New hire for Savills social value team

Savills has appointed Michael Blake as an associate director within its social value team.

Blake has 10 years’ experience in the field of social value and community wealth building across the private, public and voluntary sectors. Most recently, he was head of social investment at the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.

At Savills, he will support clients to get the greatest social value out of projects and programmes across their UK portfolios.

Wesley Ankrah, director of social value for Savills Earth, said: “Michael has been recognised within the sector for his work on helping to create social value and I am delighted he will be joining our growing social value team. Having launched our social value offering in January this year, it has been clear to see the industry demand and the important role the ‘S’ plays in our ESG agenda.”