Commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has announced the appointment of Abid Jaffry as a director in its UK Capital Markets division.

Based in the firm's Manchester office, Abid's remit will be to head up LSH’s northern investment presence, providing advice to institutional, fund and property clients across the North West, Yorkshire and the North East.

With over 10 years investment trading experience, Abid has been involved in a number of acquisitions, sales and funding projects that will enable him to utilise the substantial depth of market knowledge within LSH to drive the regional growth of the national capital markets division.