Fraser Campbell-Wilson taking charge of JLL’s City capital markets team leads BE News’s pick of the week’s people stories. The week also brought new senior hires across real estate finance, estate management, valuations and asset management.
Fraser Campbell-Wilson takes charge of JLL’s City capital markets team
JLL has promoted Fraser Campbell-Wilson to head of City capital markets. Campbell-Wilson joined JLL in 2019 and has more than 15 years’ experience in the Central London office market. He succeeds John Woodger, who became head of Central London capital markets earlier this year. Woodger joined JLL as a graduate in 2010.
ASK Partners appoints Greg Cohen and Marc Foster as managing partners
Specialist real estate lender ASK Partners has appointed Greg Cohen and Marc Foster as managing partners. They join co-founders Daniel Austin and Doug King in the senior leadership team. Cohen has more than 20 years’ development and investment experience and is a partner at Sterlet Properties, formerly Newmark Property Consultants. There he has been involved in acquiring and developing more than 1.5m sq ft and in transactions whose combined sales value exceeded £500m. Foster heads Melrose Capital, his family investment and trading business, which he set up in 2018, and has invested across real estate debt and equity.
Louise Evans joins Long Harbour as director of asset management
Long Harbour has appointed Louise Evans as director of asset management. She will lead and scale its asset management platform across strategies for multi-family housing and single-family housing. Evans has more than 15 years’ real estate asset management experience. At Franklin Templeton Investments, she spent six years as head of asset management and co-portfolio manager at director level. Before that she spent six years at LaSalle Investment Management as a senior asset manager/associate director, having started her career at JLL.
SOM names Mina Hasman global head of climate strategy
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has appointed Mina Hasman OBE as principal – global head of climate strategy. Based in London, she will lead the firm’s global climate agenda and integrate climate priorities across design, business and operations. Hasman has worked for close to 20 years in sustainable architecture and climate advocacy. She joined SOM in 2012 and has worked on projects across Europe, the UK, Asia and the Middle East. She was previously sustainability director and one of the firm’s sustainable engineering studio leaders. She received an OBE in the King’s Birthday 2026 Honours List for services to architecture and sustainable design.
Jack Dukes moves from CBRE to Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield has hired Jack Dukes as a partner in its UK living capital markets team. Dukes was previously a director in residential capital markets at CBRE. He has more than a decade’s experience advising investors, developers and landowners on residential investment and capital markets transactions across the UK. He will advise on residential investment and development opportunities across the living sector, with a focus on multifamily and single-family housing.
Avison Young recruits Emily Filer and Jenny Hemstock in Birmingham
Avison Young has appointed Emily Filer and Jenny Hemstock as directors in its Birmingham real estate management delivery team. Filer also becomes regional head of Midlands and South West. She has previously held roles at Gowling WLG, CBRE, Lambert Smith Hampton and St Modwen. Hemstock joins after 14 years at JLL. The appointments support Avison Young’s property and estate management services for existing clients and new instructions.
Jason Smith joins Cluttons as Newcastle valuation partner
Cluttons has appointed Jason Smith as a partner in its Newcastle office. Smith has more than 30 years’ valuation experience and joins from BNP Paribas Real Estate, where he led valuation activity across the North East. He will support Cluttons’ national valuations practice, providing RICS-compliant valuations for loan security, financial reporting and transactions. His sector experience includes housing development, hospitality, healthcare, senior living and PBSA.
Colby River appoints Charlotte Richmond resident experience director
Colby River has named Charlotte Richmond as resident experience director. She is responsible for site teams, resident engagement and service standards across student living, multi-family properties and single-family homes. Richmond has more than two decades’ experience in lettings and property management. She began her career at Countrywide, heading operations as its network grew to more than 350 branches. In 2015 she joined SDL Group to launch its single-family rental business, working with institutional investors to grow the platform to around 2,000 homes.
