Seven director promotions at GVA’s Birmingham office

THE Midlands office of GVA has made seven director level promotions.
 
Christine Mercer-Smith and Ash Patel, from the property management accounts team, Rob Thorley of the planning, development and regeneration team, and valuation consultants Martin Patrick and Mark Shelley have all been promoted to director, along with Michael Close from the building team and Sam Lawrence, a property management consultant.
 
The promotions cover a broad cross section of the company’s business units, reflecting, GVA suggests, the recent upswing in confidence in the property market.

Ian Stringer, regional senior director at GVA, said: “As market sentiment continues to improve, it is vital that we ensure our teams are ready to face increasing demands from all sectors of the industry. These promotions will ensure that we are fully prepared to meet our clients’ needs at every stage.”

The director promotions – some of more than 25 that GVA has made across its network of offices – follow a busy few months for the company, which has seen its best end-of-year results since before the economic downturn and has announced its new strategic partner in Bilfinger, the global engineering, management and real estate giant.