- What Roger Young joins Knight Frank from Cushman & Wakefield
- Why Young’s experience advising a range of banking clients
- What next Knight Frank plans to expand its bank lending, valuation & advisory team
Knight Frank has hired Roger Young as a partner in its bank lending, valuation & advisory team.
Working alongside Jeremey Tham who heads up the Knight Frank team, Young will support the further expansion of the firm’s bank lending, valuation and advisory capabilities.
Young joins from Cushman & Wakefield, where he had been an international partner for nine years, specialising in business space and industrial valuations. Prior to that, he spent 12 years at GL Hearn and was responsible for setting up the company’s first dedicated valuation team.
Young has carried out valuations for a range of high profile lending clients, including Wells Fargo, Citibank, PGIM, JP Morgan, BAML, Lloyds, Barclays and fund clients, including Legal & General, Catalyst Capital, FWRE, Atlantic Leaf and Palace Capital.
Roger Young, partner at Knight Frank, added: “I am delighted to be joining Knight Frank’s highly respected Valuation & Advisory team and look forward to working with Jeremy and his colleagues to help grow the business in these exciting times.”
Jeremy Tham, proprietary partner and head of bank lending, valuation & advisory at Knight Frank, said: “We are thrilled to welcome Roger to Knight Frank He brings with him a wealth of skills and experience, significantly boosting our Valuation & Advisory offer. This new appointment ensures that we are well equipped to go above and beyond for all of our clients.”
Rupert Johnson, global head of valuation & advisory at Knight Frank, comments: “This was part of the drive to increase the pace of growth for Bank Lending, Valuation & Advisory work undertaken by Knight Frank and the appointment of Roger was a key step in this. I am delighted to welcome Roger and feedback from various lenders has been nothing short of testament to hire him.”
