People on the Move: Knight Frank; Strategic Property Management; Uinsure; Robertson North West; Beyond Professional Services Group; Formisimo
Knight Frank Manchester has increased its property asset management team with the appointment of Emma Reynolds as associate and Tom King as senior surveyor.
Emma has a wealth of property management experience, with a diverse client base and has specialised in retail property and asset management throughout her career.
She previously worked with clients including Aviva Investors and the Tesco Pension Fund and joins from the Emerson Group.
Tom joins from Matalan where he worked as the group’s property manager responsible for 162 stores across the UK and Northern Ireland.
He has previously acted for clients including the Crown Estate, Rockspring and LaSalle Investment Management dealing with properties across a wide range of sectors.
Elaine McClean, partner and head of PAM Manchester & Yorkshire, said: “The experience Tom and Emma bring to the team is invaluable given our growing portfolio of property across the North West and Yorkshire regions and we are delighted to have them join.”
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Strategic Property Management, the expanding Altrincham-based property management company founded by Darryl Lee and run by Darryl and Phil Spark, has announced the appointment of a new addition to the management team.
Iain Tindal is to join SPM from the retailer Boots.
Iain is a qualified chartered surveyor with a depth of experience gained over the past two years in the management of Boots’ extensive retail portfolio across the UK.
SPM, founded in 2015, continues to extend the number of properties under management on behalf of a number of local and national clients. The company now has 10 buildings under management in the city centre.
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Manchester-based Uinsure has appointed Paul Kelly as director of product development.
He joins the general insurance provider following on from continued growth for the fin tech firm.
Mr Kelly joins from Paymentshield, where he was head of product and proposition from 2015.
He brings more than 20 years of financial services experience in product development and design, including blue chip and industry experience working for the likes of Marks & Spencer Money, Bupa and Swinton Insurance in previous roles.
The new role will see him develop Uinsure’s existing products, as well as designing and developing new products and distribution channels.
He said: “I’ve watched the company grow at an extraordinary rate over the last few years and I’m delighted that I’ll be able to play a significant role in furthering Uinsure’s success.”
Uinsure chief executive Simon Taylor said: “This marks a significant appointment for Uinsure and shows the direction the company is going in. Paul has a wealth of experience and his appointment reflects our commitment to ensuring that our products, proposition and pricing are as strong as they can be.”
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Robertson North West has marked its impressive start to 2018 with the appointments of Peter Grieve as operations director and Beth Santangeli as business development manager.
Both, formerly of Laing O’Rourke, bring a wealth of North West construction experience to the Haydock-headquartered business, which is part of one of the largest independently-owned construction, infrastructure and support services companies in the UK, Robertson Group.
Peter Grieve
Mr Grieve joins having worked in construction for 35 years, where he has spent the past 11 years at Laing O’Rourke. He brings experience from across the whole life cycle of projects from bid stage to pre-construction, delivery, completion and aftercare.
Ms Santangeli comes to Robertson North West having played an active role in a number of major projects across the region, including Alder Hey in the Park and the Transforming Cancer Care.
Dirk Pittaway, managing director of Robertson North West, said: “It is a real coup that we’ve been able to secure two highly impressive individuals to the business.”
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Fieldfisher’s former Manchester head Matt Fleetwood and corporate partner Jim Truscott, who both left the firm to found Beyond Professional Services Group, have announced that the head of construction at Fieldfisher, James Flynn, has joined its corporate and transactional business, Beyond Corporate as partner.
All three had worked together at boutique law firm Heatons and stayed together following its sale to Fieldfisher.
Mr Flynn cited the chance to reunite with colleagues as an irresistible offer.
“Beyond is led by a strong management team, with a different approach to both its people and its clients than that of other, more traditional law firms,” he said.
Mr Flynn will play a lead role in Beyond’s very particular offering to entrepreneurial real estate clients, which will focus primarily on residential and commercial developments and investments, including hotels, student accommodation and PRS, as well as the energy sector.
He said further additions to the team were imminent.
In 2017, the Beyond Professional Services Group took a majority stake in corporate boutique law firm Atticus Legal and launching its Beyond Corporate brand. Several months later the group added to its portfolio McAlister Family Law, the business led by child and family law specialist lawyer Amanda McAlister.
“The group has grown rapidly from six to nearly 40 in little more than nine months, and every person we hire really gets what we’re trying to achieve here,” said Matt Fleetwood.
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Formisimo, the analytics startup that helps companies improve their online forms, has added five to its team in MediaCity.
Mark Edgeworth joins as chief sales officer, having worked for startups in the US, Europe and Asia.
His sales leadership roles include time at Liveops in San Francisco, and Intelecom. Mark also joins the Formisimo board.
Developers Harriet Ryder and Kerry Godsmark join via the NorthCoders scheme.
Harriet had been with NorthCoders for two years as a tutor and Kerry joins via the training scheme itself, having been at MIDAS prior to that.
The Formisimo sales team has expanded, with Alice Iball joining as business development executive, having been a sales executive at Pareto Law.
Phill Wormwell becomes business development manager having spent two years in a sales role at 8×8.
Formisimo chief executive Al Mackin said: “Our team in Greater Manchester support clients across the globe, and I’m proud to welcome the five new starters.
“They join at the start of a period of significant growth. Our plans require an additional six new hires over the next nine months, along with additions to our board and support structure.”
From left: Harriet Ryder, Phill Wormwell, Alice Iball, Kerry Godsmark, andMark Edgeworth
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