LaSalle strengthens European sustainability team

Alex Edds has joined LaSalle Investment Management as head of sustainability Europe. He brings more than 15 years of experience in the real estate market advising leading companies on sustainability, innovation strategies and implementation. He joins LaSalle from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), where he served as director of innovation.

In his new role, Edds will further develop the firm’s philosophy, policies and practices. He will also sit on LaSalle’s Global Sustainability Committee.

Other new hires include Brett Ormrod, who joins as net-zero carbon lead, and Adam Dawson, who will serve as U.K. sustainability manager. A trained mechanical engineer, Ormrod previously worked at Lendlease, where he delivered its net-zero and absolute-zero carbon agenda across large urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom.

Dawson was previously interim head of operations (Asia) at Reall for six years, leading on climate-smart affordable housing projects and partnerships i