CBRE has appointed Allan Wickham as head of occupier in its ESG consultancy team. Wickham joins CBRE from NatWest Group, where he led the bank's climate strategy for its global operations. As head of climate and data services at NatWest, he was responsible for delivering the net zero carbon initiative for the bank's operations in 2020 and the Climate Positive project in 2022, achieving over 70% carbon reduction, delivering renewable energy procurement and power purchase agreements, and establishing nature-based projects to generate carbon credits.

Prior to this, he served as the head of property specialist services for five years at the Royal Bank of Scotland, with responsibility for the bank's health and safety, asset data management, building assurance and compliance, building surveying and engineering functions. In his new role, Wickham will be responsible for implementing and managing a sustainability service for corporate occupiers in the UK, driving the sustainability agenda for CBRE's corporate occupier client network.