September 1, 2009

Mrs Kira Smirnova has been newly appointed Strategic Development Director of the Consulting Department at GVA Sawyer. Mrs Smirnova previously held the position of Commercial Real Estate Department Manager at Vesco Consulting.
As Strategic Development Director, she will be responsible for the consulting department’s development, new services formation, creation of the long-term and medium-term strategy of the consulting department, business development and expansion of the company over the whole territory of Russia.

Kira Smirnova graduated with distinction from the Lomonosov Moscow State University. She qualified in Social and Economic Geography of Russia and is currently writing her thesis. Before joining GVA Sawyer, Mrs Smirnova held the position of Consulting Department Director at NAI Russia and Vesco Consulting. She was responsible for the daily management of the Commercial Real Estate Department, supervising the promotion and expansion of services.

Since 1993, GVA Sawyer has been working in the Russian & CIS real estate market, providing a complete spectrum of professional real estate services. GVA Sawyer has been a member of GVA Worldwide since 1999 and is the organisation’s exclusive representative in Russia. Development and consulting are the main activities of the company. GVA Sawyer also provides brokerage, consulting and capital markets services.