CB Richard Ellis Investors, a global real estate investment management firm, has made three senior appointments to its global multi-manager business. The appointments are the latest in a series of senior-level hires made by the business.  

Ian Gleeson joins the team as chief investment officer. Based in London, he will have overall investment responsibility for the GMM investment programmes. He joins from Morley Fund Management where he was head of international property multi-manager, with responsibility for global mandates.

Scott Brown joins as managing director, Americas.  Based in Boston, he will lead the American operations and will be responsible both for developing the investor client base in the region and GMM’s investments in the US, Canada, Mexico and South America. He was formerly a principal and head of global real estate at Ennis Knupp & Associates, a US multi-asset consulting firm, where he established the real estate practice.  

Stuart Savidge is joining as finance firector, based in London. He is currently FD for Prestbury Investment Holdings, a UK real estate operator and fund manager. Previously, he led the finance team of the European real estate group at JP Morgan Asset Management.

The appointments follow the recruitment in 2007 of Adrian Baker as managing director, Asia and Alex Crossing, both based in Singapore. In addition Schalk Visser has recently joined CBRE Investors’ investor services team in London, with responsibility for coordinating fund of funds capital raising and GMM client service.