Orchard Street Investment Management has appointed BlackRock’s Mark Long as head of strategy to the business.
Long will lead Orchard Street’s research, forecasting and strategy team.
He joins Orchard Street with more than 26 years’ experience in property research and strategy, most recently as head of EMEA real assets research and strategy at BlackRock.
Prior to BlackRock he held roles at Aberdeen Asset Management and Invista Real Estate Investment Management.
Philip Gadsden, managing partner at Orchard Street, said: “This is an exciting time for Orchard Street and we are delighted to have been able to attract another high-calibre person to our business.”
Long said: “With a long-standing track record of outperformance in UK commercial property markets and a strong entrepreneurial culture, Orchard Street is an exciting business to be joining at this point in the cycle and I am looking forward to working with the team to build on this success going forward.”
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