Paris to the world

For the past 15 years, Pierre Vaquier has toiled for the property arm of French insurer and asset manager AXA. But it is only since 2007 that he has been in charge. PERE recently caught up with the chief executive of AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, with its €43 billion of assets, staff of 500 and dizzying array of property funds, to hear about how Vaquier plans to further grow an already sizeable organisation. By Robin Marriott