Savills has appointed Tom Shaw and Michael Alderton as directors in the firm’s industrial and logistics occupier advisory team.
Shaw joins from JLL, where he advised high-profile industrial and logistics tenants including Iron Mountain, Royal Mail and Wayfair. He has more than eight years’ experience of the sector and started his career at Colliers before joining JLL in 2018.
Alderton, who left JLL in January, will also join Savills to help spearhead its occupier advisory growth and expansion. He has more than 40 years’ experience in the sector, and prior to JLL was head of industrial and logistics at Lambert Smith Hampton for 29 years.
Shaw and Alderton, who will be based at the firm’s Margaret Street HQ in London, join George Unwin and Emily Hardwick in the industrial and logistics occupier advisory team.
Richard Sullivan, national head of industrial and logistics at Savills, said: “We are delighted to welcome Tom, and more recently, Michael, to the UK team. This represents a very significant move towards enhancing and establishing Savills as the leading occupier advisor across the UK industrial and logistics sector. They bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience and we are very excited for them to work alongside the existing team, our wider regional network and international colleagues.”
Shaw added: “With increasing demand by tenants for market leading advice, this is a great time to be joining the Savills industrial and logistics team. I look forward to helping to grow its existing occupier advisory capability.”
Alderton said: “The role presented a great opportunity to join the best in class team at Savills with the exciting proposition of helping the firm as it continues to build an excellent reputation in the occupier advisory space.”
