Pictured: Laura Thompson: moving to C&W from DTZ

Cushman & Wakefield, the global property consultant, has appointed Laura Thomson as a partner and head of corporate occupier management for the UK, within its corporate occupier & investor services team (CIS).

Laura moves to Cushman & Wakefield from DTZ where she was director of corporate real estate Management. Prior to DTZ, she worked at Donaldsons and before that, at Inter - IKEA.

Laura will be responsible for developing and growing Cushman & Wakefield's national occupier management business across the UK and is a major boost to key occupiers in Birmingham, including Royal Sun Alliance and Orange. 

This latest appointment is part of an ongoing strategic recruitment initiative across Cushman & Wakefield in line with the firm's five-year strategic growth plan. 

Phillip Taylor, head of Cushman and Wakefield's property and asset management team in Birmingham, said: "Laura is a true specialist in her field and the depth and experience she will bring to the role will further enhance our position as a leading advisor to corporate occupiers in the UK and beyond."

Recent senior appointments within Cushman & Wakefield's CIS team this year include Simon Ward, partner in EMEA (Europe Middle East Asia) Account Management who joined from Barclays; Andrew Smart, new head of Facilities Management, who joined from MACE; Markus Reinert, head of property & asset management/investor services who joined from JLL; James Crisp, account management partner, from Capita Symonds; and Dean Maszlin,  partner in London property and asset management, from CBRE.