Alan Harris will succeed Rob Bower as managing partner of Montagu Evans when Bower retires from the partnership on 31 March 2025 after 10 years in the role.
Harris, who is currently head of Montagu Evans’ advisory department, will become the firm’s tenth managing partner since the company’s formation in 1921, with the appointment running for an initial four-year term from 1 April 2025.
He has a background in development consultancy and has headed the partnership’s town centre and public sector groups. Harris also helped develop the firm’s growth strategy including its relocation to the City of London in 2019. He joined the company’s executive committee in 2014 and was appointed head of advisory in 2022.
Bower said: “Alan is a longstanding partner at the firm and proven leader of the business. He has already been a major part of our success and growth to date and is well-known across the industry. I’m delighted he is the partnership’s next managing partner and I look forward to watching the firm go from strength to strength over the next four years and beyond.
“Alan and I will now be working side-by-side until March 2025 – focused on clients, partners and staff to understand their priorities and focus on further growth and opportunity in the five years ahead. Meanwhile, it’s very much business as usual for our planning, advisory and transactional teams. Activity remains strong and major instructions continue to come in as we strengthen our planning and development focus in both the public and private sectors.”
Harris added: “This is a fantastic business with exceptional people. From the day I set foot here, 23 years ago, I have been proud to be part of its journey and growth. Rob has been an outstanding managing partner for the last decade and I’ve enjoyed working closely with him to help grow the partnership.
“Being elected by my peers as the tenth managing partner is a great honour. I am truly proud to be given this opportunity to work with all our partners to build on what we already have within the business, and to capitalise on the ambition that I see every day across all generations of the partnership.”
