TLDR: Newmark Group has hired Matthew Featherstone as Head of Debt & Structured Finance for the UK and Europe. Featherstone brings over 19 years of finance experience and will work collaboratively with Newmark’s UK & EMEA Capital Markets teams, including Newmark’s Head of London Office Markets Tony Gibbon, Newmark’s President for the UK Michael Lehrman, and John Rodgers, Head of the UK Capital Markets and Corporate Finance teams for Gerald Eve. Featherstone will work closely with Charlie Foster, who was recently hired by Newmark affiliate Cantor Fitzgerald Europe to head up the Real Estate Investment Banking group. Featherstone will play a significant role in advancing Newmark’s end-to-end capital markets services across
Matthew Featherstone joins Newmark as Head of Debt & Structured Finance
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