Hammerson plc announced the appointment of Gregoire Peureux to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. Gregoire will join the Group Executive Committee and will focus on the delivery of strategic initiatives at a Group level. Gregoire has more than 17 years of experience in the real estate industry. He joins Hammerson from Rove Capital Partners, a boutique real estate investment advisor, where he was a founding partner. He had previously worked at Ivanhoe Cambridge for over 13 years, initially as Chief Financial Officer for Europe, and subsequently acting Head of Europe, responsible for the investment, asset management, operations and finance activities for a diversified EUR 5 billion portfolio across the UK and Continental Europe. Gregoire spent his early career at KPMG, and holds an MSc from HEC Paris with a major in Finance. He graduated from Insead in 2019. He is fluent in both French and English.