Edward joined Colliers in September 2022 to help grow our EMEA Capital Markets team with a particular focus on growing our pan European logistics platform based in London. He was subsequently appointed Co-Head of the Industrial & Logistics Practice Group for EMEA in February 2023 to lead the strategic development and growth of this service line. Edward is responsible for meeting with capital and investors on a regular basis to get an in depth understanding of their requirements and objectives for a personalized value add service to maximise upon opportunities and to support strategic client led decision making. Edward has worked on several cross border mandates, including assisting clients entering into new jurisdictions for the first time.

Before joining Colliers Edward was a fund manager at Tritax for 8 years where he was an Assistant Fund Manager for the flagship Tritax Big Box REIT plc fund for 6 years and helped grow assets under management from c. £250m to c. £4bn in AUM by 2019. His experience included identifying, structuring and managing transactions such as corporate acquisitions, portfolios, sale & leasebacks and forward funded developments in addition to overseeing the project management and delivery of new builds until practical completion. Other areas of experience included reviewing customer covenant strengths, securing senior loans, fund reporting and managing periodic portfolio valuations. In 2019 he helped seed and deliver a new joint venture fund called MetroBox with a seed portfolio of retail warehouse parks in the UK which included reviewing opportunities, business planning, gaining knowledge of supply chains, fund structuring and fund administration. Prior to joining Tritax he worked in consulting and agency led appointments in the UK and in EMEA for key client accounts.

Damian Harrington is a Director and Head of Research for both Global Capital Markets and EMEA at Colliers. He has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry living and working from various locations across EMEA including London, Dubai, Prague, Helsinki and Amsterdam. Damian is responsible for producing research for internal and external clients. His expertise helps to provide clients with global capital market trends and analysis, and connects them with strategic and actionable insights, such as the changing nature of global capital and the impact on global capital flows. Damian has produced numerous research papers and generated analysis of markets across all asset types - from residential to offices, retail to logistics and hotels to niche sectors such as life sciences, air cargo and data centres. Damian is a member of the EMEA location strategy team and a key member of Colliers ESG focus group.  He speaks regularly at internal global conferences, external industry events hosted by GRI, ULI and other key industry bodies, plus key annual events such as MIPIM and EXPO REAL.

Damian holds a Masters degree in European Property Development and Planning from University College London, a BPI Bachelor of Planning from the University of Amsterdam and a BA (Hons) in Town and Country Planning from Manchester University. He is also a qualified surveyor, holding an MRICS with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working alongside the Head of Cross Border Capital Markets to enhance relationships. 
• Work on EMEA & Global wide content for pitches, presentations and meetings.
• Finding innovative ways to keep content engaging.
• Assist on all events.