Property investment fund management house Tritax has appointed Ben Freeman as chief financial officer.
Freeman, who began his career at KPMG, has more than 30 years’ experience in finance, including strategy, structuring, operational and cash management, corporate finance and reporting.
His experience in the property industry includes working as finance controller and company secretary at Helical Bar for almost six years until 1992 and nearly seven years as finance director at M&G Real Estate until 2007.
Since then, Freeman has focused his career on roles within organisations going through change, with an emphasis on the commercial property and housing sector, including recent interim financial director and chief financial officer roles at Circle Housing (now Clarion), Viridian Housing (Optivo), Fortis Living housing association, Quintain and Bedfordshire Pilgrims, as well as consultancy roles at British Land, Peabody Housing, Astor Housing, Hyde Housing Association and Legal & General Investment Managers.
Henry Franklin, partner of Tritax, said: “I am confident that Ben’s wealth of expertise in strategic financial and commercial roles, as well as the extensive industry experience he brings, will prove invaluable to our business as we continue to deliver on Tritax’s growth strategy and build on the track record and reputation of the group’s real estate platforms.
“This follows two recent senior appointments by Tritax, Nick Preston as director of fund development and Charlie Withers as development director, together adding to the strengths of our current team.”
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