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De Groot leaves HestonTaco de Groot has left the Heston Real Estate Group. The former GPT Halverton chief investment officer said that the volume of distress in the Dutch property market was not as high as anticipated. Heston focused on distress, property finance and corporate finance. De Groot’s colleagues, Jan-Lodewijk de Vries and Robert Fabisch, will continue to advise on property and corporate finance. EC Harris appoints FabriEC Harris has appointed Gabriella Fabri as head of asset and facilities management for central and eastern Europe. Before joining EC Harris, Fabri was the Hungarian country manager at Engel East Europe. New role for Schroder’s KüssnerHaving restructured Schroder’s Amsterdam office, Achim Küssner, chairman of the fund manager’s Benelux, German and Austrian business, has taken on central and eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Daher to lead Carlyle Group in LondonThe Carlyle Group has named Oussama Daher as a managing director in London. Javier De Pablo, who is responsible for asset management across Spain and Portugal, has been promoted to director at the company’s Madrid office. In Paris, Agnes Riban and Olivier Petreschi have been promoted to co-directors responsible for investment in France and Benelux.C&W appoints Zimenkova-DumenigoCushman & Wakefield Moscow has made Vera Zimenkova-Dumenigo an associate in client solutions. Konstantin Lebedev, an associate, has been promoted to partner and head of valuation.Schoutens joins Atrium CEE developer Atrium European Real Estate has appointed Thomas Schoutens as chief development officer. Schoutens was formerly with Carrefour Group.Legal & General appoints RussellUK company Legal & General Property has appointed Mark Russell as fund manager for the £750m L&G-managed pension fund. Russell joins from Prestbury Investment Holdings, where he oversaw several property portfolios. Prior to this he worked for LGP’s Linked Life Fund.Hungarian posting for ING’s Klomp ING Real Estate Investment Management CEE has named Gijs Klomp as new head of asset management in Hungary and Romania. Klomp previously was head of asset management for Romania.Cain to head CoreNet GlobalAngela Cain has been appointed chief executive of CoreNet Global, the professional association for corporate real estate executives, service providers and economic developers. Cain is currently CEO of the Mississippi Association of Realtors and will start her job in April.DTZ appoints MombertDTZ Germany has appointed Denis Mombert as chief financial officer. Mombert joins from Archon Group Deutschland, the asset management unit of Goldman Sachs. He will report to chairman Timo Tschammler, who plans to add staff after having turned around the German part of the business.LIM directorship for Lloyd-Hurwitz LaSalle Investment Management has appointed Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz to the newly created role of managing director, Europe. She will be a member of LaSalle’s nine-person global management committee and an international director of LaSalle’s parent, Jones Lang LaSalle. Lloyd-Hurwitz joins from Macquarie Group Property Advisors. Delautre joins Retail Consulting GroupLaurent Delautre has joined Retail Consulting Group in Paris and will work in its investment department. Delautre previously worked for BNP Paribas Real Estate and Sofidy. Pramerica appoints SussbauerWolfgang Sussbauer has been appointed marketing director at Pramerica Real Estate International AG. He joins from AXA Investment Managers. Gancel to advise GE Capital RERémy Gancel has been appointed senior advisor to GE Capital Real Estate. Gancel will advise the hotel joint venture Capital France Hotel, established with Cardif and Algonquin. Gancel has previously worked for Sophia, Finextel and Interbal.Wolter joins WestInvestWestInvest has appointed Mark Wolter as chairman. Joining from Schroder Property Kapitalanlagegesellschaft, Wolter will look after institutional property funds, a business area that WestInvest’s parent company, DekaBank, wants to expand. BL’s Maudsley takes on new roleCharles Maudsley, British Land’s recently appointed executive director for business expansion, has taken on the role of head of retail. Maudsley, who joined BL from LIM, will retain his current role but will also oversee the group’s £5.3bn retail business in the UK and Europe. Ben Grose has been appointed head of retail asset management and will report to Maudsley.