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Former Berkeley Group director Simon Howard (pictured, left) has been named sales and marketing director at SevenCapital. He will oversee sales for clients looking to buy properties in key areas of the UK.

AspinallVerdi has added Stephanie Eaton (pictured, centre) to its team as a director, focusing on clients in London and the South of England, and supporting executive director Parminder Dosanjh.

Orchard Street has promoted Harry Buxton (pictured, right) to associate. He will focus on originating and underwriting deals in the UK commercial property sector.

M7 Real Estate has strengthened its pan-European leadership team with the appointment of Peter Wenzel as managing director in Germany. He joins from RLI Investors.

BNP Paribas Real Estate has appointed Michael Umfreville to lead a new team focused on the leasing and land acquisitions of data centres across the UK.

Canmoor has hired Tim Haden-Scott as a consultant to help source new opportunities for its joint venture partners and institutional clients.

Aitchison Raffety has recruited Gill Crowther as people director to drive the organisation’s strategic people agenda.

Verona Frankish joins estate agent Yopa as chief executive officer.

Zahar Mejanni has been appointed managing director and global head of strategic partnerships at QuadReal Property Group.

Prologis has hired Caroline Musker as director of planning and Gillian Scarth and Simon Perks as directors of capital deployment and leasing.

Gleeds has appointed cost consultant Steven Mason as executive director, based in London. He was formerly managing director at Mace.

LDA Design is expanding its masterplanning and urban design capablitities with the appointment of Andy Dowding as director. He previously led the urban design team at Savills London.

J3 Advisory has recruited Daisy Neall to lead its business development team. She previously worked for Belgravia Brokers.

Dolphin Living has hired David Stevenson as director of regeneration and development, responsible for increasing its sustainability credentials. He has more than 30 years’ experience in housing and regeneration.

Amanda Thompsell has been appointed independent non-executive director of Target Healthcare REIT.

CBRE has strengthened its engineering team by hiring Paul McEwan as director of its northern division and promoting Paul Feely to head of its engineering design services. In Leeds, James Pegg has been hired as associate director to enhance the firm’s valuation advisory capabilities in the hospitality, leisure, and healthcare sectors.

Rund Partnership has appointed Stuart Binnie to its Bristol office as associate director. He previously managed his own SME construction consultancy.

essensys has expanded its senior management team with the appointment of Alan Pepper as chief operating officer; Sarah Harvey as chief financial officer; and James Lowery as chief executive officer for the UK and Europe.

Tim Partridge has been appointed planning director at Tritax Symmetry’s Northampton office following a 12-month consulting position with the company.

Fiera Real Estate has promoted Jessica Pilz to global head of ESG. She will strengthen the firm’s ESG strategies in investment management, development, and operations in Canada and the UK.

Place Capital Group has grown its team with the addition of Eleanor Binns as project director, Ben Burton as development manager, and Jamie Pratt as an intern.

Amanda Thompsell has been appointed to Target Healthcare REIT’s board as an independent non-executive director.

Alder King’s Bristol office has appointed Simon Metcalf to its planning team as an associate and Alsadeq Safieddine as a negotiator.

Chris Johns and Gaynor Carpenter have joined the board at Keyland Developments as directors.

Knight Frank has strengthened its building consultancy division in Scotland with the appointment of Gordon Hamilton from Trident as an associate based in Edinburgh. In its data centres practice, James Smith and Oliver Weston have been appointed associates.

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