Zsolt Kohalmi

Global Head of Real Estate & Deputy CEO of Pictet Alternative Advisors - Pictet Group

Zsolt Kohalmi is Global Head of Real Estate, Deputy CEO of Pictet Alternative Advisors and Equity Partner. Zsolt brings over three decades of pan-European investment experience and has invested in excess of $22 billion into all real estate asset classes in more than 20 European countries throughout several investment cycles. Zsolt is also an active member of the World Economic Forum, part of the NZCC Expert Group members (Net Zero Carbon Cities program).
Previously he was Managing Director, Partner and Head of European Acquisitions at Starwood Capital Group, one of the top 3 firms in global private equity real estate. During his tenure, Starwood was twice (2013, 2015) voted The European Private Equity Real Estate Firm of the year by its peers (PERE magazine). Prior to joining Starwood Capital in 2013, Zsolt was Chief Investment Officer at Meyer Bergman for 8 years, a European real estate investment firm that he co-founded. Before that he was a Director at GE Capital, where he acquired financial platforms as well as loan portfolios across Europe. Zsolt previously worked in investment banking with ABN AMRO Hoare Govett.
Zsolt, who is fluent in nine languages, holds an M.S. degree in economics from the University of Budapest, and an MBA from INSEAD.