BNP Paribas coup as Waddington joins from CBRE
CBRE’S Nick Waddington has joined rival property consultancy BNP Paribas as national head of industrial agency.
He will be based in the firm’s Birmingham and London offices.
Waddington has a strong track record with nearly 20 years’ experience. Over the last few years alone, he has advised on more than 3.8m sq ft of industrial space.
Providing advice on acquisition, disposals and industrial development, he has acted for pension funds, property development companies, corporate clients and private individuals. His experience ranges from large scale industrial and distribution properties to multi-tenanted industrial estates.
He was a senior director at CBRE. He had previously worked for agencies M3 and Knight Frank.
BNP Paribas Real Estate’s UK CEO, John Slade, said: “We remain committed to growing our transactional business and Nick brings with him a wealth of experience, working with key clients such as F&C REIT, Invista, Gazeley UK, Legal & general, Blackrock and RREEF.
“We hope to announce more growth to our industrial business in the near future.”
BNP Paribas has been on something of a senior executive recruitment drive.
Waddington’s appointment follows the firm’s recent recruitment of Patrick Heaps as head of retail from Drivers Jonas Deloitte, Simon Williams as head of retail investment also from Drivers Jonas Deloitte, Adrian Owen as UK head of residential consulting from Montagu Evans and Nadir Khan-Juhoor as director and head of Edinburgh office agency from Knight Frank.
