Balloon surprise for LSH rising stars

Aasia Mohammad was one of the rising stars at LSH to get a surprise balloon and message.

Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has proved it’s not full of hot air when it comes to investing in its rising stars.

The national commercial property consultancy has announced 27 promotions across the business, including industrial and office agency, property management and lease advisory.

Far from going down like a lead balloon, the news was met with smiles and laughter amongst colleagues as the 27 employees received a mystery box at their desks at offices including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol.

Each box contained a message from CEO Ezra Nahome attached to a red helium-filled balloon, congratulating them on being promoted.

Among them was Aasia Mohammad, now director of the company’s busy office agency team in Glasgow. A member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, the British Council for Offices and the Glasgow Office Agents Society, she was named CoStar’s ‘dealmaker of the year’ in October after landing three of the city’s biggest deals of 2016.

Aasia said: “This has been a big year for both LSH and my own professional development, and I am of course delighted to have been promoted to director. The red balloon and personal letter from our CEO, Ezra Nahome, was a lovely touch just before Christmas and spirits in the office are floating high.”

Ezra said: “These promotions are our way of recognising the significant contribution that each individual has made to a successful 2016 for Lambert Smith Hampton and we’re very fortunate to have so much exciting talent in the business. Promoting from within and investing in our team is something that we believe very strongly in at Lambert Smith Hampton, and I’m sure we’ll be making similar announcements in 2017.”

The full list of promotions:

Aasia Mohammad, Office Agency, Director
Adam Morgan, Technology, Project Control Officer
Alana Armstrong, HR, HR Business Partner
Andrew Givan, Property Management, Associate Director
Andrew Rutter, Valuation, Associate Director
Ben Welch, Valuation, Senior Surveyor
Damian Gee, Lease Advisory, Director
Daniel Moon, Building Consultancy Senior Surveyor
Gemma Butler, Industrial, Senior Surveyor
Georgina Bellhouse, Property Management, Senior Surveyor
Ian Liddle, Building Consultancy, Director
James Hewson, Valuation, Associate Director
James Paterson, Building Consultancy, Director
Jamie Cardwell, Valuation, Associate Director
Joshua Leigh, Valuation, Associate Director
Katherine Dawson, HR, HR Business Partner
Katie Constable-Mayne, Building Consultancy, Senior Surveyor
Louise Lokucewicz, Property Management, Senior Surveyor
Luke Phillips, Property Management, Senior Surveyor
Luke Sutton, Valuation, Associate Director
Mark Elliott, Lease Advisory, Director
Mark Stewart, Property Management, Associate Director
Matt Barker, Capital Markets, Senior Surveyor
Matthew Tilt, Industrial, Director
Michael Downey, Capital Markets, Senior Surveyor
Olivia Bottomley, HR, Recruitment Officer
Sean Coyne, Building Consultancy, Senior Surveyor