28 | PEOPLE MOVERS AND SHAKERS
INDUSTRY ROUNDUP
Tracey Carter of shared ownership media company Fractional Life has been promoted to the role of international conference and exhibitions manager. Tracey now has overall responsibility for the successful launch of Fractional Summit USA, 31 Aug – 1 Sep 2010 the B2B fractional real estate event, in addition to Fractional Summit Europe and Fractional Life Expo which she currently covers.
The Digital Property Group has appointed Sarah
Robinson as group marketing director. She joins the company after fi ve years as general manager at Premier Foods. Terri McCollin joins property PR fi rm P1 Communications as account manager, following several new business wins for P1 including Lee Bay Hotel in Devon, Tamarind Hills and Blue Waters Residences in Antigua, Vale da Lapa Parque in the Algarve, Villas Valriche and Heritage Resorts in Mauritius. Spain-based international agent Rimontgó has won two prizes at the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Awards: Most International New Listings and Best SEO Strategy Award. Real estate solicitors Mishcon de Reya have appointed Daniel Farrand as head of planning and environment. Anisha Unzia is the new senior
sales executive at A Place in the Sun Ltd, working
across the company’s magazine, exhibition and website and joining us from IPC where she sold advertising and sponsorship on major newsstand
titles. Industry body the Association of Women in
Property (WiP) has launched its fi rst international branch in the UAE, led by chairman Georgina Reynard, senior associate at Pinsent Masons LLP, Dubai. The organisation provides a forum for women in the property and construction sectors to network and fi nd new business opportunities. Savills’ Dubai associate, Asteco, has recruited a number of people to oversee the handover of 1,200 apartments in The Pearl - Qatar. Don Caslick joins the company as general manager, David Zlatarich as head of property management and Faris Wail as head of sales and leasing. Tapestry Resorts, the newly branded hospitality management division of ResortCom International, has announced Kerry Stebbins as its new director of business development. Michael Clapper, the founder and ex-group chief executive of Enterprise Group, has acquired an equity stake in Viva Costa
International Mortgages. David Walker of Turkish agent Spot Blue Overseas Property has been
appointed vice chairman of the Turkish British Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Robert Kellershohn has been appointed head of offi ce agency for Savills Germany. He will coordinate and strengthen the offi ce agency teams across Savills’ fi ve-strong offi ces network. International construction and property consultancy Cyril Sweett has formed a global alliance agreement with the independent fi rm of chartered quantity surveyors Widnell Limited. The companies will cooperate to develop business opportunities in the region and forma joint venture company called Widnell Sweett Limited. Law fi rm Taylor Wessing (Middle East) LLP has announced the appointment of Mark Fraser, who will join the fi rm’s Dubai offi ce as a partner in the construction group in May. He is currently a Partner at Hammonds.
www.opp.org.uk | APRIL 2010
Movers & shakers
Hamptons unveils international expansion plan
Hamptons International has revealed plans to
expand into property service markets, starting with the launch of a specialist valuation department. The new division will initially provide surveying
services to the UK housing market but will gradually roll out across the markets where the international agents operates and is is already in talks to begin operating alongside the Morocco branch. Former head of residential valuation at Colliers
CRE, Nigel MacDonald (pictured), will lead the new division as head of valuation, along with ex-Jones Lang LaSalle member Jonathan Godfrey as director. “The advantage we have over other companies
is that we can tap into the insight gained from selling property through our local networks,” said MacDonald. “Over the next 12 months, I will be focusing
OPP announces new editor
OPP has appointed the former group publishing
director of commercial property bible Estates Gazette as its new editor. Geoff Hadwick joins OPP after four years at the
helm of Reed Business Information’s fl agship property title, where he was responsible for the group’s magazines, books, websites, conferences and events. He led the group to record revenue and profi ts,
doubled the conference and events business, and secured nominations for the PPA Magazine of the Year and Publisher of the Year awards, 2007/2008. Previously, he spent 25 years at Reed with roles
including editor, editor-in-chief, group editor-in-chief, publisher and publishing director. “When choosing a new editor we looked for
somebody who shared our ambition and, importantly, someone who could provide real leadership across the many areas of the OPP business as we enter our next phase,” said Xavier Wiggins, CEO of OPP Media. “We believe that we have recruited the person who has held the biggest job in European property publishing.” Hadwick will begin his role in April, joining OPP as
the publication enters a new phase. “We have some really exciting plans that will take OPP on to new heights in many areas of both the existing business and new ventures,” said Wiggins. Hadwick replaces previous editor Alex Evans, who
is leaving OPP to become editorial director of United Business Media’s National Business Awards. “Alex goes with our absolute blessing and support having presided over most of OPP’s fi ve and a half years. He will be missed by both his colleagues and the industry in general.”said Wiggins.
on building the department in further professional work, particularly secured lending valuation and also private valuations through our existing network of branches and overseas offi ces ,” The company plans to
continue its expansion into the professional services market by off ering consultancy to the UK aff ordable housing sector. Hamptons’ acting managing director, Shakeel
Barok, said: “By expanding into valuation, Hamptons International is continuing to diversify and strengthen our business off ering.”
New consultancy hopes to help developers cash in on investors
Former Intelligent
Partnership director Lee Smith (pictured) has launched a new developer consultancy focusing on investment models. Project Kudos will
help developers to create investment schemes, including for pension investors, and to build networks of international agents, introducers and fi nancial service companies. “Over the last 12 to 18 months, developers have
been focusing more on working with fi nancial advisers because they have clients who can invest through personal pension schemes,” said Smith. “We want to create a platform for IFAs where they
can look at a portfolio of real estate assets online. We want to put together a broad spectrum from resort property to farmland.” Smith takes the role of managing director for the
company and is joined by a technical team including Richard Chamberlain, Nick Lighton and Steve Wright. Project Kudos is working with Preferred Hotels
& Resorts, Caracola Beach and Spa Resort in the Caribbean, and VSL Village in France. It plans to promote the projects at its upcoming
series of educational seminars, held in partnership with fi nancial advice fi rm Pacifi c IFA, designed to help agents and IFAs understand rules surrounding investment through Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPS).
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