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Our Group Executive Board ensures we have a cohesive and integrated management structure and approach, allowing us to capture and cascade best practices across our global network.
Jeremy
Helsby
Group Chief Executive
Aged 55, joined Savills in 1980 and was appointed to the Board in 1999.
He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Savills Commercial and Savills Europe for seven years until he was appointed as Group Chief Executive on 7 May 2008. He remains a Director of Savills Asia Pacific.
Simon
Hope
Chairman Continental Europe
Aged 46, joined Savills in September 1986 and was appointed to the Group Executive Board when it was formed in February 2008.
He is responsible for our Capital Markets team and Head of Savills Commercial Investment. He is also Chairman of the Management Board of our European businesses and a member of the Charities Fund Property Board.
John
Lyons
Chief Executive – America
Aged 53, was appointed to the Group Executive Board in January 2009. He is President and Chief Executive of Savills LLC, which encompasses the New York and Mexico City offices. Formerly, he was a Principal and Managing Director of Eastdil Realty from 1985 and in 1996 founded and became Chief Executive of Granite Partners LLC, until it was acquired by Savills in 2007.
He is an active member of the Wharton- Zell Lurie Real Estate Institute, Urban Land Institute and the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Robert
McKellar
Chief Executive Asia Pacific
Aged 51, was appointed to the Group Executive Board when it was formed in February 2008.
He was appointed Chief Executive of Asia Pacific on 31 March 2005 having served as the Group Finance Director since June 2000 and prior to this since December 1994 acted as Finance Director of Savills Commercial Limited.
Borja
Sierra
Chief Executive Continental Europe
Aged 42, joined Savills in 1998 and was appointed to the Group Executive Board in January 2011
He is responsible for Savills Continental European offices. Formerly he was Head of Savills in Spain for ten years, and in February 2008 he was appointed as Executive Managing Director of avills New York office, where he assumed responsibility for Savills cross-border business.
Chris
Lee
Group Legal Director & Company Secretary
Aged 45, joined Savills in June 2008 and was appointed to the Group Executive Board in August 2008.
He has responsibility for legal and compliance issues globally. He is one of the two Authorised Representatives of Savills on the Members’ Committee of Cordea Savills. He held equivalent roles with Alfred McAlpine plc, Courts plc and Scholl plc between 1997 and 2008, prior to which he was Deputy Group Secretary of Delta plc from 1990 to 1997.
Justin
O'Connor
Chief Executive – Cordea Savills
Aged 51, joined Cordea Savills in January 2004 as Head of Business Development, he was subsequently appointed CEO of Cordea Savills in January 2006 and was appointed to the Group Executive Board in September 2010. Justin also sits on the Boards of Cordea Savills European subsidiaries, Cordea Savills SGR and Cordea Savills GmbH.
Mark
Ridley
Chairman and Chief Executive – UK Commercial
Aged 49, joined Savills in July 1996 and was appointed to the Group Executive Board when it was formed in February 2008
He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive of Savills Commercial Limited in January 2008 and prior to this appointment was head of the Manchester office, which he set up in 1996.
Raymond
Chief Executive Savills Greater China
Aged 49, joined Savills in 1989 and was appointed to the Group Executive Board in January 2011
Raymond took over the Hong Kong office in 2003. In 2009 Raymond was made the Chief Executive of Savills Group in Hong Kong and Macau and in 2010 was appointed Chief Executive of Greater China. Raymond is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and holds an honorary fellowship at the Quangxi Academy of Social Sciences.
Rupert
Sebag-Montefiore
Chairman and Chief Executive – L&P
Aged 57, joined Savills in 1980 and was appointed to the Group Executive Board when it was formed in February 2008. On 26 October 2004, he became Chairman and Chief Executive of Savills (L&P) Limited, having served as its Managing Director since May 2000.
He is responsible for the UK Residential and general practice surveying business. He is also appointed to the Winchester College Investment Committee and Chairman of The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Development Council.
Shaw
Group Chief Financial Officer
Aged 46, joined Savills as Group Chief Financial Officer on 16 March 2009. Simon is a Chartered Accountant.
He is one of the two Authorised Representatives of Savills on the Members’ Committee of Cordea Savills. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Synairgen plc and was Chief Financial Officer of Gyrus Group PLC from 2003 until its sale to Olympus Corporation in 2008, having previously been Chief Operating Officer of Profile Therapeutics plc between 1998 and 2003. Between 1991 and 1997 he was a corporate financier, latterly at Hambros Bank Limited.
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