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Sarah Monk (pictured left) has joined Focus Hotel Management as its commercial director. She joins from RBH Hospitality Management.

Avison Young has appointed Matt Davidson (pictured second from left) as senior director in the property management team. He joins from CBRE.

Hollis has appointed Steve Cooper (pictured second from right) as fire engineering partner, underlining its commitment to fire safety in the area of fire engineering and fire protection.

Kerry Glanville (pictured right), partner and head of the London office at Cripps Pemberton Greenish, has been made chair of the Property Litigation Association.

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has made the following partner promotions: Elliot Brown in Dumbarton, Graeme Haywood in Edinburgh, Chris Weir in Dalkeith, Alastair Buchanan in Glasgow, Neil Calder in Inverness and Mark McQueen in Aberdeen. New residential associates include: Angus Carruthers in Montrose, Luke Doyle in Kilmarnock and Michael McDade in Greenock. Steven Clarke in Edinburgh and Fraser Carson in Dumfries have been appointed commercial associates.

Ingleton Wood has recruited Peter Webb as director to head up its operations in Oxfordshire.

St. Modwen has appointed Phil Robins as senior director for regeneration (south) and Rob Flavell as senior director for regeneration (Midlands & north). Matt Clements has been named senior director for portfolio management & business development.

Julian Best has been made property director at Howard de Walden Estate.

Nick Whitten has been appointed as head of UK living research and strategy at JLL. He will be responsible for thought leadership, consultancy and market data tracking.

eb7 has appointed Stephen Parker as director, Harry Gregory as a senior surveyor and Helen Anderson as an associate. Sean Carroll has joined the party wall team.

Elan Homes has appointed Michelle Hughes to its sales team, where she will generate and convert new leads.

TLT has appointed Tom White as legal director at its Manchester office. He joins from Kennedys and specialises in real estate litigation.

Residential developer Grevayne Properties has appointed quantity and investment surveyor Martin Frarey.

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Philip Macauley as a partner in its UK valuation and advisory team, based in London. He joins from Colliers International and will focus on self-storage facilities.

Knight Frank has promoted Mike Bowden, Richard Laird, David Mumby, Simon Rickards and Bruce Tolmie-Thomson to proprietary partner, effective from April 2020.

Real Estate Management has appointed Andrew Donaldson as head of security.

Geoffrey Pizzanelli has joined Scannell Properties in Paris as capital deployment director for Europe and the UK. He previously worked for AEW.

Jeremy Hughes has joined MF Freeman Group as asset and development manager. Ian Green has joined the land and planning team.

RPS has appointed Lucy Yates as principal planner from Barton Willmore. In her new role, she will provide core planning advice, site promotion, environmental assessment statements and pre-application planning advice.

The Urban Growth Company has appointed Danny Trup as engineering and programme director, Sue Barrett as commercial and contracts director, and Marta Lenska as office administrator.

King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership has hired Helen Causer as office and investment lead, and Chrissy Cullen as marketing and communications lead.

Eva-Lotta Sjöstedt has joined the board and management engagement committee at Tritax EuroBox.

PGIM Real Estate has recruited Ibtissem Sfaxi as an executive director and Nidhya Ramasubbu as vice president in the EMEA business development team.

Deutsche Finance International has hired Oliver Gardiner as development director.

HBD has promoted Adam Brady, Vivienne Clements and Hamer Boot to the position of executive director. Julian Painter, John Cullen and Adrian Schofield have been made senior directors. Anthony Clitheroe and Harry Bunbury have been appointed to director. Further promotions include: Tom Wheldon, director and head of Yorkshire and North East; Justin Sheldon, director and head of Midlands; Dean Thompson, director and head of North West; Matt Belshaw, director and head of Scotland; and Nigel Munro, project director.

Bruce Gillingham Pollard has appointed Mark Brennan as associate director to strengthen its lease consultancy business. He joins from JLL, where he worked in the central London retail and restaurants team.

WiredScore has appointed Nigel Atkinson as head of engineering UK. He will work with the business development team to help its landlord and developer clients navigate and future-proof its digital infrastructure.