Jo Gilroy (pictured, right), sustainability director at Balfour Beatty Group, has been appointed to the Supply Chain Sustainability School’s board of directors. The organisation aims to upskill those who want to work in the built environment sector. Gilroy will govern alongside eight other partner representatives responsible for the school’s fiscal governance and strategic direction.
The Wigley Group has promoted Claire Lynch (pictured, left) to chief governance officer as company director and company secretary. She joined the business in 2016 and previously held the role of director of group governance and development.
Colliers has appointed Ian Quinn as an associate director in its Manchester project and building consultancy business. Alex White has joined as a business rates director in the central London market.
Valesco has appointed Derek Williams as managing director. He will oversee investor relations and business development. During his career, he has assisted in the allocation of £8bn of capital across global real estate and private market strategies.
FuturePlaces has selected Pat Hayes, Ian Marcus and Karima Fahy as board members following the appointment of Bob Kerslake as independent chairman.
Mace has appointed Priya Jain as president of the Americas to oversee regional expansion initiatives. She joins from Atlas, where she was chief growth officer.
Drum Property Group has promoted Ian Gracie to construction director. He joined the firm in 2019.
CBRE Investment Management has appointed Mathias Lejeune of Ancala Partners and Nicholas Riordan of Surbana Jurong Capital as senior directors in the client solutions team. They will drive efforts to raise capital for infrastructure investment projects in EMEA and APAC.
Sam Harding has joined Cheffins as head of new homes to strengthen its offering for developers in East Anglia. He was previously an associate development director for Countryside.
Chestertons has appointed Gary Howorth as sales director for its Battersea branch. He joins from Douglas & Gordon.
Kathryn Evans has joined AS Retail in the agency team from Grice Collins Long.
Montagu Evans has appointed ESG consultant Oliver Pye as its new head of sustainability. He joins from Evora Global, where he advised clients on ESG strategies and implementation.
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Chris Taylor as a partner to lead its residential valuation and advisory team in the North West. He joins from Lambert Smith Hampton.
Hilltop Credit Partners has hired Claudiu Gheorghita, a former Nomura director, as chief investment officer. He will be tasked with building the firm’s loan book across the UK and driving its European expansion.
CBRE’s South West office has recruited Matthew Maxwell as an associate director from Workman, Angus McPhail as a senior surveyor from Hartnell Taylor Cook, and graduate trainee Amelia McClune.
Crest Nicholson has appointed Bradley Stone as head of land and planning to lead the company’s development portfolio in the South West region. He joined the firm 18 months ago as associate development and investment director.
Martin Hellenas has been promoted to divisional director in London at Rendall & Rittner.
Mark Bray has joined Avant Homes’ central region as technical director. He will deliver the firm’s housetype and development design and support the region’s land, commercial, construction, and site management teams.
Kirkby Diamond has appointed Nathan George as its new head of agency and office in Bedford. Paul Hazell has been promoted to executive partner, Adam Smylie and Nathan Andrews to partner, and Darren Pape to associate.
Wells McFarlane has hired Tom Knowles as an assistant land agent to support its planning, development and strategic land team. He will work with Trevor Wells on estate management, valuations, marketing, and planning.
Boyer has appointed David Hutchinson as head of its Midlands office. Cristina Racsko has been promoted to senior urban designer, Holly Becket and Zoe Curran to planner, Arjun Lal and Alex Bamford to senior planner, and Alice Moore to principal planner.
Davitt Jones Bould has appointed litigator Matthew Needham-Laing to its construction and engineering team.
Strutt & Parker has added Giles Lawton to its national country house department serving the wider Cotswolds area. He joined the firm in 2016.
Ryden has hired Ron Liddell as an associate in its project management team in Aberdeen. He formerly worked as a director at CHAP Group.
Alistair Wright has joined Savills’ UK investment division as a director in the Edinburgh office, where he will work across the office, retail, industrial and PRS sectors. He previously worked at CBRE.
Pluto Finance has appointed ex-vice president of Real Asset Partners Matteo Broggi to the role of associate director of fundraising and investor relations.
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