UK commercial property investment firm Orchard Street Investment Management has appointed Philip Gadsden as a new partner.

UK commercial property investment firm Orchard Street Investment Management has appointed Philip Gadsden as a new partner.

Gadsden joins Orchard Street after serving as deputy chief executive officer at Invista Real Estate Investment Management. He left Invista in early 2012 but stayed on as a consultant to the company until its takeover by Palmer Capital in the summer of 2012.

Over the past 12 months Gadsden has also served as chairman of specialist PFI fund the Community Limited Partnership, consultant to Palmer Capital and as an adviser to Canada Life Investments.

At Orchard Street, Gadsden will work with a wide ranging brief across the firm and join its investment committee.