team and investment funds totalling over $18 billion, the firm says in a news release.
Mitchell was honoured with the Brendan Wood International TopGun Award in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and the Brendan Wood International 2012 Canadian TopGun Leader Award.
“I am excited to be joining one of the premier North American real estate asset management firms and I look forward to building a highly regarded real estate securities investment platform to compliment Starlight Investments’ existing real estate asset management strategy,” says Mitchell, in a statement.