GA Europe Valuations Limited, a subsidiary of Great American Group, Inc., has announced the addition of Peter Bache and staff from BSVA Limited. BSVA Limited specializes in the valuation and disposition of machinery and business assets across the UK and mainland Europe, and offers agency, valuation, professional and business recovery services.

Led by Peter Bache, BSVA has an infrastructure and specialties that complement the current structure of GA in the UK and Europe.

“Peter and his staff will greatly augment our valuations capability in the European marketplace as we seek to grow our operations to help service the expanding European appraisal market,” said Gordon Titley, Head of Valuations for GA Europe Valuations Limited.

Bache’s leadership and presence in Europe are expected to enhance GA’s industrial disposition services given his breadth of experience.

“I am delighted to join such a dynamic organization and look forward to driving the continued growth of both the appraisal and industrial disposition services divisions,” said Bache. “There’s huge potential to deliver a differentiated, high-quality, valuation and auction product across Europe, furthering GA’s successes in that market.”

In his new role as director of appraisals, Bache will be responsible for continuing to build a team of machinery and real estate appraisers while also providing auction and disposition work supporting the lending and restructuring community.

GA’s Advisory and Valuation Services division conducts thousands of appraisals per year representing hundreds of billions of dollars in assets annually. The company provides inventory appraisal reports for asset-based lenders, turnaround management professionals, accounting and private equity firms around the world. Services include initial valuation, collateral monitoring, asset management, and merger and acquisition advisory services for all types of businesses.