Global real estate advisor, CBRE, has appointed Kaela Fenn-Smith as UK Head of Client Partnerships. In this new strategic role, Kaela will leverage her broad experience and deep knowledge of clients’ requirements to lead CBRE’s key strategic clients and client partner programme.
With over 30 years of experience in real estate, Kaela has worked in a variety of roles, in both Canada and the UK, including her seven years in executive leadership roles at Landsec. Her broad knowledge of the North American and European markets has most recently been focused on leading CBRE’s ESG Consulting business over the last three years, where she was responsible for rapidly growing the UK team to 115 consultants and developing CBRE’s full-service sustainability and ESG offering for clients. Amanda Stevenson, Ed Blackburn and Allan Wickham, all existing members of CBRE’s ESG Consulting business, will take over leadership responsibilities.
Kaela brings executive leadership experience to the role and is currently a member of CBRE’s UK Management Board. She understands the needs of clients at a strategic and tactical level, and will leverage this experience to partner with senior colleagues across CBRE to deliver innovative and tailored solutions for clients.
“I have loved my last three years leading and growing our UK ESG Consulting team and am now excited to be appointed into this newly formed strategic role which puts further emphasis on providing wider property and business solutions to clients in a client-centric approach. I look forward to partnering with colleagues and our clients and bringing the full power of CBRE to deliver impactful strategies and solutions in ever-evolving market dynamics. Immersing myself in ESG over the last three years and developing our ESG services in a sector-wide capacity, combined with my broad property experience and understanding of client needs, allows me to help our clients tackle some of the biggest challenges they face, including ESG and climate impacts on real estate ownership and how these impact future investing.” Kaela Fenn-Smith, CBRE UK’s Head of Client Partnerships
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