Orchard Street Investment Management LLP has appointed Matthew Littler and Andrew Thomas as asset managers. Prior to joining London-based Orchard Street, Littler was a senior asset manager at Axa Real Estate for seven years.

Orchard Street Investment Management LLP has appointed Matthew Littler and Andrew Thomas as asset managers. Prior to joining London-based Orchard Street, Littler was a senior asset manager at Axa Real Estate for seven years.

During this time he was responsible for the performance of property portfolios for several of Axa’s insurance and pension fund clients and for the implementation of its sustainability policy for all UK assets under management. Littler has over 17 years’ experience in the property industry.

Andrew Thomas joins Orchard Street from Cushman and Wakefield Investors where he was a senior investment manager responsible for transactions and investment management of UK commercial property on behalf of discretionary and advisory mandates. He previously spent three years at Quintain as an asset manager and has over eight years’ experience in the property industry.

Orchard Street said the new appointments follow the recent period of growth in the size and breadth of the business, which currently has more than £3 bn (EUR 3.7 bn) of assets under management.