Rob Sims (pictured above), who has been with Helical since 2018, has been appointed as CIO.

In that time, he has been closely involved in the delivery of several significant developments, such as 100 New Bridge Street which was forward sold for £333m.

In his new role, Rob will manage the execution of new transactions, corporate structuring related matters and financial/investment analysis across the portfolio.

Elsewhere, Matt Redgrave has been promoted to senior development executive.

He joined Helical in November 2023, and has been responsible for the ongoing development of 100 New Bridge Street and the comprehensive redevelopment of Brettenham House (a JV with Places for London).

Fran Young has been promoted to senior asset manager, and has been with Helical since 2012.

She is a key member of the asset management team, which looks after the group’s investment assets.

In addition, Lesley Dodd has been promoted to group financial controller.

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She has been with Helical for 13 years and is now responsible for managing the group’s financial operations, including the coordination of the consolidated financial statements, the day-to-day accounting function and the group’s joint venture reporting.

Martin Bramhill has been promoted to head of tax.

He joined the group in 2013, where his responsibilities include managing all of the company’s tax affairs, whilst supporting the finance team in the production of the annual and interim financial statements.

And finally Lucy Miller has been promoted to property and finance executive.

She joined Helical in 2017, and is responsible for treasury management.

More recently she has become involved in the asset management function.

“A commitment to investing in our people and platform has been a central underpin of our success over the years,” said Matthew Bonning-Snook, CEO at Helical.

“Each and every one of the recently promoted individuals, with a combined 50 years’ experience at Helical, are playing an important role in enabling us to deliver on our strategy, at what is a very exciting time to be developing and investing in the London commercial real estate market.”