Carter Jonas has appointed Mark Bagshaw as Associate in Leeds, working within its valuation and professional services team. Bagshaw will be based out of Carter Jonas’s Northern hub office in St Paul's St, LS1. He has over thirteen years of property experience, seven of which has been specialising in the valuations sector, and will work alongside Bruce Allan, head of Commercial Valuations in the North of England.

Bagshaw joins from West Yorkshire Pension Fund having previously worked at Bradford District Council as an asset valuer and estate surveyor. He has also held roles at the Ministry of Defence in York and at CBRE and GVA Grimley. Bagshaw has a widespread knowledge of valuation and development appraisals across the commercial property sector including in the industrial and retail markets and in alternative assets. He has also been responsible for setting up, growing and managing large-scale direct property portfolios.

John Webster, head of commercial and development, Carter Jonas Leeds, commented:
“Mark’s commercial property and structured finance knowledge will be invaluable to us as we continue to develop the scope of our work and our client base.

“Mark has extensive experience in the sector which includes evaluating and advising indirect property investment funds as well as devising property strategies including target return, performance benchmarks and liquidity requirements. It is a pleasure to welcome him to the team. Mark’s appointment follows that of Bruce Allan who joined our team in May last year as head of our northern valuations team. Mark’s arrival forms part of a wider growth strategy to enhance our valuation capabilities in Yorkshire and across the UK.”