People: Double hire for law firm; Tech heavyweight takes up chairman role at Ash TV; and more

Megan Curtiss, Jacqueline Barr and Martin Grange of Clarion’s property team

Jacqueline Barr and Megan Curtiss are the latest lawyers to join Clarion’s expanding property practice in Leeds.

Barr joins as an associate after working with Sandersons for a year in its agriculture and commercial property practice.

Since qualifying with Rollits in 2011, she has also gained experience with Langleys, Howes Percival and Birketts.

Curtiss has been hired as a paralegal.  She joins from Beaumont Legal where she was a graduate legal assistant having also worked at Lyons Davidson as a paralegal after graduating from University of Hull with LLB in Law.

Martin Grange, partner and head of Clarion’s property practice, said: “With the market remaining fairly buoyant, we are still seeing our workload increasing and it’s important that we continue to boost the team by bringing young talent on board.

“Both Jacqueline and Megan have huge potential and we look forward to working with them as they develop their careers with us.”

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Ash TV has appointed Tech North’s Richard Gregory as the smart video advertiser’s first chairman.

Gregory, executive chair of Tech North’s Advisory Board, brings a wealth of management and tech experience to the Hull company, which has opened offices in France, Germany and the Netherlands in the last 12 months.

Some of Gregory’s career highlights include 12 years at a senior level at agency Latitude Digital Marketing, with ten years as chief operating office and two years as managing director, and co-founding SAScon, the Search, Analytics & Social Conference.

Until December last year Gregory was director of Tech North, before moving to his current and more strategic advisory role ahead of Tech North’s transition in April to Tech Nation.

Ash Lewis, Ash TV’s CEO, said: “Richard has great agency, communications, business and strategic expertise and has worked at the heart of the tech industry in the north of the country for many years while growing significant, strong, sustainable and robustly financed corporate assets.

“Ash TV and our teams here in the UK and mainland Europe will benefit greatly from the experience, insights, connections and mentoring support he will be able to bring to the business as we consolidate the current phase of development and look to initiate new product launches and media partnerships.

“His involvement will also be a great addition to the Hull and Humber’s vibrant digital economy.”

Gregory said: “Ash TV has already seen impressive growth and secured its first round of funding in a very short time. The business is already working with some brilliant clients and partners and I’m excited to dive in to help Ash and the team secure a huge chunk of the growing mobile video advertising market.”

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Knight Frank has strengthened its award-winning industrial property team in Yorkshire with the appointment of Tom Goode.

Goode joins Knight Frank from Sanderson Weatherall in Leeds, where he worked for six years, first as a graduate surveyor and then as a senior surveyor in the corporate recovery, office agency and industrial property departments.

He specialises in the disposal and acquisition of industrial, distribution and trade counter space, as well as commercial development opportunities in the Yorkshire region.

Goode said: “I’m looking forward to working for an international consultancy and the exposure this offers and I hope to continue to build on Knight Frank’s regional industrial strengths.

“It is an extremely exciting time to be joining Knight Frank’s strong and experienced Yorkshire industrial team, as we are involved with some of the most high-profile buildings and development schemes in the region.”

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