Caroline LEVEL-COTTARD

About Caroline LEVEL-COTTARD

Caroline Level-Cottard is a senior real estate executive associated with Gecina, one of France’s leading listed property companies focused on offices and residential assets. She joined Gecina in 2021 within the Investments Department and took responsibility for that function in 2023. Her appointment as Executive Director Residential, effective October 1, 2025, also brought her onto Gecina’s Executive Committee. In this role, she oversees the Group’s residential strategy, with a focus on value creation, portfolio transformation, and alignment with the energy transition and evolving urban lifestyles. Before joining Gecina, Caroline Level-Cottard spent nearly ten years at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, where she held senior positions across investment, asset management, and the development of large-scale mixed-use projects combining offices, retail, and residential components. That background gave her a strong command of capital allocation, asset optimization, and the delivery of complex real estate programs. Her career reflects deep expertise in multi-asset real estate, investment discipline, and operational execution in large listed-property platforms. At Gecina, her work has been closely linked to active portfolio management. Under her leadership, the Group completed a combined €1.3 billion of asset sales and acquisitions between 2024 and mid-2025. This level of activity highlights a strategy centered on portfolio quality, financial discipline, and long-term value creation. It also suggests a proactive approach to reshaping the residential platform in a way that improves strategic fit and supports the company’s broader sustainability objectives. She holds degrees from ESCP Business School and City University in London. Her profile combines international education, long-standing experience in European real estate markets, and a track record in investment-led transformation. At Gecina, she is positioned as a key executive for the evolution of the residential business, where decarbonization, urban demand shifts, and portfolio quality are central themes.