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The current BNP Paribas Real Estate head of research and strategy will lead the merged British Property Federation, Investment Property Forum and Association of Real Estate Funds from July.

The company has made nine promotions, including four promotions to senior vice-president, as it continues to expand its platform across Europe.

They will lead a newly merged teams covering areas including agency, investment, lease advisory, valuation, business rates, and projects and building consultancy.

He joins from Macfarlanes, where he was as partner and had worked for over 15 years.

Gardner joins the firm from K2 Consultancy, where she was responsible for leading and growing the North East business.

Workman has appointed Roger Stanton as its technical director and Edd Barber as a senior associate within its building consultancy team.

Alongside his new role, Fowlds will remain a member of the remuneration committee, but will step down from the audit and risk committee.

She is an international partner and has led the firm's EMEA cross-border retail and leisure team for the past six years.

The promotions, effective from April, include four equity partners and six salaried partners.

Twelve colleagues have stepped up to the role of director while 32 have been promoted to associate director.