CBRE has appointed Simon Tanner who joins the firm as a senior director in the strategic advisory team. Simon Tanner has joined CBRE’s strategic advisory team Tanner, who will focus on the public sector,previously worked with GT Real Estate Advisory Team and in Corporate Finance at PwC. He most recently held the position of head of commercial for the Government of Jersey. He also worked at Sport England to develop a Covid relief scheme for the public leisure centre sector, advised the Ministry of Justice on its Prison Estates Transformation Programme and delivered a volumetric housing project for YMCA London and South West. Having worked on large public finance initiative (PFI) deals, at CBRE he will have a specific focus on developing the public sector business, including helping local authorities and public sector bodies transition their expiring PFI’s.