Cushman & Wakefield appoints David Mills as head of portfolio

Cushman & Wakefield, the world’s largest privately-owned real estate services firm, has appointed David Mills as Partner and Head of Portfolio Valuation.

David joins the firm from BNP Paribas Real Estate where he has been a Director in its portfolio valuation practice since 2006. He has advised a number of high profile institutional funds, several with £1 billion-plus commercial property portfolios including NFU Mutual, British Airways Pension Fund and Royal London Asset Management.

David will work closely with Rupert Dodson, Cushman & Wakefield’s UK Chairman and Global Co-Head of Valuation & Advisory and David Lusher, CEO Valuation & Advisory UK.

David Lusher said: “We believe the market cycle is now at the right point to invest strongly in growing our existing portfolio valuation business, reinforcing our best-in-class Valuation & Advisory service offering. David is a highly motivated and ambitious professional and comes to us with a wealth of contacts, knowledge and expertise in portfolio valuation. We look forward to working with David in the near future as we look to grow the business even further.”

Cushman & Wakefield’s UK Valuation & Advisory team is 75 strong and currently holds 60 regular portfolio valuation mandates, comprising 2,000 properties with a total value of over £50 billion.