Will Woodhead

Will has more than 23 years of experience in the Paris market, principally managing assets on behalf of international Investors. Prior to joining Avison Young, Will was a member of Savills’ European Executive Committee and President of their French operations. His career has spanned property development, and asset repositioning and he has been key to the execution of numerous strategies that have added significant value on behalf of his clients.

Starting his career at Healey & Baker in the international investment team Will worked in both London and Paris before joining the team at French office developer, HRO with responsibility for the development of several large grade A office development projects. In 2003, Will joined a specialist office asset management company, now part of Nuveen, where he headed the French asset management business. He then went on to create Balzac REIM in 2007, an asset management company specializing in Paris value-add office projects. In 2014 Will became President of Savills, France, where he doubled the French turnover over a four-year period. Will co-founded Cassian in 2019 to serve as a local operating partner to foreign investors in the French market. Cassian was acquired by Avison Young in 2021.