Knight Frank Investment Management (KFIM) has made three senior hires to support its further expansion and growth in the residential sector.
Ian Wilson, who joins from CBRE Investment Management, has been appointed as a partner to grow KFIM’s residential investment management business. His initial focus will be on the UK with a longer-term ambition to develop a European residential business.
Xaviere Roudeix-Crouan, formerly of Redevco, has been appointed as head of research and forecasting, and Chantal Beaudoin joins KFIM from Lamington Group as head of ESG.
Kevin Aitchison, CEO at KFIM, said: “It is truly exciting to announce these three new appointments to the business. The depth of experience across these senior hires, together with the expertise that we are able to access through our relationship with Knight Frank, leaves KFIM extremely well placed to create and deliver compelling investment products that can also have a genuine social impact.
“Whilst the past 10 years have seen the business grow from less than £500m of assets to circa £4bn, over the last 24 months we have re-set our aims and aspirations for the next five years – a balance between business growth, building our ESG advisory and residential investment capabilities, and delivering the investment returns expected by our clients.”
