Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson has appointed Jake Harris as managing director, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s industrial and logistics investment activities in the UK.
Harris will also look beyond the industrial and logistics sector for attractive standalone and thematic acquisitions.
He brings 23 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry and has spent the last three years as investment director at Paloma Capital, deploying capital from its value-add funds and UK industrial joint venture.
He is re-joining Kennedy Wilson, having previously worked at the company from 2013 to 2021. During his time with the business, he was integral to the establishment and growth of the company’s UK platform and led the investment and asset management of Kennedy Wilson’s industrial and logistics portfolio.
He started his career as a chartered surveyor at Cushman & Wakefield and worked at Deutsche Asset Management (now DWS) for six years as head of Industrial and Fund Manager for its open-ended UK Industrial Property Fund.
Kennedy Wilson has also recently appointed two senior asset managers to its UK team, with Holly Brown joining from Knight Frank Investment Management and Holly Mozley joining from St Modwen Logistics. Both will be responsible for managing Kennedy Wilson’s industrial and logistics portfolio, as well as other commercial assets, in the UK.
