CBRE has appointed Kaela Fenn-Smith as the company’s new UK head of client partnerships.
Fenn-Smith, who has more than 30 years of real estate experience, has led CBRE’s ESG consulting business over the past three years and she previously spent seven years in executive leadership roles at Landsec.
In this new strategic role, she will leverage her broad experience and deep knowledge of clients’ requirements to lead CBRE’s key strategic clients and client partner programme.
Amanda Stevenson, Ed Blackburn and Allan Wickham, who are all existing members of CBRE’s ESG consulting business, will take over leadership responsibilities at the business.
Fenn-Smith said: “I have loved my last three years leading and growing our UK ESG consulting team and am now excited to be appointed into this newly formed strategic role which puts further emphasis on providing wider property and business solutions to clients in a client-centric approach. I look forward to partnering with colleagues and our clients and bringing the full power of CBRE to deliver impactful strategies and solutions in ever-evolving market dynamics.
“Immersing myself in ESG over the last three years and developing our ESG services in a sector-wide capacity, combined with my broad property experience and understanding of client needs, allows me to help our clients tackle some of the biggest challenges they face, including ESG and climate impacts on real estate ownership and how these impact future investing.”
