Digby Flower joins Cushman & Wakefield as a partner and head of London markets and Andrew Parker joins as a partner and head of City of London Agency. Flower moves to Cushman & Wakefield after 17 years at CBRE where he was a member of CBRE's Central London Board. Digby has advised on a number of Central London's most significant occupational deals.
Parker joins Cushman & Wakefield after 23 years at CBRE during which time he advised on some of the largest leasing instructions in London.
Flower will head Cushman & Wakefield's London Markets operations comprising the agency, investment and development functions and will work closely with James Young, and other members of the senior team to spearhead the firm's growth in London.
‘Cushman & Wakefield is focused on delivering the highest quality real estate services to our clients. We have a strong foundation in London and the appointments of such top talent as Digby Flower and Andrew Parker, is a reflection of the strategic growth and change that is happening at Cushman & Wakefield,’ said Glenn Rufrano, global president and chief executive officer of Cushman & Wakefield.
Paul Bacon, chief executive officer of Cushman & Wakefield EMEA, said that the appointments are part of the firm’s global strategic plan to steadily grow its presence in London in recent years to be on a par with its leading position in New York and other major cities.
‘With the appointment of Digby Flower and Andrew Parker, two of the most highly respected agents in the market, we are well positioned to ensure Cushman & Wakefield becomes the leading real estate adviser in London,’ he added.
Cushman & Wakefield's London team is involved in some of the capital's most significant real estate projects. The firm has instructions totalling 6.5 million square feet including J.P. Morgan's one million square feet office portfolio in the City of London and one million square feet of offices at Westfield Stratford City.
Cushman & Wakefield is also mandated on over 1.5 million square feet of occupier requirements across London and also advises the US Department of State on the development of its new Embassy at Nine Elms.
Cushman & Wakefield has completed some of the world's most high profile assignments including the sale of Capital Square in Singapore, the largest lease in the US in 2011 for Shell Oil, and the largest lease in downtown New York in two decades for 1.2 million square feet at One World Trade Center to Condé Nast.
These latest high profile appointments are part of an ongoing strategic recruitment initiative by Cushman & Wakefield to secure leading talent. Recent high profile appointments in EMEA include Mike Lindsay, from KPMG to head Corporate Finance, Simon Ward, ex-global property head at Barclays in its Corporate Occupier and Investor Services team and Markus Reinert from JLL to lead Asset Management in EMEA.
