People and companies: Hammerson appoints MD for city quarters and developments

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Savills has appointed Ann-Katrin Kaiser (pictured left) to its EMEA hotels team in Germany.

Hammerson has appointed Simon Betty (pictured second from left) as managing director for city quarters and developments. He joined the firm in 2006 and has worked across the business in development, retail parks, investor relations and group strategy. He is currently retail director for Ireland.

Countryside has appointed Phil Chapman (pictured second from right) as managing director to lead its new housebuilding west region across Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and West Sussex. He has previously worked for Linden Homes, Bryant Homes and Taylor Wimpey.

Alder King has appointed Josh Bryant (pictured right) as a senior surveyor in its lease advisory team in Bristol. He joins from Lambert Smith Hampton where he advised local, regional and national clients across the South West on all aspects of commercial leasing.

Formed Architects has taken on new premises at Gable House, Chiswick, W4.

Supermarket Income REIT has appointed Cathryn Vanderspar as a non-executive director.

Fleurets has promoted divisional director Andy Frisby to lead the central London agency team. He will focus on all leisure agency instructions within London zones 1 and 2.

Residential Secure Income REIT has appointed James Sly as finance director.

Longevity Partners has promoted Lois Salem to group chief operating officer; Amedeo Musini to business growth lead; Daniel Lechner to e-mobility and energy consultant; and Olivia O’Brien, Lena Schneidewind and Mélanie Martinasso to energy and sustainability consultants. Laure Ferrand has joined as senior consultant.

Elaine Cartwright has joined Redrow Homes’ Midlands team as sales director.

Aviva Investors has recruited Ben Stallwood and Neal Pickering as development directors for its real estate development team.

Savills Malaysia has appointed Dougie Crichton as head of asset management.

Rowan Packe will join Mapp’s executive board as head of sustainability and social value in April. He is experienced in sustainability ESG reporting and energy management across a range of sectors in the UK and Europe, and has worked with CBRE, Landsec, Pfizer and Sainsbury’s.

St Modwen Industrial & Logistics has appointed Alistair Jespersen as senior preconstruction manager. He will be responsible for the firm’s delivery programme with a specific focus on the preconstruction stage.

Arora Group has named Surinder Arora, the group’s founder and current CEO, as executive chairman, and Steve Pateman has been appointed as chief executive.

Candour Group has appointed analyst Federico Aldovini to its head offices in Soho, W1.

CBRE has launched a complete-service residential division in Leeds led by senior director Mike Gorman and supported by Kate Lightfoot in the capital markets team and Olivia McClea in the residential valuation business team.

Law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed Emma Holmes as senior associate and Aman Guru as a solicitor in its property and housing team.

Picton has appointed Mark Alder as head of occupier services. He was previously head of Cushman & Wakefield’s service charge consultancy team and has more than 30 years of multi-disciplinary real estate solutions experience across the private and public sectors in the UK and Europe

Mace has appointed Shelley Frost and Lesha Chetty as directors in its strategic advisory business.

Ian Boden, sales director at LendInvest, is retiring after 40 years in financial services. He will leave the business at the end of April.

AshbyCapital has promoted Lucy Arthur to operations and marketing director, Tom Smithers to property director, and Joe-Man Wan to investment associate.

Mike Fry has joined Commercial Property Partners as a partner in the national property and asset management team.

Richard Moore has joined Almarose as group chief executive of its hotel management platform. Moore was previously area senior vice president UK, Ireland and Western Europe for Radisson Hotel Group.

Legal & General Capital’s in-house later living division has hired Ben Rosewall as head of investment and Dandi Li as investment manager.

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Ned Jones as head of its capital markets team in Birmingham. He joins as a partner from Savills where he spent seven years in its investment team specialising in the acquisition and disposal of commercial investments across the Midlands.

Wilton Developments has appointed Nick Child as development director and Richard Squire as development manager in its Leeds-based development team.

Law firm Taylor Wessing has appointed Matthew Swainston as a partner in its real estate group. He joins from Forsters.