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Who goes where rounds up the property industry’s movers and shakers.
gerry fitzjohn tAkes reins At tpo
Gerry Fitzjohn has become Chief Operating Officer for the company running The Property
Ombudsman Scheme with effect from January 1.
Gerry has been on the board since 2000 and became vice- chairman of the operating company in 2010, assisting Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Bill McClintock. With 38 years’ agency experience behind him Gerry is hardly a new boy to the industry; Bill said that Gerry’s experience would be invaluable in supporting the 14,006 offices operated by 8,280 member firms as the scheme sought to expand into other property-related areas. “TPO has become the largest residential sales and lettings membership body in the UK property industry but there is still scope for growth, particularly in the lettings sector,” explained Fitzjohn. “My role will be to take over the
affairs of the company while Bill concentrates on new areas to help spread operating costs over a broader membership base.”
sAvills’ new heAd of corporAte services Savills has launched a dedicated Corporate Services
department, which will be headed by
Matthew Salvidge. Matthew previously ran the
Corporate & Relocation Services Department at Marsh & Parsons in Notting Hill for two years. Prior to this he worked in Foxtons’ corporate department for four years. “I am incredibly excited to be working with Savills and to build on the excellent work of Victoria Palau. Throughout my career I have built enduring relationships
with a large number of organisations from a variety of business sectors. I hope to bring these relationships, alongside those forged with many relocation agents to the lettings team at Savills thus adding a further stream of high quality applicants to the lettings business and developing new business opportunities to the ultimate benefit of our landlords,” says Matthew. Jane Ingram, head of Savills
Lettings adds, “We have always had great relationships with corporate clients and relocation agents and Matthew will be able to co-ordinate our approach and improve our standard of service and contacts.”
Andrews Appoints new compAny chAir
Andrews has announced the appointment of Jim Glover as Chairman. Jim Glover
joined Andrews as a Non-
Executive Director in early 2011, with extensive experience at the highest level in the retail and charity sectors. As the former MD of Superdrug and current chair of Mencap, he has also been involved with organisations including the Kingfisher group, Patientline and NAAFI. Jim succeeds Andrew Radford, who has served as the company’s Chair since 2005 and will remain as a Non-Executive Director and as the Chairman of ACT, one of the three charitable trusts that holds ownership of Andrews. Jim says, “I’m pleased to take on
the role of Chairman of Andrews, and look forward to working alongside Andrews’ Directors in the strategic development of this innovative company which has grown considerably over the past 65 years.”
nick wAterhouse joins sequence lAnd no pic Sequence Land has announced the appointment of Nick Waterhouse
as Land Manager. Based in Clapham, Nick has 20 years experience and will cover North and West London. Nick has previously worked for
developers and other agencies. He plans to use his knowledge of the North London land market to increase the number of sites available to property developers in 2012. “We have a great opportunity in
the year ahead to work with land owners and developers to increase the number of sites available so developers can take advantage of the huge demand for new homes which we see through our award- winning estate agency network. “I plan to use my experience
working on both sides of the fence to extend Sequence Land’s predominance in the London land market, both in terms of consulting on the developments themselves and then selling the resulting new homes through our network of sales office.” Graham Freeman, Divisional MD, Sequence Land says, “It’s great to have Nick on board as we look to extend our reach and client relationships in 2012. In the wake of the Government’s housing strategy, we see great opportunity for developers and home buyers in the year ahead, and it’s vital we meet the need for new homes in London and across the UK.”
w A ellis Appoints new heAd of mArketing And pr W A Ellis has recently appointed Caroline Copland as Head of Marketing and PR. The role will
focus on brand leverage across the firm and maximising the property promotion for their clients. Caroline’s career includes journalism, marketing and promotions. Most recently, she was London Residential Marketing manager at Savills where she worked with a large number of sales and lettings teams across the capital.
propertyrisks heAds west to develop business PropertyRisks has appointed Sally Breeze as a business development executive, with a brief to build agency
partnerships in Wales and the South West.
Sally was a Lloyds of London
broker with the Willis Group, where she specialised in large multi- national property packages. Moving back to her native Wales Sally joined brokers Marsh and then the insurance group Allianz to handle business development before joining the Electrical Contractors’ Insurance Company in 2006. Having focused its principal
sales efforts in the south and south east of England while investing in infrastructure and IT capabilities, PropertyRisks has now embarked on a full-scale nationwide sales drive. Sally says, “The let-property
environment is a fantastic market to be working in. It is so important that agents are able to offer a full service to their landlords and tenants, including risk
management advice and access to insurance protection and with PropertyRisks there is the opportunity to develop the added- value agent partnerships that have formed its business model. “The business development role is all about building meaningful business relationships and dealing with people, which is something I enjoy.”
Head of PropertyRisks, Nigel
Atkinson, says, “Sally has a wide range of expertise to bring to the role, not least excellent interpersonal skills which is very important for the type of relationship we aim to build with our agents. “We have built our proposition
on the fact that we become the referencing and insurance arm of our clients so it is important that our business development team is able to build a total rapport with the agents we work with.”
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