Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the parent company of the Westfield shopping center, has announced the merger of its Northern European business.

This new structure is to be directed by the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) Vincent Jean-Pierre based in London and provides for, said Urw. The company’s business activities in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden are to be summarized under one roof. Urw-CEO Jean-Marie Tritant said that the creation of this merger “continuous optimization of our operating processes in order to promote further growth and to open up the value of our portfolio of the best properties in the top cities in Europe and the USA”.

Jean-Pierre will lead the Northern European business from the London office from Urw and support from a regional management team based in London, Amsterdam and Stockholm. The newly merged area combines some of the most powerful shopping centers from URW, including Westfield London and Stratford City, as well as a number of development opportunities such as Coppermaker Square.

Jean-Pierre, who succeeds Scott Parson, has been with URW for 20 years and was most recently employed in the group’s office and mixed-use development department. His team will assemble himself from Geoffrey Deshayes, Managing Director Asset Management, based in Amsterdam, Jacinta Rowsell, Managing Director Customer and Retail Operations in London, Louise Haffende, Managing Director People, and Samuel Renoux, CFO Northern Europe, based in Stockholm.

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