Hermes bolsters debt team with Barclays hire

Hermes Investment Management has appointed Ben Patton from Barclays to its real estate debt team. Patton is currently vice president at Barclays real estate corporate banking team. He will be responsible for the origination and execution of commercial real estate debt transactions and will report to Vincent Nobel, head of Hermes real estate debt. Nobel joined Hermes from M&G Investments last November.