Avison Young has appointed Chris Pilgrim as principal, managing director and UK head of capital markets.
Pilgrim, who has more than 18 years of industry experience, joins Avison Young from Colliers, where he served as managing director of global capital markets for Asia Pacific and sat on the capital markets global executive committee.
Prior to that, Pilgrim spent a decade at CBRE working across the firm’s London, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore offices.
Nick Walkley, principal, UK president at Avison Young, said: “Chris brings vast expertise and is a landmark addition to our capital markets team. Bringing international knowledge, Chris will push forward global cross-collaboration across clients and services. This appointment will significantly strengthen our capital markets presence in London, whilst bolstering Avison Young on an international scale.”
Pilgrim added: “Joining Avison Young is the opportune time to grow an international capital markets service to provide our clients best in class advice and access to global capital. Leveraging the existing strength of Avison Young’s diversified UK platform, I look forward to delivering outstanding outcomes for our people and our clients. Together with global colleagues, we will develop a collaborative team that is open for growth and new talent.
“The UK is the number one global destination for international real estate capital and we will grow out asset class specialism putting more specialists in place, as well as developing our debt brokerage and equity placement offer to align with our client’s strategies across the capital stack.”
