CBRE Hotels' already expansive Pacific Capital Markets team has welcomed another high-profile recruit with the appointment of Vasso Zographou.

Mr Zographou brings with him 30 years of experience across all aspects of the hotel industry, acting for owners, financiers and hotel operators.

He is the latest in a series of new additions for CBRE Hotels, which now also counts Michael Simpson, Tom Gibson and Raymond Tran among its staff.

At a glance: 

• CBRE Hotels has announced the appointment of Vasso Zographou to its Pacific Capital Markets team.
• Mr Zographou will be responsible for hotels and leisure investment transactions as well as a wide range of advisory services in his new Sydney-based, CBRE Director role.
• He is the latest in a series of high-profile recruits for CBRE Hotels, which has also added Michael Simpson, Tom Gibson and Raymond Tran.

CBRE Hotels Managing Director Michael Simpson said Mr Zographou would be responsible for hotels and leisure investment transactions as well as a wide range of advisory services in his new Sydney-based, CBRE Director role.

“Vasso brings decades of experience across transactions of all sizes, including sales of existing hotels and development projects,” he said.

“He is regarded by clients as a trusted adviser who couples his tenacious transaction skills with experience in hotel due diligence, operator selection, asset management and via his roles as a receiver and manager in the 90’s and early millennium on most of Australia’s major distressed hotels.

"These broad skills will be a differentiator for our Hotels business in the current climate.”

The CBRE Hotels team is the largest in the Pacific region, with representation in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Auckland.

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