Harworth Group (Harworth) has appointed Lynda Shillaw to succeed Owen Michaelson as Chief Executive Officer. Her appointment will take effect on 1 November 2020, allowing time for an orderly handover before Owen retires from the Company on 31 December 2020.

Blackrose, a pub management company launched by real estate investment company Aprirose in 2019, has announced a raft of new appointments to support its ambitious expansion strategy, which is targeting 200 new site acquisitions across the UK by the end of 2021.

Global commercial real estate services and investment management firm Colliers International Group has hired dealmaker Peter Nicoletti as Managing Director, Head of New York City Capital Markets. 

Property consultancy Commercial Property Partners Ltd (CPP) has expanded its senior team with appointment of Nicola Key as Financial Controller.

Urbeo Group is planning to expand its investment activities in Ireland to areas beyond the residential private rented sector (PRS). The move comes as Eileen Fitzpatrick, former Head of NewERA at the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), joins Chairman Kevin Murphy (Former CEO of Irish Life and Permanent) on the board as a non-executive director. 

UK-based property finance platform LendInvest has launched a new Structured Property Finance team to offer a tailored service to brokers and borrowers with complex property finance cases.

Avignon Capital, a European property investment and asset management firm, has expanded its senior management team with the appointment of Michel Snoek as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

BGF has appointed Andy Gregory, Head of Investments – UK and Ireland, to the Board of the company. 

Flexible office space provider Areaworks has appointed Markus Malik, an experienced finance executive and lawyer, as Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
 

Edmond de Rothschild REIM has appointed Frédéric Soulié (45) as Director of the Real Estate Debt team in Frankfurt. Soulié, who is to join Edmond de Rothschild on 1 September, will be in charge of loan execution and portfolio management.