Following its successful acquisition of Crestbridge last month, Gen II Fund Services (Gen II) has announced that Alex Le Quesne has been appointed to the role of Head of Real Assets – Europe. In his new role, Alex will be responsible for overseeing client service and the development of Gen II's Real Assets service offering across its European jurisdictions. Alex has over 19 years' industry experience. Before joining Gen II he was Head of Governance Services at Crestbridge and before that he led and developed the business's highly successful Real Asset Funds team. Alex has also been a director of a corporate trustee which acted for both regulated and unregulated property unit trusts, holding over £10bn assets in total. Previously, he was employed by a major global bank.