11 June, 2010
Leading global property adviser DTZ has appointed John Keyes as director in the firm’s Corporate Real Estate Consulting business. John will be based in DTZ’s Manchester office providing strategic real estate advice to clients across the UK.
John joins DTZ from GVA Grimley where he was a director in the Occupier Consultancy business unit. During this time he oversaw the rapid growth of the Strategic Consultancy team and advised on over £500 million of capital investments for the Further Education sector. Major projects included York College, where John acted as a lead adviser in developing a property strategy and overseeing £60 million in capital investment. Prior to GVA Grimley, John worked at KPMG, Manchester City Council and Stoke on Trent City Council.
Mike Mitchell, Managing Director UK Regions at DTZ said: "We are dedicated to providing the best real estate advice for our clients’ and John’s expertise in corporate real estate consulting will play an important part in driving this forward. John has a wealth of experience in developing cost saving strategies across local government, health and education which will be invaluable to his role here at DTZ. I am delighted that he is joining us."
John will report directly to James Grierson, Head of Corporate Real Estate Consulting. James Grierson said: "John's appointment strengthens the Corporate Real Estate Consulting team in the North West as part of the continual deepening of our public sector strategic consultancy offer. I am confident John will be a valuable asset to the organisation and to our public sector clients."
John joins DTZ in August 2010.