Mike Bessell joined Invesco Real Estate’s global research team in September 2018 and is responsible for the research products across our European markets. He manages an in-house team of four researchers across Europe.

Prior to joining Invesco Real Estate, Mike worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) for five years, where he was head of real estate equity research for the EMEA region. In this leading role, he and his team published research on listed real estate stocks across the UK, Europe, MENA and South Africa.  

Before BofAML, Mike was a research analyst covering UK real estate and housebuilders for Investec, having previously been a UK equity fund manager at Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh.

Mike holds an MA in Financial Economics from the University of St Andrews and is a CFA charterholder. At Invesco Real Estate, Mike is a member of the Fund Strategy Review Committee, the Core Steering Committee and co-chair of the Investment Strategy Group. He is based in the London office.