Commercial property

Aviva fund boss: ‘We try to sweat the assets more than our competitors’

Suzie Nolan, head of fund management at Aviva, says sustainability is a key focus of the €650 million-plus fund, which is now about to launch the ultra-modern office building 18 Lower Leeson Street in Dublin 2

Suzie Nolan, head of property fund management at Aviva, with Patrick Roe, head of planning and development, and Yvonne Kiernan, head of valuations and research. Picture: Paul Sharp

Being at the helm of one of the largest property funds operating in the Irish market, with a portfolio of 66 properties and a fund value in excess of €650 million, is no trifling matter. But despite the recent two-year global pandemic and the certain relentless pace and pressures involved in delivering the best returns possible, Suzie Nolan, head of property fund management at Aviva, makes the undertaking sound like a piece of cake.

“I ...