Exclusive: Departures mean half of Davis Langdon’s former equity partners have gone since Aecom takeover
Aecom has lost a further two high profile directors from its London office, Ȧ can reveal.
Alex Davey, head of real estate in Europe, and Paul Zuccherelli, head of retail at the firm’s UK-based subsidiary Davis Langdon, have both tendered their resignations, Aecom confirmed.
Their departures mean half of Davis Langdon’s former equity partners in Europe and the Middle East - 37 out of 74, according to Ȧ’s analysis - have now left the firm since it voted through its takeover by Aecom in 2010.
The firm’s London-based commercial team has been hit particularly hard by departures. Davey’s departure follows news a fortnight ago that Davis Langdon’s head of tall buildings, Steve Watts, and head of offices, Iain Parker, have also resigned.
Davey, Watts and Parker had been running the London-based commercial team for four months, after former head of commercial Paul Allen resigned in November. Davey has worked on a number of major projects in the UK – including Argent’s £2bn, 67-acre mixed-use King’s Cross Central scheme (pictured) – and emerging markets including Latin America and Eastern Europe.
Aecom confirmed that Peter Flint, Aecom’s buildings and places lead in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and a former Davis Langdon partner, has taken on the role of leading the London-based commercial division, to be supported by director Nick Clare.
Aecom also disclosed it has reshuffled its senior team to boost its commercial division. Ȧ engineering chief executive David Glover will take on the additional role of heading up offices; director Nick Clare will head up retail; and director Andrew Jones will head up cities. David Thornley, head of corporate solutions, and Ben de Waal, head of residential, have both been given extended roles.
Flint said: “It’s always sad when you lose good people. But we’ve got a lot of strength in depth and we’re managing the transition with clients.”
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