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...Mr Nesbitt, a former chief operating officer of CIBC, the Canadian bank, replaces Michel Maila, who is retiring....
...Timon Drakesmith, Hammerson FD Timon Drakesmith, the well-regarded finance director of Great Portland Estates, is stepping up the property ladder as he joins FTSE 100 group Hammerson as its new numbers...
...Great Portland Estates, the London developer, made its first profit since the market slump after a series of accretive deals helped boost underlying recovery in its real estate portfolio....
...Property stocks were weak with Great Portland Estates falling by 9.5 per cent to 256¼p ahead of interim results next Thursday....
...Among the mid caps, Great Portland Estates, the property group focused on central London, added 0.8 per cent to 475¾p following reports, which were later played down, that Israeli billionaire Yitzhak Tshuva...
...The company owns a significant number of the properties outright, and is believed to have a lot of attractive leases....
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