Fusion fuels growth with chief investment officer hire

Student accommodation developer Fusion Group has appointed Daniel Harris as chief investment officer to support its expansion strategy. Harris joins from Cain International, where he was senior managing director and head of European investments. Prior to Cain, he was managing director for investments at Tristan Capital Partners and has also held the role of co-head of investments at AEW Europe. As Fusion’s first chief investment officer, Harris will be responsible for expanding the company’s expertise in terms of sectors, including co-living, which the firm already includes in some of its PBSA-led, mixed-use schemes, as Fusion looks to expand into key European markets such as Spain and Germany. Harris said: “Europe’s living sector is rife with opportunities for a nimble, strategic business that understands how to create places where people want to live. Joining Fusion at this period in its growth, and while the living markets are so strong, is an extraordinary opportunity to join a team that I know to be among the very best in the business.” Nigel Henry, co-founder and chief executive of Fusion, said: “Daniel is well known as one of Europe’s leading living sector investment strategists, and his appointment comes as we see soaring demand among our partners to deploy capital in PBSA and other living sectors, in the UK and further afield. “Daniel’s arrival will boost our relationships with long-standing stakeholders, as well as enabling us to access new pools of capital and bring Fusion’s focus on premium customer experience, best-in-class sustainability and resident wellbeing to an even greater number of markets.” Photo © Amber Pollack Photography/Fusion Group