International real estate advisor Savills has strengthened its French team with the appointment of David Poole as the new head of its valuation team.

International real estate advisor Savills has strengthened its French team with the appointment of David Poole as the new head of its valuation team.

Based at the firm's Paris office Poole will be responsible for further developing Savills valuation business in France to include valuation-related advisory work. In addition he will work on extending the firm's existing domestic and international client base.

Poole joins from DTZ, where he started his real estate career in 1999 and was appointed director of DTZ Eurexi in 2006.