Claire-Marie GADOT

About

A perspective built across every side of the real estate value chain: investment advisory at Knight Frank, retail real estate at Estée Lauder, asset management at Unibail-Rodamco, and now large-scale occupier operations at Amazon.

Experience

• Amazon (Permanent · 4 yrs 2 mos)
  • Senior Asset Manager Southern Europe
    Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Lead asset management across Amazon’s logistics portfolio in France and Belgium, with additional co-leadership responsibilities on global cross-functional initiatives.

  • Asset Manager Southern Europe
    May 2022 - Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Managed a portfolio of 40+ logistics assets across France and Belgium — fulfillment centers, delivery stations, and last-mile platforms. Negotiated lease renewals and new leases with major logistics real estate investment funds. Drove cost optimization through strategic asset management initiatives, with impact recognized and replicated across other Amazon business lines. Developed expansion and renovation projects adapting assets to operational and sustainability requirements, including solar installation programs leveraging French regulatory frameworks.

• Adjunct Professor at Université Paris Nanterre
  Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

  Msc. Finance & Real Estate Management

• Visiting Lecturer at ESCP Business School
  Jan 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Knight Frank France (4 yrs)
  • Real Estate Investment Consultant
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Advising investors on transactions (disposal, acquisition) and market overwiew • Investment opportunities sourcing (disposal / acquisition) • Marketing of the assets (visits, NDA, due diligence, Q&A, offer submission, etc.) • Business development via a customer porfolio

  • Real Estate Investment Analyst
    May 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Draft of pitches : in-depth analysis of the asset (SWOT, market overview, valuation, etc.) • Pitch oral presentations to the clients • Carry out asset visits with potential investors once in charge of mandate • Design IM and commercial follow-up with clients and potential investors until deal completion

• EMEAI Retail & Real Estate Manager at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
  Sep 2015 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Devise the retail and real estate strategy and guidelines to support the brands across 80 countries • Managing store portfolio: openings validation, lease negotiation, partner prospection • Developing and executing the retail & expansion strategy for Bobbi Brown & Jo Malone London • Project Lead on ShopperTrack traffic counting device implementation • Providing competitor analyses and support on key partnerships with top brands and malls • Estée Lauder I-Mentor Programme : mentoring a top executive in Digital, Social Networks & Marketing