Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Justin Taylor as head of its retail EMEA team with effect from 1 January 2014.
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Justin Taylor as head of its retail EMEA team with effect from 1 January 2014.
Taylor is currently head of the broker's UK retail team and will continue to hold this position alongside the new EMEA role. He will succeed John Strachan in leading the 450-strong European retail team across the EMEA region. Strachan, for his part, will continue in his role as global head of retail.
Following the reshuffle, C&W's EMEA retail leadership team comprises Christian Dubois, France; Jonathan Hallett, Central Europe; Boris van Haare Heijmeijer, Belgium; Arjen Boesveldt, The Netherlands; Thomas Casolo, Italy; Marc Alfken, Germany; Maxim Karbasnikoff, Russia; Mark Burlton, Cross Border tenant rep and John Strachan, head of global retail.
Taylor joined Cushman & Wakefield in 1981 and has specialised in retail agency, occupier, development and shopping centre leasing across the UK and internationally throughout his career.
He was appointed a member of Cushman & Wakefield’s UK board in 2011 and became head of the firm's UK retail & leisure team in 2012.
Cushman & Wakefield's retail team advises on more than 350 shopping centres in Europe and is retained adviser to around 200 retailers. In 2012, Cushman & Wakefield transacted €4 bn of retail investment deals in EMEA.
