People moves: Partridge to lead newly created diversity advisory board at BPF

British Property Federation – BPF’s junior vice president David Partridge has been appointed to lead the newly created diversity and inclusivity advisory board. Partridge is also a managing partner of Argent.

The board members include Piali Das Gupta, head of policy at Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers; Jill Pett, partner and executive coach with The Alexander Partnership; Matthew Powell, CEO of Breaking Barriers; and Kemi Oguntoye, property consultant at SAY Property Consulting. The diversity and inclusivity advisory board will drive forward the BPF’s strategy to foster a more diverse and inclusive property sector.

Ancala Partners – James Stoney and Mark Amor have joined Ancala Water Services as director of business development and head of water supply respectively. Stoney, who joins from KiWi Powers, will help to grow Ancala Water Service’s business and build upon the services already offered to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and MoD. Amor joins the board from Severn Trent Services.

DWS – Thomas Kalthöfer has joined the asset manager’s global infrastructure investment business as an investment director. Based in London, Kalthöfer will join the pan European infrastructure investment team which currently manages the €2.5bn PEIF II fund. Kalthöfer worked for the past 14 years in M&A and corporate finance at Barclays.