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deverellsmith make strategic hire to strengthen its executive search function

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The appointment allows leading property recruitment and talent solutions consultancy to further support the sector across senior and leadership hiring within commercial and residential real estate

London, UK – October 2022: deverellsmith, the London based recruitment and talent solutions partner for the property industry, announced that it has hired Daniah Williams (MRICS) as Director of Real Estate.

Daniah joins with more than 15 years of Real Estate experience, 8 of those specialising in recruitment and executive search.

Prior to Daniah’s executive search and talent delivery career, she focused on Corporate Recovery, Distressed Assets and Commercial Property Agency as an Associate Director for Colliers International (London).

Daniah is a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor and a member of the RICS. Following obtaining her Real Estate Management degree, she became a Registered Property Receiver and a fellow of The Association of Property and Fixed Charge Receivers (NARA).

She offers an unrivalled solution to both clients and candidates through her surveying and recruitment knowledge enabling her to provide highly comprehensive strategic advice.

Andrew Deverell-Smith, Founder and Global CEO, commented: “At deverellsmith, we often appoint talent partners who have experience and great knowledge within the sector they support, enabling a high level of understanding to our customers.

With Daniah’s experience of sitting on both sides of the table at senior level, and her phenomenal network, she is perfectly placed to offer outstanding advice and solutions to our clients.”

Daniah operates as a real estate talent advisor to provide a unique perspective to her clients need to hire, alongside facilitating senior recruitment mandates at a global level. She’ll be bolstering deverellsmith’s executive search function and offering her clients solutions to streamline their recruitment needs.

Daniah Williams, Director of Real Estate, commented: “With many family and friends across the industry, it has always been a passion of mine to operate in a trusted, unified and long-term partnership with any person or business I work with..

As an experienced chartered surveyor, I’m able to offer a skilled view of candidate identification and a deeply valued network, and look forward to bringing it to deverellsmith’s executive search service.”

About deverellsmith

deverellsmith is a leading real estate recruitment and talent solutions partner spanning the UK and US, we have been leading the charge and championing change since 2006. We support the evolution of hiring strategies and internal capability shaping the way real estate recruits, attracts, and retains talent. Our unique data and research function enables our clients to make smarter, data-led decisions around your most valued asset class: people.

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