UK REIT Hammerson has announced the appointment of Harry Badham as new Chief Development and Asset Repositioning Officer. In this role, Badham will oversee the development teams working on destination repositioning across the UK, Ireland, and France.
Badham was most recently UK Head of Development at AXA IM Alts, where he led £3.5 bn of major investment, development and repositioning projects from start to completion for a range of funds and joint venture investors.
He worked on urban projects across a mix of workspace, retail, leisure, civic and residential space including most notably 22 Bishopsgate, Assembly Bristol and 6 Pancras Square.
Prior to his 10 years at AXA IM Alts, he was part of the leadership team at property development company, Allied London, where he was investment director. He was involved in delivering over £2 bn of urban regeneration including the creation of the 25 acre Spinningfields development in Manchester and the Brunswick Centre in London, alongside other mixed-use schemes across the UK.
He began his career at JLL within the corporate finance department having graduated from Bristol University in Civil Engineering.
