On the crest of a busy few months worldwide, Salamanca Group has created the new position of head of property services in its London office.

On the crest of a busy few months worldwide, Salamanca Group has created the new position of head of property services in its London office.

Taking up the inaugural role is Craig Hallam, who will be responsible for the operational delivery and relationship management of property-related services. These include acquisitions, sales, individual property or portfolio management, and survey and valuation reports.

At the merchant banking and operational risk management business, Hallam will also work with the recently-acquired Trust & Fiduciary business unit, previously of Investec Bank, and Salamanca Group’s family office services team.

He moves from LSL Property Services, where he served as business development director, leading the development of corporate relationships.

During his time in the industry, Hallam has gained expertise advising high net worth and overseas owners, as well as corporate institutions, on property transactions totalling over £5 billion ($8.4 billion).

Previously, he was business development director at Hometrack, a residential property data provider, and worked at private sector residential services firm Clearsprings Management as property director.

Combined with the recent hire of Catherine Grum as head of family office services (see here), Salamanca Group is increasing its service lines to “deliver clients’ personal and strategic objectives across the board,” chief executive Martin Bellamy said in a statement.

In under a year, the group has opened offices in Cape Town, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and Houston in the US as it cements its expansion plans across the globe.