Savills has appointed Ollie Saunders as its new Head of Self Storage, where he will work within the Operational Capital Markets team, based at the firm’s Margaret Street head office in London.
Ollie has almost thirty years’ experience and joins Savills after nine years at JLL, prior to which, he spent twenty years at Drivers Jonas and Deloitte. Ollie has an industry leading profile within the European self storage sector, and has worked across the UK and EMEA regions covering M&A, Valuation, Consultancy and Capital Markets advice, which he will continue to focus on in his new role.
Ollie Saunders, Head of Self Storage, Savills, said: “I’m excited to be joining the team at Savills and to be focusing on self storage. I have always been passionate about the sector and will bring my first-hand transactional experience and creativity, together with analytical valuation professionalism, and industry knowledge, to the team at Savills.”
Peter Allen, Head, Operational Capital Markets, Savills, said: “We are delighted to welcome Ollie to Savills. He is the undisputed expert in this rapidly growing sector, having advised on the majority of the important trades across the UK and Europe. The synergies self storage has with the wider Living sectors are compelling and we are excited to now be able to offer our clients’ access to the depth of knowledge he commands.”