Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has appointed Malcolm Naish as head of property, overseeing a team of 26 investment professionals. He will join in October 2007, reporting to Andrew November, chief investment officer of fixed income and property.

Mr Naish was formerly director and head of DTZ Investment Management, where he was responsible for growing the business in the UK and in international markets. He was previously a founding partner of Jones Lang Wootton Fund Management and UK managing director of LaSalle Investment Management. In 2002 he co-founded Fountain Capital Partners, a pan-European real estate investment manager and adviser.

SWIP has additionally appointed Haseeb Hassan and Mark Briggs as investment managers within SWIP’s UK property team.