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Chair of Scotland • United Kingdom

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David Davidson

Chair of Scotland • United Kingdom

David is a Partner and the Managing Director of the firm’s two Scottish offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

David joined Cushman & Wakefield in 1992 and is joint head of the successful Capital Markets team in Scotland that has acquired and disposed of £480 million worth of properties for German investors in Scotland.

Professional Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Member of the Scottish Property Federation

Member of the Investment Property Form

Member of the Scottish Executive's Business Improvement District (BIDs) Steering Group for the introduction of BIDs in Scotland

Chairman of the Scottish Junior Branch of the RICS in 1990/91 and Chairman of the RICS in Scotland Commercial Property Faculty Board from 2009 to 2011

TMW Pramerica Real estate Advisors

SWIP (Scottish Widows Investment Partnership)

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BAPT (British Airways Pension Fund Trustees)

Ignis Asset Management

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David Davidson To Retire

David Davidson, Chair of Cushman & Wakefield’s Scottish business and Head of Capital Markets Scotland, will retire in March after a 31-year career with the firm. He will be succeeded as Head of Capital Markets Scotland by Stephen Bibby.

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