People: Innes England; Gowling WLG
Property valuation expert Martin Wilson has been announced as a new director in the professional services team at Innes England as it continues its expansion throughout the Midlands.
He brings wide-ranging experience to his new role, having built up a strong reputation for delivering large-scale instructions for private and public sector clients across England and Wales for more than 20 years.
He will now be building up Innes England’s asset valuation services from the existing base and leading its public sector valuations to assess a range of property portfolios.
Wilson’s role will be Midlands-wide, with a focus on the West Midlands and supporting director Adam Rock as the regional office celebrates a year of successful business with ambitious plans for this year.
“It is a wonderful opportunity to use my experience to develop Innes England’s asset valuation side of the business and a really exciting time to join the company as it continues to flourish and extend its services,” said Wilson, a chartered surveyor and registered valuer with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). “I was also really attracted by the chance to further support the work that is being done in the West Midlands.”
Rock said: “It’s been a whirlwind of setting up and making introductions but we’re now on the panel for most of the high street banks, an ever-increasing list of lenders, private individuals, and developers.
“It’s still a fledgling time but we over-achieved in the first year against the initial forecasts and the situation is looking extremely healthy for the year ahead. Martin’s support will be invaluable and these are exciting times.”
Innes England director Steve Holland, head of professional services, said: “With Martin’s extensive experience, we will be able to expand our valuations offering across the Midlands. It is a further important boost to our team, which has had a very strong performance in the first quarter of this year and has several key projects in the pipeline.”
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Gowling WLG has announced a string of partner promotions.
The promotions are:
Tom Baines – Real Estate – Birmingham
Anjali Bancroft – Real Estate – Birmingham
Anna Fletcher – Employment – Birmingham
Ben Goldby – Pensions – Birmingham
Gemma Whittaker – Construction – Birmingham
Gowling WLG chief executive David Fennell said: “We’re really proud to welcome another fantastic group of lawyers into the partnership. They are all excellent graduates of our Future Leaders Programme, which is designed to support the development of our talented lawyers as they progress into partnership. A number of them were also part of our Breakthrough sponsorship programme, which is in place to support and improve the diversity of our partnership and ensure that our best talent is coming through to the most senior levels of the firm.
“Our new partners have all shown exceptional commitment to delivering our distinctive Gowling WLG client experience and supporting the development of their teams, and they will play an important role in our drive for continued growth.”
