Global real estate advisor CBRE has appointed Ben Almond as an executive director in its corporate capital markets team, in a newly created role.
Almond will start at the beginning of January, bringing over 16 years of corporate occupier experience to the role. He served most recently as global head of property at Pearson, where he has been managing the organisation’s real estate portfolio, and leading their global workplace transformation programme for the last five years.
Almond also spent 15 years working in finance, capital markets and derivatives roles within leading investment banks.
His new position, created to broaden the range of services offered to clients with corporate capital markets, forms part of CBRE capital advisors.
Colin Elliot, head of corporate capital markets, CBRE said: 'We are delighted that Ben is joining us as we look to expand and develop our capabilities within corporate capital markets.
'Ben brings with him a wealth of experience in both transactions and consultancy which will be invaluable in driving revenue growth and expanding our repertoire and client base. We always strive to give our clients a significant competitive advantage by delivering the best expertise and market intelligence, which the appointment of Ben will allow us to do.'
Almond added: 'The importance of executing carefully considered and well-managed real estate transformation programmes has never been higher on the priority list of CEOs and CFOs.
'These unprecedented times have seen a reduction in the utilisation of corporate real estate portfolios, leading many companies to question the purpose of their real estate, the design of their workplaces and the effectiveness of their short and long-term investment, disposition and ownership strategies.
'I am honoured and excited by this opportunity to join the market-leading Corporate Capital Markets team at CBRE, and to use my experience to further develop the provision of specific and holistic capital markets solutions to support the rapidly changing real estate and workplace needs of our corporate occupier clients.'
