Property investment company Shaftesbury has appointed Karen Baines as its new head marketing. The company owns West End retail, restaurant and leisure destinations, including Carnaby, Chinatown and Seven Dials.
Ms Baines is currently head of marketing and communications at the Heart of London Business Alliance, which represents 600 businesses and property owners in the Piccadilly & St James’s and Leicester Square & Piccadilly Circus areas.
Shaftesbury currently owns 98 shops in the Carnaby street area, 66 shops in Chinatown, 130 in Covent Garden, 36 in Soho and five on Charlotte Street.
