French listed property firm Affine has appointed Cyril Aulagnon as new chief operating officer.

French listed property firm Affine has appointed Cyril Aulagnon as new chief operating officer.

He joined the Affine Group in 2007 and became head of development and strategy in 2009 before assuming the position of head of real estate in early 2011.

Aulagnon will be responsible for Affine's entire property portfolio comprising property management, asset management and investment strategy.

Affine owned 60 buildings in France with a total value of €571 mln at end-June 2013. In Belgium, Affine is also the reference shareholder of Banimmo, a listed property repositioning company. Aulagnon has been a board member of Banimmo since May 2010.