Colliers International has appointed Sean Ludden as a new director in its licensed & leisure team. He joins Colliers from a major competitor after working for most of 2010 in hotel valuation, focusing on high value single assets and large hotel portfolios in the UK, Spain, France, Sweden and Holland. His career began in 2002 in central London, where Ludden primarily worked on valuations for secured lending across the licensed and leisure sector including hotels, pubs and restaurants.