The head of Knight Frank’s Leeds office and two other partners have left the firm to set up their own business.
Head of Leeds Mike Dove, industrial partner Mike Haigh and valuations partner Jonathan Phillips were put on garden leave this morning.
Following their departure Knight Frank has restructured its Leeds office.
Stephen Hodgson will remain head of Yorshire, while the office will now be run on a day to day basis by an executive consisting of Leeds partners Hernie Westlake, Alex Munro and Chris Tolson.
Alistair Elliott, head of commercial division at Knight Frank, said: “It is always disappointing when good people leave, they have decided to pursue alternative paths and I wish them well.”
He added: “However we must move on, our acquisition of niche logistics consultancy C2G in May this year has already had a positive impact in strengthening our logistics and industrial service line, providing us with a first class national platform.”
Elliott added that firm was already in discussions with a number of new recruits and expected to make further announcements soon.
References: EGi News 18/08/06
