CBRE builds Project Consultancy team with key hire in Manchester

Edward Warren, Director, Project Management Consultancy team, CBRE, Manchester.

CBRE in Manchester has appointed Edward Warren as Director within its Project Management Consultancy team. This latest hire further strengthens the expanding North West team which continues to grow under lead director Jason McEwen.

Project Management Consultancy is part of CBRE’s Building Consultancy offer, led by Oliver Thomas and the addition of Edward means Building Consultancy expands to 32 Consultants.

Edward joins CBRE from Gardiner and Theobold and brings a wealth of project management expertise from both private and public sector clients, with particular experience on delivering commercial and specialist spaces in the Higher Education, Commercial and Heritage sectors.

CBRE’s Project Management Consultancy, headed up by Jason McEwen has a proven track record in delivering major projects. Edward’s appointment follows the recent hire of Paul Roberts who joined from The Co-operative, where he headed up the £500M NOMA development. The new PM team will support Jason to shape and deliver the service offer, with further recruitment to come at the back end of 2019.

Jason McEwen, Senior Director, CBRE said:

“Ed is a great addition to our team. He is well known in the local market for excellent delivery, a collaborative approach and breadth of expertise. He is a key hire for the team’s growth ambitions and will help in influencing our future service offering to the market. Since joining Ed has hit the ground running and is already making a difference to the team.”

Edward Warren, Director, CBRE said:

“I am delighted to join a dynamic team with a clear vision for growth and superior service delivery for its clients. The strength of the wider service offering across the North West offices is market leading and I look forward to working on the exciting projects that we have in the pipeline”

Over the last 12 months the Project Management Consultancy has gone from strength to strength working with the Manchester office on ID Manchester, Stockport’s Merseyway, Paddington Village and the Royal College of Physicians in Liverpool; as well as a wide range of public and private sector schemes. The team has provided Consultancy services across £2.5BN of investment to date.