Gina Szymanski is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager AEW’s Real Estate Securities Group, where she is also a member of the Global Securities Allocation Committee. Gina plays an integral part within the firm’s Senior Leadership Team, actively contributing to the firm’s overall strategic vision and direction. Prior to joining AEW, Gina worked at Putnam Investments for over 15 years, where she was the REIT portfolio manager for Putnam’s Research Fund, a senior member of the Global Equity Research team, and a portfolio member of the Quantitative Equity Research team.
Prior to joining Putnam Investments, Gina held finance positions at CIBC World Markets and Matson Driscoll & Damico Ltd. In 2019, Gina was selected as the winner of Bonhill Group’s 2019 Women in Asset Management Award1 for the Real Estate category.
Gina earned an Honors Bachelor of Mathematics in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Waterloo and an MS in computational finance from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a CFA® charterholder, and is member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society Boston.