Sharon Haggard has joined Gordon Brothers as Senior Director focused on deals and origination to strengthen real estate and retail capabilities in North America and drive multi-disciplined growth.

Haggard is focused on originating, structuring and executing deals across the intersection of retail and real estate and leveraging existing relationships to deliver rapid, customized and integrated solutions for clients and partners.

Haggard is based in New York and has over 20 years of experience in corporate retail real estate, including site selection, lease restructuring, renewals, terminations and store portfolio optimization. Prior to joining Gordon Brothers, Haggard was a senior director at an American chain of domestic merchandise retail stores where she led the real estate team and partnered with brand leadership to develop strategic initiatives that supported growth and profitability.

“As a global asset optimization firm, we are uniquely positioned to meet retailers’ real estate needs,” said Tom Pedulla, Head of Real Estate at Gordon Brothers. “We continue to strengthen our capabilities with talented, experienced retail real estate professionals like Sharon and are in a better position to seamlessly deliver holistic solutions for our retail clients. I’m thrilled to have her at Gordon Brothers.”

“I look forward to working with Gordon Brothers’ retail clients and management teams undergoing transformation to unlock and maximize asset values while continuing to strengthen and expand our retail real estate expertise and integrated, creative solutions,” said Haggard.