Anne Kavanagh, the former CEO of residential and mixed-use developer Telford Homes, has been appointed as chair of ULI Europe.
Kavanagh succeeds Lars Huber, CEO of Hines Europe, and will serve on a voluntary basis for a two-year term which officially began on 1 July 2024.
Kavanagh has been an active member of ULI since 2001 and will bring a wealth of leadership experience from working with the institute to her new role.
She has served on the ULI global board of directors since 2019, has been a global governing trustee since 2011, and is also a member of the European living concepts council.
She previously served as the UK national council chair, as well as on many committees, including the ULI Europe executive committee.
Kavanagh recently announced her retirement as CEO of Telford Homes and stepped down on 28 June. She plans to focus primarily on her non-executive industry roles, including as ULI Europe chair, and she will continue her involvement with Telford Homes as a senior advisor.
'A very warm welcome to Anne Kavanagh, who is joining us as the Chair of ULI Europe,' said ULI Global chair, Diane Hoskins, global co-chair of Gensler.
'I know that Anne is passionate about addressing many of the major challenges that our industry faces and has an impressive track record for driving areas such as diversity and sustainability.
'Her commitment to ULI and to advancing our mission is remarkable, and we’re confident she can only build upon the great legacy left by Lars Huber during his leadership of ULI Europe over the last two years. I’d also like to thank Lars for his enormous contribution to the ongoing success of ULI.'
Lars Huber, outgoing ULI Europe chair, said: 'It has been an honour to lead ULI in Europe over the past two years, which has seen a strong evolution during a seismic period of transformation for our industry in which we have navigated many social, economic, market and geopolitical challenges.
'During this time, ULI has made important strides to support the industry in a highly impactful way, delivering the Institute’s mission priorities in combination with responsibility towards our communities and our planet.'
Said Kavanagh: 'I am both excited and honoured to undertake the role of ULI Europe Chair and am humbled to follow in the footsteps of Lars who has done a terrific job chairing ULI Europe.
'I would like to thank him for the significant contribution he has made, and I very much intend to build upon his great legacy in my new role.'
