Freehold appoints three new board members
LGBT support and networking group Freehold has expanded its board with three new appointments from British Land, BNP Paribas Real Estate and Battersea Power Station Development Company.
Paul Macey, property finance director at British Land, has joined the board alongside Misa Von Tunzelman, UK head of marketing and communications at BNP PRE and Strutt & Parker, and Marko Salopek, chartered project manager at Battersea Power Station.
Macey founded and, until recently, chaired BL’s LGBT and allies’ network, the BL Pride Alliance.
LGBT support and networking group Freehold has expanded its board with three new appointments from British Land, BNP Paribas Real Estate and Battersea Power Station Development Company.
Paul Macey, property finance director at British Land, has joined the board alongside Misa Von Tunzelman, UK head of marketing and communications at BNP PRE and Strutt & Parker, and Marko Salopek, chartered project manager at Battersea Power Station.
Macey founded and, until recently, chaired BL’s LGBT and allies’ network, the BL Pride Alliance.
Von Tunzelman previously worked at JLL, where she played a key part in setting up its LGBT Building Pride network, before joining BNP PRE.
Salopek, who has been working on the Battersea Station project for more than three years, helped organise Freehold’s entry at London Pride.
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David Mann, executive partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor, and co-founder and co-chair of Freehold, said: “These appointments are important additions to the dedicated and hardworking board of six people, which has been in place since Freehold started eight years ago.
“They will contribute to delivering our aspirations for the future to keep Freehold relevant and support our members, industry bodies and companies to continue improving diversity across our sector.”
Saleem Fazal, partner at Taylor Wessing, and fellow co-founder and co-chair of Freehold, added: “Their diverse experience and talent will be invaluable in building on the success of Freehold as we enter the next stage of the group’s development. The recent Stonewall top 100 employers index has highlighted that there is still lots to do.”
The board is rounded off by Fazal; Mann; Brian Bickell, chief executive of Shaftesbury; Brie Stevens-Hoare QC of Hardwicke Chambers; Ollie Saunders, director at JLL; and Chris Edwards, corporate social responsibility and diversity manager at Travers Smith.
Freehold, which is a networking forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender professionals working in the real estate sector, has more than 1,000 members and holds regular events. It also offers a mentoring scheme and supports several charities.
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