Oxford Properties names senior director of ESG and operations

Oxford Properties Group has appointed Hala El Akl as senior director, ESG and operations. El Akl will be based in London and will oversee Oxford’s ESG program with a focus on operations.

El Akl will work collaboratively across functions such as asset management, operations, development and finance/investment risk to launch Oxford’s global ESG strategy and framework. ESG is integral to Oxford as a business, and Oxford is among the industry leaders in this space, placing within the top 7 percent of GRESB globally for more than a decade.

El Akl joins Oxford from PLP Architecture, where she spent 12 years and was most recently a director, responsible for commercial, life sciences, residential, retail and mixed-use projects across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. As a founding director of PLP Labs, she led teams exploring new ideas for future cities, with a focus on environmental and social sustainability.

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