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GVA has appointed Jonathan Davies (pictured left) to its Cardiff valuation team as associate director. He is a RICS-registered valuer with 20 years’ experience across both the public and private sectors.

Durkan has appointed Bill Beyzade (pictured second from left) to the new role of land and development director focusing on land acquisition across the Home Counties. Beyzade was previously Land & Planning director for CALA Homes North.

Aitchison Raffety has promoted Jonathan Weekes (pictured second from right) to director in the planning division in the Northampton office. He joined the group in 2013.

Dinah Weissenberger (pictured right) has joined Knight Frank in Bristol as a graduate surveyor.

Relendex has appointed Paul Sonabend as commercial director.

Lee Gurney has joined MDA Consulting as an associate director in its Manchester office.

Colliers International has appointed Richard Williams as head of its national offices team in its new Birmingham city centre agency.  Williams joins from Knight Frank and has experience advising both occupiers and landlords.

Joseph Homes has appointed Michael Bryn-Jones as managing director.

CBRE has appointed Tony Rosenthal as director in the Scottish rating team in Glasgow. Rosenthal has rejoined the company from Cushman & Wakefield, where he was a partner leading the national rating team within Scotland.

Tunstall Real Estate Asset Management has appointed David White as head of debt strategies in it its senior management team. White joins from CR Management.

Foundation Home Loans has recruited Paula Priest as national account manager for the senior sales team.

Savills France has recruited Augustin Michaud as a senior consultant in its investment team to develop its investment services across Southern Europe.

Turner & Townsend has appointed Tania Flasck to head up its infrastructure business in Birmingham. Flasck joins from Jacobs, where she was European vice president solutions and technology.

Strutt & Parker has opened a new office at 16 Park Street in Windsor. Jo Chadwick will head up the office working alongside colleagues Alex Webster and Liz Beales.

JLL has appointed Graham Blenkarne to its Yorkshire and North-East valuation advisory team. Blenkarne joins as an associate, and will be responsible for undertaking commercial property valuations primarily across the North East of England.

Law firm Bishop & Sewell has promoted Chris Macartney in the landlord & tenant team and David Little in the corporate & commercial team, to equity partners.

SHW has named the following as equity partners: Emma Hards from the business space team in Brighton; Adrian Dack, head of property management in London; and Paul Farrell from the residential property management team in London.

Matthews & Goodman has appointed Matt Blaydon, former head of GL Hearn, as a partner.

Paul Graham has joined Gramercy Europe as a non-Executive chairman.

International architects and urban designers Weston Williamson + Partners has appointed partners Alex Kirkwood, Beatrix Young, Chie Shimizu, Daniel Moor, Simon Catton and Thomas Griffin to the transport, infrastructure, masterplanning, residential and commercial teams in London and Sydney.

Alexis Gisselbrecht has joined AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets as a senior fund manager in the development and value-added fund management team. He joins from Patrizia Immobilien, where he was a senior fund manager specialising in the value-add and higher-return investments segment.

Alexandra Plain and Jérémy Roigt have joined the real estate practice at Squire Patton Boggs as partners in its Paris office.

Howard Group has appointed Werner Baumker to the board as group director.

APAM has appointed Lewis Wood to its property management team.

Kemsley has promoted Daniel Butcher to senior associate in its professional team, dealing primarily with valuations across London and Essex.

Delva Patman Redler has appointed Martynian Duczek and Katarzyna Boruta as measured surveyors/CAD technicians in the London-based measured survey department.

Colin Tomlinson has been appointed as managing director at H&H Land and Property. Tomlinson will be responsible for the management of the estate agency offices, and managing the rural business in south Cumbria.

Lauren O’Toole has joined Glentrool Estates Group from JLL, where she specialised in industrial property.

Stuart Gibbons has been appointed as regional managing director at Lovell’s London business. He joins from Galliford Try, where he was managing director for the partnerships and regeneration division.

Paul McDowell has been appointed president for the European regional chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

BNP Paribas Real Estate has appointed Omar Choudhury as a director and Robert Brydone as an associate director to the portfolio valuation team, based in London.

Peter Scholes has joined Fleurets professional team, operating from the Manchester and Leeds offices.

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