EC Harris appoints new Country Manager in France

Leading international property consultancy, EC Harris, has appointed Patrick Leniston as Country Manager in France to strengthen the firm in that region.

Leading international property consultancy, EC Harris, has appointed Patrick Leniston as Country Manager in France to strengthen the firm in that region.

In his new role, Patrick will seek to continue the team's existing success in the areas of lenders and investors (LandI), corporate real estate (CRE) and commercial development, and expand its pan-European client base.

Patrick, who is currently a Senior Consultant and Associate with EC Harris in France, will take responsibility for the 20-strong Paris office, with effect from May 1, 2006.

He will replace Matthew Cutts, currently Country Manager in France, who has relocated to EC Harris' London office to take up a full-time role as Head of Lenders and Investors.

Patrick, a dual national, has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Southampton and from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees in Paris.

He previously worked for Citex in France with clients, such as Tesco, PGL, Banco Nationale del Lavoro and Cable and Wireless.

He is also a member of the International Facility Management Association.

Since joining EC Harris in 2003, Patrick has developed the CRE sector in France with clients including Royal Bank of Scotland, Motorola, Agilent and Credit Suisse.

Patrick said: "I am looking forward to taking up my new role and developing our business further".

"For EC Harris the lenders and investors sector is the fastest growing in the Group with France being a key area of future growth and I'm looking to build on this success and add real value to our European clients within LandI, CRE and commercial development".

""We are leading the LandI market in France and already have a strong presence in CRE thanks in part to our involvement in the new Credit Suisse headquarters in Paris".

""My experience of living and working in mainland Europe means allows me to understand the challenges of cross-border delivery and I will be looking to secure greater mainland leadership, as well as developing our LandI business in the UK and the fast growing Asian market".

Matthew Cutts has worked for EC Harris in various roles in the firm's Hong Kong, London and Paris offices.

He has significant experience in providing project management and all aspects of quantity surveying for a wide variety of public and commercial clients.

His experience covers both building and civil engineering schemes and includes preparing feasibility studies, cost planning, and advising on procurement rates.

Recent high-profile projects that the Paris office have been involved in include:.

* Providing technical risk management services to Tischman Speyer for the acquisition of a new 135,000m2 mixed-use property (one of the largest buildings of its type in Europe).

* Providing technical risk, project and cost management services to CBRE Investors French team on a new office acquisition requiring commercial development works.

* Providing project, cost and move management services to Motorola for the construction of a new facility in Toulouse.

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