EQT has recruited four staff to its real estate team, at a time when the European private equity firm is on the road trying to raise €500 million for its maiden real estate fund.

EQT Real Estate has hired Nisha Raghavan as chief financial officer, Sofia Watt as a director of asset management in the Nordic region, Olivier Astruc as director of acquisitions in France and Thomas Tynan as an associate, according to a person familiar with the matter.