Helical makes six senior promotions, including appointing Rob Sims as Chief Investment Officer

Helical, a central London development focused real estate business, announces the promotion of Rob Sims to the newly created role of Chief Investment Officer, alongside five other promotions, spanning the development, asset management and finance functions. 
 
Rob joined Helical in 2018 and since then has been closely involved in the delivery of a number of significant development projects, notably The JJ Mack Building at 33 Charterhouse Street, EC1 and 100 New Bridge Street, EC4 which has just been forward sold in a £333 million transaction. In his new role, he will manage the execution of new transactions, corporate structuring related matters and financial/investment analysis across the portfolio.
 
Alongside Rob, the other promotions are: 
 
•    Matt Redgrove has been promoted to Senior Development Executive. Having joined Helical in November 2023, Matt is responsible for the ongoing development of 100 New Bridge Street, EC4, the comprehensive refurbishment of Brettenham House, WC2, and Helical’s joint venture project with Places for London in Paddington.
•    Fran Young has been promoted to Senior Asset Manager. Fran joined Helical in 2012, and is a key member of the asset management team, which looks after the Group’s investment assets.
•    Lesley Dodd has been promoted to Group Financial Controller. Having spent the last 11 years at Helical, Lesley is responsible for managing the Group’s financial operations, including the coordination of the consolidated financial statements, the day-to-day accounting function and the Group’s joint venture reporting. 
•    Martin Bramhill has been promoted to Head of Tax. He joined the Group in 2013, where his responsibilities include managing all of the Company’s tax affairs, whilst supporting the finance team in the production of the annual and interim financial statements.
•    Lucy Miller has been promoted to Property and Finance Executive. She joined Helical in 2017, and is responsible for treasury management. More recently she has become involved in the asset management function, working closely on the implementation of the serviced office provision at The Bower and occupier liaison. 
 
Matthew Bonning Snook, CEO of Helical, said: “A commitment to investing in our people and platform has been a central underpin of our success over the years. Each and every one of the recently promoted individuals, with a combined 50 years’ experience at Helical, are playing an important role in enabling us to deliver on our strategy, at what is a very exciting time to be developing and investing  in the London commercial real estate market.”