OREANDA-NEWS. Cushman & Wakefield has strengthened its global research team with the appointment of Elisabeth Troni. Elisabeth, who was a Global Real Estate Strategist at Aberdeen Asset Management, will join the real estate services firm as its new Head of EMEA Research in July.

Elisabeth Troni said: “Cushman & Wakefield already has an enviable reputation when it comes to research and I am delighted to be re-joining the firm after 11 years working client side. I am very much looking forward to working with the team to ensure we continue to produce and deliver market leading thought leadership and insight on topics, trends and issues shaping clients’ business today and in the future.”

John Forrester, Chief Executive EMEA at Cushman & Wakefield, said: “An important element of our differentiated offer to clients is our ability to deliver forward looking, insightful and value-add market research. We are looking forward to welcoming Elisabeth back to the firm. She will provide leadership, strategy and management of the research function across EMEA, working and liaising closely with our EMEA market and skill line leaders, as well as with regional research leads in the Americas and Asia Pacific.”

Prior to joining Aberdeen Asset Management, Elisabeth worked at UBS Global Asset Management for six years initially as Global Real Estate Economist and subsequently as Global Strategist. In this role, she was primarily responsible for analysing the risk-adjusted potential of global real estate investment opportunities.

Before that, Elisabeth was in charge of portfolio strategy at St. Martin's Corporation, the direct investment arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority. She previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield as a research analyst from 2003 to 2005.