BNP Paribas Real Estate has continued its recruitment drive by appointing three top City investment agents. Richard Garside, James Hiatt and Tom Hood will all join its Central London investment team from GVA.
Richard Garside, who has a strong reputation in the City of London and more than 15 years’ experience, is appointed as senior director, reporting into Paul Abrey, head of investment at BNP Paribas Real Estate, having previously been head of City investment at GVA. Prior to GVA, Richard was at Strutt & Parker.
James Hiatt joins as an associate director; he was previously an associate at GVA. Tom Hood joins as a senior surveyor, having previously been City investment surveyor at GVA.
John Slade, CEO of BNP Paribas Real Estate, comments: “We are pleased to welcome Richard and his team to our business. These appointments follow our strategy of expanding our transactional teams within the UK with individuals who have strong track records. We will be working closely with the team to further develop our City investment platform.”
These appointments follow BNP Paribas Real Estate’s recent recruitment of Hugh White as senior investment director from LSH, James Keys as senior investment director from Capita Symonds, Nick Rock as head of West End office agency from Brewster Leech and several other senior directors.
