SFL names new COO, completes restructuring

French SIIC Société Foncière Lyonnaise (SFL) said that it has appointed Dimitri Boulte as chief operating officer. He will directly supervise the asset management team and lead the development, leasing/marketing, technical and property management departments headed respectively by Jean-Luc Potier, Marc Stravopodis, Franck Dattée and Franck Morin.

Boulte is a graduate of the HEC Paris business school and holds a CEMS Master's degree from Bocconi University, Milan. He worked at Unibail-Rodamco for nine years in a variety of management positions, serving successively as investment manager (2004-2006) and development manager (2006-2007) for the office division. In 2008, he became director of development for large urban projects, in which capacity he was responsible for initiating and developing large, complex property programmes in France.

Nicolas Reynaud, managing director, will continue to serve as chief financial officer.

With this management team now in place, chief executive Bertrand Julien-Laferrière has completed the reorganisation process he undertook upon his appointment in October 2010, to support SFL's strategic positioning as a leader in the Parisian prime office property market.