Richard Pickering
Chief Strategy Officer, UK • United Kingdom
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Richard Pickering
Chief Strategy Officer, UK • United Kingdom
Richard is responsible for leading strategy formation and the implementation of strategic projects for the UK business of Cushman & Wakefield.
As part of his responsibilities Richard has formed and leads C&W’s Futures Programme, a response to the disruptive factors impacting on the use of and investment in real estate.
He writes a weekly blog, ‘Futures /Cut’, which discusses issues such as technology, society, urbanism and economics, and has a regular readership in excess of 6,000. He co-heads C&W’s EMEA Futures programme, focussing on innovation and Proptech for C&W’s EMEA business, and he sits on C&W’s European leadership team and UK ExCo.
A real estate thought leader, Richard was previously Head of UK Research & Insight at Cushman & Wakefield. His prior career focused on land use, development and regeneration strategy. He has advised on some of the UK’s most significant development projects. Originally trained as a lawyer, skilled in financial appraisal, and an MBA graduate, Richard has a diverse and lateral skill-set which he uses to pursue his passion of driving innovation and leading thinking about the changing world.
MBA (Distinction)
MSc Property Appraisal (Distinction)
LPC (Distinction)
BA (Hons) Law (2.1)
Member of the RICS
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Cushman & Wakefield Makes Key Specialist Markets Appointments
Cushman & Wakefield has made three senior appointments in its UK Specialist Markets division which provides services to owners and operators of specialist assets.
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Cushman & Wakefield Announces Senior Recruit to Lead its Dedicated Repurposing Team
Cushman & Wakefield has made a major hire to lead its dedicated Repurposing team which is focused on delivery of repositioning services for under-performing assets.
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The Ardent Companies (Ardent), the US-based real estate investment and asset management firm, has completed the acquisition of Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull from Lendlease Retail Partnership (LLRP).
22/07/2021
Adam Lowe Joins Cushman & Wakefield To Drive Dedicated Primary Care Service
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21/07/2021
Insatiable Demand from E-Commerce Drives UK Logistics Take-Up to Record Levels
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13/07/2021
Cushman & Wakefield Signs Up to Help Boost Future Skills
Cushman & Wakefield is the latest forward-thinking employer to join the likes of PwC, Arcadis and Pinsent Masons in a highly successful West Midlands business, professional and financial services (BPFS) careers initiative.
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Marcus Wood Rejoining Cushman & Wakefield as Head of Retail Capital Markets
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Marcus Wood as Head of UK Retail Capital Markets.
05/07/2021
Cushman & Wakefield Completes Sale of The Very Group's East Midlands Hub
Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team has completed the sale of Skygate, The Very Group’s distribution centre in Kegworth, Derby on behalf of Trenport Property Holdings Group.
01/07/2021
Responsible Property Management Toolkit Launched
The Responsible Property Management Toolkit (RPMT), a joint initiative of the Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) and Managing Agents Partnership (MAP), launched earlier this month with Cushman & Wakefield as a key contributor to its development.
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