Property Appoinments: Seddon, BNP Paribas, Willmott Dixon

SEDDON Construction has appointed Richard Sapcote to head up its operations across the West Midlands.

He joins the Bolton-based, family-owned company as business unit manager and will be working from its Birmingham office.

Mr Sapcote’s role will see him focussing on expanding the current business which has been in Birmingham for almost 15 years.

“I’m truly excited to be working for a family-led business and in my home city of Birmingham,” he said.

Previously, he has held senior roles in companies including ROK, as well as his family’s business WM Sapcote and Sons Ltd.

Mr Sapcote was recently re-elected as chairman of the Chartered Institute of Building for the West Midlands region, following a long association with the organisation, having previously been chairman between 2011 and 2003 and the Birmingham Centre in 1997.

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REAL estate adviser BNP Paribas Real Estate has signed up Siobhan Flecknoe as director in its Birmingham rating team.

She joins the firm from Colliers International in the city where she was a director for six years, prior to which she worked in Chesterton’s Birmingham office for three years.

Her previous clients include Coventry Building Society and West Bromwich Building Society and her appointment follows David Cureton joining BNP from King Sturge last month to head the rating team.

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CONSTRUCTION group Willmott Dixon has a new head of education in the shape of Janie Chesterton, the former lead negotiator from Bristol’s Building Schools for the Future programme.

She will be responsible for refining and developing the company’s education offering, providing strategic leadership on future direction and coordinating its relationships with local authorities and central Government.

Prior to joining Willmott Dixon, Janie spent five years on Bristol City Council’s PFI & BSF teams.