People and companies

This week’s appointments, promotions and office moves Savills Bristol has appointed Robert Parr-Head as director in the development and valuation team. He specialises in valuation advice in the commercial and residential sectors. Steven Newlands has joined CBRE Scotland as head of capital markets and senior board manager. He joins from Cushman & Wakefield, where he was an investment agent. Farebrother has appointed Tom Swanson as a partner in its Investment team. He was previously a director at JLL and has more than 10 years’ experience. P3, the pan European specialist logistics property investor-developer has promoted Peter Barrell to head of corporate finance and M&A in Prague. LSL Property Services has appointed Helen Buck as executive director for estate agency. She replaces Adrian Gill. Dan Langan has joined Thrings solicitors’ commercial property team as an associate solicitor. He is experienced in investment and asset transactions, auction sales and purchases and ground rent acquisitions and disposals. Cushman & Wakefield’s Bristol office has appointed Caroline Cubbin as a senior surveyor and Melissa Woolston as an estates technician in its retail asset services team. In Birmingham, Tim Harrison has joined from Telereal Trillium as a partner in the rating team. Barings Real Estate Advisers has appointed Lotta Lehtinen as associate director for asset management. She will support the asset management projects in Finland and the wider Nordics region. Savills has appointed Keith McBain and Steven Fyfe as a director and associate respectively in the hotels team in the Glasgow office. They previously worked for JLL. The Liverpool office of Colliers International has appointed senior building surveyor Paul Harris from its Manchester office. Craig Rigby has joined as a graduate surveyor through the firm’s national graduate programme. Carter Jonas has appointed Steven Drennan as a partner in its infrastructure team. He joins from Bruton Knowles and has more than 16 years’ experience advising on large utilities schemes. Orbit has appointed Mark Hoyland as interim chief executive. He joins from Balfour Beatty where he held the role of managing director. BNP Paribas Real Estate has appointed Richard Malle as global head of research. David Eden has joined Gerald Eve’s valuation team as a partner. He joins from Strutt & Parker with more than 11 years’ valuation-specific experience across the commercial sector. Glenny has promoted Peter Ley as senior associate in the business space agency division and William Mitchell as senior surveyor in the valuation and lease advisory division. Graham Stilwell and Chris Welch have been made senior surveyors in the asset and property management division. Law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed James Atkins as a partner in the healthcare property team in the Leeds office. He joins from Capsticks where he was an associate. Dunedin Property Asset Management has recruited Taslima Ahmed to co-ordinate delivery of tenant services across its Great Charles Street estate in Birmingham city centre. Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners has made the following promotions: Planning director: Cem Kosaner in Cardiff. Associate director: Aisling Kelly in Leeds, Rachel Davies in London, and Brian O’Connor in Manchester. Senior planner: Stephanie Irvine in Cardiff, Jade Scott-Meikle in Edinburgh, and Alun Davies in Manchester. Senior graphic designer: Gemma Hockey in London. Josh Tyler has joined Curson Sowerby Partners in the retail agency division. He will advise operators, landlords and developers in the retail out-of-town market. Jonathan Seal has been appointed managing director at Regal Homes. He will continue to chair Regal’s investment committee. Lambert Smith Hampton has appointed Mark Wootton as director in its London team. He joins from Watts where he was a partner. Aston Rose has appointed Daniel Newton and Ed Norman as property managers in the commercial team. Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has promoted Stuart Dunne in Aberdeen and Andrew Sykes in Peterhead to partners in its north east commercial and residential surveying departments. Fisher German has appointed Anthony Champion, Duncan Bedhall, Dan Ballard, Jason Clines, Richard Tomlinson and Rob Champion as partners from Halls. Mike Wightman has joined Aston Mead land and planning. He has more than 30 years‘ experience in the Home Counties and London property markets. Tim Garnett has joined Keppie Massie in Liverpool. As head of the commercial agency team Garnett will focus on the disposal and acquisition of commercial property in office, industrial, retail, development and investment. Richard Simpson, group property director at Unite Students, has been appointed a non-executive director of CityWest Homes’ board. Pervaze Ahmed has joined Law firm Howard Kennedy as partner and head of residential property. Pellings has appointed Matthew Grant as a senior associate building surveyor, Mark Homerstone as an associate building surveyor, Edith Fekarurhobo as a senior employers’ agent and Peter Courtney as a senior associate project manager. Turley has made the following senior directors appointments: Stephen Bell, northern planning, Manchester and Leeds; Stuart Irvine, Southampton office; Richard Laming, economics, Manchester; and Roger Mascall, heritage, London. Pozzoni Architecture has promoted project architects Alice Parker and Ian Mellor to associates. Pick Everard will open a new Bristol office on 20 March, at 2 Buckingham Court  Beaufort Office Park, Woodlands Lane, Almondsbury BS32 4NF.