14 INDUSTRY MOVERS John Reed Beal Homes
John Reed, an “experienced housebuilding executive,” has joined the board of fast-growing Beal Homes. Reed recently retired from
Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes. He joins as a non-execu- tive director and brings to the business considerable board-level experience of the housebuilding industry, as well as extensive knowledge of the residential property market in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, where Beal operates. A qualified accountant, Reed joined Barratt in York as finance director in 1989 and was promoted to managing director of the Yorkshire East Division in 1999. From 2006 to 2016 he was north- ern regional managing director for Barratt and David Wilson. Beal chief executive Richard
Beal said: “We’re delighted to welcome John to the board. He brings enormous knowledge, expertise and connections that will benefit the business as we enter our next phase of growth. “We’re delivering progressively
larger and more ambitious devel- opments, so John joins us at an ideal time, when his experience will help to inform our strategic development going forward.” Reed has become one of four
non-executive directors of the East Yorkshire-based business, led by non-executive chairman and founder John Beal. The others are Wayne Bowser, a former North of England regional director for HSBC, and leading local solicitor and businessman Simon Lunt.
Brian Dowling & Nicola Gooch Irwin Mitchell
In its latest round of partner promotions, national law firm Irwin Mitchell as promoted two real estate lawyers to partner level. Brian Dowling, who will be based in the firm’s Southampton develop-
ment team, has been made partner in real estate, and Nicola Gooch in the Gatwick office will be a partner in Irwin Mitchell’s planning team. Following six other partner promotions at Irwin Mitchell, 43 per cent of Partners at the firm are now female. Adrian Barlow, national head of real estate said: “We are proud to
announce the promotion of Brian and Nicola who are talented lawyers. They have both made a strong contribution to Irwin Mitchell and demon- strated excellent work for their clients, and I’m delighted to congratulate them on their success. Investing in our people is essential as we continue to grow our national real estate offering across the UK, from the seven of our UK offices that offer legal services to the business community.” Irwin Mitchell’s national real estate practice now has over 30 real
estate partners, offering “the full range of commercial and residential legal advice.”
Will Seamer
Montagu Evans
Planning and development consultancy Montagu Evans has appointed viability specialist Will Seamer to the position of partner. Seamer specialises in preparing financial viability assessments for developers and landowners in support of planning applica- tions, justifying the level of affordable housing and other planning benefits that develop- ments can support.
ilke Homes
British modular homes specialist ilke Homes has set up its own national development team to offer housing “end-to-end” – from land purchase through to planning and delivery. The team will be headed up by Ben Miller. ilke Homes’s new land develop-
ment offering will be operational from this month, and will cover mixed-tenure developments. Miller is setting up the new team and will make further appoint- ments in the coming months. He joins from Crest Nicholson, where he was managing director of the developer’s Midlands business. In his new role at ilke Homes, Ben’s target is to add a further 1000 homes per annum to the company’s current output.
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This Land
Four property industry figures – Susan Freeman, David Meek, Jeremy Miller, and Richard Steer – have been appointed as non- executive directors by This Land, the development and investment business aiming to “transform housebuilding in the UK.” Freeman is a property lawyer,
while Meek has over 30 years senior executive and board experience in Tier 1 global financial institutions. Miller has served as non-executive director and chairman for a range of property and finance businesses, and Steer is known for having spearheaded growth of property consultancy Gleeds. The board is led by chairman
Steven Norris. Alex Freeman-Laverack Jones Homes
Alex Freeman-Laverack has been appointed as land buyer for Jones Homes Yorkshire. He is tasked with researching the planning history of sites, preparing and submitting planning applications and under- taking viability assessments. He previously worked as a develop- ment consultant and has a first-class BSc Honours degree in planning and development.
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