Christophoros Papachristophorou Uncovered

In this episode of Cyprus Diaspora Uncovered, Journalist and East Mediterranean Editor at MEES, Peter Stevenson chats to Christophoros Papachristophorou, Founder and Managing Partner of Invel Real Estate, an independent private equity real estate firm established in 2013, focusing on value-add and opportunistic strategies. 

The firm holds a market-leading position in Southern Europe, with assets under management exceeding €3.5 billion. Prior to founding Invel, Christophoros served as a Managing Director and Global Head of Deutsche Bank RREEF Opportunistic Investments (ROI), the private equity real estate arm of Deutsche Bank specialising in high-yield real estate investment strategies. 

During his tenure at RREEF, he completed and/or restructured more than 60 investments with a total gross asset value in excess of US$20 billion. Among other notable transactions, he led the corporate restructuring, refinancing and repositioning of the French department store Le Printemps; the acquisition, repositioning and subsequent sale of La Rinascente, Italy’s leading department store; and the acquisition, subsequent restructuring and sale of Newreal S.p.A., then the commercial real estate subsidiary of Enel, Italy’s largest power company.

This session was recorded live at the Cyprus Diaspora Forum®  on 8 May 2026 at the AMARA Hotel in Limassol Cyprus.