Peveril Homes’ Colin Wright signs off on distinguished 45-year career

Derbyshire-based housebuilder Peveril Homes is preparing to bid a fond farewell to one of its longest serving employees as construction director Colin Wright announces his retirement from the industry after 45 years.

Wright joined Peveril Homes in 1987 following a successful start to life in construction with spells at Thomas Fish, Vic Hallam and H. Hunt & Sons.

Throughout his career, Wright has occupied a wide range of positions at Peveril and immediately made his mark by gaining a reputation for consistency and a dedication to quality. His strong work ethic and likable approach saw him work his way up, eventually becoming director for construction.

Wright will officially retire at the end of 2020.

He said: “I joined Peveril because the business had already made a name for itself for its quality – becoming known as a developer that cared about its purchasers. It felt like the right move for me and it must have been because 33 years later, it’s where I’m signing off my career.

“Peveril really is like a family and like any family, we support each other. That’s what makes coming to work every day so enjoyable.”

MRI Software appoints Saurabh Abhyankar as chief product officer 

MRI Software has announced the appointment of as Chief Product Officer (CPO).

In this role, Abhyankar will lead the real estate software solutions’ global product strategy and drive the continued evolution of the company’s open and connected software platform for the estate agency industry.

Abhyankar has a strong track record over the last 15 years of inventing and bringing new products to market, building and leading product management teams, and driving revenue and adoption.

He was most recently at MicroStrategy, holding a number of leadership positions including Chief Product Officer and SVP of Product Management, managing a broad portfolio of analytics products.

Abhyankar commented, “By applying innovations in data analytics to MRI’s open and connected platform, we have the opportunity to help our clients around the world improve the financial performance of their business and create more value from their real estate assets.”

Catalyst Property Finance adds to new business and credit teams

Catalyst Property Finance has added to its new business and credit teams.

The bridging lender has appointed Andy Keehner as a new client relationship manager, having previously worked at Cynergy Bank, Oblix Capital and UTB.

In the credit team, Fiona Collins has joined as a credit analyst, who previously worked in Catalyst’s new business team.

Corey Wong has also been appointed as a credit analyst. He joins Catalyst with five years’ experience with Nationwide in mortgage underwriting.

Chris Fairfax, CEO at Catalyst Property Finance, commented: “Over the last few months we have broken records in enquiries, applications and completions. To ensure we continue to deliver brilliant customer service, we needed to move quickly and hire talent that could hit the ground running.

“Both Andy and Corey bring great skills and experience that will further bolster our teams. Fiona has worked with our new business team for over a year and we have been blown-away by her organisation skills; she will continue to support our intermediary contacts and their clients further along in their lending journey.

“2020 certainly provided numerous challenges but also great opportunities for adaptive and disruptive lenders such as Catalyst. We have a number of exciting initiatives launching in 2021 and, for that, we need a strong team of great people.”