Katie Smith is LaSalle’s Global Head of Performance, where she leads the firm’s performance measurement, reporting and forecasting processes. In her role, Katie partners with stakeholders across the business to bring greater clarity to performance measurement activities and investment decisions, ensuring LaSalle has a global approach to performance reporting and forecasting. Katie is based in London and joined LaSalle in January 2025.
Previously, Katie worked for CBRE IM, where most recently she was Global Head of Analytics. Prior to joining CBRE IM, Katie spent two years working in the Analytics team at Man Group, a global hedge fund, and prior to that was Head of Performance at M&G (formally PRUPIM). Katie was Chair of the INREV Performance Measurement Committee during her time at CBRE IM.
Katie holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Financial Economics from the University of Birkbeck.