Knight Frank has appointed CBRE’s Charles Ingram Evans as head of UK building consultancy and project management.
Evans was previously head of building surveying in CBRE’s West End office, and has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, having joined Richard Ellis in 1997. He has specialised in helping buy and sell individual assets, developments and property portfolios in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. He has worked across healthcare, industrial, office, retail, leisure and hotel sectors, advising clients including PGIM, Blackstone, Harbert Management Corporation, Deutsche Asset Wealth Management, Deutsche Bank, THRE, Oxford Properties, P3, Prologis, Goodman, TPG, Westmount, Alpha Capital, Barclays and Aermont.
Evans said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining Knight Frank at a time when there is great desire to invest and grow the technical offer within the firm and build on the foundations of an already successful and talented department.
“I will be focused on growing the building consultancy and project management team across the UK, developing the firm’s fantastic existing client relationships and exploring new opportunities by providing strategic, sector-specific and commercial advice.”
William Beardmore-Gray, global head of occupier services and commercial agency at Knight Frank, commented: “Charles is a leading expert in providing commercially focused advice to clients and has an exceptional track record, with unrivalled previous experience in this sector.”
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