People: Raft of appointments at property consultancy; CEO appointed at hygiene firm; and more

Property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has made several key appointments to its growing team in Leeds.

Mark Gaskell joins LSH as Director to head up the Lease Advisory team. Gaskell previously worked for Bupa as a corporate portfolio surveyor and has experience with GVA and Cushman & Wakefield in Manchester. LSH’s Lease Advisory team saw a significant increase in workload during 2018 and Mark’s appointment will see this develop further under his experienced leadership.

Alex Bolton comes on board as an Associate Director in the Building Consultancy team, making the switch from GVA in Leeds, where he has worked for the past 17 years. The growth of this team allows LSH’s national and regional clients to continue to receive a high standard of experienced service.

LSH is also investing in the next generation of talent with the appointment of Abi Wynn as a Graduate Surveyor to work in the Transport team. Wynn recently completed a degree in Property and Real Estate at the University of Salford. Her appointment gives greater depth to LSH’s rapidly expanding Real Estate Advisory service in the transport sector.

Isabelle Furter also joins as a Graduate Surveyor from Carter Towler. She will develop her experience in the Building Consultancy team working towards achieving chartered status this year.

Jon Anderson, Head of Office – Leeds at LSH, said: “We’re pleased to welcome our new recruits to the business. Mark and Alex bring tremendous experience and industry knowhow and will further enhance our offering at an exciting time for the regional office market.

“Abi has wasted no time in joining us following her recent graduation and will gain a broad range of experience by working with our loyal clients in the Transport sector. Isabelle brings much needed additional support to the growing Building Consultancy team, which has moved from two to seven surveyors in the past five years.”

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A Yorkshire hygiene company has appointed a new CEO to help it “open doors” to customers around the world.

Brian Waligora, a former senior manager with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, has joined Leeds-based Surfaceskins, which has created a antibacterial door pushpad, to drive it commercially.

Specifically designed to eliminate cross-contamination within hospitals, Surfaceskins is the brainchild of two industrial engineers and scientists at NIRI (Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute), a University of Leeds spin out company.

After a series of laboratory trials supporting the efficacy of Surfaceskins as well as several in situ trials at schools and hospitals in the North of England, Surfaceskins has already secured worldwide pre-sales orders of more than £2.5m in Europe, The Middle East, Asia, Australasia and recently, Africa.

Waligora said: “I had left Enterprise after 25 years and was looking for my next venture, when a friend asked if I would like to accompany him to an investment pitch.

“Surfaceskins was the idea being pitched and I quickly realised that I wanted in. I come from a family of doctors and hand hygiene was drummed into me from a very early age.

“We continue to scale our production output to keep pace with the incredible interest in the product and my focus is on opening doors to new markets not just at home, but across the world.

“Whilst Surfaceskins was designed with hospitals in mind, it is tailor-made for a host of other end users, including fast-food chains, restaurants, schools, care homes and cruise ships. Its potential is simply vast.”

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CBRE Leeds has strengthened its Property Management team with the appointment of Dan Middleton as Surveyor.

Middleton joins from WT Gunson, where he was a Chartered Surveyor.  He will be responsible for managing property owned by a number of CBRE’s key local and national clients.

James Millson, Associate Director for CBRE Leeds, said: “We are delighted to welcome Dan to the Property Management team in Leeds.  Dan will add real value to our growing team working across both Yorkshire and the North East regions. ”

Middleton added: “I am pleased to join the Leeds team to be part of a state of the art property management service delivered across a mix of clients.”