Property adviser Catella has appointed Thomas Beyerle to head up the group’s research activities and lead its new German subsidiary Catella Property Valuation.

Property adviser Catella has appointed Thomas Beyerle to head up the group’s research activities and lead its new German subsidiary Catella Property Valuation.

Beyerle joins from listed German property company IVG Immobilien, where he was managing director and head of sustainability and research.

As head of research at Catella, Beyerle will have a cross-company role, working both globally with Catella’s 11-country property advisory operations as well as with its property advisory division and its property fund operation unit in Germany.

He will also assume the post of managing director of Catella’s new subsidiary Catella Property Valuation GmbH. Beyerle will be based at the firm’s Frankfurt office.

Commenting on his appointment, Beyerle said: ‘Catella has a very interesting profile on the European property market, with high-end advisory services complemented by asset management operations. I look forward to developing Catella’s research activities and raising our profile and voice as market experts.’