New Knight Frank leader “to introduce greater diversi…

A brand new identify is to look on the prime of Knight Frank from subsequent spring – and he’s charged with bringing greater range into the corporate.

It’s William Beardmore-Gray (pictured proper) who takes over because the agency’s senior associate and group chairman from April 2022.

Beardmore-Gray, who’s at present Knight Frank’s head of the London business and world occupier companies, may even be part of the agency’s group govt board later this month.    

Knight Frank LLP describes itself as “the main unbiased world property consultancy” and has existed for 125 years. Headquartered in London, the enterprise has greater than 20,000 folks working from 488 places of work throughout 57 territories. 

Beardmore-Gray takes over from Alistair Elliott (pictured left), who has been with the corporate since becoming a member of as a graduate in 1983; he grew to become senior associate and group chairman in 2013 and is to retire subsequent 12 months having spent 38 years with the agency.

Elliott says: “I’m delighted that William will succeed me. For a few years he has been one in every of London’s most authoritative workplace brokers, earlier than taking over his twin function as head of the business enterprise in London and crucially main our occupier providers and company service line globally. He can be a forthright leader of our agenda to introduce greater range and inclusion throughout the agency. He is for sure beautifully certified to guide Knight Frank.”

And Beardmore-Gray provides: “I sit up for working intently with Alistair over the approaching twelve months to impact a seamless handover and safe successors for my current roles … I’m excited to have the chance to construct on this with our groups world wide.”

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